History VideoGame / Spikeout

The game also has a sequel, ''[=SpikeOut=]: Battle Street'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, though it plays out less as a sequel and more of a reskinned version of the original game, repeating entire levels, plot threads, and bringing back all special attacks, bosses and enemies from the original while adding a few new elements.

* ShoutOutThemeNaming: There's a WolfpackBoss trio of brawlers named [[Franchise/DonaldDuck Huey, Louie and Dewey]], dressed even in the exact same colours!

Described by SEGA themselves as an updated version of the company's own ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series, and intended as a SpiritualSuccessor, much like it's predecessor the player assumes the control of four street brawlers, named Spike, Linda, Tenshin and White, to take on the legions of {{Yakuza}} infesting the city.

** Randolph, the second boss, an overweight brute who can move surprisingly fast. His SpinAttack allows him to zip across the screen at high speed and take away quite a lot of health if hit.

* BatterUp: The "Kevin" and "Wayne" enemies are dressed as baseball players, for some inexplicable reasons. And carries clubs with them, ideal for smashing you up close.

* KickChick: Fiona from the second game fights exclusively with kicks. Including an uppercut where her right foot swings over ninety degrees behind her before finding it's way into someone's [[GroinAttack groin]].

* PraetorianGuard: The hooded, cultist-like enemies who serves Belian and Mikhail personally appears only at the end of the game, before you face their bosses. They can tank plenty of hits before going down and serves as their boss' personal guards.

** There are lower-level Yakuza brutes who fights bare-chested while clad in wooden slippers and white trousers, with their backs covered in tattoos.

** While the game's main threat comes from the Yakuza, there's one area filled with triad mooks, with their members having Chinese-sounding names like Dai-Ying, Hong-Dao, Jiang, and the stage's boss, a dreaded triad leader (complete with golden silk robes adorned with dragon stitchings)…[[SpecialPersonNormalName Wang]].

* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Ryuji, another Yakuza enforcer wearing a white suit, who DualWield a pair of ''tanto'' to slice you up real good.

* DualTonfas: The "Bertrand" type mooks in the final stage fights with twin tonfas.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Often seen as the 3D version of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage''. Both franchises are made by the [[Creator/{{Sega}} same company]], so it makes sense. VideoGame/{{Slashout}}, a spin-off the series, is a spiritual successor to ''Spikeout'' and ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'.'

The game also has a sequel, ''[=SpikeOut=]: Battle Street'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, though it plays out less as a sequel and more of a reskinned version of the original game, repeating entire levels, plot threads, and bringing back all special attacks, bosses and enemies from the original while adding a few new elements.

* SwitchingPOV: In ''Battle Street'', you'll spend the entire gane cycling through all the available main characters in each separate segment.

** While the game's main threat comes from the Yakuza, there's one area filled with triad mooks, with their members having Chinese-sounding names like Dai-Ying, Hong-Dao, Jiang, and the stage's boss, a dreaded triad leader (complete with golden silk robes adorned with dragon stitchings)...[[SpecialPersonNormalName Wang]].
* , The triads makes a return in ''Battle Street'' and have a far greater presence, including having a DragonLady boss named Hong Long (red dragon).

** There's a pair of brutes named "Red" and "Blue" at the end of one level that you must fight together.

* DualBoss: There's a pair of brutes named "Red" and "Blue" at the end of one level that you must fight together.

* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: While the game's main threat comes from the Yakuza, there's one area filled with triad mooks, with their members having Chinese-sounding names like Dai-Ying, Hong-Dao, Jiang, and the stage's boss, a dreaded triad leader (complete with golden silk robes adorned with dragon stitchings)... [[SpecialPersonNormalName Wang]].

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Carlos, one of the bosses, is dressed like a wrestler and uses grappling, wrestling moves to pummel your characters.

* Oswald, another boss in the mall level, is another overweight brute who can move pretty fast despite his size.

* SinisterScythe: The cultist leader boss, Belian, uses one as tall as himself as a weapon.

* DualWield: Tomahawk wields two knives in tandem in his boss battle.

* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Ryuji, another Yakuza enforcer wearing a white suit, who DualWields a pair of ''tanto'' to slice you up real good.

* DoubleWeapon The second-to-last boss, Schneider, swings a two-sided heavy spear. Sometimes he twirls it like a fan while trying to slice you with it.

** You can pull this off as a DesperationAttack, letting you sweep your punch / kick in a circle that knocks out enemies from a wide radious around you.

** There are lower-level Yakuza brutes who fights barechested while clad in wooden slippers and white trousers, with their backs covered in tattoos.