Mr. Karate II
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On July 6th of this year the group Stardust Crusaders translated from Japanese the first game that generated the "Kunio-kun" series in the eighties: this translation completely eradicates the version that Taito made at the time for the North American market and brings everything back to the origins.
Unfortunately this translation was only made for the Famicom/NES version, rather than the arcade version, but it's still better than a punch in the face.
Renegade Box Shot for NES - GameFAQs
To download it for free go here → Translations - Renegade - Romhacking.net.
In 2006 Vice Translations had already translated this game into English, but their title 'River City Ransom Zero' was based on the nomenclature used abroad and therefore the reference to the protagonist Kunio's proper name was completely lost.
Unfortunately this translation was only made for the Famicom/NES version, rather than the arcade version, but it's still better than a punch in the face.
Renegade Box Shot for NES - GameFAQs
Romhacking.net:
"In what is hopefully the first in a series of new Nekketsu translations, Pennywise and team presents a new translation of Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun, also known as the first game in the series. It felt a fitting choice.
The project itself was fairly simple as there wasn't a lot of text to translate in the game, but in the course of working on the project, Pennywise teamed up with a talented translator in Tana Elmsley, who is also interested in working on other games in the series.
The next release will either be Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu or the dodgeball game. So stay tuned for future releases".
Stardust Crusaders:
"This project officially began last year when I decided to persue my goal of retranslating all the Nekketsu/Kunio games. Even though there are various translations offical or not, I don't feel like the series has been properly translated consistently across all the games. This game felt appropriate as the first translation since it's the first game in the series as well. It was also fairly simple to do as there was only minimal text. Anyhow, it was through this project that I found the translator that I can hopefully work with to translate other games in the series".
To download it for free go here → Translations - Renegade - Romhacking.net.
In 2006 Vice Translations had already translated this game into English, but their title 'River City Ransom Zero' was based on the nomenclature used abroad and therefore the reference to the protagonist Kunio's proper name was completely lost.
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