Hokuto No Ken 6 By Kenshiro Souke Kenshiro_Souke@hotmail.com April 30, 2000 CONTENTS 1) Disclaimer 2) Why I made this FAQ 3) What is Hokuto No Ken? 4) Hokuto No Ken 6 Story 5) Gameplay (Instruction Manual) 6) Characters 7) Shadow of Hokuto Shinken 8) Credits Hokuto No Ken 6 Gekitou Denshou Ken-Haou he no Michi Legend of the Violent Fists of War-Conquering Road Disclaimer: Okay, I don't want to see this FAQ on any website unless I authorize it. I don't want this FAQ sold, or usedwithout giving any credit to me. Okay, now on with the FAQ. Why I made this FAQ: I made this FAQ for Hokuto No Ken 6 on Super Famicom or slightly altered Super Nintendo to get more information for Fist of the North Star Fans like myself that wanted to find info on the video games but ended up finding nothing at all. This is also a pretty good fighting game that deserves a FAQ to explain how the game can be played best. Thanks to Sauza_X, I have a translation of the story and profiles of the characters. I have changed the direct translations somewhat so they make more sense. However, the translated instruction manual has been left just as the translators have translated it. What is Hokuto No Ken? Hokuto No Ken (Known in America a Fist of the North Star is a great Anime series with tons of action! It revolves around Kenshiro, the strongest fighter of the Hokuto Shinken (North Star God Fist) style, which focuses on attacking the enemy from the inside using pressure points to either hurt or destroy the enemy. Kenshiro fights his powerful brother Raoh, that is jealous of his successorship of the Hokuto Shinken style. His opposites and challengers are Nanto Seiken (Southern Cross Holy Fist) Which focuses on destroying the enemy from the outside using penetrating strikes modeled after birds. Among that style is Rei and Souther. Hokuto Ryuuken (North Star Dark Lapis Lazuli Fist) isan evil style of the North Star and challenges Ken and Raoh of the Hokuto Shinken style. Kaioh and Kuroyasha are the challengers of Hokuto Ryuuken. The Gento Kou Ken (Origin Star Emporer Fist) style is a powerful style that focuses on destroying an enemy on the cellular level. Golden Falco, the Gento successor plans to destroy the Hokuto and Nanto fighters. Well,that's the Hokuto No Ken story in a nutshell, I have formed the information to match the story in this game. If you want more information about the Fist of the North Star (Hokuto No Ken) Series or its games please join the club and he would be happy to help you. Fist of the North Star Games: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/fistofthenorthstargames Hokuto No Ken 6 Story 199X, Now later after the war... The world once again, is in a period of power, control,and darkness. The legends of North Star, Southern Cross, and First Star Emperor Fist are truly gambling with their menacing fists and everyone is joining the race for conquering. Here, the strongest men will soon being fighting to abstain prosperity! Conqueror of the Century's End Raoh! Holy Emperor Souther! Golden Falco! Evil God Kaioh! Legendary Fist of the North Star Kenshiro! Now, the authority for the last conqueror begins! Gameplay (Instruction Manual) This is the translation of the Japanese Instruction Manual that comes with the Hokuto No Ken 6 cartridge. If you don't know Japanese the manual will be useless, but thanks to this translation you can now know what the manual is saying which enables the purpose of having a manual at all!! Fist of the North Star 6 (Hokuto No Ken 6) (C)Bronson-Hara Tetsuo, Shueisha-Fuji TV, ToeiAnimation (C)1992 Toei Animation Shoei System Game: Fist of the North Star 6 (Hokuto No Ken 6) Company: Toei Animation System: Super Famicom (JPN) Rough Manual Translation by: Diane White - Started: (2/?/98) Minor Translating & Editing by: J. Kennedy (9/23/98) Table of Contents Game Story ..........................................................3 Game Setup .................................................................4 Controller Setup .................................................................5 Player One Gauge ...........................................................5 Title Screen ...........................................................6 The Three Modes ...............................................................7 Continue 3 ............................................................8 Level Select .................................................................9 How to Choose a Character ...............................................................9 Victory & Defeat .................................................10 #1 Character ..........................................................10 ..............................................................11 [Page 3] Originally the fighting with Kenshiro, the strong rival disappeared burning. These rivals got together and really fought this game seriously. Rei against Kaioh or Souther can also fight against Raoh. Not like original, you can have dream like fights here. The player can be each character and use everything one knows, and keep fighting. Thisis this games special character/feature. [Game Story] Year 199X. After the miserable nuclear war the world was again in a dark age ruled by armed power... The next generation of Hokuto power (northern part), and Nanto power (southern part), and Gento Kou Ken (royal family) are fighting each other gamblingtheirown greatness of Kenpo. Now, here the strongest men's horrible fight began. The end of the century conqueror, Raoh. Golden Falco Demon God Kaioh Hokuto - Spiritual fighting generation heir-Kenshiro Now they fight! [Page 4] [Game Setup] [Controller Setup] |--| <-- Jump/Select Mode --| |-- Move/Defend -> | | <-- Move/Defend --| |-- |--| <-- Squat/Select> Mode A Button: Choose Character. B Button: Kick / Screen Mode minus # / Choose character. X Button: High Attack (Upper part of Body) / Screen Mode plus #/ Choose Character. Y Button: Punch and Choose Character. L Button: Specialty (Own Character's Specialty) R Button: Special Attack. Start : Game Start/Pause. Depending on each characters specialty the control buttons will behave differently. [Page 5] [Player One Gauge] [===================== HP =====================] <- 1. Power of Body Gauge. [][][][][][][][][][][] AP [][][][][][][][][][][] <- 2. Specialty gauge. [===================== TP =====================] <- 3. Specific Attack gauge. Characters Kenshiro Savior of the Century's End and the strongest of the Legendary Hokuto Shinken fighters. Love and sadness reward him with the ultimate fighting skills Kenshiro has the ability to perform the Musou Tensei or Nil-Thought Reincarnation, which hasn't been done for thousands of years. Musou Tensei can only be performed by one who truly understands love and sadness. Hyakuretsu Ken: Charge R button for 2 seconds Tenha Kassatsu: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level One Green Musou Tensei: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level Two Yellow Rating: Well, of course Kenshiro is a great fighter just like in the series! Definitely use his offensively, the best technique that works on all enemies to jump over the enemies repeatedly and then suprise them with a Hyakuretsu Ken (atatatatata) and get in some good hits and build up power for a super. Both Supers are good, but the enemy tends to jump over the Tenha Kassatsu (an energy blast in the shape of the scars on Kenshiro's chest that shape the Hokuto constellation) so you're best bet would be to wait until the Aura gauge reaches Level 2 yellow to perform Musou Tensei. In Musou Tensei form, Kenshiro is invincible and much stronger in this form, so feel free to bomb the enemy with Hyakuretsu Kens, you can do two of them before Musou Tensei wears off and you can't build the Aura Gauge while you are in Musou Tensei no matter how many hits you get in. However, beware, Kaioh is immune to Ken's Musou Tensei so if you want to perform Supers be sure you keep it in the Level One Green and throw Tenha Kassatsus at him. Raoh The oldest and tallest of the four Hokuto Shinken brothers, he is the Conqueror of the Century's End, and is the strongest man on Earth who shakes his fist up at the heavens! Touki Aura: Charge R button for 2 seconds Hokuto Goushou Ha: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level One Green Tenshou Honretsu: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level Two Yellow Rating: Awesome fighter! Big and strong and able to do Hokuto Goushou Ha a stronger version of Ken's multiple hit attack Hyakuretsu Ken. With his Touki Aura he can throw fireballs which makes him a little more useful than Ken. He has to charge to Level 2 Yellow to do an ultimate mult-hit attack Tenshou Honretsu, but it's so powerful it's worth it! The only downside about this huge fighter is that he's so big he can't crouch. So to avoid fireballs you have to jump which often sends you directly into the path of the fireball. The best way to win is to just have him go in offensively and hit hard until the enemy is defeated. Kuroyasha He is a follower of the Hokuto Ryuuken Clan and is a powerful fighter. His clawed fists can tear the dark flowing sky. Back flip: R button Hokuto Yuugeki Ko: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level One Green Yuushou Sei Bu: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level Two Yellow Rating: Well, not a character I like to use. He's short and doesn't have a special move that can enable him to get points on the Aura gauge too fast. But he's great for the low blow, fireballs pass right over him and he can basically break down the enemy by just hitting the enemy with his claws whenever he gets the chance. His Level 2 Yuushou Sei Bu is probably the best Super in the game because it can't be blocked. He flies up in the air and sends multiple ghosts of himself at the opponent. But again, it's hard for him to build up the Aura Gauge to that level in order to utilize that Super enough times. Use Kuroyasha defensively and you will be fine, block attacks and then retaliate with a few good swipes with his claws. A good way to win is to just jump over the enemy and slice a few times and then jump again, but it's very tedious and you could easily find yourself defeated. A good character if you have the time to master him. Kaioh He is the master and creator of the New Century. He is the Legendary Hokuto Ryuuken successor and is known as the Fist of Evil Ways. He possesses an evil fighting spirit and his fists of are strong with evil power. Matouki Aura: Charge R button for 2 seconds Seishou Danretsu: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level One Green Anryuu Ten Ha: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level Two Yellow Rating: As in the series, the best fighter in the game. He's almost a carbon copy of Raoh only he has armor and his moves are much stronger. If you're not careful fighting him Kaioh can easily take you down before you know it. I recommend Kaioh as the best villain to use in story mode because he's immune to Kenshiro's Musou Tensei due to his armor and training. But like Raoh, it's not good that he can't crouch to avoid fireballs. Oh well, he's got enough going on with strength and power it doesn't really matter, just attack offensively like Raoh and you should dominate with Kaioh. Falco He is the leader of the Golden Army from the Emperor's Capital and the legendary Gento Kou Ken successor. He is a person with outstanding secret skills and when his fists shine of gold he will kill everyone and everything. Messatu Dan: Charge R button for 2 seconds Gento Hakuka Dan: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level One Green Shou No Rin: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level Two Yellow Rating: Falco seems to be a clone of Guile from Street Fighter complete with a Navy ship in the background. Funny, use Falco just as you would Guile in Street Fighter. Falco is probably the cheapest character in the game so take advantage of it! His Charge move, the Messatsu Dan is a projectile just toss it repeatedly like you would the Sonic Boom with Guile. You can easily build up the Aura Gauge to Level One Green to do a Gento Hakuka Dan, which is a multiple golden light attack like Ken's Hyakuretsu Ken only with more range, you can hardly miss with this move. His Level 2 Yellow move Shou No Rin is a projectile too! So you can throw a very powerful two Golden Fire rings at the enemy for devastating results! Rei He the legendary Nanto Waterfowl successor who represents the star of justice. He is a fighter with magnificent skills and has become a heartless mercenary when his family was killed and his sister abducted. Shinkuu Ha: B button Great Shinkuu Ha: Charge R button for 2 seconds Nanto Koharyuu: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level One Green Suzaku Tenshou: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level Two Yellow Rating: He's great! With the ability to throw fireballs at the touch of a button he has great range and probably a good character to start out with if you're new to the game. The Great Shinkuu Ha is just a more powerful version of his Shinkuu Ha but you have to charge for it. Both of his Supers are great multi-hit attacks that do loads of damage! The Nanto Koharyuu is a slice and dice version of Ken's Hyakuretsu Den and his Suzaku Tenshou is a more powerful attack that has Rei leap into the air and come down with many Nanto hand strikes! An awesome character to say the least. He should be used completely offensive since he can throw projectiles so easily and do a Nanto Koharyuu or Suzaku Koharyuu repeatedly to win before you even know it. Souther He is a person whose body can not be harmed and is one of the Six Nanto Seiken Fighters. He represents the male star of leadership, he is the legendary Nanto Phoenix successor and is known as the Nanto Emperor. His skills are a concealed enigma...he has grown evil after accidently killing his master, whom he loved. He believed that love could only cause pain, and hated it. Kyokusei Juuji Ken: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level One Green Tenshou Juuji Hou: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level Two Yellow Rating: Using Souther takes much skill that you might not want to bother trying. He is a very cool fighter once you get his style down. First off, as said in his description his body can't be hurt because of his dynamic anatomy and his mastership of the Nanto Phoenix. He is completely invincible until attacked by a Special move, or R button charge attack. After that any attack will do damage. He's very fast so when fighting him try not to stay in one place. By using the R button Souther can employ his glide that Nanto Phoenix practitioners can do, this glide makes him fast and almost untouchable. So when using him you can use the glide to dodge out of the way from special moves and maintain your invincibility. Basically, use him defensively Just glide in and get in a few hits and glide back. When you build up enough points on the Aura gauge do a Super and then repeat that fashion to win every time. It's not an easy task mastering Souther, but if you're willing for a challenge, or just like Souther anyway then please go for it. Heart Heart possesses a murdering skill! With amazing and unusual flesh...it's flexible like a gummy substance. With his skill, he can easily destroy anyone or anything. Heart is a mercenary hired to destroy Kenshiro. Hara Kougeki: B button Jumping Body Press: Up (B or Y) Heart Dogou Geki: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level One Green Great Heart Dogou Geki: L button when Aura gauge reaches Level Two Yellow Rating: I play as Heart just for fun, with a lack of moves he's not really one that I would use. His Hara Kougeki, which is his gut attack is very handy and can stop fighters instantly from doing a fireball or multi-hit strike. His Jumping Body Press is also useful in the same fashion. The best way to use him is to use both Offensive and Defensive strategies. If the enemy is open then jump in with a slap or a Hara Kougeki and block when needed. Build up the Aura Gauge to do a Heart Dougou Geki or Great Heart Dogo Geki, to do a powerful body charge against the enemy for lots of damage. Takes practice to get good at this large fighter, but worth a try. The Shadow of Hokuto Shinken (Dark Kenshiro) There is a mysterious fighter known as the Shadow of Hokuto Shinken that wishes to defeat all his opposers so he could be the Hokuto Ryuuken Denshousha (or successor). You can fight this special boss that looks like a gray Kenshiro if you beat all the characters on any mode (Easy, Normal or Hard) without using a continue. This version of Ken is very powerful and pulls of Musou Tensei's all the time. It would be best to use Kaioh against both Ken and the Shadow of Hokuto Shinken since they love to do the Musou Tensei technique. What's strange is that the ending is the same if you fight Dark Kenshiro or not. Credits Sauza_x (southerx@aol.com) for translating the story and character profiles and letting me know about Dark Kenshiro! Thanks!! unsw_mail (unsw_mail@yahoo.com) for creating a Support Website for me and my club from the goodness of his heart! Check out his website for ROMs of this game and many others! http://www.geocities.com/unsw_mail/index.html hokutonoken9 (stevenward@dbz.in2home.co.uk) For sending in a translated copy of the Hokuto No Ken 6 instruction manual! Thanks a lot Steve!! Diane White and J. Kennedy for translating the Hokuto No Ken 6 manual in the first place and selling it alongside hokutonken9's copy of Hokuto No Ken 6. Thanks!! Evan Jacobson (denshousha@yahoo.com) For providing a move list and a translation of the game somewhat in his great site Hokuto Renkitouza! http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/1990 To my Club!! (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/fistofthenorthstargames) Thanks for being such a wonderful club and providing so much information about the series and the game! ^_^ Look for my FAQ of Hokuto No Ken 7 Coming up next!!!