Overview
- Number of Players
- 2
- Genre
- Release Date
Wii (Wii Shop)
- 1st Jan 2007, 500 points
- 15th Dec 2006, 500 points
- 2nd Dec 2006, 500 points
Wii U eShop
- 17th Oct 2013, £3.49
- 17th Oct 2013, $4.99
Wii U (Wii U eShop)
- 23rd Oct 2013, ¥500
Nintendo Switch Online (Subscription)
- 4th Jul 2024
- Series
- Tags
- Controller Support
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
Review Urban Champion (Wii U eShop / NES)
Won't somebody think of the children?
Urban Champion is back, and is a menace to society. It's a danger to young gamers for two reasons. If you're the type of gamer that thinks brutality and violence has no place in a title played by children, this tale of brawling 8-bit thugs bringing mayhem to the streets is a primitive but potent example of those...
Review Urban Champion (Wii Virtual Console / NES)
More like Urban chump!
It's impossible to overlook the fact that many of the earlier NES releases were extremely simple in design and took very few chances when it came to gameplay design and visual substance. While many of the games were classic arcade titles from Nintendo, there were a handful of original releases that tried to up the ante. Urban...
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Urban Champion Guides
Guide Best First-Party NES Games
Nintendo-developed NES games, as ranked by you
Looking for a list of Nintendo's first-party NES games? Wonder what the best first-party NES game is? You've come to the right guide. Our ranked list of the Top 50 Best NES Games Ever covers every game on the system, but here we're looking specifically at Nintendo-developed NES games released in the...
Urban Champion News
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Urban Champion
Urban brawl..?
Hello there! Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we dive into this week's content, let's see how things panned out last time. We looked at DK: King of Swing for the Game Boy Advance in what turned out to be a pretty solid contest. In the end, Europe took home the trophy with 50% of the vote. North America settled...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th July)
To hell with it
The working week is over and it's time to settle in for the weekend. Welcome back to another edition of What Are You Playing! What's been going on in the world of Nintendo recently, then? Well, we got a boatload of NSO drops as Nintendo served up a whopping seven additions to the NES library including Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Urban...
News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's NES Library With Seven More Games
Try them out today
Nintendo continues to bolster its Switch Online + Expansion Pack service with new game releases. Today, the focus is on the base tier, with a whopping seven games added to the NES library. The new titles now playable on the service include Urban Champion (1986), Golf (1985), Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1986), Mach Rider (1986),...
Nintendo Download 24th July (Europe)
A Sen'SeY, Master Reboot, Siesta Fiesta, Mega Man, discounts and more
It's Monday morning, which means it's time for the European Nintendo Download Update, and the latest line-up certainly starts off our week with a bang. There are three promising new titles on the Wii U eShop, an equally tempting and colourful release on the 3DS eShop, three Mega...
Nintendo Download 17th October (North America)
A Mighty sequel, retro 'goodies', retail options, racing on snow and more
It's that time again, North America, for the Nintendo Download update to brighten up your week and get you through to the weekend. There's a fairly lengthy list of options on the Wii U and 3DS, incorporating the new, the old and the very old; with plenty of diverse options to...
Nintendo Download 17th October (Europe)
Sonic arrives, Urban Champion returns (?!), some tasty discounts and more
While the Monday blues are common, the Nintendo Download update arrives to bring a ray of sunlight to our week. This time around there are a few retro games, including a surprise return, Sonic dashes onto the Wii U and 3DS and we have some encouraging discounts to consider...
News 3D Classics: Urban Champion Is A Downloadable Reward On Club Nintendo
Time to become a champion, again
North American members of Club Nintendo have a new title to spend their valuable coins on, but it might not be what you were hoping for. 3D Classics: Urban Champion is available as a reward until October 21st, and will set you back 150 coins. This 3D Classics title first became available a little over a year ago on...
About The Game
Don't let the big, bad bully of the neighborhood push you around!
Players fight for the right to walk the street. Hit him high or hit him low, but don't forget to dodge or block his punches - and watch for the manhole. If players fall, a shower of confetti will celebrate the enemy's victory … how humiliating.
Players avoid being taken away by the police or bonked on the head by a flower pot in the fight to hold their head up high. Players can spar with the computer bully or a friend to see who's the toughest on the block.
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Urban Champion. This game was originally called, "Uber Chump" but Nintendo must not have thought it'd sell as well.
This game does have one good use however, it is used in the Guantanamo Bay detention center to extract confessions from prisoners. After 24 hours locked up being forced to play this piece of crap they are all too happy to fess up to every secret they are holding back on!
Urban Chamion's not the best game, but to call so bad that I have rocks in my head if I buy it is a bit underrated. I had it for the NES and found it real fun, but of course, TODAY it isn't worth 500 Points anymore.
I bought this game out of curiosity and coz I'm a Nintendo collector.
I imagine in 1984, when there was no Street Fighter, and International Karate was just to be released, it had it's great moments easily.
The two-player brawl on the streets was something new and fun.
But today we have so much better fighting games.
It hasn't aged well. Yeah, for todays standards it seems like crap.
This game's HORRIBLE! Has it been reviewed by the Angry Video Game Nerd yet?
There's a SLIGHT bit more strategy besides just high and low punches to this game; there's also the option of throwing fast weak punches, or a more powerful one, which takes a little while to "charge up", but will knock your opponent back much further.
...This doesn't really mean it's suddenly a good game, though not QUITE as bad as the review lets on, at least. My friend with the NES clone and I played this occasionally, and much like I said with Legend of Kage; It's kinda fun for a free built-in game, but don't waste your precious Wii-points on it. 500 is an unforgivable rip-off. Maybe 50 points, but definitely no more then that.
This game is the prime example to show why Nintendo really ought to classify the price of their VC games based on how good they are. Because who in their right mind would pay 500 points for Urban Chumpion, if they can get Punch Out for the same amount?
I'm still waiting for this game to be reviewed by someone that is angry.
This game should NOT have been on the Virtual Console at all! Urban Chumpion is not only the worst Nintendo game ever made, but also the WORST game ever in the history of Nintendo. I will admit that I played the game a bit farther a few years back, but this garbage is NOT worth spending $5 for your Wii.
This game(along with Rise of The Robots) should have been on Screwattack's Top 10 worst Fighting game list.
I think it was a bad idea to release on the VC too since it flopped on the original NES. I guess Nintendo was trying to fill a quota.
I have the original Nes cartridge of this game, and I didn't like that back in the days either...
this game is simply not funny, save your money.
I used to think that there was no such thing as bad games.
I remember this game from way back when! It's not a good game at all... very simple, and even the simple controls don't control very well! I've played games that make me want to vomit even more, though. The police and the box art push this one up to a 2-stars from me.
I played this on the E-Reader a few years ago and it was absolute crap. I have no idea who would ever buy this.
1 star??, no that's not fair!, this game is not one of the best, but i definitely doesn't suck.
I like this game, i won't download it because money and space, but is not that bad.
Scarily, I've played worse and played worse on the VC. There's some games that get higher ratings here that IMTHO are worse than this.
I bit the bullet and downloaded this monstrosity...several months ago, actually...I was just too ashamed to admit it. However, the game itself is kind of charming in that quirky, yet bastardized sense. However, since then, I've also downloaded Street Fighter II: Turbo. Same game, but with more and prettier characters and a more refined button mashing scheme.
I thought this game was gonna be good after all these years. I was was wrong ;_; WASTED WII POINTS!!!!
When i bought this game i only played it for 10 minuts
I like the old school graphics. Just thought I would make a positive comment. NES collectors need only apply
Yet another NES game I played on my e-reader. it's actually a pretty fun game and...PHTHPHTHPHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! I couldn't say THAT with a straight face! actually this game IS entertaining...for about 2 minutes, and by the time you knock your first opponent down a manhole you see everything it has to offer! This has to be the worst, most boring game nintendo ever released, and they released some stinkers over the years (DK Jr. Math, anyone?). The e-cards make for nice collector's items, though .
I'm Sorry. I tried to be kind, I really did. Just get Punch Out people. It's LEAGUES better than this hunka junk.
OMG Seanbaby is a member of vc reviews? Sweeeeeet!
Hmm... this or Super Mario Bros 3? I'm having trouble deciding. If you can't tell I'm being sarcastic, you're probably dumb enough to actually waste $5 on this game. May I suggest Double Dungeons and China Warrior? Oh, and be sure to get Hydlide when it comes to Virtual Console.
I love this game. This was the original Street Fighter! I used to play this with my younger brother, back in the 80's. It actually has more depth than you might realize. Here are a list of moves:
That's seven moves! That's more moves than most games from that era had. Then you've got other factors that affect gameplay like flower pots being dropped on your head, cops patrolling the streets, a stamina meter and a timer. A lot of people rip on this game without ever having played it. Many of those who have played it, never played it with another person. It makes a big difference. The single player mode is nothing to sneeze at either. The reviewer here says that "The computer-controlled opponents you face are idiots and are very good at walking directly into your fists if you time your punches just right." Thats a load of crap if you play this game for any significant amount of time (more than 10 minutes perhaps?). The difficulty ramps up later on, providing a serious challenge to anyone.
I'm just glad that someone at Nintendo must still appreciate this game. I feel lucky to have this on my Wii.
I've played thousands of games over the years and Urban Champion has to be one of the worst games ever made. Pure gaming garbage. And Karate Champ is the original Street Fighter.
I am not dissappionted I downloaded the game. I like play games from the early Nintendo era.
I actually dont think this is a bad game... its quite fun actually... dont expect some wicked in-depth gameplay but its fun to play now and then to relive the old days...
I'd rather play Boxing on the GBA Game 'n' Watch collection which I believe is similar. The modern game is fun for a while and should be much better than UC.
lol I like this game...can play it for a minute or a half hour and then stop...thats why I bought it
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