Game Classification

Hokuto no Ken: Shinpan no Sōsōsei Kengō Retsuden Arc System Works Co. (Japan), SEGA Corporation, 2007  

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Classification

VIDEO GAME

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Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Licensed title

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

Similar games


Hokuto no Ken: Shinpanno Sousousei Kengou Retsuden is a port of the 2005 arcade game. It is a 2D one-on-one fighting game similar to Guilty Gear (developed by the same software house) based on the first series of the Hokuto no Ken anime.

Combos, special moves, including fatal ones, are included in the complex game system, based on energy bars and on the seven stars system. When all the seven stars of a character are depleted (some moves can remove one or more star to the character's bar) he/she is exposed to fatal KO move. If that move hits the player's character, the round is lost and the next one begins with all the seven stars.

The game features a total of 10 playable characters (nine available from the beginning plus one secret character). They are Kenshiro (Hokuto), Raoh (Hokuto), Toki (Hokuto), Jagi (Hokuto), Shin (Nanto), Rei (Nanto), Thouther (Nanto), Juda (Nanto), Heart, Mamiya. As usual, each character has his own peculiar points of strength and weakness. The fighting takes place in various locations featured in the animé such as Southern Cross, Thouther's Pyramid, Ruined Cities and so on. A history mode is also available, covering the first series' storyline. A versus mode, arcade mode and a training mode are provided, too. [source:mobygames]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PlayStation 2 (PS2)

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