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.
Fist of the North Star
A number of pachinko and pachislot machines based on the franchise have been produced, mainly by Sega Sammy Holdings since the launch of the "CR Hokuto No Ken" pachinko machine in 2002. "Pachislot Hokuto No Ken", launched in 2004, sold 620,000 units by March 2005, becoming the best-selling pachislot machine. "Pachinko CR Hokuto No Ken 3" became Sega Sammy's best-selling pachinko machine when it launched in 2009. By March 2017, Sega Sammy had sold 3.18million "Hokuto no Ken" pachinko, pachislot and arcade machines, including 2.71million "Hokuto no Ken" pachinko and pachislot machines, 30,000 "Hokuto no Ken" arcade game machines, and 440,000 "Souten no Ken" pachinko and pachislot machines. Between April 2017 and March 2018, Sega Sammy sold a further "Hokuto no Ken" pachinko and pachislot units, and a further units between April 2018 and June 2018, bringing total sales up to 3,359,067 units. At an average unit price of $5,000, Sega Sammy has grossed approximately from sales of "Hokuto no Ken" pachinko, pachislot and arcade machines.