Hokuto no Ken: Shinpan no Sousousei Kengo Retsuden
Hokuto no Ken: Shinpan no Sousousei Kengo Retsuden is a 2D competitive fighting video game published by Arc System Works released on March 27, 2007 for the Sony PlayStation 2. Based on the manga series of the same name, it was originally released in 2005 as a coin-operated arcade game for the Atomiswave hardware. A PlayStation 2 port, retitled Hokuto no Ken: Shinpan no Sōsōsei Kengō Retsuden, roughly translated as Fist of the North Star: The Twin Blue Stars of Judgment - History of the Fist Masters, was released exclusively in Japan in March 2007. This version features a bonus DVD including an exclusive training mode ("Starter's Guide") and a documentary covering history of previous Hokuto no Ken titles for home consoles. The arcade version was officially distributed by Sega in North America, while the PS2 port was released only in Japan. In 2020, a homebrew conversion was released for the Dreamcast.
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this game was hype enough to make me sit through the entirety of Hokuto No Ken, a show notorious for being the forefather of Shounen Filler where it's just protag goes to town to beat up a nameless throwaway baddie to put off the actual plot for #sales. i appreciated it and am attached to it even throughout its obvious flaws, mostly because HNK (arcade) was such a cool final realization of the show's actiony elements.
king of shitty fighting games. never to be dethroned. it will never be more hype than HnK.
