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Back in June's E3 2018, the Western localization of Sega's Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
was announced, with there also not being long left to wait until its release date.
Lost Paradise will be released in Western territories on October 2nd and is being made
by the same team behind Sega's hugely successful Yakuza series.
The similarities to Yakuza don't end there though, with the whole game being designed
to be very similar to Yakuza - including open world exploration, dialogue with NPCs, side
quests and many mini games.
And yes, that also includes the ability to play arcade machines of some classic Sega
titles.
Lost Paradise was released in Japan back in March of this year and an interesting difference
can be found in the Japanese version revolving around the game's name.
In Japan, the game is called Hokuto Ga Gotoku, which is a combination of the Japanese name
for the Fist of the North Star series and the Yakuza series.
This naming wasn't carried forward to its Western release, but it makes the game's link
to Yakuza that much stronger and indicates that the game is a spin off in the Yakuza
franchise - something that the devs have also confirmed themselves.
However, that's not the only difference between the Japanese and English version - as Sega
confirmed a few weeks ago in a press release.
Here Sega explained that: "Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise features
everything available in the original Japanese version, plus extra carnage for the localized
version!"
This indicates that the Japanese version of the game actually had to have the violence
toned down due to the strict limits of the Japanese rating system, which is something
that Censored Gaming has covered many times in the past.
Whilst the game hasn't been released yet, we have already been able to witness these
differences in some of the game's trailers.
If you pay attention to this footage from the Japanese version, defeating enemies in
combat will cause them to turn pitch black before exploding.
As shown here though, the English version will not have this pitch black effect and
will have extra carnage displayed on screen.
The Fist of the North Star manga is very well known for its brutal visuals and so this brings
it much closer to the original material.
The manga is also famous for its special finishing techniques, where enemies can be killed in
dramatic fashion by using special pressure points on the human body.
We have now also seen a few of these techniques being used in the localised version of the
game and so can compare these with the original Japanese release.
First up is the Hokuto Bone Demolisher...
Then the Exploding Five Finger Strike...
And then lastly the Hokuto Twin Execution...
What do you think about this practise of restoring violence that had to be toned down in the
Japanese version and are you interested in picking up a copy of the game?
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