Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
Hisashi Koinuma, the game's producer said that the staff aim to create a "new realistic feel" for the "Fist of the North Star" series while still being faithful to the original's roots. During this process, he mentioned his concerns for the characters' body structure, muscles, and other minute details (such as perfecting the model for Raoh's wrinkled forehead). He noted that the official mode for this title carries more action adventure tones than other "Warriors" titles thus far yet gave his assurance that "Warriors" fans can easily feel at home in the game's original story mode. He personally spoke his thoughts regarding the game at Yodobashi-Akiba, Biccamera Yurakucho, and Biccamera Ikebukuro on March 22 and March 25. He also played a rock-paper-scissor game for attendants, the winner of the crowd obtaining an original T-shirt signed by the game's voice actors.
Black Belt (video game)
Black Belt is a side-scrolling single-plane beat 'em up game released for the Master System in . It is a localization of the Japanese Mark III game, , based on the manga and anime series of the same name (which would later be published as "Fist of the North Star" in English). The export version was released without the "Hokuto no Ken" license, forcing graphic alterations to the game. "Black Belt" was one of programmer Yuji Naka's early games prior to his involvement in "Sonic the Hedgehog".