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Nintendo DS Genre: Action Publisher: Atlus USA   NDS Review -
'Tokyo Beat Down'  by Dustin Chadwell on April 24, 2009 @ 3:24
a.m. PDT   Genre: Beat-'Em-Up Publisher: Atlus Co. Developer:
Success Release Date: March 31, 2009   Tokyo Beat Down isn't
exactly perfect. It uses a pseudo 3-D system to show the
characters and locations, so it's not really sprite-based like
classic titles, and while that worked out well for Warriors,
it's not exactly a good look for a DS title. The environments
are pretty bland, and while they're supposed to represent actual
Tokyo-based locations, it doesn't come off as well as it did in
something like The World Ends With You, where we had little
landmarks and other visual aids to show off that these places
indeed exist in the real world. Instead, you'll see a lot of
repeating backgrounds in Tokyo Beat Down ... and not much else.
There's still some visceral fun to be had with the game,
provided you can get past the less-than-