Video game · 1987

Fist of the North Star

Released 17 April 1987 on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Developer: Shouei System
Publisher: Toei Animation, Taxan
Made in: Japan, Japan
Genre: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Themes: Action, Science fiction

About Fist of the North Star

Hokuto no Ken 2: Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu is a side-scrolling action game for the Family Computer released by Toei Animation on April 17, 1987. It served as a tie-in to the anime series of the same name, being released a few days after the airing of its fifth episode. A version for the Nintendo Entertainment System was released by Taxan in North America under the title of Fist of the North Star on April 1989, making it the earliest Hokuto no Ken tie-in product released outside Japan. Before release, the NES version was shown in the Summer Consumer Electronics Show in 1988 under the title of Ken the Great Bear Fist, Toei's proposed localized title for the series.

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