For me it's Viewtiful Joe

Do shmups count?

>>712961630
Sure why not

>>712961316 (OP)
Here's a couple

>>712961630
>>712962061
Shmups count then I’m going with Raiden 2

>>712961316 (OP)
Devil May Cry 3
Dragon's Crown
Streets of Rage 4

>>712962741
>the origin of the purple toothpaste beam
Based.

>>712963352
Still one of my favorite ship weapons ever. Never understood how it wasn’t used more by any of these studios.

>>712963549
Yeah, lot of shmups have the typical homing shots, but there's nothing quite like the twisty snake beam that homes, pierces, and covers everything.

>>712963662
Only other game that I can think of that had a violent wildly beam was probably Nier Automata. Then again I haven’t played any modern shmups so maybe I’m just missing out.

>>712964219
Oh right, the laser pod. Short-range but pierces.
Can't really think of any other shmup with the purple beam except Raiden DX (an updated version of 2) and Raiden 4. Dunno if 5 has it, I never touched it.

>>712964219
I just double-checked and apparently 5 does have the beam, but it mostly just curves left and right and only occasionally does the twisty thing. I probably won't play it, I don't like the idea of a health meter in muh Raiden.

>>712965031
You’re right. I haven’t tried the new games also cause they seem soulless compared to the arcade ones we all grew up with

>>712961316 (OP)
I wish Joe got more releases, both because he's one of the few non-licensed-garbage Toku games out there and because the OST is great. Need more remixes of Joe the Hero, because as it stands, we haven't really gotten a good one since MvC3 (although it's arguably the best one)

Transformers Devastation
Kunitsu-gami: Path of the Goddess
Magenta Horizon: Neverending Harvest
Streets of Rage 2/4
The Wonderful 101 Remastered
Zone of the Enders The 2nd Runner
Hi-Fi Rush
DMC 1/3/5
Ninja Gaiden 2/Black
Pretty much every 90s Capcom beat-em-up
Fight N Rage
Shadow of the Ninja Reborn & The Ninja Warriors Once Again
MonHun GenU
I could probably double this list, fuck I love videogames

>>712961630
I'm less experienced in shmups but:
Darius Gaiden
Armed Police Batrider
Angel At Dusk
Space Invaders Extreme
Raiden Fighters
Devil Blade Reboot
ZeroRanger
After Burner II/Climax
Star Fox 64
Rogue Flight

>>712961316 (OP)
Both Nioh games.
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
All Metal Slug games.

>>712967715
Based
>I could probably double this list, fuck I love videogames
I wish I was this enthusiastic about vidya because I suck at finding games to play.

>>712966383
I honestly think Raiden 4 is the best one. Brings back the toothpaste beam (which those idiots didn't include in 3), badass soundtrack, and co-op.
>>712967715
>Batrider
>Raiden Fighters
Cultured.

>>712961316 (OP)
With okami getting a sequel there's a slight chance VJ might get some attention
In reality nobody cares enough to get a VJ3 but a simple remastered collection will be good enough since they are 20 years old at this point with no real way of playing them

>>712966982
It's an absolute travesty that Capcom has never ported Joe

I liked the original God of War trilogy. I remember you couldn't talk about it without DMC fans jumping on you.
I think they somehow got replaced by Ninja Gaiden fans.

>>712961316 (OP)
Hulk davidson is in the house
Hulk davidson is proud to be wild

JUST GO FOR IT

>>712967715
Supreme fucking taste.

Too based for /v/

>>712967715
God Tier list.
I recently replayed Ninja Warriors Once Again and its such a masterclass in beat em up design, only problem is Im utter trash at it and cant beat the game as anyone other than Ninja. I love Yaksha's moves but I die as her faster than anyone else.

Only games I'd add you didn't mention would be Spikeout and Assault Spy.

>>712973470
>is proud to be wild
was born to be wild*

>>712962656
>Little Fighter 2
>starts as a beat-em-up, ends up like a fucking musou
My army has got this

>>712976340
Yaksha is fun. I'm not personally good enough to 1cc it with her, but if I practiced a little more I feel like I could.

>>712961316 (OP)
RE4 if you can consider that an action game. I personally see it as a beat-em-up with guns
I love how unlike basically every action game ever it actually has encounter design, rather than just throwing enemies in a bowl or a box-shaped room, it's constantly switching things up in terms of level arrangement
the recent Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound demo was surprisingly good, in the 2D space

>>712979880
>RE4 if you can consider that an action game.
You absolutely can. No shade to it, but it is an action game foremost.