Looking for FOTNS: Lost Paradise? I played that a few years ago! - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e76cjKyS19q1f58.html

Old Playstation games like this one can show how well something can age as long as it has great art direction. What a little gem!

Completed this ages ago really enjoyed this game. *goes through the complete story *has a Vs. mode *and has got a secret mode [when you complete the story without continuing] It is a real good gem for something that came out in 2000 late in the PlayStation's lifecycle.

With the lack of food and water I'm surprised by the size of those guys.

This game looks incredible upscaled. God bless emulation.

Yes, this game has a full on story outside of shin's arc, you can even unlock the characters you beat in this game for versus mode which is great

10:45 Hoisting little girls over one's head for prolonged periods of time on a regular basis keeps villains in good shape.

Ken's title is typical "Savior of the Century's end" so the legend of the savior of century's end or something is probably the game's subtitle. Fist of the northstar: Lost Paradise is pretty damn good

I used to own this, the fact they recreated the intro for this game alone was amazing. 😎 Fist of the North Star has had some epic games that don't get enough love.

I need Matt full cover of the Kenshiro Opening now

Blew my mind when I found out the female vocalist in the theme wasn't, Masayuki Tanaka just had an insane range, right until they caught a baseball in the throat

199X was a great year.

Doctor Toki: "I don't know how to break this to you but here goes. You are already dead." Patient Zeed: "You're not going to charge me for this visit, are you, doc?"

16:50 largely from what I gathered, the reason Ken lost to shin was because he was "Heir" to Fist of the north star in name only. Ken hadn't mastered the style yet and was also reluctant to use the power of hokuto to its fullest afraid he may hurt or kill someone. There's actually an entire ova (I think u can find it subbed on KZfaq) that shows when he finally became the Kenshiro we're most familiar with.

I lost it at "ThAt sUrE wuz a LoTtA bloOd you left bAck thErE, Kenshiro!"

The graphic style reminds me so much of Megaman Legends. Plus Natsume is a dope dev. Wild Guns!

Instead of "Hokuto No Ken" game coverage, I now want an entire video of Matt giving us his interpretations of various vocal tracks from the series and/or movie. We don't know how much our lives would be improved by his serenading us with "Heart of Madness"!

This really looks like the spiritual precursor to the Guts' Rage Berserk game. And these graphics look amazing for PS1! Makes me wonder why other anime games like Rival Schools didn't have faces as good as this.

I love the little detail of the thumbs pointing at the options on the screen in imitation of the pressing of pressure points at the temples. It's that kind of fan-pleasing detail that shows love and effort was put into the product.

Now I need to get this game to add to my Fist Of The North Star collection.

Aww, I was all excited because I thought this was gonna be about the PlayStation 4 version, which has one of the best stories, one of the most satisfying endings, and it’s made by the guys who made Yakuza!

Those are some really impresive graphics for a psone game, I love the way the character models look

Meanwhile, in our version of effed up dystopia, I notice a glaring lack of really buff dudes karate-chopping bad dudes.

Shin beat Kenshiro the first time they fought basically because Ken was a really soft, gentle, certified Wifeguy™ who loved his girlfriend so, so much. His brothers even thought he was the weakest among them, and only their master saw the potential in him... because Hokuto Shinken is all about love. You gotta love someone (Or in Toki's case, everyone, because he's Jesus) deeply to be the strongest. Shin kidnapping Yuria was a colossal fuckup. He made Kenshiro realize that he loved Yuria even more than he thought he did, and the very thought of not having her by his side Released The Beast from inside him. What I mean is... Hokuto no Ken is about loving your partner so freaking much that you gonna murder half the world just to be by their side again. What a classic. What a hero.

I really like these graphics. Perhaps it's because they remind me of nostalgic old DS games (yes I'm a fetus, sue me), but in any case I find them really charming.

Damn, kinda wish they brought this over to the west. At least we got Lost Paradise and Ken's Rage (which is a guilty pleasure of mine).

The classic. I loved this game. Couldn't understand a word but thats okay, I WA SHOCK regardless.

I would have loved this as a kid! My parents not so much, all the over the top kung fu movie sound effects would get grating really, really fast I feel. Still though, that art style is super charming even now, I love it.

Fun Facts: This would be the last time Kamiya voiced Ken. I believe this is Rei's VA's last appearance before his death. If you finish a level without dying, you unlock the boss in the VS mode. All the OST is from the original anime. It is an adaptation of the first part of the manga, it covers up before the time skip? I do not believe Ryuga and the Hokuto Lapis Fisters are in this.

Now I want to see Matt play more Japan only games and try to voice act through the cutscenes.

Fist of the North Star needs a come back! Bruce Lee meets Mad Max is an awesome match.

After seeing Matt play this I too must experience it for myself.

You should play Gamera 2000 for the PS1. It’s crazy. A japan only game that is completely in English. And hilarious live action cutscenes. It’s a great giant monster game that’s like Panzer Dragoon and Star Fox.

6:13 God I miss the WeeklyTubeShow Fist of the North Star dubs. "HE CALLS ME BOOGAHBUNS"

Good old Mr. Heart. He eats the kids, for the children.

The texture work in this game is phenomenal, it looks so good!

This is the game that turned me into a fan of FotNS. So many fond memories of 20+ years ago

Bruh literally all week I've been listening to You Wa Shock as I've been showering in the morning as I've been getting ready for work and now you post this. Best way to end the week!

"if I were to create a set containing all things which are alive, I would not be able to include you in that set without contradiction at the present moment".

The graphics look so good for a ps1 game.

You're literally watching the anime without fillers playing through this game. Neutral punch+kick to do ground multi kick special. Forward and punch+kick does the backfist. Instakill on mooks if you hit them while they're glowing blue

Dam. I’m honestly surprised how good this game looks! Basically, it’s Perfect use of TEXTURES! The Cell shaded looks really works. Sad it never came over here...

The reason Shin beats Kenshiro the first time is because Kenshiro still lacked the intent to kill. The reason Kenshiro wins their rematch is because he no longer hesitates to kill his former friend. Much to the horror of Shin who realizes that he created a monster. However, Shin's death also shows Kenshiro to not let his rage blind him.

Great video Matt! I played this a couple years ago it still holds up in my opinion

I remember seeing this previewed waaaaay back in a Playstation magazine, got I wanted it. At that point I had only seen the animated movie from 86 and the craptastic, yet still charming live action movie, but I loved them all the same. Years went on and I completely forgot that it was a PS1 game, in my memory it was on PS2 because of how good it looked, until relatively recently when I was looking it up. Since then I've read the manga and watched through most of the TV series, and have to say I definitely love the series even more, but I still want this game. On a side note, when Shin ambushed Ken and Yuria prior to the events of the story Shin might have had the edge over Ken at that point, as Ken reveals in their fight that it was Shin's betrayal and near killing of Ken, and Ken's desire for revenge and to save Yuria that leads him to becoming the wasteland saviour we all know and love.

This games looks so good, I legit thought it was a modern fan game made in the style of the PS1

As someone who rereads Fist of the North Star once every couple of years, I am *blown away* by how good this game looks. Might need to try to find it for myself!

Really enjoyable game. Me, my bro and dad could never get enough of it

There's a 2-player versus mode, yeah, and a bunch of other stuff to unlock, including what I think is a full on cutscene editor but I have no idea how that works.

"I'm here to call you about your life's extended warranty."

This is the single greatest video game I've ever seen you play.

IIRC Shin beat Kenshiro because Ken didn't really want to fight him, not understanding why a previous friend betrayed him. Correct me if I'm wrong~

This game was a serious one, the simple series one was a remake of the master system game and it was on ps2 I think. About Ken Rage, Ken Rage 2 is the way to go, it includes all the arcs while ken rage 1 only has half the story, and has a lot more extra content too.

A modern port of the fighting game with rollback netcode would be so godlike. I also love that the cursor/highlight icons is the Zankai Ken haha

“ roses are red and violets are blue Omae wa mou shinderu “

18:18 Kinnikuman, what are you doing here!?

My absolute favorite HNK game. Goes through the first series (essential episodes). I paid a pretty penny for it back then and made every friend of mine play it.

All I know about this game is that the intro slaps, so I guess I'll die.

Dude, the world’s not a cesspool of hate and pollution. It’s more a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Oh man I hope you'll do a full playthrough of this game I don't think I'll ever get it so I want to see it all!

would love to see more of this game

Solid gold commentary.

shin was more "motivated" at the time, i think the manga is very clear on this.

Matt may never see this message but I want to say your intro song is godlike

God matt, please let this be a full playthrough.

I watched the movie for the first time last night. Then I see this in the morning. The coincidence is incredible. Amazing even.

I would love to see you play more fist of the north star games

i would've loved to play this back in the day

Weekly tube show not finishing their dub of this is a crime against humanity. The Kenshiro cameo for the Cell Vs series was nice at least

WeeklyTubeShow reference! Hell yeah. I always adored his abridge work/skits over any other abridger at the time. Severely underrated comedian. Always glad to hear his voiceover work for DYKG. "Check this out, check this out... woosh" "Oh my god, he's so sexy" "You look like a damned pickle!" "You look like a piece of bubble gum with that shirt!"

Now I wanna find the arcade cabinet of Fist of the northstar the one with the punch pads

Woah, im going to get this game ASAP

convinced that ken can kill someone instantly just by cocking a eyebrow rock-style

Released in 2000, but taking place in 199X, Bandai really capitalized on the Y2K craze here by telling this classic historic epic.

My all time favorite anime.

The graphics in this hold up so damn well, reminds me of Mega Man Legends. I just made myself sad. Now I want Matt to play the PSX Vampire Hunter D game for more anime nostalgia.

Love your title, I might use it...if I can.

I speak japanese, but your translations were much better 17:09 "Stop twisting...my nipples!" 😂😂

I would love to see a translation of this game it looks fun and I'd love to see how the story plays out to see how anime accurate it is

Kenshiro sounds like Prince in this game.

A clip from the 1995 live action Fist of the North Star appeared on my feed after watching this vid.

God, those QTE sequences are unforgiving. I have the game on my Sony Xperia play and performing them on the tiny D-pad almost destroyed my thumbs.

If only he did the “Flying Swaaaaaallow!”

I was dead inside, but then I met Kenshiro and became dead outside too.

I loved this game back in the day. A friend had a PS1 with a chip that let him play Japanese games

I can't believe 199x has already been 2x years ago.

Just found out Matt was a HnK fan. You’re definitely one of my favorite KZfaqrs

I remember this game being awesome

Those characters look pretty good for the time

I thought this was the 2D fighting game; nice to see more Hokuto around

So one day me and my buddies are watching Fist of the North Star on his computer and this glass mug that was in front of the speaker just blows up after one those crazy punches. Don't know how it happened, ghost maybe? Boosh!

I didn't know Matt could speak japanese, cool! I'm learning the language myself and loving it.

199X was truly the best of times.

This game is absolutely gorgeous! Very faithful to the original series, a game made with care ❤

Looks good. I'd love this to get ported to modern PS

This looks really good for PS1 game

There is a fist of the north star puching arcade machine where you punch the machine boxing pads as they come up.

Y u gotta be liek that, Ken? Keeeeeeeeeeeeeee~n

The bad: the cinematics from here on can get quite lengthy, and you cannot skip them. Have a cellphone or something to keep you busy while they play out. The good: this game has clearly a lot of passion and dedication to FotNS. The gameplay gets more interesting and challenging, you unlock characters for VS mode, and in my opinion this is the best home console game of Kenshiro.

I love how this game looks! So great for PS1.