Cute 'em up (beat 'em up subgenre)

Cute 'em ups (also known as cute brawlers and cute beat 'em ups) are a sub-genre of games. Cute 'em ups feature brightly colored graphics depicting surreal settings and enemies. Cute 'em ups tend to have unusual, oftentimes completely bizarre opponents for the player to fight, with Latikuu's Rabbitman and Rainbow Brite often cited as the precursors to the genre, with Astound's Project: Parody also being an additional key precursor.