Beat em ups are relatives to fighting games, this would specifically be a relative to platform fighting games. You're in single screen levels, kinda old arcade game style too. You start off without special moves but learn them quickly throughout the levels, simple 4 directional inputs Smash style, but you can customize them. Some of them are really fun, getting Innocent Pendulum to hit a bunch of enemies at once while slamming one other enemy down is great. knocking an enemy into a row of enemies with the basic forward kick is great. The story is pretty short but there is an endurance mode. Has that real doujin spirit.