Arcade Archives: Urban Champion (2018) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Arcade Archives: Urban Champion

Urban Champion is a beat 'em up fighting game, first released by Nintendo in 1984. True to its namesake, fighting men duke it out, fist to fist, for the title of Urban Champion! Go into battle with light and…

9 November 2018

What Arcade Archives: Urban Champion is

Arcade Archives: Urban Champion is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 2018. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Urban Champion is a beat 'em up fighting game, first released by Nintendo in 1984. True to its namesake, fighting men duke it out, fist to fist, for the title of Urban Champion! Go into battle with light and heavy punches, as well as dodging and other defensive maneuvers. Take on a 2 player battle, and try to read your opponents' moves to become the victor!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Arcade Archives: Urban Champion launched on 9 November 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Battlefield V, Hitman 2 and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. It arrived 1 year into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Battlefield V, Hitman 2, Spyro Reignited Trilogy.

Arcade Archives: Urban Champion — frequently asked questions