Jim Lee’s WildC.A.T.S.: Covert Action Teams is a single player superhero-themed brawler based on the Image Comic of the same name. It has three playable characters with unique stages that can be played in any order. Its combat has character-specific attacks such as charged projectiles. It also has truly gigantic sprites as well as music composed by Tommy Tallarico of Earthworm Jim fame.

Judge Dredd is a three-player post-apocalyptic arcade brawler from Midway. Like their infamous Mortal Kombat series, this game features digitized actors in costumes for the sprites. It also has a ton of dialogue in the form of enemy taunts and one-liners from Dredd. Its combat is notable for having a crouch button as well as allowing you to attack in eight different directions. It also has both third person shooter as well as action platforming stages.

Justice League Heroes: The Flash is a superhero-themed GBA-exclusive brawler from WayForward games. Its atypical combat engine features a super-fast dash move that homes in on enemies as well as an energy-based super mode. You can also summon Superman and Wonder Woman to take out all enemies on screen.

Kamen Rider is a two player beat ’em up based on the Japanese TV show of the same name. You play as a normal human until you transform into the titular Kamen Rider, then defeat bosses with the famed Rider Kick. Its gameplay is fairly standard but lacks throws.

Karate Blazers is an obscure four-player arcade brawler from Video System Co., Ltd. In a lot of ways, it’s a Final Fight rip-off with a typical urban setting, simple two-button combat, contact-based grabs, and goofy enemies. However, it’s notable for its somewhat strange aerials, overpowered but difficult-to-execute dash attacks, and gigantic waves of enemies.

King of Dragons is a fantasy hack ’n’ slash from Capcom. It’s notable for its extremely simple combat engine, which consists only of a normal attack, jumping, and a death-blow. It has RPG elements such as experience and permanent weapon upgrades. It also has a whopping 16 stages although they’re relatively short.

King of Dragons is a two player port of Capcom’s medieval fantasy arcade brawler. Its extremely simple combat engine is reinforced by an RPG-style experience-based leveling system as well as acquiring new weapons and shields that change your character’s appearance. It features an unbelievable 16 stages and an impressive amount of enemy and boss variety.

King of the Monsters 2 is a hybrid brawler/wrestling game that features fights between Japanese-style giant city-wrecking monsters. It’s a port of the original arcade version. It has both two player co-op and versus gameplay modes. Its combat features multiple attack buttons, a grappling mechanic, and charge-based special attacks that range from teleportation to growing a horn and breaking it off to use as a weapon.

King of the Monsters 2 is a hybrid brawler/wrestling game with a giant monster theme from SNK. Unlike its predecessor, which focused on one-on-one combat, this game features traditional brawler stages as well as more elaborate boss fights and even a competitive mode. It’s notable for its unique concept, bizarre enemy design, and huge movesets.

Knights of the Round is a hack ’n’ slash brawler from Capcom. It innovates in no less than four ways: it introduced a blocking mechanic that grants temporary invincibility, your character gains experience and changes appearance, items can be broken up and shared, and killing the same type of enemy consecutively grants a bonus. It also has a one-of-a-kind melodic medieval soundtrack.

Knights of the Round is a remarkably faithful port of Capcom’s weapons-based arcade brawler. It features a blocking mechanic that grants invincibility, RPG-style experience points that visually alter your character when you level up, items that can be broken up into smaller pieces, and a scoring system that rewards defeating the same type of enemy consecutively. It also has a super-catchy soundtrack that’s excellent even by Capcom standards.

Knights of Valour is a Chinese-developed brawler based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms trilogy. It features similar gameplay to the Capcom D&D games, including weapons-based combat, crouching, inventory, experience points, and branching paths.

Knights of Valour 2 is the sequel to IGS’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms-themed arcade hit. It features more of the same gameplay that focuses on large movesets, inventory management, experience points, and branching paths.

Knuckle Bash is a professional wrestling themed brawler from Toaplan, who normally make space shooters. It’s notable for its dual campaigns, unlockable extra fighters, boss-heavy gameplay, and digitized character portraits.

Kung-Fu Heroes (also known as Super Chinese) is a unique martial arts-themed overhead beat ’em up from Culture Brain. Its combat is notable because there is no scrolling and each stage is a single screen. Enemies respawn forever and you need to defeat a certain number to advance to the next stage. Its gameplay puts an emphasis on item collection, bonus stages, and warps.

Legend is a two player medieval weapons-based brawler from Arcade Zone, which is composed of only two dudes. It’s a gorgeous game with huge sprites, incredibly detailed backgrounds, and a decent soundtrack. However, its gameplay is wildly imbalanced and unfortunately boils down to constantly using jump kicks for an hour. At least it has Golden Axe-style screen-filling magic attacks.

Legend of the Mystical Ninja is a two-player brawler from Konami based on the Japanese myth of Goemon, who’s similar to Robin Hood. Like River City Ransom, you travel around towns, beating up thugs for money to buy upgrades and talking to NPCs to figure out what to do next. It also has action platformer sections as well as a handful of minigames.

Legionnaire is an extremely rare and obscure two-player arcade brawler in the vein of Final Fight. It has three playable characters, huge sprites, oddball enemies, and an urban setting. Its combat is notably unique in that it combines dashing and grabs into a single technique, but is otherwise fairly standard. Its music is extremely repetitive yet catchy.

Lethal Weapon is a licensed NES-exclusive brawler from Ocean that’s based on the classic buddy cop comedy. You can play as both Riggs and Murtaugh, each of which have their own health bar. You can switch out any time by walking off the side of the screen. Riggs is skilled with knives but Murtaugh has more powerful punches. Its combat engine is simple and emphasizes projectiles.

Little Ninja Brothers is a one-of-a-kind brawler/RPG hybrid from Culture Brain and the second game in the Super Chinese series. You walk around on an overhead map, visiting towns, talking to people, buying stuff, and taking on quests. When you encounter an enemy, the game becomes an overhead same-screen brawler like Kung Fu Heroes. It also features several two-player competitive minigames.

Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter is a futuristic brawler with a strong anime influence. It features both traditional brawler stages with screen-filling minibosses and fighting game-esque boss fights.

Metamorphic Force is an original Konami brawler that focuses on humans that can morph into animals. It plays like Final Fight mixed with a little Altered Beast thrown in. It has extremely smooth animations and impressive sprite effects.

Mighty Final Fight is an NES-exclusive parody game from Capcom. It’s like Mega Man meets Final Fight. It features cute, super-deformed characters, bright colors, and an extremely catchy and melodic soundtrack. It plays like Final Fight except you only fight two opponents at once and there’s now an experience system where you level up and gain new moves.

Mucha Lucha!: Mascaritos of the Lost Code is a single-player GBA-exclusive beat ’em up based on the kids’ cartoon show of the same name. It features a cartoon art style and three playable characters. It’s of extremely low quality.

Mug Smashers is an early 90’s western-developed two-player arcade brawler that’s basically a combination of Combatribes and Final Fight. It has suspiciously similar sprites and music to the former but plays more like the latter with its scrolling stages and lack of ground attacks or tornado throws. It has an absurd visual style including a main character that’s wearing red leopard pants and white sunglasses.