List of Fist of the North Star video games
The following is a list of video games based on the manga "Fist of the North Star". Since , many video games based on the "Hokuto no Ken" franchise have been released for the Japanese market, including coin-operated arcade games and computer software. The majority of these games were released only in Japan, with the exceptions of "Fist of the North Star" for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Taxan Soft in , "Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe" for the Game Boy by Electro Brain in , and the "" series by Koei Tecmo, which started in . The arcade games "Fighting Mania" by Konami and the "Fist of the North Star" fighting game by Sega, also received international distribution. Additionally, the Sega games "Black Belt" for the Master System and "Last Battle" for the Genesis, were originally released as "Hokuto no Ken" video games in Japan before they were stripped of the license and rebranded for the international market.
List of Fist of the North Star characters
The Dungeon of , also known as the City of Wailing Demons, was originally under the control of the Dragon Emperor as means to ward off intruders until Raoh took over, turning into a prison city where many of his enemies are locked-up, mainly rival martial artists who were forced to give up their martial art secrets to Ken-oh. The dungeon is run by , a giant in viking armor who Raoh gave the position to after expressing his interest in the legend Uighur wishes to make for himself. Uighur is master of a Taishan fighting style involving the use of whips and his special technique is a powerful shoulder tackle called the . The gatekeepers of Cassandra, and , are the twin successors of the style. The twins are honorable warriors whose younger brother, Mitsu, is being kept hostage by Uighur and his men. Kenshiro, Lei and Mamiya head to Cassandra to rescue Toki, who is being kept prisoner there. Eventually, Uighur is killed by Kenshiro who frees Toki and the other prisoners in Cassandra.