Hokuto Musou Hits Hard – 500,000 Copies Shipped
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Mar 27, 2010 05:35 JST
- Tags: Fist of the North Star, Koei, PS3, Video Gallery, Xbox 360
Hokuto Musou (“North Star Warriors”), the latest in Koei’s famed Musou/Dynasty Warriors brawler series and the first to feature Fist of the North Star, has proved a great hit in Japan with 500,000 units shipped to retailers.
Plenty of bloody gameplay videos have emerged for those curious about Kenshiro’s latest antics, and just how successful Mamiya’s corset is in countering jiggle.
Reportedly the Xbox 360 version accounted for some 10% of the copies shipped so far, hardly a surprise – the Xbox 360 version is presumably more intended for the eventual overseas release – it is confirmed as being due in Europe in the summer.
Bought reviews have generally been positive (Famitsu gave it 32/40), whilst user reviews have been mixed but mostly positive.
Some play reports from gamers already stuck well into the game may be of interest – blood and gratuitous service are well in evidence through Kenshiro’s bloody attacks and Mamiya’s tight overly thong and bodice, but the graphics are none too spectacular and of course the gameplay does not deviate from the established Musou formula in any great respect.
Kenshiro:
Mamiya:
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ATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA
TATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA
TATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA
TATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA-WAHTA!!!
HOKUTO HYAKURETSUKEN!!!
OMAE WA MO SHINDEIRU!!!
Fatal K.O.
WIN, Kenshirou.
This will definitely will be on my 'Get the game' priorities.
Oh Hell yes~
*adds to his "To Buy" list*
Love how the thumb pic actually showcasted delicious loli Rin.. :3 That classic pantyshot when she fell down after Bart(sp) tried to snatch the cell key from her in the earliest chapter will always stick in my mind..
ATATATATATATATATA wow the Hyakuretsu ken is so damned awesome
Hokay...
Despite the already absurdity of holding a steel beam and a ton of concrete, he drags it seamlessly THROUGH fencing without doing damage? Uh, "What is this Corrision Detectron?" Now, that's been a long term nightmare for game designers, but I thought the PS3 just had enough power it could be the norm, not the exception, at least as far as the static environment goes...
Don't get me wrong. I like the looks of this game, and will probably buy it later (if it's avail. on this market) The original movie was like my FAVORITE anime along with VHD years back! But, it's like my "No game under a year old" maxim; Circus Maximus at $60 -uh.... Circus Maximus at $5 -Awesome!!!
They are too lazy to code any. Same with clipping on clothing - lately it seems developers can't even be bothered to design pre-animated costumes which don't poke through every other layer.
It's fast getting to the point where the major obstacle to graphical quality on characters is the fact that their clothes don't fit together.
That's really sad...
And consider how earlier games like "Tomb Raider", "Final Fantasy" had to really work out "Revolutionary" leaps to get anything to work, much less look good.
For instance, some of the Final Fantasy ones had designes deliberately chosen to be difficult for the 3D animators to challenge them, like Lulu's combination of Mog fur and dress made of belts. But, they did a very good job, both for the 3D pre-rendered scenes and the sprite characters. Let's also note that Laura Croft's backpack was added because the Polygons fit wrong on her back, but just adding a few more would end up killing it's run-ability on 25% of the computers in the consumer base it was being sold to...
Let's also not forget that "Doom" was a game that even the IBM PC's designers thought would not be possible until the 786 days (Pentium 3 era) yet it ran on a 386/486 engine.
Still, there are far worse "Collision Detection" failures. Look up on YouTube, in the all time worst games there's this "Trucker" game where you can drive through mountains and gas stations with no blow up or tilt... And it was made 3 years (at least) after "Interstate 76" that did incredibly well simulating how painful it is to drive even souped up vehicles off road...
This is THE only thing good without loli.
It's somewhat refreshing that a game (as opposed to non-game/ random sudoku or "braining" app) with nary a gay character or "love in the battlefield" bullshit actually achieves some level of success over at Japan, what with their increasingly shittier tastes and irrelevant output...
If there's two things I've come to expect from Koei's games are subpar graphics and simplistic gameplay.
thats why this best not release anywhere else. its bound to fail in the west
is it just me, or does the girl that fades in at the beginning of the first video (with the goggles) look like the vampire loli from Bakemonogatari?
that's a guy -_-
I wonder if the gameplay is simliar to God Hand. Wish I knew if this would be released on the US, but the chances of that seems slim. :\
I would assume the gameplay is similar to Dynasty warriors: Two attack buttons(close combat and long distance), one jump button, one special attack button. (Also, block button and possibly an aiming button). Basically you run around beating the crap out of opponents - named opponents are tougher and tend to help you level more aswell as drop upgrade items. Upgrade items on character, get new moves(varies how from game to game) and level up to get stronger.
Hitting is basically a question of combos - e g CC button then LD for one attack, or rush then CC then CC then LD for another. It's pretty easy to get used to.
Downers with the game is that the AI tends to be crap, harder difficulty usually means long range attack spam by enemies and tougher enemies.
That said, with a solid storyline musou games tend to be pretty fun to play with a friend.
No it's similar to Dynasty Warriors, hence the Musou in the title.
sucks it aint for PC :(
Sucks it aint for Linux. :(
お前はもう死んでいる
HIDEBU~ *head explodes*
Is it Kenshiro favourite quote or something? before "ATATATATATATATAH!"?
I agree
Wait wut?
It means you're already dead.
Note: "Omae" means "the front".
Note: "Keikaku" means "plan".
Imakoso Hokuto Shinken no shinseio miseterua (or something like that)
I really want to try the game, but I can't stand to watch the anime...
You must have enough GAR to watch such an awesome series!!
And you call yourself a MAN?!
It is obvious he is not a "MAN", poor fellow is still a boy.
Then don't
At least read the manga. Heretic.
Girl with thong?
*Puts on get list*
If they have a scene where Rei reminds Mamiya (thong girl) that she's a woman, I'm so in...
the commentator's voice is so annoying. he sounds like a perverted 50 year old. well i guess the anime is pretty old so it would appeal to him...
There was girls in first of the north star?
Could have sworn it was guys that looked exactly the same, just slightly different heads fighting each other..
And you'd be right..except that Yuri and Mamiya had huge titties.And that Yuri is the last of the South Stars.
One of those guys ripped a girl's shirt off. She eventually became his love interest.
lol
so it only manages to get into your list? not directly to the 'order' button, like when a new figure arrives?
If you mean do I like my toys with removable clothing and no pantsu
Then yes ^^
why must you remind me?! TT_TT
Who cares about WOMEN in Hokuto no Ken when you've got all this GRATUITOUS MANSERVICE!!!
I will so order this game.
Is that girl alright?
I think we have to play the game to find out.
in mamiya's first vid @ 3:57
did they really put those dots RIGHT on her nipples? come on guys...
stiff controls are amazingly stiff. but besides that, looks like if i dont get this game, im already dead.
and whats up with that squeaky robotic voice? i know its not part of the game(its his gamer's friend or w/e) but wth?
"stiff controls are amazingly stiff. but besides that, looks like if i dont get this game, im already dead."
I lol'd.
"and whats up with that squeaky robotic voice? i know its not part of the game(its his gamer's friend or w/e) but wth?"
That's your yukkuri overlords speaking. Not part of the game. Just something the reviewer put in. Common on nico videos.
Too late. You are already dead.
I wanted to play this game, but no Kamiya Akira as Kenshiro just ruins it for me... Never liked Dynasty Warriors gameplay anyways.
I'm also surprised when he got replaced. but I got totally pumped when I know that Tomokazu Seki is the one replacing him.
Unfortunately, he destroyed his vocal chords voicing Kenshiro, or so I've heard.
Agreed completely. He is what makes Kenshiro. Accept no substitutes.