Monster Maulers, known in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 as , is a fighting game

Fighting game

Fighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena. Players must master techniques such as...

/beat 'em up

Beat 'em up

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 hybrid arcade game

Arcade game

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 developed and published by Konami

Konami

is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

.

Gameplay

Similar to modern fighting games such as Capcom

Capcom

is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...

's Street Fighter II

Street Fighter II

is a competitive fighting game originally released for the arcades in . It is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter released in and was Capcom's fourteenth title that ran on the CP System arcade hardware...

 and SNK

SNK Playmore

SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986....

's Fatal Fury: King of Fighters

Fatal Fury: King of Fighters

is a 1991 head-to-head fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. Fatal Fury was SNK's first fighting game for the Neo Geo system and served as the inaugural game in their Fatal Fury series, as well as the first game to depict the fictional "King of Fighters" tournament...

, the focus of the game is one-on-one fights versus giant enemies. Several of said enemies are references to or bosses in other Konami games, such as Gradius

Gradius

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and its spin-off, Salamander

Salamander (arcade game)

, retitled Life Force in North America and in the Japanese arcade re-release , is a scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami. Released in 1986 as a spin-off to Gradius, Salamander introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling...

. When playing two-player mode, both players can team up to do secret special moves.

Plot

The three main characters are Kotetsu, Anne and Eagle, members of the "Ultimate Task Force." A trio of dastardly villains unleash a swarm of ("the world's greatest threats", as referred to be) monsters to terrorize each populace, one by one, sending our three heroes on a mission to end this beast-sized disaster once and for all.

Characters

• Kotetsu - a martial artist hailing from Japan
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
  ; a balanced type
• Anne - a fighter hailing from UK; a speed type
• Eagle - a pro-wrestler hailing from America
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  ; a power type

External links

• Monster Maulers at arcade-history
  • Kyukyoku Sentai Dadandarn at arcade-history
• Monster Maulers at Hardcore Gaming 101