Kendo Rage

[Korian]

Kendo Rage wasn't very well known but, back in the day I had a good time with it. Cool platforming and some Japanese esque themes.

It was hard too.

Anyways what was the name of the Anime this was based on? Anyone know?

[Dolemite]

You know, I've been wondering about this game for a long, long time. The Game Express near my job has had brand new copy for $20 that's been sitting there for ages and I've been wondering if I should pick it up. Anyone know anything about it?

[FX]

I haven't heard a thing on it. Please, if anyone knows anything about it, speak up

[Korian]

I can't find much info on it, but remember you played as a schoolgirl or something and at the end of a level you get on a train? Weird is what stands out...

I could never get that far into it as it got hard fast.

[ferricide]

hrm, if you crossed the aesthetics and general tone of the ranma 1/2 game that came out here with valis, this is more or less what you'd come out with.

gameplay is kind of crap, very floaty like valis. and i love valis, but i'm willing to admit its shortcomings.

very wacky and anime-influenced aesthetics (hence the ranma comparison.)

if you like either of those things, there's a good chance you'd get a kick out of kendo rage (japanese title = makeruna makendo.) but if a mediocre game with wacky anime style graphics doesn't sound exciting to you, then you will probably not.

the japanese version came with a CD single. so did cotton 100%, i recently noted. both were published by datam polystar, so it must have been their gimmick on SFC. no, i don't know what's on the single, and of course it wasn't included with the US version.

i don't think it's actually based on an anime (or vice versa.) there's also a PC-FX game in this series (makeruna makendo Z) but i don't know a thing about it. i remember seeing it on NCS in like 1998, but IIRC the back cover didn't even have screenshots (always a good sign!)

looks like there's a makeruna makendo 2 for PS. i should track that down. which reminds me of gran doll, a bandai (IIRC) published action/platformer for PS which i bring up because it also was sort of reminscient of valis in that "stars a schoolgirl, has floaty/crap control" sort of way.

[Korian]

Originally posted by ferricide
hrm, if you crossed the aesthetics and general tone of the ranma 1/2 game that came out here with valis, this is more or less what you'd come out with.

gameplay is kind of crap, very floaty like valis. and i love valis, but i'm willing to admit its shortcomings.

very wacky and anime-influenced aesthetics (hence the ranma comparison.)

if you like either of those things, there's a good chance you'd get a kick out of kendo rage (japanese title = makeruna makendo.) but if a mediocre game with wacky anime style graphics doesn't sound exciting to you, then you will probably not.

the japanese version came with a CD single. so did cotton 100%, i recently noted. both were published by datam polystar, so it must have been their gimmick on SFC. no, i don't know what's on the single, and of course it wasn't included with the US version.

i don't think it's actually based on an anime (or vice versa.) there's also a PC-FX game in this series (makeruna makendo Z) but i don't know a thing about it. i remember seeing it on NCS in like 1998, but IIRC the back cover didn't even have screenshots (always a good sign!)

looks like there's a makeruna makendo 2 for PS. i should track that down. which reminds me of gran doll, a bandai (IIRC) published action/platformer for PS which i bring up because it also was sort of reminscient of valis in that "stars a schoolgirl, has floaty/crap control" sort of way.

Thanks for the info Ferricide. I guess not many people have played this one.

[thray-walsh]

Someday, when I find the PC-FX version of MMZ for cheaply enough... I'll let ya know how awful it is.


Oh, and speaking of obscure japanese SFC platformers, I popped in Run Saber (released stateside by Atlus). It's the odd, bastard offspring of Strider and Rush 'N' Attack, yet not entirely hateable, all the same.

[Lordmrw]

Originally posted by Dolemite
You know, I've been wondering about this game for a long, long time. The Game Express near my job has had brand new copy for $20 that's been sitting there for ages and I've been wondering if I should pick it up. Anyone know anything about it?

take that $20 and buy 4 packs of underwear. Your nuts will thank you for it.