The 80s Karate Kid movies are getting a 16-bit-style beat-’em-up in September
80s movie favourite The Karate Kid is being turned into a 16-bit-style side-scrolling beat-’em-up, and it’s heading to PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC on 20th September this year.
The Karate Kid: Street Rumble comes from GameMill Entertainment, the publisher behind Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, and is firmly setting its sights on the 80s era of Karate Kid rather than Netflix’s Cobra Kai continuation – which has already spawned two games itself.
Street Rumble is, somewhat surprisingly, only the third game to be directly based on the 80s movie series – the first, Atlus’ NES action game The Karate Kid, arrived in 1987, and Microdeals’ The Karate Kid 2 hit the Amiga and Atari ST in 1986. This new outing, though, promises to feature a whole bunch of familiar faces as its 80s-set mulitplayer action unfolds.
As per Street Rumble’s IGN reveal, Daniel Russo, Mr. Miyagi, Kumiko, and Ali Mills are all playable across the game’s 12 belt-scrolling-style stages, for instance, while the likes of Johnny Lawrence, John Kreese, and Terry Silver will feature as foes.
There’s not a lot else to report at present, but The Karate Kid: Street Rumble is scheduled to release for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and Steam on 20th September – and you’ll find some gamplay footage in the reveal trailer above.
