Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
Japanese Name	北斗無双
Romaji Name	Hokuto Musō
Publishers	Koei Tecmo
Developer	Koei Tecmo
Director	Naohito Kano
Producer	Hisashi Koinuma
Designer	Takahiro Kawai
Programmer	Tomoyuki Kitamura
Writer(s)	Junpei Imura; Keisuke Okabayashi; Masahiro Kato; Hiroyuki Numoto
Music	Haruki Yamada
Platforms(s)	PlayStation 3; Xbox 360
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up
Release Date	JP: March 25, 2010; NA: November 2, 2010; EU: November 5, 2010
Age Rating(s)	CERO - D; ESRB - M; PEGI - 18

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage (北斗無双, Hokuto Musō, lit. "North Star Warriors") is a 3D beat 'em up game made and published by Koei Tecmo based on the Fist of the North Star series featuring gameplay and mechanics from their Dynasty Warriors franchise.

It received a sequel in the form of Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2.

Gameplay[edit]

Ken's Rage features gameplay similar to Koei Techmo's Dynasty Warriors series. Characters have three different styles to fight with: Hokuto Shinken, Nanto Seiken, and Unique. They will fight hordes of enemies, and in combat, they can guard, dodge, climb, counter, taunt, grab their opponent, pick up and throw items, and perform deadly secret techniques depending on their moveset.

Modes[edit]

Legend Mode: The game's story mode, which adapts the first half of the original manga
Dream Mode: A mode featuring unique original stories for each playable character
Challenge Mode: A survival mode where players continuously fight enemies until they are defeated
Introduction Mode: A mode where players are introduced to the game's mechanics through tutorials
Gallery: Players can view the game's renders, artwork, and cutscenes and listen to music
Settings: Players can adjust the game's controls, difficulty, and voice language

Characters[edit]

Playable Characters[edit]

Hokuto Shinken

Kenshiro

Toki

Raoh

Nanto Seiken

Rei

Shin

Souther

Others

Mamiya

Jagi

DLC

Heart

Outlaw

Non-Playable Characters[edit]

Cast[edit]

Playable[edit]

Character	Japanese voice actor	English dub actor
Kenshiro	Katsuyuki Konishi	Kaiji Tang
Toki	Tomokazu Seki	Lex Lang
Raoh	Fumihiko Tachiki	Dave B. Mitchell
Rei	Takehito Koyasu	Matthew Mercer
Shin	Tomokazu Sugita	Doug Erholtz
Souther	Nobutoshi Canna	Ezra Weisz
Mamiya	Naomi Shindo	Laura Bailey
Jagi	Wataru Takagi	Dave Wittenberg
Heart	Takahiro Fujimoto	Matt Lasky

Non-Playable[edit]

Character	Japanese voice actor	English dub actor
Narrator	Norio Wakamoto	Douglas Rye
Yuria	Houko Kuwashima	Stephanie Sheh
Bat	Umeka Shoji	Debi Berryberry
Rin	Kanae Ito	Stephanie Sheh
Airi	Umeka Shoji	Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Zeed	Shunzo Miyasaka	Richard Epcar
Fang Clan Chieftain	Kohei Fukuhara	N/A
Amiba	Tomokazu Seki	Steve Staley
Uyghur	Ryuzaburo Otomo	N/A
Yuda	Keisuke Baba	Christopher Corey Smith
Shu	Takahiro Yoshimizu	Steve Kramer
Ryuga	Takeshi Mori	N/A
Juza	Masaya Takatsuka	N/A
Fudo	Hiromu Miyazaki	N/A