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Petropolis (ペトロポリス) is a series of action-adventure platformer-beat 'em up hybrid video games developed by Namco. The creator of this long-running series is yours truly, Malik Brooks. The majority of the games is centered around the protagonist Thunder Storminski, an anthropomorphic coyote with a tail the shape of a lightning bolt, as he fights against feral monsters known as chimeras. The series, so far, has 30 games developed, with one in development.

Setting
The Petropolis games mostly take place in a small group of islands. In the first game, they were referred as the Pentastar Islands, having five islands; the Northern Glaciers (based on the North Pole), Southwestern Islands (inspiring South America, mostly Brazil), Southeastern Islands (resembling Australia and Africa), Eastern Islands (bears a strong resemblance to Asia), and Western Islands (resembles North America). After the first game, there has been an additional four more islands formed by the Chimera King's body parts; the Northeastern Islands (resembles mostly Europe), Southern Glaciers (based on Antarctica), Ocean Islands (resembles Oceania), and the Central Islands, also known as Petropolis. The name of this group of islands has been changed to Petro Islands. There are also areas outside of the Earth, such as Planet Faerie, a planet of faeries which made its debut in Petropolis 14, and the Twilight World, which debuted in Petropolis Fighters X.

List of games
Here is a list of all the Petropolis titles that include the main series and spinoffs. The majority of all the titles were mainly platformer/beat 'em up action, with the Petropolis Fighters series being fighting games, Petropolis Racers and the Petropolis DASH series as racing games, and Petropolis XR as the only RPG. Most of these have been rated E - T, with Petropolis 9 being the only game to receive an M rating due to gore and language.

Main games

 * Petropolis (1995; Super NES, Playstation (1997 remake), Nintendo Gamecube (as part of the Petropolis collection))
 * Petropolis 2 (1996; Playstation, Nintendo Gamecube (as part of the Petropolis Collection))
 * Petropolis: Revolver Wars (1997; Playstation)
 * Petropolis 3 (1999; Dreamcast, Nintendo Gamecube (as part of the Petropolis Collection))
 * Petropolis 4 (2000; Nintendo 64, Playstation, Gamecube (2002 remake))
 * Petropolis 5 (2001; Nintendo 64, Playstation, Gamecube (2002 remake))
 * Petropolis 6 (2002; Playstation 2)
 * Petropolis 7 (2003; Playstation 2, Nintendo Gamecube, Xbox)
 * Petropolis 8 (2004; Game Boy Advance)
 * Petropolis 9 (2005; Playstation 2)
 * Petropolis 10 (2006; Nintendo Gamecube, Playstation 2, Xbox)
 * Petropolis 11 (2007; Nintendo Wii)
 * Petropolis 12 (2008; Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360)
 * Petropolis X (2009: Playstation 3, Xbox 360)
 * Petropolis 14 (2010; Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii)
 * Super Petropolis (2010; WiiWare)
 * Super Petropolis 2 (2012; WiiWare)
 * Petropolis 15 (2013; Nintendo Wii U, Playstation 3, Nintendo 3DS, Playstation Vita)
 * Petropolis XR (2014; Nintendo 3DS, Playstation Vita)
 * Petropolis 16 (2016; TBA)

Spinoff games

 * Petropolis Pocket (1996; Game Boy Color)
 * Petropolis Fighters (1997; Arcade, Nintendo Gamecube (as part of the Petropolis Collection))
 * Petropolis Racers (1997; Arcade, Nintendo Gamecube (as part of the Petropolis Collection))
 * Petropolis Mini Fighters (2002; Game Boy Color)
 * Petropolis Battle Nexus (2003; Game Boy Advance)
 * Petropolis Fighters Deluxe (2004; Arcade, Playstation 2)
 * Petropolis Voltage (2005; Nintendo DS)
 * Petropolis DASH (2006; Playstation 2, Nintendo Gamecube, Xbox)
 * Petropolis Voltage Quest (2007; Nintendo DS)
 * Petropolis A (2008; Nintendo DS)
 * Petropolis 13: Ryuji's Journey (2009; Playstation 3)
 * Petropolis DASH Force (2009; Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3)
 * Petropolis Fighters X (2009; Arcade, Nintendo Wii)
 * Petropolis 0 DASH (2011; Arcade, Playstation 3)
 * Super Coliseum P.R.O. (2012; Arcade, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii U)
 * Petropolis Fighters (2014; Arcade, Playstation 3, Playstation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U)
 * Petropolis Chronos (2015; Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS)