Beat 'em up A beat 'em up (also known as brawler and, in some markets, beat 'em all) is a video game genre featuring hand-to-hand combat against a large number of opponents. Traditional beat 'em ups take place in Side-scrolling video game, scrolling, 2D c ...

s are video games which place a fighter or group of fighters in a world of many adversaries, and the goal is to defeat them via punching or kicking or striking with handheld weapons such as clubs. It is often useful to characterise gameplay as either 2D (largely characterised by the player walking only to the left or right) or 3D (characterised by full movement in the implied horizontal plane, sometimes also with a button for jump). Graphics can likewise be categorised as 2D (with sprites, sometimes with an isometric or

parallax Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different sightline, lines of sight and is measured by the angle or half-angle of inclination between those two lines. Due to perspective (graphica ...

effect) or 3D (

polygons In geometry, a polygon () is a plane figure made up of line segments connected to form a closed polygonal chain. The segments of a closed polygonal chain are called its '' edges'' or ''sides''. The points where two edges meet are the polygon' ...

), or hybrid (e.g. sprite characters in front of polygon backgrounds, or vice versa).

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The Adventures of Bayou Billy ''The Adventures of Bayou Billy'', known in Japan as , is a 1988 Beat 'em up game, beat ‘em up game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Plot Billy West, otherwise known as Bayou Billy, is a Michael "Crocodil ...

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Konami , commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading card ...

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Étranges Libellules Étranges Libellules S.A. (French language, French for "strange dragonflies") was a French video game developer based in Lyon, France. It was founded in 1994 and closed on 29 June 2012. Games developed References External links *Official We ...

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Bebe's Kids ''Bebe's Kids'' ( ; also marketed as ''Robin Harris' Bebe's Kids'') is a 1992 American Adult animation, adult animated comedy film produced by Hyperion Pictures, Hyperion Studio for Paramount Pictures. Directed by Bruce W. Smith in his List of ...

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Radical Entertainment Radical Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver. The studio is best known for developing '' The Simpsons: Hit & Run'' (2003), '' Scarface: The World Is Yours'' (2006), ''Prototype'' (2009) and '' Prototype 2'' (2 ...

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Bully Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing, comments, or threats, in order to abuse, aggressively dominate, or intimidate one or more others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perc ...

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Crash of the Titans ''Crash of the Titans'' is a 2007 platform game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360. It is the first game in the '' Crash Bandicoot'' series not to h ...

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Darkman ''Darkman'' is a 1990 American superhero horror film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi. The film stars Liam Neeson as scientist Peyton Westlake, who is brutally attacked, disfigured, and left for dead by ruthless mobster Robert Durant ( La ...

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Ocean The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth. The ocean is conventionally divided into large bodies of water, which are also referred to as ''oceans'' (the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Indian, Southern Ocean ...

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Guilty Gear Isuka is a 2D fighting video game developed by Arc System Works and published by Sammy Corporation. Announced by Arc in September, it was released on December 17, 2003, in arcades as the sixth installment of the ''Guilty Gear'' series. Later, the ...

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Sammy Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel or Samantha, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami. People Music * Sammy Adams (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter *Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), American songwriter *Sammy ...

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Lego Lego (, ; ; stylised as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. Lego consists of variously coloured interlocking plastic bricks made of acrylonitri ...

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TT Games TT Games Limited is a British holding company and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Games. The company was established in 2005 through the merger of developer Traveller's Tales and publisher Giant Interactive (now TT Games Publishing). Its other b ...

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Atari Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French holding company Atari SA (formerly Infogrames) and its focus is on "video games, consumer hardware, licensing and bl ...

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Shenmue is an action-adventure game series created, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki. '' Shenmue'' (1999) and ''Shenmue II'' (2001) were developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. ''Shenmue II'' was released in 2002 in Western m ...

'' - Sega *'' Street Fighter EX3'' *'' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' -

HAL Laboratory formerly shortened as HALKEN, is a Japanese video game developer based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded on February 21, 1980 by Mitsuhiro Ikeda. The company started out developing games for home computers of the era, but has since establishe ...

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' is a 2008 crossover fighting game developed by Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Wii. The third installment in the '' Super Smash Bros.'' series and the successor to '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'', it wa ...

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Tekken 3 is a 1997 fighting game developed and published by Namco. It is the third installment in the ''Tekken'' series and the first game built on the Namco System 12 arcade game, arcade hardware. The game takes place twenty years after ''Tekken 2'' (1 ...

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Namco was a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company founded in 1955. It operated video arcades and amusement parks globally, and produced video games, films, toys, and arcade cabinets. Namco was one of the most influential c ...

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Tekken 4 is a 2001 fighting game developed and published by Namco for arcades. Initially released for Namco's System 246 hardware, it was then ported to the PlayStation 2 home console in 2002. As the fourth main installment in the '' Tekken'' series fol ...

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Tekken 5 is a 2004 fighting game developed and published by Namco for arcade game, arcades, before being ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2005. It is the fifth main game in the ''Tekken'' series, marking the tenth anniversary of the series. The game is set ...

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Tekken 6 is a 2007 fighting game developed and published by Bandai Namco Games. It is the sixth main and seventh overall installment in the ''Tekken'' franchise. It was released on arcades in November 2007 as the first game running on the PlayStation ...

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Namco Bandai (commonly known as and formerly Namco Bandai until 2015, also known as Bandai Namco Group,) is a Japanese mass media and entertainment conglomerate founded in 2005 by the merger of Namco and Bandai. The company specializes in toys, video ...

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King Kong (2005 video game) ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie'' (also known as ''Peter Jackson's King Kong'', or simply ''King Kong'') is a 2005 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft, based on the 200 ...

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Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Anno'', '' Assassin's Creed'', ' ...

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jaleco was a corporate brand name that was used by two previously connected video game developers and publishers based in Japan. The original Jaleco company was founded in 1974 as Japan Leisure Company, founded by Yoshiaki Kanazawa, before being renamed ...

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The Legend of Kage is a hack-and-slash video game developed and published by Taito for Arcade video game, arcades. In this game, the player controls the ninja Kage, with the objective being to get through five stages in order to save the princess Kirihime. These ...

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Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, Toy, toys, arcade cabinets, and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, Vending machine, vending machines, and Juk ...

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Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. At one time, the company had annual sales of 20 billion yen in ...

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Capcom is a Japanese video game company. It has created a number of critically acclaimed and List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil'', ''Monster ...

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Sega is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo. It produces several List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises for arcade game, arcades and video game cons ...

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Ninja Gaiden is a media franchise based on action video games by Tecmo featuring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as its protagonist. The series was originally known as in Japan. The word " gaiden" in the North American ''Ninja Gaiden'' title means "side story" in J ...

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Tecmo was a Japanese video game company founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in the Kudankita district of Tokyo. Its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California. Prior to 1986, Tecmo was formerly known as Tehkan. Tecmo is known for ...

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Golden Axe is a series of side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade video games developed by Sega. The series takes place in a medieval fantasy world where several heroes have the task of recovering the legendary Golden Axe, the mainstay element of the series. M ...

'' series (1989 debut) - Sega * '' Strider'' series (1989) - Capcom * '' Danan: The Jungle Fighter'' (1990) - Sega * '' First Samurai'' (1991) - Vivid Image * '' Saint Sword'' (1991) - Taito

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Afro Samurai is a Japanese '' seinen'' ''dōjinshi'' manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde ''dōjinshi'' manga magazine '' Nou Nou Hau'' from November 1998 to ...

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Namco Bandai Games is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game video game publisher, publisher, and the video game branch of the wider Bandai Namco Holdings group. Founded in 2006 as it is the successor to Namco's home and arcade video game ...

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Crystal Dynamics Crystal Dynamics, Inc. is an American video game developer based in San Mateo, California. The studio is best known for its games in the ''Tomb Raider'', '' Legacy of Kain'', and '' Gex'' series. Madeline Canepa, Judy Lange, and Dave Morse ...

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Astral Chain is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was directed by Takahisa Taura, who was previously lead game designer for ''Nier: Automata'', under supervision by ''Devil May Cry' ...

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PlatinumGames PlatinumGames Inc. is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka. It was founded in October 2007 as result of a merger between Seeds Inc. and Odd Inc. Capcom alumni Shinji Mikami, Atsushi Inaba, and Hideki Kamiya founded Seeds Inc. after ...

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Asura's Wrath is a 2012 Action game, action video game developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Taking elements from Hindu and Buddhist mythologies and blending them with science fiction, the game follows the titula ...

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CyberConnect2 is a Japanese video game developer. They are closely affiliated with Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Bandai), being best known for its work with the company on the .hack (video game series), ''.hack'' series, along with a series of fightin ...

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Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...

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Koei Tecmo is a Japanese video game, amusement and anime holding company created in 2009 by the merger of Koei and Tecmo. Koei Tecmo Holdings owns several companies, the biggest one of those being its flagship video game developer and publisher Koei Tecmo ...

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Bayonetta is a science fantasy action-adventure video game franchise created by Hideki Kamiya. It is developed by PlatinumGames, owned by Sega, and, since the release of Bayonetta 2 in 2014, published by Nintendo. The franchise was introduced in 2009 w ...

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Bayonetta 2 is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Nintendo. It is the sequel to the 2009 game ''Bayonetta'', and was directed by Yusuke Hashimoto and produced by Atsushi Inaba, Akiko Kuroda, and Hitoshi Yamagami, under ...

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Bayonetta 3 is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The game was directed by Yusuke Miyata and produced by Yuji Nakao, with series creator Hideki Kamiya as supervising director. It was a ...

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Blades of Time is a 2012 hack and slash video game developed by Gaijin Entertainment and published by Konami and Iceberg Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X. It is a reboot/sequel to Gaijin Entertainment's 2007 game '' X-B ...

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Gaijin Entertainment Gaijin Entertainment is a Hungarian video game developer headquartered in Budapest. The company is mostly known for '' War Thunder, Crossout'', '' Star Conflict'', '' CRSED: Cuisine Royale'' (formerly known as ''Cuisine Royale'' and ''CRSED: ...

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Omega Force (stylised as ''ω-Force'') is a Japanese video game developer and a division of Koei Tecmo, founded in 1996 by Akihiro Suzuki and Kenichi Ogasawara, and is best known for the ''Dynasty Warriors'' video games. History Omega Force was founded ...

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Sega Wow is a development department within Japanese video game company Sega Corporation that also previously existed as Wow Entertainment and AM1 spent most of its early existence under the leadership of Rikiya Nakagawa and developed a number of arca ...

Red Entertainment is a video game developer and video game publisher, publisher based in Japan. Originally founded in 1976 as (though it did not begin doing business until 1985), it was reorganized and succeeded by a new company on December 4, 2000, under its c ...

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Terminal Reality Terminal Reality is an American video game development and Video game producer, production company based in Lewisville, Texas. Founded in October 1994 by ex-Microsoft employee Mark Randel and former Mallard Software general manager Brett Combs, ...

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BloodRayne (video game) ''BloodRayne'' is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Terminal Reality and released on October 31, 2002. The game has since spawned a franchise with the addition of sequels, films, and self-contained comic books. A remas ...

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BloodRayne 2 ''BloodRayne 2'' is an action hack and slash video game developed by Terminal Reality for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. It does not follow on directly from where ''BloodRayne'' finished; instead, it takes place 60 and 70 years late ...

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WayForward WayForward Technologies, Inc. is an American independent video game developer and video game publisher, publisher based in Valencia, California. Founded in March 1990 by technology entrepreneur Voldi Way, WayForward started by developing games ...

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*'' Castlevania: Curse of Darkness'' -

*'' Castlevania: Lament of Innocence'' -

*'' Castlevania: Lords of Shadow'' -

**'' Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate'' **'' Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2'' *'' Chaos Legion'' - Capcom Production Studio 6 *'' Conan'' -

Nihilistic Software nStigate Games (formerly Nihilistic Software) was an American video game developer based in Novato, California. History Nihilistic was founded in March 1998 by Ray Gresko, Robert Huebner, and Steve Tietze. Gresko and Huebner had formerly worked ...

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Dante's Inferno ''Inferno'' (; Italian for ' Hell') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem '' The Divine Comedy'', followed by and . The ''Inferno'' describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himsel ...

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Visceral Games Visceral Games (formerly EA Redwood Shores) was an American video game developer studio owned by Electronic Arts. The studio is best known for creating and principally developing the Dead Space (franchise), ''Dead Space'' series, and was also in ...

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Vigil Games Vigil Games was an American game development company owned by THQ. It was formed by comic artist Joe Madureira and David Adams (video game designer), David Adams in 2005. History Vigil Games was founded in 2005 by Joe Madureira, David Adams, Mar ...

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Darksiders (video game) ''Darksiders'' is a hack and slash Action-adventure game, action-adventure List of video game franchises, video game franchise created by Vigil Games, now developed by Gunfire Games, which consists of some of the original members of Vigil. The ...

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Deadpool Deadpool is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in ''New Mutants'' #98 (December 1990). In his comic book appearances, Deadpool is ...

'' - High Moon Studios *''Devil Kings/Sengoku Basara'' series -

**''Devil Kings, Devil Kings/Sengoku Basara'' **''Sengoku Basara 2'' *''Devil May Cry'' series -

**''Devil May Cry (video game), Devil May Cry'' **''Devil May Cry 2'' **''Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening'' **''Devil May Cry 4'' **''Devil May Cry 5'' **''DmC: Devil May Cry'' - Ninja Theory *''Dragon Valor'' -

*''Drakengard'' series - Cavia (company), Cavia **''Drakengard (video game), Drakengard'' **''Drakengard 2'' **''Drakengard 3'' - Access Games **''Nier (video game), Nier'' **''Nier: Automata'' -

*''Dungeon Magic'' -

*''Dynasty Warriors'' series - Koei/

**''Dynasty Warriors 2'' **''Dynasty Warriors 3'' **''Dynasty Warriors 4'' **''Dynasty Warriors 5'' **''Dynasty Warriors 6'' **''Dynasty Warriors 7'' **''Dynasty Warriors 8'' **''Dynasty Warriors 9'' *''El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron'' - Ignition Tokyo *''Fire Emblem Warriors'' series - Omega Force/Team Ninja/

**''Fire Emblem Warriors'' **''Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes'' *''Gauntlet'' series - Atari Games **''Gauntlet (1985 video game), Gauntlet'' **''Gauntlet II'' **''Gauntlet (NES video game), Gauntlet'' (NES) - Tengen (company), Tengen **''Gauntlet: The Third Encounter'' **''Gauntlet III: The Final Quest'' - Tengen (company), Tengen **''Gauntlet Legends'' **''Gauntlet Dark Legacy'' - Atari Games, Midway Games West **''Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows'' - Midway Games *''Genji'' series - Game Republic **''Genji: Dawn of the Samurai'' **''Genji: Days of the Blade'' *''Ghost Rider (video game), Ghost Rider'' - Climax Group *''Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance'' - Software Creations (UK), Acclaim Studios Manchester *''God of War (franchise), God of War'' series - Santa Monica Studio **''God of War (2005 video game), God of War'' **''God of War II'' **''God of War III'' **''God of War: Ascension'' **''God of War (2018 video game), God of War (2018)'' **''God of War Ragnarök'' **''God of War: Chains of Olympus'' - Ready at Dawn **''God of War: Ghost of Sparta'' - Ready at Dawn **''God of War: Betrayal'' - Javaground/Sony Online Entertainment, SOE Los Angeles *''Golden Axe: Beast Rider'' - Sega Studios San Francisco, Secret Level *''Heavenly Sword'' - Ninja Theory *''Hulk (video game), Hulk'' -

*''Hyrule Warriors'' series - Omega Force/Team Ninja/

**''Hyrule Warriors'' **''Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity'' *''Killer Is Dead'' - Grasshopper Manufacture *''Legacy of Kain: Defiance'' -

/Nixxes Software BV *''The Legend of Korra (video game), The Legend of Korra'' -

*''Lollipop Chainsaw'' - Grasshopper Manufacture *''The Lord of the Rings'' series **''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' - Stormfront Studios/Hypnos Entertainment **''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' - Visceral Games, EA Redwood Shores *''Lucifer Ring'' - Toshiba EMI *''Mazan: Flash of the Blade'' -

* ''MediEvil (series), MediEvil'' series ** ''MediEvil'' ** ''MediEvil 2'' ** ''MediEvil: Resurrection'' ** ''MediEvil (2019 video game), MediEvil (2019)'' *''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'' -

*''Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'' - Monolith Productions **''Middle-earth: Shadow of War'' *''Muramasa: The Demon Blade'' - Vanillaware *''Nano Breaker'' -

*''Ninja Blade'' - FromSoftware *''Ninja Gaiden#Post-2004 series, Ninja Gaiden: Second Series'' - Team Ninja **''Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game), Ninja Gaiden'' ***''Ninja Gaiden Black'' ***''Ninja Gaiden Sigma'' **''Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword'' **''Ninja Gaiden II (2008 video game), Ninja Gaiden II'' ***''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2'' **''Ninja Gaiden 3'' ***''Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge'' **''Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z'' *''Ninja Spirit'' - Irem *''No More Heroes (series), No More Heroes'' series - Grasshopper Manufacture **''No More Heroes (video game), No More Heroes'' **''No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle'' **''Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes'' **''No More Heroes III'' *''The OneChanbara'' series - Tamsoft *''Onimusha (series), Onimusha'' series -

**''Onimusha: Warlords'' **''Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny'' **''Onimusha 3: Demon Siege'' **''Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams'' *''Otogi'' series - FromSoftware **''Otogi: Myth of Demons'' **''Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors'' *''Persona 5 Strikers'' - Omega Force/P-Studio/Atlus *''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' series -

**''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' **''Prince of Persia: Warrior Within'' ***''Prince of Persia: Revelations'' (PlayStation Portable, PSP) **''Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones'' ***''Prince of Persia: Rival Swords'' (PlayStation Portable, PSP) **''Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands'' *''Prince of Persia (2008 video game), Prince of Persia'' -

*''Ragnarok Battle Offline'' - French Bread (game developer), French Bread *''Red Steel 2'' -

*''Rune (video game), Rune'' - Human Head Studios **''Rune: Halls of Valhalla'' *''Rurouni Kenshin: Enjou! Kyoto Rinne'' - Banpresto *''Rygar: The Legendary Adventure'' -

*''Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked'' - Grasshopper Manufacture *''Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo'' - Krome Studios Melbourne, Beam Software / Telecomsoft, Firebird *''Samurai Warriors'' series - Koei,

**''Samurai Warriors'' ***''Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends'' **''Samurai Warriors: State of War'' **''Samurai Warriors 2'' ***''Samurai Warriors 2 Empires, Samurai Warriors 2: Empires'' ***''Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends, Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends'' **''Samurai Warriors 3'' *''Savage (video game), Savage'' - Acclaim Cheltenham, Probe Software *''Senran Kagura'' series - Marvelous (company), Marvelous/Tamsoft **''Senran Kagura Burst'' ***''Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal'' **''Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson'' **''Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus'' **''Senran Kagura Estival Versus'' *''Seven Samurai 20XX'' - Dimps *''Severance: Blade of Darkness'' - Rebel Act Studios *''Shadow Force: Henshin Ninja'' - Technos Japan, Technos *'' Shinobi'' series -

**''Shinobi (arcade game), Shinobi'' (Arcade game, Arcade) **''The Revenge of Shinobi (1989 video game), The Revenge of Shinobi'' **''Shadow Dancer (1989 video game), Shadow Dancer'' **''The Cyber Shinobi'' **''Shinobi (Game Gear), Shinobi'' (Sega Game Gear) **''Shinobi II: The Silent Fury'' **''Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master'' **''Shinobi Legions'' **''Shinobi (2002 video game), Shinobi'' **''Nightshade (2004 video game), Nightshade'' *''Skull & Crossbones (video game), Skull & Crossbones'' - Atari Games *The werehog gameplay of ''Sonic Unleashed'' -

*''Soulcalibur Legends'' - Bandai Namco Entertainment *''Spartan: Total Warrior'' - The Creative Assembly *''Splatterhouse (2010 video game), Splatterhouse'' (2010) - Bandai Namco Entertainment *''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' series - LucasArts **''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' **''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II'' *''Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order'' - Respawn *''Sudeki'' - Climax Group *''Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage'' - Yuke's *''Sword of Sodan'' - Innerprise *''Targhan'' - Silmarils (company), Silmarils *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan'' -

*''The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge'' -

*''Transformers: Devastation'' -

*''Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll'' -

*''Van Helsing (video game), Van Helsing'' - Saffire (company), Saffire *''Viking: Battle for Asgard'' - The Creative Assembly *''Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III'' -

*''Warriors Orochi'' series - Koei,

**''Warriors Orochi'' **''Warriors Orochi 2'' **''Warriors Orochi Z'' *''The Wonderful 101'' -

*''Wulverblade'' - Darkwind Media *''X-Blades'' -

*''X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game), X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' - Raven Software *''Xena: Warrior Princess (video game), Xena: Warrior Princess'' - Vivendi *''Yakuza Ishin'' *''Yakuza Kenzan'' *''Yo-kai Watch Blasters'' -Level 5 (company), Level 5 *''Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Secret of the Legendary Treasure Bambalaya'' -Level 5 (company), Level 5 *''Yumi: Samurai Warrior'' - LTBDesigns

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