Urban Champion
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| Urban Champion | |
| Developer | Nintendo R&D1 |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| System | NES, Arcade, e-Reader, Virtual Console, 3DS Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console |
| Release Date | NES JP November 14, 1984 US August 1, 1986 EU 1986 Arcade US 1985 e-Reader US November 12, 2002 Wii Virtual Console JP December 2, 2006 EU December 15, 2006 AU December 15, 2006 US January 1, 2007 3DS Virtual Console (3D Classic) JP July 16, 2011 US August 18, 2011 EU August 18, 2011 Wii U Virtual Console US/EU October 17, 2013 JP October 23, 2013 |
| Rating | ESRB: E |
Urban Champion is a fighting game by Nintendo.
Gameplay
The goal of Urban Champion is for the player to knock his opponent into a manhole. The player has limited time and limited stamina. Both a light punch and a heavy punch is available. The heavy punch does more damage, but the light punch is harder to block. For each punch the player throws, they lose one stamina. Occasionally, a flower pot will fall and the player will lose 5 stamina if they're hit. Every 30 seconds, a police car will drive by, causing the player and his opponent to return to their original positions. If time runs out and no one has won, the police car takes the person who was pushed furthest back.
The game has Mode A and Mode B. Mode A is the single player game. Mode B is 2 Player.
Legacy
In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, one of 9-Volt's games is based on Urban Champion. Also, Stage 18 in Standard Mode of Tetris DS uses Urban Champion as a backdrop. It was also among the games featured in the original NES Remix, which presented unique challenges set in excerpts from classic NES games and also mixed elements from the different games.
Ports and Remakes
- In 1985, Urban Champion was made available at arcades as part of the Vs. line.
- In 2002, Urban Champion was made available as an e-Reader game.
- In 2006, the Wii's Virtual Console offered Urban Champion for download.
- In 2011, a 3D capable version was released over the 3DS Virtual Console as part of the 3D Classics line.
- In 2013, it was made available for download on the Wii U as part of the Wii U Virtual Console.