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M.U.S.C.L.E., known in Japan as Kinnikuman Muscle Tag Match, is a NES wrestling game based on characters from the Yudetamago's manga and anime series Kinnikuman. It has eight playable characters, each with his own special move. The game's full title is Tag Team Match M.U.S.C.L.E.. The game was followed by a 1987 Japan-only sequel for the Famicom Disk System titled, Kinnikuman: Kinniku Ōkurai Sōdatsusen.
Singles mode (one on one bout) Two-on-Two tag team wrestling match. One Player or Two Player Versus. The A button jumps, and B punches or activates a special move after collecting an energy ball that is randomly thrown by the boy called "Meat". Moves that can be done, punch, jump, drop kick, shove, shove into ropes, flying body attack (jump into ropes and rebound), lariat aka clothes line, shove enemy into ropes and then hit A, back drop aka suplex (press B close behind your enemy).
Characters
Kinnikuman/Muscleman
Finisher: Kinniku Driver, carries opponent and jumps off screen straight up and comes down. One of the if not the most damage inducing moves in the game.
Terryman
Finisher: Bull Dog Headlock, basically a speedy version of the lariat move in the game without having to rebound off the ropes and can be done repeatedly.
Ramenman
Finisher: Leg Lariat, basically a faster longer version of the regular drop kick move.
Robin Mask
Finisher: Tower Bridge, Argentine back breaker (Lex Luger's torture rack) from pro-wrestling
Buffaloman/Terri-bull
Finisher: Hurricane Mixer, for a short distance he can burst charge you with his horned head.
Warsman
Finisher: Bear Claw, covers longer distance than the hurrican mixer
Ashuraman
Finisher: Ashura Buster
Geronimo (U.S. version only)
Finisher: Apache war cry
RINGS:
Normal Ring
Ice-Top Ring
Electric Rope Ring
Source: Wikipedia, M.U.S.C.L.E. (video game) , available under the CC-BY-SA License.
Playthrough #1000! | Merkator | Solo Playthrough
- It's an amazing Uwe Rosenberg game that doesn't get the love it deserves.
- The solo mode replicates a lot of the full game and can be played alone.
- It's a game the host has kept, indicating it's a favorite.
- It's a decent game with a good combo potential.
- The solo mode doesn't have quite all of the stuff that the full game does.
- It was hard to get and is currently out of print.
- Some buildings are expensive.
- The host admits to buying too many bonus cards and not enough buildings, and forgetting about certain mechanics.
- The host's final score was just off the 'beginner' mark, indicating the game can be challenging to optimize.
- The game fell apart towards the end due to strategy missteps.
- Merchants traveling the world obtaining goods, fulfilling contracts.
- Agricola
- Caverna
- Glass Road
- Black Forest
- Lorenzo il Magnifico
- Spokes
- Point Salad
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players choose actions such as traveling to locations, obtaining goods, fulfilling contracts, or buying buildings/bonus cards.
- contract fulfillment — Players travel to locations to obtain goods needed to fulfill contracts, which award points and potentially better contracts.
- Endgame scoring — Points are awarded based on fulfilled contracts, buildings owned, bonus cards, and potentially sets of goods or items collected.
- Pick-Up and Deliver — Players travel to various locations to collect specific goods (represented by cubes) and deliver them to fulfill contracts.
- Route Building — Players move their marker around a map of locations, with movement often costing 'time'.
- Set Collection — Players aim to collect specific sets of goods or items (like weapons, clothes, or different types of food) to fulfill higher-tier contracts.
- Variable player powers — While not explicitly stated as 'powers', the bonus cards and buildings players acquire customize their abilities and scoring potential.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- This is number 1,000 which is a lot of things
- It seems people didn't get on with and I don't I don't know if it'll ever get reprinted maybe it'll get remade or something although with the way that the things get remade not not as much of a fan of the the tweaked different versions
- I did I was kind of have me heart set on getting that um piece of West F when I saw that it was possible
- M.U.S.C.L.E. is sticking around