Fist of the North Star (NES video game)
Fist of the North Star is a side-scrolling action video game produced by Toei Animation and developed by Shouei System for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was first released in Japan under the title on April 17, 1987, being the second "Hokuto no Ken" video game released for the Family Computer (Famicom) by the anime production company (which briefly entered the video game publishing business after their success with the original "Hokuto no Ken" game for the Famicom in 1986), while also serving as a tie-in to the "Hokuto no Ken 2" anime series which began airing on Fuji TV a few weeks earlier. Taxan published the localized NES version on April 1989, making it one of the earliest "Fist of the North Star" products released in the U.S. alongside Viz Communications' English adaptation of the manga.
List of Fist of the North Star characters
is a fighting style which branched off from the main "Hokuto" family along with "Hokuto Shinken" that was founded by Shuken's cousin Ryūō. The style uses the 1109 destructive points of the human body called the in contrast to the 708 Keiraku Hikō points of the Shin Ken style (The exact differences between the Ryūken style's hakō points and the Shin Ken style's hikō points are never fully explained) as well as an evil energy called that can drive its practitioner insane with evil, turning them into a Majin (魔神, God of Black Magic). The three that Kenshiro faces are all masters of this art. The ultimate Hokuto Ryuken technique is which levitates a person in the air and completely disorients them.