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Hokuto no Ken (NEW GAME ON PS3/XBOX360)

KirbyWorshipper2465

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Not to mention that he's pretty much ignored after he's dead. Luckily, he'll get his own spin-off manga soon. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-19/fist-of-the-north-star-spinoff-manga-to-feature-jagi)

However, it's a shame that we won't get the PS2 fighting game. He's playable there.

Speaking of under-appreciated villains, Uighur is one of my favorite minor villains. I've heard that he shows up in the PSP fighting game.

By the way, Funimation has uploaded the entire series on their video page. (http://www4.funimation.com/video/?)

I think I've read through the first 4 volumes of the manga, but didn't find a source for the other volumes... : /
The only way to get the rest of the series is by getting the French edition. In recent years, they've started to re-print it in a more faithful, unflipped version, since the original volumes are out of print. I currently have the first 6 volumes of that new edition, which is available in bookstores found in Canada (Québec, to be specific).
 

kr3wman

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Fist of the North star popularized so many tropes and is referenced so much it astonishes me.
 

kirbyraeg

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Fist of the North star popularized so many tropes and is referenced so much it astonishes me.
definitely.

It's because it deserves to be referenced though, hahaha

and it's really a classic that deserves to be checked out by any anime/manga fan
 

kr3wman

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http://koeitecmo.info/new/ *Spoiler-ish!*

Koei's 'Musou' is a series of game with 'Dinasty Warriors' type gameplay. They did it with Gundam and stuff, but can't wait to see it with HnK!

Hundreds of Mohawks!
 

Fizzi

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<sigh> apparently I'm subscribed to this thread cause I posted on it a while back -_-
 

Lord Viper

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How did I not see this thread?! Me and my brother always use to watch Fist of the North Star.
 

Gallade64

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I think the Fist of the North Star craze is coming back to life because of ZUN's and Tasofro's new touhou fighter Touhou Hisoutensoku (Unthinkable Natural Law). They gave Reimu a Fatal KO in the form of Fantasy Heaven (Which is also a homonym of Musou Tensei: Hokuto Shinken's ultimate technique.) and they even remixed one of her themes to sound like the Fatal KO theme from the Hokuto no Ken arcade game.
 
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