Play Brutal - Paws Of Fury (beta) Online

Brutal: Paws of Fury came out for the Super Nintendo in 1994, published by GameTek. It was part of that wave of fighting games trying to capture some of the Street Fighter energy, but with a cast of animal martial artists instead of humans. The look and feel were very much of that 16-bit era, with large, colorful sprites and the kind of digitized voices that were a novelty at the time.

You pick one of the animal fighters, like a wolf or a tiger, and battle your way through a series of one-on-one matches. The main goal is to win the tournament by defeating all the other combatants. The gameplay involves standard fighting game mechanics: you have a range of punches, kicks, and special moves executed with directional inputs. A notable feature was the ability to charge up a super meter for a more powerful attack. The pacing is fast, and the computer opponents can be quite challenging, demanding you learn the timing for blocks and counters. It feels like a solid, if straightforward, attempt to bring a competitive fighter to the SNES.