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.
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
The Japanese voice cast features many of the actors from the "Yakuza" series portraying characters analogous to those they played in previous "Yakuza" titles, such as Kazuma Kiryu voice actor Takaya Kuroda playing Kenshiro. The worldwide release of the game includes an English dub, making it the studio's second game since the original "Yakuza" and "Binary Domain" to feature one. The worldwide release also includes an option to increase the amount of in-game gore that is exhibited on screen. It is also the first "Fist of the North Star" game since the first "Ken's Rage" to have an English dub, as "Ken's Rage 2" did not have one due to budget constraints.