The New Fist of the Star/Hokuto no Ken thread

[Clear_Sky]

DA GAME just ordered his copy & KOF XI.Does the PS2 have to be modded for both games?If so how can that be done?Also where can DG purchase the arcade guide?

If your PS2 isn’t japanese, your obviously going to need a modded PS2 of some kind.

Arcade guide? I’m guessing you mean a strategy guide? The closest thing I’ve heard to that is the strategies published in Arcadia magazine. Nonoho translated some bits of that in his “Odds and Ends” thread over at Dustloop.

[chopa]

DA GAME just ordered his copy & KOF XI.Does the PS2 have to be modded for both games?If so how can that be done?Also where can DG purchase the arcade guide?

Magicswap Im pretty sure works for XI
it may or may not work with HnK

[System_1]

Dude, I can tell you haven’t played against a really good Toki!

Against Toki’s onslaught even a DP or 6+CD counter can easily miss!

Against Rei, even if you have no DP and insufficient meter for the 6+CD counter, you can use Aura Guard to your advantage to push him slightly farther and give yourself room to counter with a move or to just jump away from the corner! Even better if you can Just Defend (blocking at the last moment, dunno what it’s actually called in this game!) at the same time to get some frame advantage. Also, believe it or not, some characters have normal frames that can hit Rei out of his IAD+B poke-fest (Raoh’s crouching A comes to mind).

I’d prefer a Rei match to a Toki one any day (unless the Rei I’m playing against is an ass who goes for the infinite DP glitch whenever he can, in which case both match-ups are just as bad).

Good tips:tup:

I forgot about the Aura Block, I should remember that, sometimes I do a standing A into AC or a 2+C with Juda to prevent that, but sometimes it won’t come out due to block stun.

I remember facing a very good Toki player when the game was first there, Im sure it was an AI local player since he had no problem with the sticks since he was performing DP’s with ease, he was a cool guy.

The only thing that makes Toki so powerful is just his teleport, without it he be just a C/B tier character.

[Hydra632]

There is an official Japanese Fist of the North Star guide, has lots of good info. I picked it up on ebay early last year though, not sure how hard it is to find now. Also DA GAME, if you hit me up on AIM(my aim name is Hydra632) I’ll show you where to buy everything you need to play import games on ps2. No soldering required.

[Tsumuri]

I don’t know if that “very good Toki player at AI” was me, but I went there once before I left SoCal last summer after evo and played against this Kenshiro player. I had about 8 wins then I had to leave for some seriously good fried rice. I’m no expert at this game but I’m not too shabby either. I kept wondering about who I played against also, so even if that “very good Toki” wasn’t me I’d like to know if this said Kenshiro player posts on this thread.

My local arcade took it out it in favor of Arcana Heart. Although they still have the HnK board and all I need to do is ask them to put it in, there’re too many dudes playing AH to be able to put it in these days.

What’s your local arcade?

[SlaughterX]

Any word on a domestic release?

[Tsumuri]

Isu Theme Park Gameland, Seoul, Korea

Whoops. Your location kinda threw me off there.

Damn. I thought SoCal finally got an Arcana Heart machine.

[System_1]

I’ll smash on ya’ll niggas

[DA_GAME]

There is an official Japanese Fist of the North Star guide, has lots of good info. I picked it up on ebay early last year though, not sure how hard it is to find now. Also DA GAME, if you hit me up on AIM(my aim name is Hydra632) I’ll show you where to buy everything you need to play import games on ps2. No soldering required.

Hey Hydra,DA GAME’s AIM is on the fritz.You got another alternative?

[Shotokan_Symphony]

2 1/2 months to go. I can’t fucking wait! Even if there aren’t any major changes, it’s good to FINALLY have it on a console.

[Hydra632]

HnK is up for preorder on ncsx.com now.

http://mgrsti3030s.seamlesstech.biz/templates/frmTemplateR.asp?CatalogID=12794&SearchYN=N&subFolderID=97

[System_1]

2 1/2 months to go. I can’t fucking wait! Even if there aren’t any major changes, it’s good to FINALLY have it on a console.

Thats tha truth!! Can’t wait!!

[EJM]

They updated the offical website with some new info.
Looks like on the bonus DVD you get some older HNK games and a tutorial on how to play.

And there is some more info about the modes.

Translated page:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhokuto-no-ken.sega.jp%2Fhokuto_ps2%2Findex.html&langpair=ja|en&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Original page:
http://hokuto-no-ken.sega.jp/hokuto_ps2/index.html

[System_1]

I was able to get 3 Raoh Spike’s in a row in one combo last night, I think it ended up in a 36 hit combo:bgrin:

It seems you have to both time it and rapidly press in order to connect it.

I hope once the game comes out, everybody would get into it and I might see more HnK comp:tup:

[System_1]

I was able to get 3 Raoh Spike’s in a row in one combo last night, I think it ended up in a 36 hit combo:bgrin:

It seems you have to both time it and rapidly press in order to connect it.

I hope once the game comes out, everybody would get into it and I might see more HnK comp:tup:

Man, I used to play Raoh a while ago. I couldn’t get the hang of how to connect the crouching A after a spike. The timing is just wierd! Maybe in your case it’s because you are motivated by a very good opponent?

[System_1]

thats real cause I was thinkin of playin some roah now, I was playin some kenshiro but I’m startin to feel some roah now.

[Hydra632]

Is “Raoh -> Roah” becoming the new “Daigo -> Diago” phenomenon?

The lack of new match vids and the total lack of interest in this game lately sucks balls.

The release of Accent Core and Arcana Heart has officially killed this game. Seems White has officially retired his Juda as well. I guess we’ll never be able to see how far Hige could push Souther

[Rickstah]

You should all vote for this game at EVO in the EVO forums.

Then people might start playing this damn great game.

[CyberAkuma]

I think it’s actually safer to believe that it’s more of a matter of the PS2 port finally coming out. Once (more) people are able to play this game within the comfort of their own homes (and not having to spend for more tokens either), interest will rise again.

Of course, even the novelty of being able to have that convenience may get old after a while. That’s why I’m personally hoping that Arc systems will pull an SNKP, by having an “Arrange” mode with fixes, more BGs, and maybe 1-4 more characters. :wgrin: Including the likes of that would be surely enough to garner attention from old heads, I’m willing to bet.

[berserkotaku45]

i can’t wait til it drops