Knuckle Bash

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Knuckle Bash is a 1993 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Toaplan for Japanese arcades; in North America and Europe, it was distributed by Atari Games. It is notable for being one of the few titles by Toaplan that has not received any official port to home consoles as of date. In the game, players assume the role of professional wrestlers fighting against the Mad Bull Group organization to protect wrestling from corruption. Knuckle Bash was created by most of the same staff that previously worked on several projects at Toaplan and who would later go on to work at one of its offshoots after the company declared bankruptcy in 1994. The team were originally commissioned on making a fighting game similar to Capcom's Street Fighter II: The World Warrior but the project deviated from its original plan and became a beat 'em up title instead. As of 2019, the rights to the title are owned by Tatsujin, a company founded in 2017 by former Toaplan member Masahiro Yuge and now-affiliate of Japanese arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia alongside many other Toaplan IPs.

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Type

Game

Release date

January 1, 1993

Genres

beat 'em up

Platforms

arcade video game

Created by

Toaplan

Countries

Japan