The normal moves that are available correspond to the character that you are playing such as karate or judo, meaning that it’s more technical and certainly less bloodthirsty than similar games. There are no ‘special moves’ in terms of fire balls or bolts from the blue like in Mortal Kombat but the game doesn’t get boring. The controls are kept to a minimum so as not to complicate the fast and furious gameplay – there are 3 punch moves and 3 kick moves with only a couple of combos thrown in for good measure.

You can choose to simply go one-on-one against the computer, form a two man tag team with a friend, or even a four player battle mode if you’re looking for a mass orgy of animal combat action. Kung Fu Buddy pulls out some Bruce Lee style moves whilst Tai Cheetah appears to perform something in the range of meditation combined with self-defence (he’s naturally very quick though). The 12 cartoon-style characters each have their own capabilities, strengths and weaknesses ranging from ‘Kung Fu Buddy’ to ‘Tai Cheetah’. The original Sega story goes that the Dalai Lama has organised a martial arts contest for animals and the final bout is against the great man himself! (although we never got that far). What’s more, it also has a rather original and unique premise. Whereas the former have digitised characters, the characters in Paws of Fury are original animal-style cartoons, which gives the game its distinctive flavour. This 2D fighting game follows the trend set by Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat but it’s much more than just a beat-em-up. Nowadays, it has become one of the most popular combat game downloads on Softonic due to its excellent playability and original MUGEN-based characters. Thanks to the MUGEN games engine, the Sega classic Brutal: Paws of Fury has been given a new lease of life and seems to have lost none of its popularity.

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