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{{Infobox VG
{{Infobox VG
|title = Fist of the North Star
|title = Hokuto no Ken 2
|image =  
|image =  
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|released = {{flagicon|Japan}}April 17, 1987<br>{{flagicon|United States}}April, 1989
|released = {{flagicon|Japan}}April 17, 1987<br>{{flagicon|United States}}April, 1989
|genre = [[wikipedia:Action game|Action]]
|genre = [[wikipedia:Action game|Action]]
|modes = [[Single player]]
|modes = [[wikipedia:Single player|Single player]]
|ratings =  
|ratings =  
|platforms = [[wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|platforms = [[wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|Family Computer]]
|media = [[wikipedia:Cartridge (electronics)|Cartridge]]
|media = [[wikipedia:Cartridge (electronics)|Cartridge]]
|requirements =  
|requirements =  
|input = [[wikipedia:Gamepad|NES controller]] or [[joystick]]
|input = [[wikipedia:Gamepad|Controller]]
}}
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==Story==
==Story==
After the death of [[Raoh]], the Central Imperial Capital began its rule of the chaotic world under the name of the [[Lui|Heavenly Emperor]]. Now grown up, [[Bat]] and [[Lin]] has formed a resistance under the banner of Hokuto. [[Kenshiro]] returns once again after hearing the plight of the people. Kenshiro must hurry to the Imperial Capital and defeat their leader [[Falco]] of the [[Gento Kō Ken]] style.
After the death of [[Raoh]], the Central Imperial Capital began its rule of the chaotic world under the name of the [[Lui|Heavenly Emperor]]. Now grown up, [[Bat]] and [[Lin]] has formed a resistance under the banner of Hokuto. [[Kenshiro]] returns once again after hearing the plight of the people. Kenshiro must hurry to the Imperial Capital and defeat their leader [[Falco]] of the [[Gento Kō Ken]] style.
The game is based on the second anime series, ''Hokuto no Ken 2'', and covers primarily the first fifteen episodes of the series, where Kenshiro faces off against the ''Gento Kō Ken'' fighters. Because the series was still airing when the game was initially made, the game only goes up to the beginning of the "Land of Asura" arc. The final boss is the Nameless Asura, who was a minor villain in the series.
The North American version is simply titled ''Fist of the North Star'' and is not to be confused with the original ''Hokuto no Ken'' for the Famicom, which was unreleased overseas. Despite being based on ''Hokuto no Ken 2'', the North American cover artwork depicts Kenshiro fighting against Toki, who appears only in the first anime series.


==Controls==
==Controls==
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** Falco's Army - Their techniques includes spear launching, slide kicks, jumps, and footwork punches.
** Falco's Army - Their techniques includes spear launching, slide kicks, jumps, and footwork punches.
** [[Falco|Falco the Gold]] - The strongest of the Gento warriors.
** [[Falco|Falco the Gold]] - The strongest of the Gento warriors.
==Secrets==
===Secret final boss===
The game has eighth stage available if the player completes all seven of the regular stages without using continues. The eighth stage is a battle against the [[Nameless Asura]]. Defeating the Asura will yield a different ending which shows Falco's face on the credits instead of Lui.
===Finishing moves===
The player can perform a different finishing move on each boss by attacking their weakspot with a specific attack.
;{{nihongo|North Star Head Breaking Fist|北斗破顔拳|Hokuto Hagan Ken}}
:Used on Bask. The final blow must be a jumping punch to his head. A secret technique originally used on [[Madara]] in the anime.
;{{nihongo|Lung Destroying Fist|喘破刺倒拳|Senha Shitō Ken}}
:Used on Geila. The final blow must be to his belly. In the original work, the finishing move on Geila was simply a vital point called ''Senha''.
;{{nihongo|North Star Eight Breaks Nine Agonies|北斗八悶九断|Hokuto Hachimon Kudan}}
:Defeat Taiga using a kick to the the stomach as the final blow. In the original work, this was the technique Kenshiro was going to use to kill [[Jagi]] before he decided to spared his life. According to the official guide, it causes the victim to feel eight different kinds of pain before breaking into nine pieces.
;{{nihongo|North Star Purple Destroying Light Attack|北斗紫滅光破|Hokuto Shimetsu Kōha}}
:Defeat Solia with a punch to the face as the final blow. A game-original technique. According to the official strategy guide, it is a kind of Aura Punch that uses sunlight that exercises its might particularly to purple objects. In other words, it can destroy Solia's purple armor.
;{{nihongo|North Star Annihilation Fist|北斗滅殺拳|Hokuto Messatsu Ken}}
:Defeat Boltz with a kick to the legs as the final blow. A game-original technique. It is a special technique that devours the body in an instant, causing its soul to be lost forever.
;{{nihongo|Big Dipper Fist|北斗七星拳|Hokuto Shichisei Ken}}
:Defeat Bronza with a kick to the head as the final blow. A technique that is launched subconsciously by Ken when the seven scars on his are glowing red and his sense of awareness is enhanced.
;{{nihongo|Secret Technique of Hokuto Shin Ken - Unconscious Arm Split|北斗神拳秘奥義  無想戈穴|Hokuto Shin Ken Hiōgi - Musō Ken Kaketsu}}
:A secret technique used to defeat Falco. The player must strike Falco with a standing punch at the exact moment he performs his slide kick. In the manga, ''Kaketsu'' was the name of a vital point that Ken struck on Falco's chest.
;{{nihongo|Secret Technique of Hokuto Shin Ken - Heaven-Splitting Fist|北斗神拳秘奥義 天破の拳|Hokuto Shin Ken Hiōgi - Tenha no Ken}}
:A secret technique used  to defeat the Nameless Asura. The player must strike the Asura's chest with a kick as a final blow. It is a technique which gives the opponent the greatest sense of pain they can feel, causing its victim to yell loudly enough to split the heavens, hence the name.
==American version==
The American version released by Taxan for the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Entertainment System]] has several differences between it and the original Japanese release.
* The game is titled ''Fist of the North Star'' instead of ''Hokuto no Ken 2'' (no other ''Fist of the North Star'' video game were released overseas for the NES).
* Background of the title screen was changed from black to blue. The color of Kenshiro's sprite was also changed the same way as well.
* The player's "aura" gauge is now a "bombs" gauge.
* The "abeshi" and "hidebu" power-ups were changed into generic white and black stars.
* Certain bosses, namely [[Barona]] and [[Buzori]], were made easier to defeat in the American version.
* Kenshiro's allies that appeared at the end of certain stages in the Japanese version were removed.
* The finishing moves for both, the player and the enemies, were removed as well.
The game was advertised in Viz Communications' short-lived eight-issue adaptation of the ''Fist of the North Star'' manga published in 1989. Although [[Toki]] appears on the American version's cover artwork sparring with Kenshiro (taken from a cel still used for episode 70 of the anime series), he does not actually appear in the game.


==Game Genie Codes==
==Game Genie Codes==
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