{"id":43116,"date":"2018-08-27T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/streets_of_rage_4_is_really_happening_thanks_to_the_team_behind_the_wonder_boy_reboot"},"modified":"2018-08-27T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:55:00","slug":"streets-of-rage-4-is-really-happening-thanks-to-the-team-behind-the-wonder-boy-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/27\/streets-of-rage-4-is-really-happening-thanks-to-the-team-behind-the-wonder-boy-reboot\/","title":{"rendered":"Streets Of Rage 4 Is Really Happening, Thanks To The Team Behind The Wonder Boy Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/499774d3223cc\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/499774d3223cc\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Lizardcube and DotEmu &#8211; the studios behind the excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/wonder_boy_the_dragons_trap\"><strong>Wonder Boy: The Dragon&#8217;s Trap<\/strong><\/a> reboot &#8211; are reviving Sega&#8217;s classic side-scrolling fighter <strong>Streets of Rage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Developed in conjunction with Guard Crush Games, <strong>Streets of Rage 4<\/strong> boasts a stunning hand-drawn visual style and will build on the gameplay seen in the original trilogy on the Mega Drive.<\/p>\n<p>Platforms are currently unconfirmed, but given that Wonder Boy appeared on the Switch, the chances of a Nintendo version are good.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some PR:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Streets of Rage, known as Bare Knuckle (\u30d9\u30a2\u30fb\u30ca\u30c3\u30af\u30eb Bea Nakkuru) in Japan, is a trilogy of beat &#8217;em up games developed and published by SEGA in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Famously known for its non stop action and electronic dance influenced music &#8211; scored by Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima &#8211; the series has gained the status of cult classic throughout the years. It is considered one of the best beat &#8217;em up series of all time. After many years, Axel and Blaze are finally picking up the fight where they left.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Featuring hand-drawn visuals from the team behind 2017\u2019s gorgeous Wonder Boy: The Dragon\u2019s Trap remake, Streets of Rage 4 builds upon the classic trilogy\u2019s gameplay with new mechanics, a fresh story and a gauntlet of dangerous stages with a serious crime problem. Streets of Rage 4 recalls classic gameplay but it stands as an entirely original arcade-style romp thanks to the expertise of Guard Crush Games and Dotemu.<\/p>\n<p>Whether players gang up with a friend or clean up the city solo, Streets of Rage 4 is a skull-bashing, chicken-chomping delight all set to a thumping soundtrack sure to get your blood pumping.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"StreetsOfRage4 0001\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/61ac129a95828\/streetsofrage4-0001.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/61ac129a95828\/streetsofrage4-0001.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"StreetsOfRage4 0001\" \/><\/a><a title=\"StreetsOfRage4 0003\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b50607e4ee3c\/streetsofrage4-0003.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b50607e4ee3c\/streetsofrage4-0003.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"StreetsOfRage4 0003\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"StreetsOfRage4 0005\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ffc39f4d48173\/streetsofrage4-0005.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ffc39f4d48173\/streetsofrage4-0005.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"StreetsOfRage4 0005\" \/><\/a><a title=\"StreetsOfRage4 0006\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/73bf690c1ece7\/streetsofrage4-0006.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/73bf690c1ece7\/streetsofrage4-0006.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"StreetsOfRage4 0006\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Let us know if you&#8217;re excited about this unexpected sequel by posting a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Lizardcube and DotEmu &#8211; the studios behind the excellent Wonder Boy: The Dragon&#8217;s Trap reboot &#8211; are reviving Sega&#8217;s classic side-scrolling fighter Streets of Rage. Developed in conjunction with Guard Crush Games, Streets of Rage 4 boasts a stunning hand-drawn visual style and will build on the gameplay seen in the original trilogy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}