New Fist of the North Star game

[LoneSage]

It's for the DS, and you won't believe what it is..

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0502/game050221g.shtml

It's a slot machine game, and I can only guess it plays just a little like the Saturn game.

lolz, if there was ever a game I'd want to buy for the DS, it'd be this one..


No, seriously. My fanboyism for that series is too great. I wish Pioneer/Geneon would finish the original series..they stopped after the second saga I think

[dave4shmups]

How's the Saturn Fist Of The North Star? I heard that the PS2 remake plays a lot like NES Kung Fu.

[llaoyllakcuf]

I still think the Hokuto No Ken arcade game is the best one
(albeit tiresome to play after a while).

[Reiki]

I love Hokuto no Ken, the reason I bought a DS was the slim chance that this would get a release outside of Japan. Forget Castlevania, Wario Ware: Touched, Catch! Touch! Yoshi and all the other DS games, I just want FOTNS.

[dave4shmups]

What's the name of the Saturn Fist of the North Star game? I can't find it on Gamefaqs.

[Ganelon]

Fist of the North Star = Hokuto no Ken
It'd behoove you to remember both the JP name and US mistranslation since they're about equal in usage popularity.

Here's what I had to say about the PS version of the Saturn game (not the later beat-em-up), which I hear to be identical:

I've tried the menu-based one on the PS, the one where you hold down the button for a length of time to charge up your attack. You can also heal or defend to charge up your strength but in the end, it's all menu-based where stronger attacks win against the opponent's weaker attacks. I can't remember if the inbetween sequences were anime or in-game visuals but the whole thing was REALLY boring and the CPU was cheap as hell, esp. the last boss. This one has an original story with cheap knockoffs that look exactly like characters in the original story.

Seriously, it's a piece of crap that has minimal playability. Even the SFC fighters were more fun and they had some of the worst controls of any fighter. I'd say the MD sidescroller (known in the US as Last Battle) was the best of the Hokuto no Ken games although it's by no means excellent either.

[LoneSage]

Last Battle (US) sucks ass. I really hate that game.

The NES Fist of the North Star is the best of the US-released FOTNS games (heads actually explode, kickass!), though I have yet to play Black Belt on the SMS.

The arcade FOTNS Punchmania games are really corny because of the voice, but they only adds to the entertainment...fun games, but the gloves at my arcade were really, really nasty.

The Saturn game really sucks, I play it only for the FOTNS factor. I really want to play the PS1 beat em up.

And dave, Ganelon answered your question: it's called Hokuto no Ken on the Saturn. Just if you didn't know what he meant

[greg]

The only Hokuto no Ken arcade game I've seen was a gimmick game that came out in Japanese game centers a few years back. You have to punch these targets as hard and as fast as you could to make the enemy's head on the screen explode. I never bothered playing it myself. I was too embarassed to play a game like that...

Is that what you were talking about, llaoyllakcuf?

[LoneSage]

The only Hokuto no Ken arcade game I've seen was a gimmick game that came out in Japanese game centers a few years back. You have to punch these targets as hard and as fast as you could to make the enemy's head on the screen explode. I never bothered playing it myself. I was too embarassed to play a game like that...

Is that what you were talking about, llaoyllakcuf?

Yup, that's the one. It came out to America, too.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... me_id=9154

Too bad those gloves at my arcade were rancid...whenever I play it now I just use my fists. Nothin' like a lil knuckle scrapping!

[landshark]

WTF is a slot machine game?

[BrianC]

WTF is a slot machine game?

Just what it sounds like. You know, a video adaption of those machines with the levers where you try to get three of the same thing in a row.

[llaoyllakcuf]

Is that what you were talking about, llaoyllakcuf?

Indeed it was.

I too, saw it in a Jpn. arcade when I visited back in '00.

It is kinda goofy to play, but I really didn't mind, being the fan that I am

[Strychnine]

WTF is a slot machine game?

Just what it sounds like. You know, a video adaption of those machines with the levers where you try to get three of the same thing in a row.

Yes, you can also say " A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION OF A WASTE OF YOUR LIFE!" Honestly....can you really claim superiority over the rat in so many psychology experiments after being slave to the lever for who knows how long?

[landshark]

WTF is a slot machine game?

Just what it sounds like. You know, a video adaption of those machines with the levers where you try to get three of the same thing in a row.

Yuck - I was hoping it wasn't what it sounded like.

[Specineff]

@ Lonesage: Black belt sucks. It has a weird collission scheme in which your attacks only affect the first sprite your character comes in contact with. For example, if you are punching an enemy, and another comes right behind him, the hit won't count for the second enemy even though he's in actual contact with your character's punch or kick. Compare this to Capcom's beat-em ups. You can hit 1257 characters if they are all within range, with just one punch.

Yeah, I know RL is not like that. But who wants to get gang banged by a bunch of sprites?

[BrianC]

My family actually has a Sammy Slot Machine (not the FotS one). It's a cool thing to play around with, but it's not exactly the type of thing I want to see in a video game.

[Ganelon]

The NES Fist of the North Star is the best of the US-released FOTNS games (heads actually explode, kickass!), though I have yet to play Black Belt on the SMS.

But it's monotonous as hell...

[LoneSage]

Yeah, I know I definitely stand alone on liking the NES game, but to me, seeing a bunch of the original characters and taking em downtown in digital form is entertainment to me.