"Rando is a slow and powerful wrestler with a Ryu like uppercut and multiple throws, while Ryo is small but fast and uses a hammer to beat down her foes." Sega Lord X is a Poet and he didn't even know it.
Right ? And it's all good, though simple. I really enjoy his reviews and thoughts on games. There's youtubers with millions of subscribers that can't churn out content this good and regularly.
@@Gatorade69 I've really come to appreciate the more chilled out reviewers these days. Between Sega Lord, SNESDrunk and LGR there's a lot of good old school content to relax with.
@@initial_C When I was reading your comment I instantly thought of SNESdrunk and saw you mentioned him, and LGR is great of course. The whole "angry" schtick has run it's course, I feel, with so many reviewers faking it or playing it up or just fake reviews without even playing the game (AVGN is guilty of all of this). It's nice to just have a simple review of a game from someone that has played it. If you like SNESdrunk check out his friend NESFriend though he keeps his videos about NES games.
Your opening song should be the national sega anthem and it deserves a salute. You can't discount the importance of childhood and the subsequent nostalgia.
Sega Lord, as a relatively newbie Saturn collector your videos have introduced me to a whole world of gaming I never got to experience as a kid, and generally been a lot of help the last two years
I think that games like God of war, ninja gaiden or devil may cry could be more like the Evolution of the genre rather than Shenmue or Yakuza. Shenmue and Yakuza has indeed action and fights against several enemies but that's not the core mechanics of the game, but psx God of war or the Xbox Ninja Gaiden has this kind of fights as it's main game system.
I remember seeing this one previewed in Die Hard GameFan back in the 90s, it definitely looked like a fun beat-em-up! in recent years I did check it out emulated (and even made room for the PSX version on the PS classic) but yeah it's definitely a fun, colorful walk-and-puncher!
I own this. If SEGA had concentrated on brining more of these out from the arcade systems, then they probably wouldn't have sold much back then, but they would be hella collectible, now. -HERETICPRIME
When I first played this game years ago the graphics and the way the characters are animated actually reminded me of games made on certain arcade boards like what Taito used instead of snes and genesis. guess that silliness the game has along with being a brawler since I was looking for more to play on Saturn is why I didn't mind playing it even though it's not using the consoles power to its advantage. At the same time I remember thinking back in the Saturn era "where are the graphically enhanced versions of Streets of Rage 1-3 along with where is SoR 4?" I really would have been playing Saturn even more than what I was already doing if I could have played a better looking, sounding and animated, sounding version of SoR2 since that game is what kept me and my friend up so many nights since the game was just that good. Still hurt the Saturn didn't get ports of Sega's own arcade brawlers like both Golden Axe games, Alien Storm and Arabian Fight and Capcom also left a number of their brawlers off the system. Sailor Moon also didn't make it to Saturn and we got that garbage fighting game for her instead which was a stain on Saturn and PS1. >_>
yoooo i had this game on a blank cd, this was actually the most fun game for me on sega saturn but i only had 12/13 games to begin with. NOBODY KNEW ABOUT THIS (around my way in NJ atleast)
I never heard of this game and wanted to see what the prices were on this. Damn these Saturn prices are killing my wallet to the point of my wallet telling me your not buying anything lol.
I personally love beat-em-ups since I grew up with them, so this is awesome to hear one that I never even knew about! It is a shame they fell out of favor after a few years, but I feel like they made a bit of a return recently. This one looks incredibly fun and I honestly don't mind the simple, arcade action. This seems like a fun way to just kill 45 minutes with a friend.
Really love 2d games. Especially if they are flashy like cps2 types.... This though looks like something a megadrive or other 16bit machine could do most of...bar that whale or helicopter etc and a few scrolling effects.. (or at least a cut down port on a special cartridge or something) It looks very repetitive too. So on this one... I gotta say- on first impressions it doesn't really make me wanna spend time on it. Looks original too which is unique on this genre. Edit. Would be more suited on a neogeo as opposed to megasnes!
Based on Tecnosoft's pedigree and the newfound potential of the Playstation/Saturn the end result is less than hoped for; also though Tecnosoft had some of their top talent already move on from the company and they were a development group past their peak.
Sega Lord X, I am so glad I watch your YT Channel that is how I found this hidden gem it is an awesome edition to my arcade cabinet with 10,000+ games.
Very cool looking title. Hearing about beat em ups dying out cause of the 90's community obsession with 3d stuff is always saddening but at least the genre is making a bit of a comeback. Maybe this game could get ports again
I tried it out after watching your vid and you’re spot on about it being a “Super Nintendo” game. Not only does it have the look, but slow gameplay too. The biggest surprise to me was the sound. It has the muffled soundfx and snes music so common to that systems games. It’s crazy especially this being a CD game.
Sprites, while big, are an entire generation behind 5th gen SNK, and two generations behind 5th gen Capcom. Guardian Heroes, D&D Shadow over Mystara, 3 Dirty Dwarves, & Rampage World Tour are the beat em up gold on Saturn. It’s a real shame Capcom didn’t re-use their existing sprite catalog for a ton of Marvel & $treet Fighter beat em ups with branching paths and hella enemy & weapon & super move variety
@@apollosungod2819 exactly. It was a previous gen title, ported right away to a system capable of much more. It’s still a fun little game, just has lackluster sprite work compared to all the elite sprite work on the Saturn in years after launch. If only I could somehow rewind time and convince Capcom to use these street fighter alpha series, versus series, and Street Fighter 3 series sprites in branched path beat em ups with stages that went both right and left, even some sprite scaling helicopter escape levels or racing escape levels to mix gameplay up a bit. 94-00 Capcom spritework >>>>>> anything else close
If there's one thing it's impossible to criticise about Tecnosofts games , it's the music. Every game had bangers for days. They had some serious talent in their audio department for sure.
Such a nice looking game. I really do miss games like this. It would have benefited better on the Mega-CD I feel. I'm not a Saturn man but I still enjoyed the video. Thank you so much for another great video SegalordX.
@@SegaLordX Sega Saturn dropped the ball on a few games. This would of been a good launch title or pack in game. The Revege of Death Adder was another good one Sega dropped the ball on
HardcoreGaming mentioned one change in the Saturn version that made the game a bit more difficult, that health pick-ups in the Playstation version gave you extra health even if you were already full, while the Saturn version doesn't.
The game has special moves which aren't included in the manual and took me several hours of playing to document them. I suspect the developers added moves and the people who made the manual copied the moveset from the PSX version.
Beast King Fist DP + A Oyaji Smash Up, Down, Forward + A (can also be performed during jump) Oyaji Straight HCB + A Oyaji Burst Rush Up, Down, Back+A (only during low health) Body Press Down + A midair Tackle A while dashing Dash Kick A during a Tackle Sliding Down + A while dashing Tombstone B while holding an enemy Back Drop A while holding an enemy
RIO:
Hammer Drift QCF + A Super Spin Attack QCF + B Hammer Breed Back, Forward, Back+A Pressure Wave QCB + A (can also be performed during jump) Pogo Stick A + Down Spin Attackk Up + A midair Dash Kick A while dashing Slide Kick A + Down while dashing
TORA:
Dragon Claw Slash DF, Down, Forward + A Dash Attack A while running Smash Kick A during a Dash Attack
I dipped out of console gaming when the Saturn and PS1 hit the market and they were just too expensive for me, living in South America. So I moved on to PC gaming. But your channel has single-handedly turned me into a Saturn fanatic. Expensive system to collect for, but very very worth it :)
Sega Saturn Soundtrack is better arranged and as CD Audio on the Disc, the PS1 version sounds good too, but is "only" programmed as midi and comes from the Soundchip in realtime!
Maybe someone already said it, but the title is probably a reference to the famous Tecnos' license "Nekketsu Koha" (whose an episode is well known with the english title "River City Ransom")
Maybe not an awesome game, but it can give some joy. Music and sprites are great, only some backgrounds looks like mixed quality, sometimes they fit nice stage and sometimes they look like poor scanned photos mixed together.
6:25 brilliant ost! The very first psx game to be released on Japan (Dec 4, 1994), along a few others (like Ridge Racer) and a very early Sega Saturn game (July 1995). Nekketsu Oyako was a great yet obscure 2.5D beat em up, with a fantastic level design and soundtrack. The Sega Saturn was such an amazing console, it was much superior to the N64 and even superior to psx in a few aspects, for example, FPS tend to be better on Saturn than on psx or n64. Considering it was not succesfull in the west, the Saturn sold much better than the N64 in Japan. * note: Saturn came out 2 weeks earlier than the psx (in Japan)
SLX, your review is spot on for this game. Looks like the developers phoned it in and could've made a far more spectacular game based on the hardware's capabilities. With the exception of the CD quality soundtrack I think this type of game could've easily been developed on the Genesis/MD or SNES if larger size cartridges were available.
I wonder if the somewhat basic visuals could be attributed to the fact that this game was a very early release on both the Playstation and saturn. Also I wonder if an arcade version was ever in development.
Well thanks for making this review because I recently started to play it on my Saturn, I haven't made it that far yet so thanks for showing up the on wale stage because I have ichtyophobia... I can't believe those fish looked realistic 😣
I like this game okay, but it's definitely not up to snuff with the beat 'em ups Capcom had been putting out shortly before like The Punisher or Battle Circuit. I'd put it closer to the Rushing Beat games.
@@SegaLordX it definitely feels that way, almost as if they didn't expect to have all of the tools available for 32 bit effects, and then shoehorned a few in late.
I picked this one up a couple years ago and I honestly thought it was very good. Short on the levels sure but it’s overall gameplay and classic sega quirkiness make it worthwhile for sure
One thing I liked about the ps1 version over the Saturn is that you can get more energy on top of you default energy bar. Other than that, the Saturn port to me is better but nevertheless they’re both really good games and pretty damn expensive
I love this game. Apparently, it was first intended as an arcade PCB which features different characters and was location tested in Japan. I'd love to see so much as a screenshot of this.
I feel like the beat'em up genre was on the decline ever since Streetfighter II. With arcade machines, pvp fighting games ate up quarters a heck of a lot faster than coop games. Even if the cabinet technically only supported two players, you'd typically have a much larger number of players waiting their turn, so a lot more quarters to eat up before the players had had enough. Coop games could ramp up the difficulty, but it felt a lot more frustrating to only get a minute or two of gameplay because the CPU opponents were unfairly tough, than it was to lose to a human opponent who didn't have an unfair advantage. Somehow the shooter genre managed to cling on through this era, but I feel like the beat'em up was too similar to the PvP fighting game. If you had the artists and coders suitable for making a beat'em up, you'd direct them to try and make a more profitable fighting game instead. On the console side of things, I think Mario 64 really became what everyone chased after. It's really what drove the feeling that everything now had to be 3D. But developers were struggling with camera control. Having more than one player would make it even more of a headache. So coop was more of a headache to try and develop, so ... sigh...
Sometime a year or two after Final Fight the arcade beat 'em ups became like "How much mayhem can we cram onto the screen at once?" and the genre kind of burned itself out with over-saturation and excessive repetition. That in combination with the rise of the prioritized one on one fighting game pretty much shifted developers away from the genre for the most part. The one on one fighting game had skill development and progression involved and that was a big advantage, even if that genre became over-saturated over time also.
i always watch but never comment but randomly decided to do so today. Thank you for this content and please don't ever stop. Create a clone of yourself to continue this channel on after you pass on please. Yes, I am serious
I was so looking forward to the English translation of it. I played it on PS1 but struggled with the Japanese text. I can't wait to play that game via the Saturn emulator that I have on my laptop. It was a great game :)
Deep dive for this one. I found Hot Blooded Fighting Family to be inoffensive. Certainly not the pinnacle of the genre, but pleasant enough to play, and a bit more outrageous than the 16-bit beat 'em ups it resembles. I liked that the items you could pick up included Sega Saturns.
I first saw this on one of BioPhoenix's rando streams. Sure seemed like one of those gems treasured by hardcore Saturn fans. Expensive enough to be one.
I bought the Saturn version last year. Not only does it have much better soundtrack than the PSX version. It’s also one of the best soundtrack of the 32 bit era IMO. It’s a fun beat em up. A bit easy but the comical aspects really makes it worth it
Got this a few years ago and had a wtf? Moment with boxing octopi, freaky punks and being limited in what you can pick up. But still a decent solid game.
I didn't mind the health pick ups being different but the weapons get a bit irritating. I mean why can't the big guy pick up the smaller weapons, exactly?
Great video thanks. For once instead of convincing me to buy, it’s convinced me to sell. Reminds me that I didn’t really gel with this and only play single player
Love Tecnosoft; this one looks like a run of the mill variety Neo-Geo game; based on the pros and cons I'd choose the Saturn version due to the enhanced OST. I can understand why the game remained in Japan; it would not have moved the needle at all in the USA during the mid-nineties and would have found itself in the bargain bin section before very long. Sony was discouraging 2D games to even be released in the USA for the Playstation for the first year, although they still filtered through and made it out.
@Orzuum well there is mutation nation.... there's that really crap one (no not victory Joe or whatever its called)- karate blazers or something. I was more referring to the graphical style. I mean it hardly pushed the Saturn even the ps!! But it was just that bit too much fir the megasnes! So ...neogeo maybe? Capiche?!
@Orzuum I wasn't trying to slight the Neo-Geo overall by my original comment; the SengoKu games were quality beat 'em ups however there were also some lazy efforts like Mutation Nation, Robo Army, Ninja Combat, and Burning Fight.
Kinda similar to Castlevania on Saturn. The Saturn version had additional content (Maria mode, bosses and areas) but ran poorly compared to Playstation. Really weird.
Always wondered what this game was, saw it in TH-cam clips but nobody ever said the name. It is beyond me why this genre has essentially died, def my fav outside of a good jrpg. Hopefully more fans step up and make games like last couple years to keep it going.
Hey SegaLordX? Have you tried The Takeover? A modern beat-em-up I adore. Guardian Heroes rules and this looks pretty damn fun. I just love Beat em Ups though
I, too, was sad to see the Beat Em Up genre more or less die off around this time. I got into it with Double Dragon both the NES and Master System versions. Loved Final Fight to death in the arcade and Streets of Rage 1 and 2 on Genesis. I was unaware of this or even Guardian Heroes at the time so for me it was like the genre ended with the SNES/Genesis.
street of rage 1 is not very good . maybe beacuase of the sprites and character sprites lack of animation not much to look at. to be honest ll take streets of rage 3 instead over 1. but ofcourse street of rage 2 is still king overall
Nice video and a pretty fair review. There is a little something lacking from this game which I just can't put my finger on. It has combos and varied characters, but it just lacks something that should make it great. I don't think it was due to the timing either. I appreciate a good BMUP even now, Nekketsu is just a run-of-the-mill BMUP. Not bad, but not good either
I'm curious what you thought of the actual Streets of Rage 4 that came out on PS4/XB1 a couple years back. Loved it, personally (great art, solid gameplay).
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I enjoyed every minute of this game. I've always like a good beat em ups!
Ever since Double Dragon was in the arcade I never look back as a kid. Beat em Rule🤘
Octopus with boxing gloves? This is Streets of Rage when you get high.
Streets of Stoned.
"Rando is a slow and powerful wrestler with a Ryu like uppercut and multiple throws, while Ryo is small but fast
and uses a hammer to beat down her foes."
Sega Lord X is a Poet and he didn't even know it.
Oh he knows it... Our Sega Sage:) 🙏
PS1 version has a very small file size for Nekketsu Oyako and it has an English Patch.
Yeah just downloaded one thats 4.47mb, The PSP eboot is 11.2mb
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That really is small.
Man you're putting out the content almost faster than I can get to it. Keep up the good work, Sega Lord!
Right ? And it's all good, though simple. I really enjoy his reviews and thoughts on games.
There's youtubers with millions of subscribers that can't churn out content this good and regularly.
@@Gatorade69 I've really come to appreciate the more chilled out reviewers these days. Between Sega Lord, SNESDrunk and LGR there's a lot of good old school content to relax with.
@@initial_C When I was reading your comment I instantly thought of SNESdrunk and saw you mentioned him, and LGR is great of course. The whole "angry" schtick has run it's course, I feel, with so many reviewers faking it or playing it up or just fake reviews without even playing the game (AVGN is guilty of all of this). It's nice to just have a simple review of a game from someone that has played it.
If you like SNESdrunk check out his friend NESFriend though he keeps his videos about NES games.
Thank you. Your kindness and support is much appreciated.
Your opening song should be the national sega anthem and it deserves a salute. You can't discount the importance of childhood and the subsequent nostalgia.
Sega Lord, as a relatively newbie Saturn collector your videos have introduced me to a whole world of gaming I never got to experience as a kid, and generally been a lot of help the last two years
I identify as a Saturn collector... but I don't actually have any games or console
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My ex-girlfriend identified as a virgin when we first met, in reality she had sampled more sausage than a Hot Dog vendor.
@@dududu5189 That sounds like my ex !!! And... umm... it kinda sounds like my mom... ☹️
Shenmue and Yakuza are the evolution of the beat'em up genre
I think that games like God of war, ninja gaiden or devil may cry could be more like the Evolution of the genre rather than Shenmue or Yakuza. Shenmue and Yakuza has indeed action and fights against several enemies but that's not the core mechanics of the game, but psx God of war or the Xbox Ninja Gaiden has this kind of fights as it's main game system.
The only beat em up on the Saturn that feels like street of rage
Excellent video bro, I wish I had the Saturn version but all I got was the PS1 version
I remember seeing this one previewed in Die Hard GameFan back in the 90s, it definitely looked like a fun beat-em-up! in recent years I did check it out emulated (and even made room for the PSX version on the PS classic) but yeah it's definitely a fun, colorful walk-and-puncher!
Yup! I remember saying ‘aw man I can’t wait til that comes out here!’🤦🏻♂️🤣
I own this. If SEGA had concentrated on brining more of these out from the arcade systems, then they probably wouldn't have sold much back then, but they would be hella collectible, now. -HERETICPRIME
When I first played this game years ago the graphics and the way the characters are animated actually reminded me of games made on certain arcade boards like what Taito used instead of snes and genesis. guess that silliness the game has along with being a brawler since I was looking for more to play on Saturn is why I didn't mind playing it even though it's not using the consoles power to its advantage.
At the same time I remember thinking back in the Saturn era "where are the graphically enhanced versions of Streets of Rage 1-3 along with where is SoR 4?" I really would have been playing Saturn even more than what I was already doing if I could have played a better looking, sounding and animated, sounding version of SoR2 since that game is what kept me and my friend up so many nights since the game was just that good.
Still hurt the Saturn didn't get ports of Sega's own arcade brawlers like both Golden Axe games, Alien Storm and Arabian Fight and Capcom also left a number of their brawlers off the system. Sailor Moon also didn't make it to Saturn and we got that garbage fighting game for her instead which was a stain on Saturn and PS1. >_>
I just played this for the first time with my brother.
yoooo i had this game on a blank cd, this was actually the most fun game for me on sega saturn but i only had 12/13 games to begin with. NOBODY KNEW ABOUT THIS
(around my way in NJ atleast)
Looks like fun. I'm going to try the PS1 version with the English patch. Thanks for the upload SLX!
I never heard of this game and wanted to see what the prices were on this. Damn these Saturn prices are killing my wallet to the point of my wallet telling me your not buying anything lol.
I personally love beat-em-ups since I grew up with them, so this is awesome to hear one that I never even knew about! It is a shame they fell out of favor after a few years, but I feel like they made a bit of a return recently.
This one looks incredibly fun and I honestly don't mind the simple, arcade action. This seems like a fun way to just kill 45 minutes with a friend.
It is. I've enjoyed it a number of times in co-op.
Really love 2d games. Especially if they are flashy like cps2 types....
This though looks like something a megadrive or other 16bit machine could do most of...bar that whale or helicopter etc and a few scrolling effects.. (or at least a cut down port on a special cartridge or something)
It looks very repetitive too. So on this one... I gotta say- on first impressions it doesn't really make me wanna spend time on it. Looks original too which is unique on this genre.
Edit. Would be more suited on a neogeo as opposed to megasnes!
Based on Tecnosoft's pedigree and the newfound potential of the Playstation/Saturn the end result is less than hoped for; also though Tecnosoft had some of their top talent already move on from the company and they were a development group past their peak.
Sega Lord X, I am so glad I watch your YT Channel that is how I found this hidden gem it is an awesome edition to my arcade cabinet with 10,000+ games.
Very nice. I’d not heard of this game before, so thanks for the heads up.
Jake. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
No problem.
Have this on psx. It's alright but there are at least 50 better beat em ups. Definitely not a must play.
Very cool looking title. Hearing about beat em ups dying out cause of the 90's community obsession with 3d stuff is always saddening but at least the genre is making a bit of a comeback. Maybe this game could get ports again
I tried it out after watching your vid and you’re spot on about it being a “Super Nintendo” game. Not only does it have the look, but slow gameplay too. The biggest surprise to me was the sound. It has the muffled soundfx and snes music so common to that systems games. It’s crazy especially this being a CD game.
Wow I'd never heard of this game and I can tell I'm going to love it!
Yeah it looks like fun for a playthrough.
Same. Im gonna have to surf the web for this one
I think that he mentioned it a bunch of times in his other videos
Awesome content man! Really enjoyed this episode! Well wishes and prayers for your family SegaLX!
Thanks, man. Appreciate the feedback and kind words.
Sprites, while big, are an entire generation behind 5th gen SNK, and two generations behind 5th gen Capcom.
Guardian Heroes, D&D Shadow over Mystara, 3 Dirty Dwarves, & Rampage World Tour are the beat em up gold on Saturn.
It’s a real shame Capcom didn’t re-use their existing sprite catalog for a ton of Marvel & $treet Fighter beat em ups with branching paths and hella enemy & weapon & super move variety
@@apollosungod2819 exactly. It was a previous gen title, ported right away to a system capable of much more. It’s still a fun little game, just has lackluster sprite work compared to all the elite sprite work on the Saturn in years after launch.
If only I could somehow rewind time and convince Capcom to use these street fighter alpha series, versus series, and Street Fighter 3 series sprites in branched path beat em ups with stages that went both right and left, even some sprite scaling helicopter escape levels or racing escape levels to mix gameplay up a bit.
94-00 Capcom spritework >>>>>> anything else close
Thank you for covering this title! I've been looking at this title from Game Fan and glad to see it covered! Appreciate it greatly!!!
Glad I could help!
Great game, great work, the Lord of Sega is back. Happy New Year bud.
You too, my friend.
I'm 100% sold on the Sega Saturn. I have nothing right now but plan to invest in all the good games. Thank you
Buy the stuff that looks like stuff you really wanna play. Don't be afraid of Japanese versions.
This is an awesome upload! Great comparison the PS. Thank you sega lord! 👍
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.
I always wanted this and Crows, I doubt it will ever happen now. =(
Ohh that looks kind of fun, but that Ebay price ain't. Emu, here I come.
Every Saturn Game Deserves a Steam Released.
If there's one thing it's impossible to criticise about Tecnosofts games , it's the music. Every game had bangers for days. They had some serious talent in their audio department for sure.
Such a nice looking game. I really do miss games like this. It would have benefited better on the Mega-CD I feel. I'm not a Saturn man but I still enjoyed the video. Thank you so much for another great video SegalordX.
Appreciate you stopping by.
@@SegaLordX Sega Saturn dropped the ball on a few games. This would of been a good launch title or pack in game. The Revege of Death Adder was another good one Sega dropped the ball on
HardcoreGaming mentioned one change in the Saturn version that made the game a bit more difficult, that health pick-ups in the Playstation version gave you extra health even if you were already full, while the Saturn version doesn't.
I doubt that matters much on anything but the hardest setting. This one is kind of a breeze, otherwise.
The game has special moves which aren't included in the manual and took me several hours of playing to document them. I suspect the developers added moves and the people who made the manual copied the moveset from the PSX version.
What are those special moves?
@@dududu5189 I do have them, but I'm not sure URLs work here, but I do have them in a pastebin.
Paste the movelist here.
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RANDO:
Beast King Fist DP + A
Oyaji Smash Up, Down, Forward + A (can also be performed during jump)
Oyaji Straight HCB + A
Oyaji Burst Rush Up, Down, Back+A (only during low health)
Body Press Down + A midair
Tackle A while dashing
Dash Kick A during a Tackle
Sliding Down + A while dashing
Tombstone B while holding an enemy
Back Drop A while holding an enemy
RIO:
Hammer Drift QCF + A
Super Spin Attack QCF + B
Hammer Breed Back, Forward, Back+A
Pressure Wave QCB + A (can also be performed during jump)
Pogo Stick A + Down
Spin Attackk Up + A midair
Dash Kick A while dashing
Slide Kick A + Down while dashing
TORA:
Dragon Claw Slash DF, Down, Forward + A
Dash Attack A while running
Smash Kick A during a Dash Attack
@@Mitjitsu Thanks.
I dipped out of console gaming when the Saturn and PS1 hit the market and they were just too expensive for me, living in South America. So I moved on to PC gaming. But your channel has single-handedly turned me into a Saturn fanatic. Expensive system to collect for, but very very worth it :)
I really appreciate and enjoy your channel thank you so much for the beautiful content
The presentation reminds me of an early NeoGeo title, something like the first Sengoku. Fun stuff, if a little basic. Thanks for covering it!
Sega Saturn Soundtrack is better arranged and as CD Audio on the Disc, the PS1 version sounds good too, but is "only" programmed as midi and comes from the Soundchip in realtime!
I imported this game about 7years ago and it costed me 120 bucks I still have it as one of my rare imports
£350 for a new copy of this on Ebay. Wow.
Maybe someone already said it, but the title is probably a reference to the famous Tecnos' license "Nekketsu Koha" (whose an episode is well known with the english title "River City Ransom")
I already got it on my vita, and suffice to say. I'm glad this game is getting some more attention
Looks up the price of the game for Sega Saturn and PS1..
WELP EMULATION IT IS!!
Also fantastic Review/contact as always SLX, keep up the good work.
Thank you.
Maybe not an awesome game, but it can give some joy. Music and sprites are great, only some backgrounds looks like mixed quality, sometimes they fit nice stage and sometimes they look like poor scanned photos mixed together.
The graphics definitely could have been better.
It's those damn octopuses with boxing gloves causing problems again
6:25 brilliant ost! The very first psx game to be released on Japan (Dec 4, 1994), along a few others (like Ridge Racer) and a very early Sega Saturn game (July 1995). Nekketsu Oyako was a great yet obscure 2.5D beat em up, with a fantastic level design and soundtrack. The Sega Saturn was such an amazing console, it was much superior to the N64 and even superior to psx in a few aspects, for example, FPS tend to be better on Saturn than on psx or n64. Considering it was not succesfull in the west, the Saturn sold much better than the N64 in Japan.
* note: Saturn came out 2 weeks earlier than the psx (in Japan)
So could Saturn do Quake 2?
@@vasileios6301 maybe...something along the lines of the ps1 version, i suppose
Great video. It's always fun seeing how much more I need before I'm happy with my saturn collection :/
SLX, your review is spot on for this game. Looks like the developers phoned it in and could've made a far more spectacular game based on the hardware's capabilities. With the exception of the CD quality soundtrack I think this type of game could've easily been developed on the Genesis/MD or SNES if larger size cartridges were available.
Hell, outside of a loss in color, a 32meg cart on the Genesis could have done a great port of this.
Awesome. Lovin these Saturn weekly reviews
Glad to hear it!
I'd say this game looks better than standard 16-bit home console releases. It's 16-bit coin-op level.
Omg I need this, how did I miss this game! Worth it just for the ost!
I wonder if the somewhat basic visuals could be attributed to the fact that this game was a very early release on both the Playstation and saturn. Also I wonder if an arcade version was ever in development.
You should do a Captain commando w/ 3 player PlayStation 1 review
This is one of those I really REALLY wanted to play... But by the time I got a Saturn I couldn't find a copy.
It's like a SNES game ported straight to a 32-bit machine.
worth owning except for the massive price tag
I have never heard of this game before, but as a Final Fight and Streets of Rage fan, i will give it a try.
Great review SLX.
Thanks for the visit.
Gotta love the excitement felt when you see a new Sega Lord X video
I hope it lives up to your expectations.
@@SegaLordX always does!
Well thanks for making this review because I recently started to play it on my Saturn, I haven't made it that far yet so thanks for showing up the on wale stage because I have ichtyophobia... I can't believe those fish looked realistic 😣
I like this game okay, but it's definitely not up to snuff with the beat 'em ups Capcom had been putting out shortly before like The Punisher or Battle Circuit. I'd put it closer to the Rushing Beat games.
Yeah I feel like that's pretty accurate.
It feels pretty bargain basement for sure.
I'd love to know the development history of this. I bet it started as a Mega Drive or Super Famicom project that moved to the Playstation.
@@SegaLordX it definitely feels that way, almost as if they didn't expect to have all of the tools available for 32 bit effects, and then shoehorned a few in late.
Great review, for the ultimate beat em up try final fight ultimate lns for the open bor engine.
Never knew about this game untill a few years ago. I really enjoyed it so much fun!!👍👍
Great review once again. Never heard of this game but I'm pretty intrigued.
It's worth a play or two.
I picked this one up a couple years ago and I honestly thought it was very good. Short on the levels sure but it’s overall gameplay and classic sega quirkiness make it worthwhile for sure
One thing I liked about the ps1 version over the Saturn is that you can get more energy on top of you default energy bar. Other than that, the Saturn port to me is better but nevertheless they’re both really good games and pretty damn expensive
Great review as always 🔥
Appreciate it!
I love this game. Apparently, it was first intended as an arcade PCB which features different characters and was location tested in Japan. I'd love to see so much as a screenshot of this.
I feel like the beat'em up genre was on the decline ever since Streetfighter II. With arcade machines, pvp fighting games ate up quarters a heck of a lot faster than coop games. Even if the cabinet technically only supported two players, you'd typically have a much larger number of players waiting their turn, so a lot more quarters to eat up before the players had had enough.
Coop games could ramp up the difficulty, but it felt a lot more frustrating to only get a minute or two of gameplay because the CPU opponents were unfairly tough, than it was to lose to a human opponent who didn't have an unfair advantage.
Somehow the shooter genre managed to cling on through this era, but I feel like the beat'em up was too similar to the PvP fighting game. If you had the artists and coders suitable for making a beat'em up, you'd direct them to try and make a more profitable fighting game instead.
On the console side of things, I think Mario 64 really became what everyone chased after. It's really what drove the feeling that everything now had to be 3D. But developers were struggling with camera control. Having more than one player would make it even more of a headache. So coop was more of a headache to try and develop, so ... sigh...
Sometime a year or two after Final Fight the arcade beat 'em ups became like "How much mayhem can we cram onto the screen at once?" and the genre kind of burned itself out with over-saturation and excessive repetition. That in combination with the rise of the prioritized one on one fighting game pretty much shifted developers away from the genre for the most part. The one on one fighting game had skill development and progression involved and that was a big advantage, even if that genre became over-saturated over time also.
i always watch but never comment but randomly decided to do so today. Thank you for this content and please don't ever stop. Create a clone of yourself to continue this channel on after you pass on please. Yes, I am serious
I was so looking forward to the English translation of it. I played it on PS1 but struggled with the Japanese text. I can't wait to play that game via the Saturn emulator that I have on my laptop. It was a great game :)
I reviewed the Ps1 one on my channel...quite an underrated beatemup, imho....but yes...it was quite lacking, gfx wise :P
Deep dive for this one. I found Hot Blooded Fighting Family to be inoffensive. Certainly not the pinnacle of the genre, but pleasant enough to play, and a bit more outrageous than the 16-bit beat 'em ups it resembles. I liked that the items you could pick up included Sega Saturns.
That IS an awesome soundtrack! :)
I first saw this on one of BioPhoenix's rando streams. Sure seemed like one of those gems treasured by hardcore Saturn fans. Expensive enough to be one.
This saturn version way more exp than the ps1 version
It looks like a SOR tribute
In many ways, it's an outright clone.
i used to want this game
I bought the Saturn version last year. Not only does it have much better soundtrack than the PSX version. It’s also one of the best soundtrack of the 32 bit era IMO. It’s a fun beat em up. A bit easy but the comical aspects really makes it worth it
Got this a few years ago and had a wtf? Moment with boxing octopi, freaky punks and being limited in what you can pick up. But still a decent solid game.
I didn't mind the health pick ups being different but the weapons get a bit irritating. I mean why can't the big guy pick up the smaller weapons, exactly?
Another great video. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it.
I got to say that this game looks cool but wow the price of it is really high. Great video man.
I dont think I even tried to burn this game. Just looked middle of the road. Played Guardian Heros, Crow, Batman, Die Hard arcade instead
When I was kid I remember egm and gamepro heavily hyping this game up
Great video thanks. For once instead of convincing me to buy, it’s convinced me to sell. Reminds me that I didn’t really gel with this and only play single player
Keep it. It'll only get more expensive.
Die Hard Arcade was everything I needed.
Love Tecnosoft; this one looks like a run of the mill variety Neo-Geo game; based on the pros and cons I'd choose the Saturn version due to the enhanced OST. I can understand why the game remained in Japan; it would not have moved the needle at all in the USA during the mid-nineties and would have found itself in the bargain bin section before very long. Sony was discouraging 2D games to even be released in the USA for the Playstation for the first year, although they still filtered through and made it out.
I was trying to put my finger on it....not megadrive or snes.... but neogeo!!
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@Orzuum well there is mutation nation.... there's that really crap one (no not victory Joe or whatever its called)- karate blazers or something.
I was more referring to the graphical style. I mean it hardly pushed the Saturn even the ps!! But it was just that bit too much fir the megasnes! So ...neogeo maybe? Capiche?!
@Orzuum oh fer sure
@Orzuum I wasn't trying to slight the Neo-Geo overall by my original comment; the SengoKu games were quality beat 'em ups however there were also some lazy efforts like Mutation Nation, Robo Army, Ninja Combat, and Burning Fight.
@@orderofmagnitude-TPATP Yeah if this game were on the SNES likely a bit more of slow-down would be happening.
I absolutely love this game. Kicks the nuts right off of Final Fight.
I once saw someone say that they preferred Crest of the Wolf over this.. LOL
Love this game. This and D&D are must have beaters on the system.
Nice review man!
Kinda similar to Castlevania on Saturn. The Saturn version had additional content (Maria mode, bosses and areas) but ran poorly compared to Playstation. Really weird.
Always wondered what this game was, saw it in TH-cam clips but nobody ever said the name. It is beyond me why this genre has essentially died, def my fav outside of a good jrpg. Hopefully more fans step up and make games like last couple years to keep it going.
Hey SegaLordX? Have you tried The Takeover? A modern beat-em-up I adore. Guardian Heroes rules and this looks pretty damn fun. I just love Beat em Ups though
I, too, was sad to see the Beat Em Up genre more or less die off around this time. I got into it with Double Dragon both the NES and Master System versions. Loved Final Fight to death in the arcade and Streets of Rage 1 and 2 on Genesis. I was unaware of this or even Guardian Heroes at the time so for me it was like the genre ended with the SNES/Genesis.
street of rage 1 is not very good . maybe beacuase of the sprites and character sprites lack of animation not much to look at. to be honest ll take streets of rage 3 instead over 1. but ofcourse street of rage 2 is still king overall
the price of this video game is absurd, I hope sooner or later the manufacturers will sell reprints of the video games, to stop speculation😥
Nice video and a pretty fair review. There is a little something lacking from this game which I just can't put my finger on. It has combos and varied characters, but it just lacks something that should make it great. I don't think it was due to the timing either. I appreciate a good BMUP even now, Nekketsu is just a run-of-the-mill BMUP. Not bad, but not good either
I'm curious what you thought of the actual Streets of Rage 4 that came out on PS4/XB1 a couple years back. Loved it, personally (great art, solid gameplay).