Hokuto no Ken 2: Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu

a.k.a. 北斗の拳2 世紀末救世主伝説

published by Toei / Taxan in 1987-04-17, developed by Shouei System, running on Nintendo Entertainment System

type: beat 'em up
genre: Manga
series: Shōnen Jump, Hokuto no Ken
setting: Post-apocalypse
perspective: side view
player options: single player

languages: eng jpn

2/5

Personal review

Hey, only about eight months after the first Hokuto no Ken game for the Famicom - which was a rather appalling game - Toei released the sequel "Hokuto no Ken 2". The game is based on the second Hokuto no Ken anime tv-series. This game is the only NES game that was actually released in the US under the title "Fist of the North Star". And as the first game it is a side-scrolling beat'em up game. Compared to the first game it looks better, sounds better and plays a little bit better. That wasn't difficult, but at least it reaches an quality that could be called "average". The difficulty in the US version seems to be significantly reduced compared to the original Famicom version and some scenes where special characters from the series appear are also missing in the US version.