Kendo Rage
North American cover art
Developer(s)Affect
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)Tom Shizuma
Composer(s)Takahiro Wakuta
Platform(s)Super NES/Famicom
Release
  • JP: January 22, 1993
  • NA: October 1993
Genre(s)Action game, platformer
Mode(s)Single-player

Kendo Rage, known in Japan as Makeruna! Makendō (負けるな!魔剣道, "Do Not Lose! Kendo Magic"), is an action video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom by Datam Polystar. SETA published the English version.

Gameplay

It is a 2D action side scrolling game.

Plot

The original Japanese version of the game stars a girl named Mai Tsurugino (剣野 舞, Tsurugino Mai). A spirit detective named Doro (ドロ) finds Mai and asks her to help him attack monsters.

In the English-language version of the game, an American girl named Josephine "Jo" goes to Japan to attend a summer kendo school. Her personal trainer, Osaki "Bob" Yoritomo, asks her to fight monsters on the way to school.

Release

Makeruna! Makendō was released for the Super Famicom on January 22, 1993.[1] An OVA series, Makeruna! Makendo, closely follows the original Japanese version of the game, featuring both Mai and her younger sister Hikari (the main character from the second game).

It was released in North America as Kendo Rage in October 1993 and published by SETA[2]

A fighting game follow-up titled Makeruna! Makendō 2: Kimero Youkai Souri was released for the Super Famicom and PlayStation.[3][4] A role-playing video game titled Makeruna! Makendō Z was released for the PC-FX.[5]

Reception

Famitsu gave the game a score of 24 out of 40.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "負けるな！魔剣道 [スーパーファミコン] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  2. ↑ (PDF). 2008-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20080920223937/http://www.nintendo.com:80/consumer/gameslist/manuals/snes_games.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2018-08-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "負けるな！魔剣道2 決めろ！妖怪総理大臣 [スーパーファミコン] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  4. ↑ "負けるな！魔剣道2 [PS] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  5. ↑ "負けるな！魔剣道Z [PC-FX] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
  6. ↑ "Kando Rage Review Score". Archived from the original on 2019-05-13.
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