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shiny
Joined: Jul 13 2006
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When I was a kid, I freaked out when I saw Nekketsu Street Basket. Those graphics, that addictive gameplay... It was like a dream. Later on I discovered the Ike! Ike! Hockey Bu and Kunio Kun no Nekketsu Soccer, which were also good, but not as much as the basketball. Even later, I played some kind of nekketsu 4-players race game, where you had to swim, climb up ladders an so on, but I don't remember the name. Anyway, how many other Nekketsu games on NES have I missed?
On the side note, I remember borrowing one nice looking beat-em-up, with characters looking similarly to those from nekketsu games although they probably weren't. Any ideas about the name of the game?
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Cattivo
Joined: Apr 14 2006
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I doubt it's this obvious, but - River City Ransom?
Syd - you still have to write an article about that game.
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
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I think that River City Ransom was Nekketsu Kouha no Kunio Kun.
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Syd Lexia
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NES games that use the Nekketsu-style graphics:
Nekketsu Koukou Dodge Ball Bu (Super Dodge Ball)
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom)
Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu Soccer-hen (Nintendo World Cup)
Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundoukai
Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou!
Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey-bu: Subette Koronde Dairantou Bikkuri Nekketsu Shin Kiroku! Harukanaru Kin Medal (Crash 'n the Boys)
Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu
Kunio-Kun no Nekketsu Soccer League
Nekketsu Street Basket: Ganbare Dunk Heroes
Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu is a fighting game.
Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku - Soreyuke Daiundoukai is a mini game thing, similar to Crash 'n the Boys.
Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou! is a like a feudal version of RCR.
All these games had 4 player support except for River City Ransom and the American version of Nekketsu Koukou Dodge Ball Bu.
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shiny
Joined: Jul 13 2006
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Thats a nice list to complete. Thanks!
About that beat-em-up: it was in the Double Dragon style - fighting a lot of enemies while moving to the right. You had a choice of few playable characters, nice graphics, and irritating holes in the ground  .
What a day for hunting old NES game isn't it?
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Syd Lexia
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And it was a North American release, or no?
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shiny
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Syd Lexia
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Still not sure on that, but I did miss one NES Nekketsu game, Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun, which was released as Renegade in the US.
This game did not have four player support either.
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shiny
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Nah, looks funny but that game had MUCH better graphics. And I'm pretty sure at least one of the characters had SonGoku-styled hair. Memory is a bitch...
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
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Dammit, I may know what you're talking about! But I can't remember the name!
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Syd Lexia
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I'll take Mighty Final Fight, FTW.
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shiny
Joined: Jul 13 2006
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It is indeed.
Now I understand where I found similarity to the Nekketsu games - because of the way your eyeballs pop out when you get smashed. 
I should have remembered Capcom logo though, the search would be much shorter.
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