A game by Culture Attack Studio for PC, originally released in 2013.
Most beat ‘em ups see players scrolling slowly from left to right, beating up a few thugs, and then continuing their leisurely stroll through Face Punch Village looking for the next band of ne’er-do-wells in need of a knuckle dance. Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action!, on the other hand, takes the battle to the skies with high-speed punching, heavy knock-backs, and no small amount of air-dashery.
The game’s intro tells a tale of a ninja-filled island that hosts a battle royale every 15 years in order to determine the land’s mightiest warrior. Beat ‘em ups tend to have pretty cheesy throwaway backstories, and this game is no exception. However, it also combines the narrative nonsense with a reckless disregard for punctuation, making it difficult to parse the thing into any kind of logical meaning.
Apparently, the winner of the Maximus Circuit gets a cash prize and wins the rights to the Wilder Ninja Clan’s land. For the last 500 years, the Wilders have won the competition (so they’re apparently fighting for the rights to their own land). However, Rex, an heir to the Wilder Clan, has fixed the game so that he will win, and he intends to sell the land to a company known as Ruter Corp. But there’s a second heir named Ace Wilder, and he’s going to fight everyone and show them “true maniac fighting!”
