This topic is for the purpose of discussing #1778: Xipo's NES Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu in 08:28.83

The comparisons between this game and RCR are inevitable, so I might as well start them off. If this game had objects to throw at enemies and more things to bounce enemies off of, I think it actually could have made an entertaining movie. Unfortunately, for me it was like watching the same fight being repeated 20 times. I didn't see very much variability in the style or technique, and overall it just wasn't very entertaining. I did like the level with the river/waterfall, which for some reason was the only level not repeated 3 times. Sorry, I'm voting no.

Despite OrderedChaos translating the game as "Riki-Kunio", the title actually translates to "Legend of Burning Fighters". In Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu, you're invited to a big martial arts tournament by a mysterious duo called the "Twin Tiger". You and your partner have to fight your way through fifteen matches. If you come out on top overall, you have the honor of fighting the Twin Tiger yourselves! A unique feature about this game is that your character can be generated from a multitude of faces, fighting styles, and come equipped with any three of a vast number of special moves. What determines all this is the name you enter as well as the date of birth and blood type. The game really stars you as the hero, despite the fact the intro shows Kunio and Riki (or "Alex and Ryan" from Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari or "River City Ransom") getting the letter. The game itself genuinely isn't that interesting. It's not really supposed to be, mind you. This isn't supposed to be "Downtown Nekkutsu II" or something (unlike that side-story game set in feudal Japan). It's a simple tournament-style four-person brawl. So of course it's gonna seem boring and repeatitive if you play through the story mode. The real meat of the game is its Rumble mode where you and up to three of your friends can go at it with any of the sixteen available characters in any of seven stages! But I digress. Anyway, to the best of my knowledge, there's actually no way to use Toraichi and Toraji in Story Mode. (Even the passwords entered didn't give the player the Twin Tiger team, but one that was fairly close in moves and dead-on in looks, resulting in some interesting but harmless glitches later on.) That said, it's irrelivant to say you used the Twin Tiger because you didn't. Entering the passwords you did simply gave you maximum-level characters that could mop the floor with everyone else...which is exactly what you ended up doing! No huge mistakes were made aside from slamming one of your fighters into the electrical wall in the third electric arena fight, causing him to delay the victory, but it still seems like the timing on your enemies' defeats could have been better... Consistantly making it so they blink-out at the same time, as you did on many fights, would've worked to your advantage. Don't get me wrong! This is a very impressive piece of work! But...it could be better, I believe. I'm gonna have to vote "No". It was interesting as anything and I did like watching the movie (That's a really crappy voting question, by the way. Whether you liked it or not should have no effect on your vote.), but it just wasn't done as best as possible...

Yes vote, for awesome fighting. I thought the name entry was a little boring, as I don't speak Japanese, and the plot was also hard to follow. However, the fighting more than made up for it.

I like this game a lot, but I don't know if a run of it would be publishable. An "aims for shortest time" speedrun has never interested me for the reasons mmbossman gives, but the game engine could be interesting to watch in an entertainment run, like RCR. Voting no.

Hey, mandingo. Try again. :) Keep at it until it's the best darned movie ever! I'm certain that if you keep trying, you'll get that sublime movie you're aiming for. ^_^

om, nom, nom... blech, stale!