Tokyo Beat Down

Tokyo Beat Down ^JPN is a 2008 side-scrolling beat-em-up released for the Nintendo DS. It is published by Success (Japan) and Atlus USA (North America) and developed by Tamsoft.

Tokyo Beat Down
North American box art
Developer(s)	Tamsoft, Success
Publisher(s)	JP: Success NA: Atlus USA
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Release	JP: September 18, 2008 NA: March 31, 2009
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Single player

The story takes place in Yaesu, home of the so-called "Beast Cops". As the name implies, these Beast Cops have extreme methods of taking criminals down in Tokyo.

Tokyo Beat Down was released in Japan on September 18, 2008 and in North America on March 31, 2009.^[1]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	56 out of 100[2]

Review scores

Publication	Score
1Up.com	C[3]
Destructoid	7 out of 10[4]
Famitsu	22 out of 40[5]
Game Informer	7 out of 10[6]
GamePro	[7]
GameSpot	5.5 out of 10[8]
GameZone	7 out of 10[9]
NGamer	60%[10]
Nintendo Power	6 out of 10[11]
Nintendo World Report	6 out of 10[12]
Wired	[13]

Tokyo Beat Down received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[2] Ray Barnholt of 1UP described the game as "deliberately archaic" but worthwhile for gamers who "have a fondness for action games past."^[3] Michael Cole of Nintendo World Report cited its "fairly fluid" combat and praised its "stilted, tongue-in-cheek cop drama dialogue" as making "Beat Down more memorable".^[12] On the other hand, Austin Light of GameSpot found "the crazy story and absurd characters...entertaining,...they aren't worth mashing your way through hours of poor combat to see."^[8] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two sixes, one four, and one six for a total of 22 out of 40.^[5]

Notes

^ Known in Japan as 野獣刑事 東京同時多発テロを鎮圧せよ! (Yajuu Keiji: Tokyou Douji Tahatsu Tero wo Chinatsu Seyo, "Beast Cops: Suppress frequently occurred terrorism in Tokyo!")