Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Licensor: Buronson, Shueisha, Fuji TV, Tetsuo Hara, Toei Animation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Action[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu (北斗の拳 新世紀末救世主伝説 "Fist of the North Star: Legend of the New Century Savior") is an action game developed by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive. It is based on the Japanese manga series Hokuto no Ken as well as a sequel to Hokuto no Ken. It was reskinned and released in some other countries as Last Battle.
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Gameplay
Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu is a side-scrolling action game, where players control Kenshiro across a set of levels punching and kicking enemies. On the Mega Drive, 
jumps, 
punches and 
kicks. Usually the objective is to walk to the right and hit enemies before they hit you, similarly to its predecessor Hokuto no Ken.
Levels are presented in a non-linear order.
History
History
Reception
The game was poorly received due to the frustating controls, confuse map and lack of explanation of the plot in the dialogues.
Legacy
The game has been re-released for the Japanese Wii Virtual Console service. It also gained the cult following as a classic kusoge.
Production credits
- Director: The Hase
- Main Programmer: Dandy Matsu
- Programmer: Momonga Momo
- Art Director: BigIsland
- Special Designer: Judy Totoya
- Designer: Gotani, Toyo Ozaki
- Music: Booty
Magazine articles
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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512kB | 1989-04 | Cartridge (JP) |
Region coding
External links
- Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
References
- ↑ File:LastBattle MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/08.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-06 23:35)
- ↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_hokuto2/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-09-12 04:29)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 119
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1990" (JP; 1990-01-08), page 72
- ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1989-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "November 1989" (JP; 1989-10-07), page 49
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
