I don't feel the need to plug Capcom brawlers as excellent - my own personal favorite is the D&D games, but they're pretty much all great.
Instead, I'll toss out a couple that don't get as much love as they probably should.
The first is Ninja Baseball Bat Man. And to make the words clear, that is baseball bat wielding ninja men. By Irem. It's absolutely batshit nuts. Controls couple be a little tighter, but it's still a very solid game with wonderful 90s-era pixel artwork.
The second is Lightbringer, also known as Dungeon Magic depending on what region you're in, by Taito. I hesitated at first to include it here, because the presentation is slightly atypical for a brawler, in that it's an isometric brawler. I'm not going to lie: This is, on occasion, as janky as it sounds. But it's still a good game. It's a bit like Diablo by way of the Capcom D&D brawlers with a hint of Landstalker thrown in for goood measure.
And heck, as long as I'm here... Here's my hot take: The Simpsons arcade game isn't very good. Don't get me wrong... I played the shit out of it, it's always going to have a place in my heart, and the production values as far as graphics and such are good. But the actual gameplay is really not all that great. It's just "fine". It's not "bad", but if it wasn't for the Simpsons IP, it would be completely forgettable.
