Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi (2008)

Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi cover

Developer: Spike
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Adventure

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How it feels

Touch-screen manga-art action game where you strike Kenshiro's enemies at vital pressure points in the Fist of the North Star universe.

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About

Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi is an Action game, developed and published by Spike, which was released in Japan in 2008. Advertised as a "vital point striking" action game, the player takes control of Kenshiro and must use the DS's touch screen to strike the vital points of adversaries to defeat them. The game's graphics consists entirely of colorized panel art from the original manga. The story mode consists of 22 chapters and adapts the manga's storyline from the beginning and up to the conclusion of Raoh saga. Other game modes includes a Battleship-style Versus Mode between two players, a Quiz mini-game, and a database of characters and famous lines from the manga. Akira Kamiya and Kenji Utsumi both return to provide their voices as Kenshiro and Raoh, with Shigeru Chiba as the narrator as well.

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