Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshōsha no Michi |
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Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshōsha no Michi
-From Rage Quitter 87's Fist of the North Star site
This game was released on the 18th of February 2008, and is an interactive version of the manga. As the story unfolds, you will have to perform various tasks to progress, and you have a limited amount of life to complete each chapter. The stages in the game go from the start of the manga (where Kenshiro appears for the first time) up to Kenshiro's final battle with Raoh. Whilst the game was only ever released in Japan, and is all in Japanese, the game is still fairly playable even if you don't know the language (I own a copy and have completed it) and will work on any region of Nintendo DS console.
Sealed copies of the game featured a sticker on them which mention how you could damage your DS from playing this game too intensely.
Special thanks to jeuxvideo for these screenshots.
Contents
1) Gameplay
2) Secrets
The story mode has you playing as one of three characters: Kenshiro, Rei or Raoh. The top screen displays how many hit points your character has, along with which chapter you are on. The bottom screen will have panels from the manga on it, which will change as the story goes on. As you play, there will be different events on the bottom screen to complete, with a limited amount of time to do them.
The events include tapping certain points on the screen to hit the pressure points of an enemy, or drawing quick lines on the screen to slice enemies apart. Occasionally you will have to blow into the microphone for certain events, as well as filling in the dialogue from a list of three choices for what a character will say next -for example, in the first chapter, you must get Kenshiro to say "You are already dead." to Zeed.
Along with the story mode, there is some kind of 2 player competitive mode which I've never had the chance to try. There is also a quiz mode hosted by Jagi, and a gallery where you can view artwork and character bios by performing well in the story mode chapters.
Unlocking VS. mode characters, artwork and character bios
To fill up the gallery, you need to complete each chapter with the best rank possible to unlock everything. This means you will have to get an S rank for each stage. This will also unlock all characters for the VS. mode.