Hokuto no Ken 4: Shichisei Hakenden - Hokuto Shinken no Kanata he

About

Hokuto no Ken 4 is a turn-based RPG set in the Fist of the North Star universe. You play a young martial artist navigating a lawless 21st-century world plunged into a third dark age. Kenshiro’s missing, so it’s up to you to fight rising warlords and restore order. Combat uses a grid-based system where positioning and timing matter. Characters gain skills through experience, letting you build playstyles around speed, defense, or elemental attacks. The story follows a small crew as they uncover political schemes and ancient secrets tied to the Hokuto Shinken style. The game’s script leans into the series’ signature mix of gritty survivalism and over-the-top violence. Hiroshi Toda’s writing ties lore directly to the anime’s established mythos, a detail fans of the 1980s adaptations notice immediately. While it doesn’t chart new territory for the genre, the tight combat loop and direct callbacks to classic arcs earn it a 78% on RPGamer. Developed for the Family Computer in 1991, it’s a straightforward but polished entry in a niche franchise.

Storyline

The world was engulfed in darkness for the third time sometime during the 21st century. With the engulfment of darkness came the spread of evil and with the spread of evil, order collapsed, and a dark age where only might makes right returned. Kenshiro, the master of Hokuto Shin Ken and man once known as the Savior of Century's End, is nowhere to be found for some reason. However, there's a young man who now follows the path of a martial artist...