Hajime no Ippo : The Fighting

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This Thursday Hajime no Ippo : The Fighting for the Gameboy Advance will be released (NCSX and Videogamedepot will both be stocking it). If you havn't seen movies of the game yet, first slap yourself, then go watch these.

http://www.zdnet.co.jp/gamespot/gb/i...vie/index.html

edit: link fixed, sorry

*needs that*

That looks really, really sweet.

Maybe not the second coming of Punch-Out!, but nice regardless.

Is that based on an anime, or is it an original property?

Thanks for bringing that to my attention Valgar, I'm probably gonna pick it up now. :)

I'm pretty sure it's based on this anime about a young boxer who works to ascend through the ranks. I haven't seen it, just heard about it. Typical sports anime, I suppose, but there was also a Neo Geo game about it some time ago.

Legend of Success Joe?! :eek:

I think that's it. However, I'm not well-versed in import anime, so maybe someone else here can confirm?

I'm just about postive that there is only one boxing game on neo, so I'm guessing thats it.

(the game was beyond horrible btw)

Christ... the semi-annual official Treasure site update.

I've never played it, but screen shorts I've seen don't measure up to Neo Geo standards, that's for sure.

As an aside, a few months ago Taito announced an arcade version of Hajime no Ippo. (From the looks of it, think Battle Heat for the FX). I'll try to find that link once I get a moment.

Hajime no Ippo is a manga series that just recently got an anime series. It has nothing to do with "Ashita no Joe", an older series. They just simply have the boxing theme in common.