Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage, originally released in Japan as , is a 3D beat 'em up for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei. It is a spin-off of the "Dynasty Warriors" series based on the manga franchise "Fist of the North Star" by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. It was first released in Japan on March 25, 2010, and it was released in North America on November 2, 2010 and in Europe on November 5. A was announced with a surprise trailer at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June 2012. New playable characters and story arcs are featured, and the game was released in Japan on December 2012.
Fist of the North Star
The two one-shots were well received in the reader's surveys of "Fresh Jump" and Tetsuo Hara was commissioned to turn "Hokuto no Ken" into a weekly series. Buronson was assigned to work with him as writer for the serialized version. The storyline was revamped, with the 1980s present-day setting in the original version replaced by a post-apocalyptic future world, and the protagonist Kenshiro, originally a teenager framed for a crime he did not commit in Hara's prototype story, became an older and more stoic hero with a tragic past. Originally, Hara and Buronson were contracted to do "Hokuto no Ken" for a three-year run, but due to its popularity and the publisher's demand, it was extended to a five-year run.