Urban Champion

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Urban Champion

Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	^JPN November 14, 1984 ^NA August 1, 1986
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, Two players
Platform(s)	Famicom/NES, Virtual Console

Urban Champion is a fighting game produced by Nintendo in 1985.

[edit] Gameplay

The purpose of the game is to knock the other player into a sewer manhole.There is a time limit, and the player has a set limit of stamina, both of which are represented by numbers. The player has two types of attacks: a light punch and a heavy punch. The light punch doesn't push your opponent as far as the heavy punch, but it is harder to block. The heavy punch sends your opponent reeling backwards, but can be blocked easily and takes a bit longer to pull off. For every punch you throw, you lose 1 stamina. Flower pots are occasionally dropped from windows, which, if one hits a person, they will be dazed and will lose 5 stamina. In addition, a police car will pass by the fighting every 30 seconds which causes the players to return to their starting positions.

[edit] Ports, sequels, and references

This game was re-released for the Nintendo e-Reader on November 11, 2002 and was used as a microgame in WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$.

In Tetris DS, Standard mode stage 18 uses Urban Champion as a backdrop.

Urban Champion is also available for download on the Wii's Virtual Console. It was released in December 2006 in most regions, and on January 1, 2007 in North America.