Tokyo Beat Down
Tokyo Beat Down is a 2008 side-scrolling beat-em-up released for the Nintendo DS. It is published by Success (Japan) and Atlus USA (North America) and developed by Tamsoft. The story takes place in Yaesu, home of the so-called "Beast Cops". Released in Japan on September 18, 2008 and in North America on March 31, 2009.
Tokyo Beat Down
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- 2008
- Genre
- beat 'em up
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Tokyo Beat Down is a 2008 side-scrolling beat-em-up released for the Nintendo DS. It is published by Success (Japan) and Atlus USA (North America) and developed by Tamsoft. The story takes place in Yaesu, home of the so-called "Beast Cops". Released in Japan on September 18, 2008 and in North America on March 31, 2009.
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• Title — Tokyo Beat Down • Developer — Tamsoft, Success • Genre — Beat 'em up • Modes — Single player • Platforms — Nintendo DS
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Tokyo Beat Down received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Ray Barnholt of 1UP described the game as "deliberately archaic" but worthwhile for gamers who "have a fondness for action games past." Michael Cole of Nintendo World Report cited its "fairly fluid" combat and praised its "stilted, tongue-in-cheek cop drama dialogue" as making "Beat Down more memorable". On the other hand, Austin Light of GameSpot found "the crazy story and absurd characters...entertaining,...they aren't worth mashing your way through hours of poor combat to see." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two sixes, one four, and one six for a total of 22 out of 40.
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- 1.Tokyo Beat Down Official Site. Atlus USA.
- 2.Tokyo Beat Down for DS Reviews. Metacritic.
- 3.Barnholt, Ray. Tokyo Beat Down Review. 1UP.com. March 31, 2009.
- 4.North, Dale. Destructoid review: Tokyo Beat Down. Destructoid. April 2, 2009.
- 5.James. Famitsu Review Scores. Pure Nintendo Magazine. 2008.
- 6.Biessener, Adam. Tokyo Beat Down: Beat Lots of Dudes into Pulp. Game Informer. 193. April 2025.
- 7.Herring, Will. Tokyo Beat Down. GamePro. 77. May 2009.
- 8.Light, Austin. Tokyo Beat Down Review. GameSpot. March 31, 2009.
- 9.Bedigian, Louis. Tokyo Beat Down - NDS - Review. GameZone. April 5, 2009.
- 10.Tokyo Beat Down. Nintendo Gamer. 69. June 2009.
- 11.Tokyo Beat Down. Nintendo Power. 240. 87. April 2009.
- 12.Cole, Michael. Tokyo Beat Down. Nintendo World Report. April 26, 2009.
- 13.Cavalli, Earnest. Review: Tokyo Beat Down: Mediocre Beat-Em Up, Hilarious Story. Wired. March 31, 2009.
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Tokyo Beat Down is a work recorded by beat-down, adj. Associated with Japan.
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