5/16/2023 0 Comments New fist of the north star order![]() ![]() That’s the end of the great emotional story of the first unofficial Hokuto No Ken non-game that we got. After Riki saves Kyoko from “a beautiful Japanese mess” (so says the manual), he picks her up and carries her away. The scene with Ken talking with Julia is removed, the only narrative cutscene left is right at the end. Since, as mentioned, the story of Hokuto No Ken continues after saving Julia from Shin, shown in a little cutscene after beating him, Black Belt just ignores it. The various story cutscenes in the original were just removed, with no attempt whatsoever at trying to work in a different story (like they would do later with Last Battle). Going for “realism” wasn’t really the brightest idea to modify a Fist of the North Star game. As per the title, the beat ’em up now has more of a classic karate feel, even though I’d be hard pressed to think of a martial art where it is possible to make the enemies explode with a single punch. Since the overall plot could not really be changed (well it could, but that would probably be too much work), Riki still has to save his girlfriend, Kyoko, from the clutches of Wang. Sega changed basically everything from the original, gone are all the references to post apocalyptic scenarios, Kenshiro and the various classic bosses he has to defeat. Even the music was changed, for some reason. Let’s try to understand what was going on. But that’s not what happened, as basically 90% of the few Ken Shiro games that reached Western shores were modified, often beyond recognition, losing the license that would have easily made them top sellers. ![]() Especially since most of the early games seemed to feature sidescrolling fighting action which was perfect for the series. It would be easy to think that a game starring the Fist of the North Star protagonist, which replicated part of that first season story, would receive huge attention by Western publishers. It was a pretty satisfying conclusion to quite the epic saga, while the second season took place years after the original, taking Ken on a journey to rescue a city from its evil tyrant and save his longtime friends Bat and Lin.Īnyway. In the first two arcs, Ken was going against the people who wronged him, rescuing his girlfriend and then taking back the Hokuto martial art from Raoh. The original anime ran for two seasons, the first centered around the Shin and Raoh arcs, while the second took place several years after the original story. Hokuto No Ken is undiluted machismo extravaganza, along with a celebration of Western cultural references like Mad Max, the Death Wish series and punk fashion, filtered through the lens of classic tragic manga stories. After that, their bodies will literally explode and, obviously, 80s kids loved that. He is the true heir of the Hokuto martial art style which allows defeating the enemy with just a few touches, by striking the so called “vital points”. Only more muscular and less willing to forgive and forget. In a world disfigured by atomic explosions and the few survivors try to scavenge what food they can while being hunted by violent gangs, Ken is very much like the second coming of Jesus. The anime would just up the ante even more, despite production problems and a limited budget. The original manga already looked to be perfect video game fodder: each volume had a huge number of fights where Kenshiro just obliterated all of his opponents. Or, well, at least in North America, in Europe the series found success relatively quickly, especially in France and Italy, where Kenshiro was already huge in the mid to late 80s. ![]() Centered around the post apocalyptic adventures of seemingly unstoppable martial artist Kenshiro, it took a while to find an audience in Western countries. Post apocalyptic ultra violent 80s manga and anime series Fist of the North Star, created by Buronson (yes that is a Charles Bronson reference) and Tetsuo Hara became hugely successful in Japan short after its first volumes hit the shelves. ![]()
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