One of my favorite things about the game is how everyone has a retreating animation(backwalk) but because Ken I'm assuming never retreated once in the franchise, the devs had to just make him walk forward but in reverse.
I love they incorporeted important scenes from the series into the super moves, like how Shin makes scars on Kenshiro, or Souther's spear finisher with the top of the pyramid on the opponent. I was so glad when I found out that ArcSys is also doing a DBZ fighter now, and as things look like, it seems they still know how to treat a source material with care.
I’m proud of how DBZ Fighterz turned out! It’s almost like you predicted how popular the DRAMATIC FINISH!!! moments would be. Especially in tournaments 😄
+Richterdgf Sadly, that is true. Although I love Southers Fatal KO. I love the screaming of the attack, the "Jumping from the top of the pyramid". Although Shuu's death scene should've really been the Fatal KO.
+ahmed sabah well for one you should be able to map them to whatever you want in the options, but even if you can't just press the buttons and find out, whichever button press gives you a fast punch is A , a slower punch B, Fast kick C, Slow kick D
Man, if fist of the north star ever got another anime adaptation I'd love to see Arc-Sys take another stab at a game not that there's anything wrong with this one, I'd just like to see how they'd do other characters. Mostly Shuu and Ryuga.
@Pyroniusburn and Jeremias Astorga: To my knowledge, this game has long since been adapted into a MUGEN fighting game very close to the Sega/Arc System Works arcade original, and other characters from the HNK franchise, like those that appear in HNK2 (the sequel series that has Bart and Lynn as young adults), have been made from the existing playable HNK characters.
I was hoping another fighting game would have something like this game's Fatal KO, where disrespectful troll music starts playing. Sort of like MKX's Brutalities
Most Arc System Works games these days have Fatal KO-like moves just like this one (Guilty Gear, Blazblue and Persona), it's not as easy to combo into them or even land them in a real match, but other than that it's just like this game
That's not just any music playing during the Fatal KO, though... The song is called Sentoo, and it's an instrumental version of the show's main theme, Ai Wo Torimodose. Sentoo was also frequently used throughout the show. Particularly when Kenshiro was kicking ass against a whole army of bad guys, or just using his Hundred Crack Fist on some boss.
I love that ken puts the timer on you That feels like a lot of time with how crazy this game can be too I also like that some of the supers have lore interactions
Since they showed the one where Juda stabs himself with Reis hands, they forgot the one where Shin kills himself by throwing himself off his palace walls before Kenshiro can finish him.. I've seen it before unless it's in another game..
Rated R Sports Cards & Games No it’s the same game, I was actually surprised they put Rei’s character specific dialogues but no Shin suicide VS Kenshiro (or mysteriously throwing himself off the stage)
Los "supermoves" de los juegos de hoy son una burla, son vistosos pero no reducen en casi nada la barra de energía, recuerdo los primeros supermoves o técnicas de desesperacion o la "quinta", que realmente eran especiales y reducian la energía en un 60 a 75% la energía, como en art of fighting o fatal fury haya por los lejanos años 90...
ahora son todos cacas con el escalado tan agresivo, si le haces una super a alguien durante un combo la super hace menos daño y se va y va reduciendo como en fighter Z
Se nota que no jugaste casi ningun juego de pelea en años. Aparte, eso es porque estos juegos de pelea viejos era ROTISIMOS, que un solo súper saque DEMASIADO cantidad de vida es indicio de que el juego no tiene buen balance.
Shame the developers didn't include the tank as a joke character or any of the minor character that Kenshiro kills easily (except for the fat guy of course)
Damn, the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken got super nerfed! Not only is it half kicks despite being called "Hundred Crack Fist" but it doesn't do the almighty *Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru*
@@kenshiro1719 Man my old comments are cringe. Yeah I guess it would be cciler as all punches but Kenshiro does do alot of kicks overall, plus he does say it in the winpose, apologies.
I'm glad you shown all the alternative versions... still I was sure there was a special 'ending' for *Mamiya* with *Rei* 's face in the sky. Am I wrong? Also... Wasn't the _'suicide'_ a special move of *Shin* ? Really, maybe I'm confused, because I just paly this game years and years ago at the arcade.
mateus1491 ...it was already there, just overlooked, or something. (the point is Jagi fought Kenshiro on a rooftop of relatively well-kept tower building, and there was this oil tank. Jagi actually tried to kill Ken the same way as in game.
Joshu Best Waifu What he wants to say is that even though they are all references, a bunch of this specials are pushed in too hard. I have no problem with it tho it can look a little weird
I agree, some of those ultimates step way too far into fanservice territory. Don't like it when licensed fighting games do this, it just comes off as forced. The pyramid spear thing, the gas tank lighter thing, the henchman pinned finger stab thing... Making characters recognizable doesn't mean you have to straight up copy-paste iconic (but circumstantial) shit from the story into someone's moveset.
Before ASW helped bring us Dragon Ball FighterZ, they gave us Hokuto No Ken, and all was well with it. I just heard it got ported to the DreamCast. Wow.
@@TheGoldenPS1 The Dreamcast port is a homebrew conversion. Hokuto no Ken was released on the Sammy Atomiswave arcade hardware, which is based on the Sega Dreamcast hardware, which is also based on the Sega Naomi. So fans were able to port it there via homebrew
Raoh: The man who literally never gets off his high horse
toki:cough cough
Raoh Needs His Gakuchu Pressed
The horse is a god
Why you'd give up your high ground?
I love the game's attention to detail. Even some basic attacks are straight from the series.
One of my favorite things about the game is how everyone has a retreating animation(backwalk) but because Ken I'm assuming never retreated once in the franchise, the devs had to just make him walk forward but in reverse.
@@KevinSkye1 in the HnK 6 game for the Snes Raoh doesnt have crouch attacks because he doesnt kneel lol
@@g2.a6 I freaking love SICK details like that.
@@g2.a6 This is something that'll make me try the game now.
Its arc system, they know how to cook
I love they incorporeted important scenes from the series into the super moves, like how Shin makes scars on Kenshiro, or Souther's spear finisher with the top of the pyramid on the opponent. I was so glad when I found out that ArcSys is also doing a DBZ fighter now, and as things look like, it seems they still know how to treat a source material with care.
I’m proud of how DBZ Fighterz turned out! It’s almost like you predicted how popular the DRAMATIC FINISH!!! moments would be. Especially in tournaments 😄
The music in this game is timeless, so much style and mood.
2:33 there's what you're all here for
void _ Hokuto Hundred Crack Fist
Aaah, feel better now! Thanks! :)
1:53 Kenshiro
2:47 Raoh
3:23 Toki
3:55 Jagi
4:43 Shin
5:20 Rei
6:25 Juda
6:53 Thouzer
7:35 Mamiya
8:03 Mr. Heart
Why is mamiya and heart in game lmfao
you're already high definition
Axel Wolf how do you male it look that good
@@Awsomeisimo emulator?
@@chindvids i fucking emulated it and its like the screen position is a bit up
@@chindvids .
@@Awsomeisimo I didnt Male it was born already Male!?
A Fist of the North Star game with less gore than Mortal Kombat.
Japan
Nah, its better, gore in fighting game really sucks tho
@@mariobros1594 why? Or how?
@@amuroray9115 it's called being a normal person
@@peterahdy7354 ??
2:24 Diabetes killed him :'(
f
nope, it was hokuto zankai ken killed him
@@maximukhin45 r/woosh
Lmao😂😆😁
hey man thats not funny my dog died from diabetes
You fool, you forget about Shins best special move!
*the one where he jumps off the stage and dies*
"Farewell, Kenshiro!!"
You missed one from Shin. It's a suicide Fatal KO.
Fabricio SW no one cares
♪No Body Cares♪♪
♪♪No Body Caaarees♪♪
Alex maximus clearly several people do. Fucking idiot...
Fabricio SW ua-cam.com/video/U8zx9qxCSvM/v-deo.html
Here you go
@@UltraZombie115 Farewell, YURIAAA!
Heh, probably should have saved Kenshiro for last since nobody else in the game has anything nearly as hype as the Hundred Crack Fist.
+Richterdgf Sadly, that is true.
Although I love Southers Fatal KO. I love the screaming of the attack, the "Jumping from the top of the pyramid".
Although Shuu's death scene should've really been the Fatal KO.
+ahmed sabah wiki.shoryuken.com/Hokuto_no_Ken It's all here
+ahmed sabah A Light punch B Heavy Punch C Light Kick D Heavy Kick E boost
+ahmed sabah well for one you should be able to map them to whatever you want in the options, but even if you can't just press the buttons and find out, whichever button press gives you a fast punch is A , a slower punch B, Fast kick C, Slow kick D
I think shin's is better
The game is already epic from the opening already.
Why does this look better than marvel vs Capcom infinite 😂
KnobSlobbem
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A Reddit fighting game..? Interesting.
So you didnt ever see Jojo bizzare adventure from capcom in ps1.
anything look better than mvc infinite.
@@darkfanmade not jump force
Aaah, PS2... The Golden Era of video games, never to be realized again amidst DLCs
The cast may be relatively small, but DAMN Is this game very well made.
Man, if fist of the north star ever got another anime adaptation I'd love to see Arc-Sys take another stab at a game
not that there's anything wrong with this one, I'd just like to see how they'd do other characters.
Mostly Shuu and Ryuga.
Kaioh would be dope too.
"Not that there it's nothing wrong with this one"
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
@Pyroniusburn and Jeremias Astorga: To my knowledge, this game has long since been adapted into a MUGEN fighting game very close to the Sega/Arc System Works arcade original, and other characters from the HNK franchise, like those that appear in HNK2 (the sequel series that has Bart and Lynn as young adults), have been made from the existing playable HNK characters.
Ryuga👏Isn't👏Cannon👏boi👏read👏the👏manga👏
DBZ_Kegi no one cares if he is though... edit: I checked and he is. Wtf are you saying?
Rei with the coolest moves as always.
Rei was the man! 😭
I finally got around to reading the manga and this part 1:03 gives me the chills. RIP Koh, 15 years old.
I was hoping another fighting game would have something like this game's Fatal KO, where disrespectful troll music starts playing. Sort of like MKX's Brutalities
Most Arc System Works games these days have Fatal KO-like moves just like this one (Guilty Gear, Blazblue and Persona), it's not as easy to combo into them or even land them in a real match, but other than that it's just like this game
I know about instant-kill moves in most Arc games, I meant adding troll music to the KO scenes
+David Curry Disrespectful indeed...
That's not just any music playing during the Fatal KO, though...
The song is called Sentoo, and it's an instrumental version of the show's main theme, Ai Wo Torimodose.
Sentoo was also frequently used throughout the show. Particularly when Kenshiro was kicking ass against a whole army of bad guys, or just using his Hundred Crack Fist on some boss.
Fair and balanced as all things should be.
I love that ken puts the timer on you
That feels like a lot of time with how crazy this game can be too
I also like that some of the supers have lore interactions
Gotta love that intro music
The name's you wa shock
Ai Wo Torimodose, the OP of the original anime.
Uno de los intros mas super geniales de la historia de los videojuegos de lucha
I love how Jagi super looks like those japanese quiz arcade game lmaoo
Ore no Na wo Ittemiro!
that timer that comes up with kens finisher is insane. can drive opponents man into panic. haha
if you ever feel useless remember that theres heart in this game
Whos heart again
@@epicmarko1125 One of Shin's lackeys, the one who had a defense that made Hokuto Shinken "powerless"
best fist of the north star video game
These graphics are fucking awesome for the time period. I can't imagine how good a FotNS game would be if Arc Sys made it.
This game was made by ArcSys
Arc system quality is ahead of its time
Mamiya sprite is godlike, I don't remember her being that gorgeous
lame joke what's kenshiros favorite drink?........ WAATAA!!
Realy good one, I love it !
Don't worry it's little bit funny not bad
They should put this on PSN
J.M its probably on JPN psn only tbh
They should but, like the other post states, probably only on Japanese psn..
Wait. Isn't the PS4 region free tho?
Alelander Shoot, Ah well. At least I can play Hokuto ga Gotoku when it comes out.
Sweet merciful Jesus yes please
Heart’s fatal KO should have been him cannibalizing the opponent.
A hokuto no ken game with you wa shock as its intro theme? AWESOME!!!!!!!
"omae wa mou shindeiru"
Kenshiro~
"Knocks Mamiya out with a kick to the stomach"
*FETAL K.O!*
Son Bardock it's a year old and I'm still concerned for your mental health.
MUCH BETTER THAN ALL THE PS4 GAMES ABOUT KENSHIRO
77 people realized they are already dead......
If they releases this for the ps4 it would sell like crazy
God this game is so true to the series in terms of its artwork.
what I love with this game is the cartoon/anime intro that is the same as tv series
Since they showed the one where Juda stabs himself with Reis hands, they forgot the one where Shin kills himself by throwing himself off his palace walls before Kenshiro can finish him.. I've seen it before unless it's in another game..
Rated R Sports Cards & Games
No it’s the same game, I was actually surprised they put Rei’s character specific dialogues but no Shin suicide VS Kenshiro (or mysteriously throwing himself off the stage)
Damn this game looks fun! Jagi, souther, and mamiya have the coolest moves by far.
2:33 What i watched for.
Los "supermoves" de los juegos de hoy son una burla, son vistosos pero no reducen en casi nada la barra de energía, recuerdo los primeros supermoves o técnicas de desesperacion o la "quinta", que realmente eran especiales y reducian la energía en un 60 a 75% la energía, como en art of fighting o fatal fury haya por los lejanos años 90...
Los de Art of fighting 1 podian matar de lleno si tenías suerte
ahora son todos cacas con el escalado tan agresivo, si le haces una super a alguien durante un combo la super hace menos daño y se va y va reduciendo como en fighter Z
Se nota que no jugaste casi ningun juego de pelea en años.
Aparte, eso es porque estos juegos de pelea viejos era ROTISIMOS, que un solo súper saque DEMASIADO cantidad de vida es indicio de que el juego no tiene buen balance.
True.
Ok boomer
6:48 If only all the guys could fight like that. I'd buy this game.
HaGay
toki is post apocalyptic jesus.
Man, this is just as good as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
You know fun thing i was hokuto no ken fan and i am now jojo fan to be honest its good to be jojo fan
@@herosama19 You already know.
This is still the best Fist of North Star video game ever
I'm still wondering how come we never got a rerelease of this and the us for PS3 or PS4 or even on Steam. We need this.
this game looks beautiful! they should remake it. NOT IN 3D!!
Classic Fist soundtrack songs!!!…Brings back memories!!
Shu didn't make it into the game, but his death scene made it in twice. That's depressing
1:10 lol "thouther". I'm never going to be able to take Souther's name seriously again; Im always going to imagine it being said in a thuper lispth.
Fist of the thouth thtar
Elijah Fyffe fitht*
@@elijahfyffe5176 Thist of the thouth thtar, ya mean ?
Love how everyone else has a ton of hits for their Fatal KO move, except for Raoh, who has a one-punch finisher, and Toki, with his spiritual aura.
7:20 " Nanto Hôô-ken Ôgi Tenshô Jûji Hôô !! " Epic
I demand a ps4 version hokuto no ken to be made by aksys now! Actually id rather have this than db fighters z...
Wasn’t this made by Arksys?
@@suprshin Developed by Arc System Works and Published by Sega.
I like how souther just spawns pyramids
Lol
And Jagi spawns oil drums
You forgot Jagi's special super versus Shin, as well as Shin's suicide move.
Also forgot to show Souther's immunity to Hokuto Zankai Ken.
Rei is once AGAIN voiced by DIO. (here's a hint: Isshin Chiba)
He's also the main voice actor for Jin (Tekken).
Damn ps2.. This game looks amazing
Get a modded ps2
8:29 my man got the ultimate bitch slap
2.25 totally fair
Edit: Unfamiliar with Aksys Games 3 years ago. Actually is pretty Balanced.
Thomas Lamson To be fair, that's a long time to use so... About 20 seconds to be exact.
Ragna if your playing for real, it's next to impossible to use and survive outright under most cases.
Ragna And even then you still have to survive roughly 20 seconds anyways witch can be difficult
Ragna Fair enough
I remember when Goku was in this game!
4:21 "HOKUTO! Jerry can to the face NO KEN!
Shame the developers didn't include the tank as a joke character or any of the minor character that Kenshiro kills easily (except for the fat guy of course)
Come on Arcsys... we need another Hokuto No Ken videogame! pls :'c
Damn, the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken got super nerfed! Not only is it half kicks despite being called "Hundred Crack Fist" but it doesn't do the almighty *Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru*
That was only said once in the entire manga
@@kenshiro1719
Man my old comments are cringe.
Yeah I guess it would be cciler as all punches but Kenshiro does do alot of kicks overall, plus he does say it in the winpose, apologies.
I just finished watching the anime! Definitely a true masterpiece! Didnt know there was a game tho. Also where are the guys from the final arc?
Damn I want to play this game so bad! If only Japanese PS2 games weren't region locked...
Get Demul with the Atomiswave rom. Runs perfect on a good PC.
There are some ROMs for PC.
you can emulate it on android
@@petrusamp7792 Nowadays, it runs perfectly fine on a Raspberry Pi4, through Flycast
I'm glad you shown all the alternative versions... still I was sure there was a special 'ending' for *Mamiya* with *Rei* 's face in the sky.
Am I wrong?
Also... Wasn't the _'suicide'_ a special move of *Shin* ?
Really, maybe I'm confused, because I just paly this game years and years ago at the arcade.
I imagine this game reworked as Dragonball Fighterz
High quality opening song.
*I CAME*
5:50 is the best one. A little fan service.
Liked the music
Kenshiro: ATA!
Me: Bless you
no exploding heads? fuck this game
Chill. This game still rocks today.
he was kidding
Only worthless minions get head explosions I think :P
It has something better...
Good sounding ATA's
I understand the references, but they don't fit normally in the game, like how the fuck Jagi created a oil tank from the ground?
mateus1491 ...it was already there, just overlooked, or something.
(the point is Jagi fought Kenshiro on a rooftop of relatively well-kept tower building, and there was this oil tank. Jagi actually tried to kill Ken the same way as in game.
mateus1491 Its a fighting game, it's just like asking, why is it possible to make Ryu fight against Ryu in SF? Because it's a game
Joshu Best Waifu What he wants to say is that even though they are all references, a bunch of this specials are pushed in too hard. I have no problem with it tho it can look a little weird
I agree, some of those ultimates step way too far into fanservice territory. Don't like it when licensed fighting games do this, it just comes off as forced. The pyramid spear thing, the gas tank lighter thing, the henchman pinned finger stab thing... Making characters recognizable doesn't mean you have to straight up copy-paste iconic (but circumstantial) shit from the story into someone's moveset.
How the fuck Ryu created a hadouken with his hands, to boot ?
Si este juego hubiese tenido al menos unos 30 personajes jugables sería una obra maestra del fighting.
Ps2 low key had underground games b this shit hard asf
arc sys should remake their masterpiece
愛を取り戻しました♪
This needs to be brought over
Love to see this make it to a side tournament at a MAJOR
6:47 I am suddenly reminded of Gill from Street fighter 3 and not in a good way 😵
RESURRECTION
Before ASW helped bring us Dragon Ball FighterZ, they gave us Hokuto No Ken, and all was well with it. I just heard it got ported to the DreamCast. Wow.
Nope. This came out on arcades in 2005 and was ported to PS2 in 2007. Dreamcast died in 2001.
@@TheGoldenPS1 The Dreamcast port is a homebrew conversion. Hokuto no Ken was released on the Sammy Atomiswave arcade hardware, which is based on the Sega Dreamcast hardware, which is also based on the Sega Naomi. So fans were able to port it there via homebrew
Thouzer with that big boi fatal.
Tensho Juicy Hooooo!
So cool how its true to the manga.
2:33 HOKUTO HYAKURETSU KEN!!! 👊💥
They add the Heart in this game, but forgot about Shoo. Such a shame.
i love this game so much, its a pitty it was launched in the generation transition of ps2 to ps3
Didn't know there was a game to this. Saw it on Maximilian dood
toki is far superior. even ken agreed to it.
if he just didn't had his sickness.
Hokuto Shin Ken cannot be defeated, this is the reason why : 2:33
2:33 Omae wa mou...shindeiru
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i wish this game work on mame4driod 😭
They should just added Shun as a playable character in this game as well aside from being a background character in Souther's stage :/
2:05 so THAT'S how they calculate anime time
And kenshiros most op char in game he has 2 insta kill moves also dodge reflect and counter
This is the coolest game ever!!!!