Details
- Original title
- Fit Boxing 北斗の拳 ～お前はもう痩せている～
- Western title
- Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star (Western release)
- Genre
- Rhythmic boxing exercise
- Publisher
- Imagineer
- Developer
- Imagineer
- Release date
- December 22, 2022
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Int'l release
- Rest of the world: March 2023
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Fit Boxing Hokuto no Ken : Omae wa Mō Yasete Iru (Fit Boxing 北斗の拳 ～お前はもう痩せている～)
Gameplay
The concept follows that of the Fit Boxing series: with a Joy-Con controller in each hand, the player punches to the rhythm by following their instructor’s directions, for a genuine at-home physical workout. Here, it is the manga’s characters, Kenshiro, Rei, Mamiya, Shin, Souther, Raoh or Yuria, who fill that role, each with their iconic outfits and lines. The game offers ninety-nine exercise programs and around twenty music tracks, including iconic themes from the TV series such as “Ai wo Torimodose !!” and “Tough Boy.” Its main novelty compared to the standard Fit Boxing titles is the “Fierce Battle” mode, which adds an action game dimension: players fight off hordes of raiders and then face Kenshiro’s great rivals as bosses, culminating in a flurry of blows in the style of the Hokuto Hyakuretsuken.
Of Note
Developed and published by Imagineer, this title was released for the fortieth anniversary of Hokuto no Ken. The voice cast is entirely new compared to the original anime, with one exception: Chiba Shigeru, the longtime narrator of the TV series, reprises his role. Tetsuo Hara and Buronson gave their endorsement to the project, with the former confiding that he had always been curious to try Fit Boxing. The international version, Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star, was released in March 2023, and downloadable content adding Heart and Raoh modes was released on September 13, 2023, the anniversary of the franchise. It was priced at 7,678 yen.
