Atlus delivers hardcore righteousness with Tokyo Beat Down for Nintendo DS

[AtlusAram]

ATLUS DELIVERS HARDBOILED RIGHTEOUSNESS THIS MARCH WITH OLD SCHOOL BEAT ‘EM UP TOKYO BEAT DOWN™ FOR NINTENDO DS™
In this city, you shoot first, punch second, kick third, break for lunch, and then ask questions... if there's time...

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IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — JANUARY 9, 2009 — Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today vowed to deliver great justice and honor to Nintendo DS™ with Tokyo Beat Down™, a tale of greed, corruption, and good old-fashion violence. Experience the sweet nostalgia of classic coin-op beat ‘em ups, where you must rely on your fists, firearms, and anything else that happens to be lying around to beat the sin out of Tokyo's criminals. What do you do when thugs and hoodlums put peace and freedom in jeopardy? YOU BEAT THEM DOWN!

Tokyo Beat Down is scheduled to be unleashed on March 10, 2009 with an MSRP of $29.99.

For more information about Tokyo Beat Down, visit the official website:
http://www.atlus.com/tokyobeatdown

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About Tokyo Beat Down
Who has it within them to rise up against the ever growing threat of violence, crime, and terrorism on the streets of Tokyo? Enter the Beast Cops, tireless servants of justice. These men and women struggle night and day for the heart of the city. They’ll match any villain punch for punch, kick for kick, bullet for bullet. They’re Beast Cops because they will do whatever it takes, pay any price, inflict as much damage as necessary, in order to restore peace and security to the streets of Tokyo.

Key Features
• Beat ‘em up that lets you shoot ‘em up — When fisticuffs aren’t enough, add guns to deliver a whole new brand of justice to the mean streets of Tokyo. Pick up a variety of weapons, ranging from handguns to rocket launchers, for intense action on each level.
• Badass 70’s cop show vibe— Outrageous style, over-the-top substance, and no holds barred hardboiled police action mix with madcap humor and sharply-written dialogue. Dishing out justice to the seamy underbelly of Tokyo has never been this satisfying.
• Multiple characters & endings — This sordid tale of Tokyo’s criminal set unfolds through the eyes of three different cops with unique play styles. Story branches lead to multiple endings that determine whether you’ll get your shot to beat down the ultimate crime boss.

Tokyo Beat Down has been rated “T” for Teen with Alcohol Reference, Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco, and Violence by the ESRB.

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About Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
Located in Irvine, California and founded in 1991, Atlus U.S.A., Inc. is renowned for its proud tradition of publishing exceptional role-playing games with strong niche appeal. The Atlus library of critically acclaimed video games includes Odin Sphere, Trauma Center series, and the award-winning Shin Megami Tensei series. For more information, visit http://www.atlus.com.

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©2009 SUCCESS. Licensed to and published Atlus U.S.A., Inc.

[jeffx]

WOAH! YES! Never saw that one coming.

Here are three previews from Siliconera

Taking names as a Nintendo DS “beast detective” (http://www.siliconera.com/2008/02/26/taking-names-as-a-nintendo-ds-%E2%80%9Cbeast-detective%E2%80%9D/) (February 26, 2008 )

DS beast detective beat 'em up found in September (http://www.siliconera.com/2008/06/25/ds-beast-detective-beat-%E2%80%98em-up-found-in-september/) (June 25, 2008 )

Ready For A "Tokyo Beat Down"? (http://www.siliconera.com/2009/01/09/ready-for-a-tokyo-beat-down/) (January 9, 2009)

Slight criticism of the TBD website (http://www.atlus.com/tokyobeatdown/): Media Section > Screenshots. They are scaled down to the size of the frame so the text looks like rubbish. Would be great to get the full sized version. Everything else rules.

[Inzaghi]

WOAH! YES! Never saw that one coming.

No one ever sees JUSTICE coming! Pow!

[MrPopo]

WOAH! YES! Never saw that one coming.

No one ever sees JUSTICE coming! Pow!
I've noticed we've been pretty lacking in Street Justice lately.

[DamnedToBeFree]

:confused:

[Tivor]

LOL, I haven't heard of this game before, but it sounds AWESOME!!! :lol:

I love the US version of the main guy's name: Lewis Cannon. Gotta love a good pun. :D




DS beast detective beat 'em up found in September (http://www.siliconera.com/2008/06/25/ds-beast-detective-beat-%E2%80%98em-up-found-in-september/) (June 25, 2008 )

For those of you too lazy to click on links, jeffx's this link has YouTube play video, so click on that one at least.

*circles March 10 on the calendar*

[Churchill]

GENIUS! Can't wait for this game to come out. Glad my dS still has life left in it!

[Onion of Mystery]

I love the US version of the main guy's name: Lewis Cannon. Gotta love a good pun. :D

No one can control a Lewis Cannon!
Except you, when you play the game.

[sdragon21]

All i can say is WOW!!!
It's about time the DS had a beat em up, and a really cool looking one at that.
With This, Ys Book 1&2 DS, and Star Ocean:The Last Hope Coming Out within weeks of each of each other, it looks like i'll be running out of money fast!!!

BTW, what's The MSRP on this game???

[jeffx]

Here are a bunch of Youtube videos:

Official Trailer from Success
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShgL0qx7RRA

Gameplay video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWynVE-YGns

This one also has footage from Success' other (soft-boiled) detective game
The TBD stuff begins at 0:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brm-OLzGgKA

And of course the official Atlus USA trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blWGpM-MNWo

[Sei]

I was skeptical till I saw the trailer. Most likely want on account of how awesome Rika seems to be.

Where is Devil Survivor and Devil Summoner 2 though? :(

[Churchill]

Oh, one thing I forgot to add:

Please for the love of god, leave the japanese language files with english subs in this game.

[sfried]

The MANLY title to counteract Atlus's usually cutesy fair.

I approve of this move.

[jeffx]

BTW, what's The MSRP on this game???

Dude. Right in the first post. 30$

[VMan]

The trailer gives me Streets of Rage nostalgia. Haven't played a good beat-em-up in a while.

[VMan]

I was skeptical till I saw the trailer. Most likely want on account of how awesome Rika seems to be.

Where is Devil Survivor and Devil Summoner 2 though? :(

I wouldn't be surprised if either or both are on the horizon and they just haven't told us yet.

[cj iwakura]

I was skeptical till I saw the trailer. Most likely want on account of how awesome Rika seems to be.

Where is Devil Survivor and Devil Summoner 2 though? :(

It would technically be Devil Summoner 4, so I bet they'll just call it Devil Summoner: [US title here].

Also, those graphics look really choppy. Seems like a better concept for a PSP game, but hey, maybe it'll be fun.

[Kakizaki]

Vman -- Edit feature. ;)


I'm a sucker for beat'um ups, but I hope we learn more about the combat system outside of what the website has listed so.

[tokoshi_x]

Pretty interesting game. I'm definitely keeping an eye out for this one.

[jeffx]

Some positive feedback from the Kotaku readers (http://kotaku.com/5127533/atlus-delivers-old-school-tokyo-beat-down-to-ds)

[dragonlife29]

Holy ####--YES!!!

Atlus, I love beat-'em ups! *shakes with excitement* OMG, day freakin' one since not only is it a genre the DS--and, let's face it--the world--needs more of, but the setting is cool, too! I was expecting some sort of Yakuza goodness, but this in its own right is awesome!

Eeeeeek! :D:D:D ALL OVER MY FACE!

[Kid Marin]

Looks fun. It reminds me of City Hunter.

[Olethros]

Meh. Not my thing, but I can see it being a load of fun for some people.

I won't knock this decision - yet.

I expect a Knights in the Nightmare and Devil Summoner anouncement coming soon Atlus!

[jeffx]

I expect a Knights in the Nightmare and Devil Summoner anouncement coming soon Atlus!

No kidding eh? There are no April/May games announced as of yet. KITN is a prime candidate.

[Gen Eric Gui]

I second Olethros.

But this game looks badass. I love beat 'em ups, from Final Fight to Streets of Rage to Captain Commando. Day one, as they say.

[Juanblue85]

Very interesting I'm getting this since Its been a long time since I played a good beat em up heck since streets of rage 2 and 3.

[banballow]

*circles March 10 on the calendar*

*Looks at Tivor's signature*

... you're just now circling it? =P

I have to say, this looks rather interesting. March 10th is going to be a huge headache with The Dark Spire, MadWorld, Sonic and the Black Knight (Why do I keep coming back to Sonic?)... and now this. To many games...

[Tivor]

Looks fun. It reminds me of City Hunter.

We definitely need a game where the main guy can summon his mokkori power.

Oh god, now you got me imagining a Final Fight-type game with the City Hunter cast. Ryo, Kaori, Umibouzu, Saeko.... *drool*

OK, that is going right next to the cel-shaded Slam Dunk basketball game on my "videogames I desperately want but will never happen" list.



*circles March 10 on the calendar*

*Looks at Tivor's signature*

... you're just now circling it? =P

D'oh!! You got me! XD

[jj984jj]

What an unexpected announcement. This game bombed so badly in Japan that there weren't any impressions whatsoever, so I guess I'll wait for English impressions.

Taking names as a Nintendo DS “beast detective” (http://www.siliconera.com/2008/02/26/taking-names-as-a-nintendo-ds-%E2%80%9Cbeast-detective%E2%80%9D/) (February 26, 2008 )

This was made by Tamsoft? I had no clue.

[banballow]

This was made by Tamasoft? I had no clue.I never would have noticed... they're slowly plotting to take over all my systems. Onechanbara for 360 and Wii in February, and Tokyo Beat Down in March.

[Funktion]

Funnily enough, see what game I suggested last May on the Game Suggestions sub-forum:
http://www.atlus.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1065
;)

[Evila]

Haha, omg, the trailer was pure gold. More beat em ups are always good. I played way too much Streets of Rage as a kid... :V

Hilariously a friend of mine who lives in Japan was showing me DS games she wanted to get, and showed me the JP site for this game. This was just a few days ago too. Never imagined it'd get a US release. Thank you!

[dragonlife29]

*circles March 10 on the calendar*

*Looks at Tivor's signature*

... you're just now circling it? =P

I have to say, this looks rather interesting. March 10th is going to be a huge headache with The Dark Spire, MadWorld, Sonic and the Black Knight (Why do I keep coming back to Sonic?)... and now this. To many games...Nooooooooooo! I completely forgot those were March 10th :very_sad:

Goddammit, Atlus...goddammit. Sorry to say, but MadWorld's gonna take priority over your fiendishly-placed The Dark Spire and Tokyo Beat Down; however, I'll definitely try to squeeze in all of them :D

Of course, February's House of the Dead: Overkill and Tenchu 4 D': I hope I can make it...:very_sad:

[banballow]

Ahem, after looking around on the webpage a bit, I have one very important thing to say...

*Girlish scream*

FUUUNNNGHIIIIII!!!

[cj iwakura]

I like how the website uses GTA's font. :P

[syl]

Nice!

[Sei]

*circles March 10 on the calendar*

*Looks at Tivor's signature*

... you're just now circling it? =P

I have to say, this looks rather interesting. March 10th is going to be a huge headache with The Dark Spire, MadWorld, Sonic and the Black Knight (Why do I keep coming back to Sonic?)... and now this. To many games...

He hurts you cause he loves you, one of this days he'll change, you'll see... things will be like they used to be and you'll be so happy together again. It's just work has been stressful lately and you shouldn't have talked back.. it'll be all different..

[DamageCity]

it beats the hell out of my world, my way.

[cj iwakura]

My World, My Way would be a lot more interesting as a beat'em'up.

[Kid Marin]

Looks fun. It reminds me of City Hunter.

We definitely need a game where the main guy can summon his mokkori power.

Oh god, now you got me imagining a Final Fight-type game with the City Hunter cast. Ryo, Kaori, Umibouzu, Saeko.... *drool*
You probably know about the City Hunter PC Engine game (not really a beat'em up), don't you ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyetLVQB0q4

[Fuyukaze]

Never even saw this one being remotly posible. Atlus, your starting to mess with my head, your freaking me out. Day 1 for me.

[Yet Another Tim]

So far, the impressions I got on Tokyo Beat Down, based on the trailer vid that I watched on YouTube, include:

-- classic game play, in the tradition of Capcom beat-em-ups like Captain Commando and Final Fight
-- mayhem and chaos of Rockstar's State of Emergency
-- reminded me of the 70's cop show, "Starsky & Hutch," along with two Japanese cop shows, "Bayside Shakedown" and "Ninzaburo Furuhata"

[iammako3]

With my intense love of the Streets of Rage series, this is a Day 1 for me!

I only have one little gripe. I get the whole joke with Lewis Canon. . . but you can't just change one guy's name to an English pun and leave the rest in Japanese! It's weird! You either have to Phoenix Wright it and change everyone's name, or leave them all alone and hope the few otaku in the audience will understand anyway.

I'm assuming it's too far in production to fix up now, so I'll just have to imagine Lewis is a transfer from an American police corps or something.

Still, looks freaking fun-tastic!

[faithfulfanboy]

Atlus's strengths have been in DS and PS2 games the last couple years, this isn't any exception! Nobody can resist the allure of $30 Atlus games. ;)

I expect this game to sell more than the average Atlus print run.

[Ido]

This looks so awesome! Man March the 10th is so far away XD

[Zeta_Nova]

Indeed it does. Perhaps this'll give Streets of Rage and Final Fight a run for their money lol.

[ProfessorMurder]

To this day, I deliberately mispronounce "Streets of Rage" as "Streets of RAH-gey" because of the way Nintendo butchered the pronunciation of "Legend of Kage".

[mainpatr1]

I am definitely playing this game when is comes out. I love all sorts of beat-em-ups whether it's 2d or 3d. Also, "Lewis Cannon" is a hilarious name. I do agree about the post about changing the other characters names,though. Lewis Cannon and Rika Hyodo???

[Last_Outlaw04]

I cant wait until this game comes out since its been forever since I played a real beat'em up title. Atlus you really know what us gamers want to play.

[Kakizaki]

^Happen to play Yakuza 2?

[TheLD]

I haven't played an original (RCR EX, despite probably being my favorite beat 'em up ever, it was a remake so I don't count it as new) since like Viewtiful Joe and that was game was kinda different in its own ways. If this game is an oldschool revival of the (seemingly) long gone beat 'em up genre (I hate 3-D beat 'em ups, never played a good one) then I'm completely sold.

Nice grab Atlus.

[NEOnuts]

interesting game you have here, looks like it has a good and fun gameplay

[Last_Outlaw04]

^Happen to play Yakuza 2?

Good point I forgot all about that game I have the first one and the second and love them both. Great storyline;)