Hokuto no Ken (Mega Drive): Difference between revisions - Hokuto no Ken Encyclopedia

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==Overseas version==

''Last Battle'', the overseas version of ''Hokuto no Ken'' for the Mega Drive, alters the names of all characters, martial arts, and locations due to the lack of the ''Hokuto no Ken'' license. For example, [[Kenshiro]] was renamed [[wikipedia:Arzach|Aarzak]] (a name maybe inspired by the comic of [[wikipedia:Jean Giraud|Moebius]]). The three Rasho [[Kaioh]], [[Hyoh]] and [[Han]] not only have their name changed respectively into ''Garokk'', ''Gross'' and ''Gromm'', but are also depicted as generals of Tae-Kung-Fu that do not accept the defeat of Falco and escape to Asura, renamed ''Land of the Unknown''. Three years later the defeat of Falco they attack the capital city, kidnapping Alyssa (Rin) and bringing her to Asura.

Since there the history proceeds almost similarly to manga, with the exception that Aarzak faces Garokk only once, at the very end (though they first met into a brief sequence before in which Garokk explains he's invincible without Aarzak breaking the seal), and Rob (Shachi) is apparently not killed by Garokk. Additionally the Harn brothers are described as Gromm's siblings in the manual.

All the blood and gore from the original game was also edited out in the overseas version. In ''Hokuto no Ken'', any of the enemy grunts would have their heads explode, followed by their bodies in a bloody fashion as well as some boss characters having gorier deaths at the end of their battles. ''Last Battle'', however, edited down the gore so that the normal enemies would only fly off-screen when hit and the bloody animations for the bosses were subdued via changing the blood to colors green or yellow.

All the blood and gore from the original game was also edited out in the overseas version. In ''Hokuto no Ken'', any of the enemy grunts would have their heads explode, followed by their bodies in a bloody fashion as well as some boss characters having gorier deaths at the end of their battles.

In contrast to ''Black Belt'', the overseas version of the game's predecessor, very few alterations were made to the game's actual graphics in ''Last Battle'', although all of the characters were recolored and the bosses with violent deaths, such as Bask and Geila, were given unnatural skin colors like green or purple.

''Last Battle'', however, edited down the gore so that the normal enemies would only fly off-screen when hit and the bloody animations for the bosses were subdued via changing the blood to colors green or yellow. The scene in which a defeated Falco warns of the Asura is altered so Falco's equivalent Duke has both legs.

In contrast to ''Black Belt'', the overseas version of the game's predecessor, very few alterations were made to the game's actual graphics in ''Last Battle'', although all of the characters were recolored and the bosses with violent deaths, such as Bask and Geila, were given unnatural skin colors like green or purple.

===Name changes===

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 ==Overseas version==
 ''Last Battle'', the overseas version of ''Hokuto no Ken'' for the Mega Drive, alters the names of all characters, martial arts, and locations due to the lack of the ''Hokuto no Ken'' license. For example, [[Kenshiro]] was renamed [[wikipedia:Arzach|Aarzak]] (a name maybe inspired by the comic of [[wikipedia:Jean Giraud|Moebius]]). The three Rasho [[Kaioh]], [[Hyoh]] and [[Han]] not only have their name changed respectively into ''Garokk'', ''Gross'' and ''Gromm'', but are also depicted as generals of Tae-Kung-Fu that do not accept the defeat of Falco and escape to Asura, renamed ''Land of the Unknown''. Three years later the defeat of Falco they attack the capital city, kidnapping Alyssa (Rin) and bringing her to Asura.
 Since there the history proceeds almost similarly to manga, with the exception that Aarzak faces Garokk only once, at the very end (though they first met into a brief sequence before in which Garokk explains he's invincible without Aarzak breaking the seal), and Rob (Shachi) is apparently not killed by Garokk. Additionally the Harn brothers are described as Gromm's siblings in the manual.
-All the blood and gore from the original game was also edited out in the overseas version. In ''Hokuto no Ken'', any of the enemy grunts would have their heads explode, followed by their bodies in a bloody fashion as well as some boss characters having gorier deaths at the end of their battles. ''Last Battle'', however, edited down the gore so that the normal enemies would only fly off-screen when hit and the bloody animations for the bosses were subdued via changing the blood to colors green or yellow.
+All the blood and gore from the original game was also edited out in the overseas version. In ''Hokuto no Ken'', any of the enemy grunts would have their heads explode, followed by their bodies in a bloody fashion as well as some boss characters having gorier deaths at the end of their battles.
-In contrast to ''Black Belt'', the overseas version of the game's predecessor, very few alterations were made to the game's actual graphics in ''Last Battle'', although all of the characters were recolored and the bosses with violent deaths, such as Bask and Geila, were given unnatural skin  colors like green or purple.
+''Last Battle'', however, edited down the gore so that the normal enemies would only fly off-screen when hit and the bloody animations for the bosses were subdued via changing the blood to colors green or yellow. The scene in which a defeated Falco warns of the Asura is altered so Falco's equivalent Duke has both legs.
+In contrast to ''Black Belt'', the overseas version of the game's predecessor, very few alterations were made to the game's actual graphics in ''Last Battle'', although all of the characters were recolored and the bosses with violent deaths, such as Bask and Geila, were given unnatural skin colors like green or purple.
 ===Name changes===