Tsuppari Wars

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Tsuppari Wars
Developer(s)	Sammy Studios
Platform(s)	NES
Release date	^JP June 28, 1991 ^[1]
Genre(s)	Strategy
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	n/a (not rated)
Media	Cartridge
Input methods	NES controller

Tsuppari Wars ( つっぱりウォーズ, Tsuppari Wars^?)^[2] is a urban gang simulator for the Famicom. The object is to acquire all enemy territory and defeat the evil gang leaders. Even though this game was only released in Japan, the gangsters fight unarmed and the violence level is confined to the fantasy level. Its spiritual descendant is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas due to its simulation of gang warfare.

Once the main gang leader is defeated, the remaining members of the gang switch membership to become a gray-colored gang that doesn't have a leader. Consequently, all territory that belonged to leader that was killed in combat becomes neutral territory. Neutral gangs attempt to defend their turf. In order for a gang with colors (red, blue, or green) to use the land as their own, they must eliminate all the gangsters in that territory.

Neutral gangs, fortunately, do not have ability to invade the territories of the red, blue, or green colored gangs. There are three difficulty levels for computer opponents and games are possible with two or three colors (but never with only one color). After naming the character (using the Japanese alphabet), the player must select his face that will represent his main gang leader. Fightings involving leaders are done by a fighting game engine while gangsters fight each other through a special battle screen that allows players to use special effects against the opponent like a motorcycle or a thunderstorm.

All brawls are timed. That means if there is no determined winner in a certain number of time, the brawl ends with a stalemate and no territory gains or losses are mode. The brawl can be re-initated either during the player's next turn or during the opponent's turn. There are 8 maps to choose from that depict the world in a manner similar to the board game Risk.