Kyonshies 2 - Nintendo NES

Kyonshies 2 is an NES/Famicom game, developed and released by Taito in 1987. It is (sort of) a sequel to the game Phantom Fighter, published by Pony Canyon in 1988. Both of these games are based on movies released in Hong Kong, known as "Mr. Vampire" in the US. The name of the franchise varies greatly depending on the country, and in Japan it is called "Kyonshies". Phantom Fighter is based on Mr. Vampire, while Kyonshies 2 (this game) is based on Mr. Vampire 2. There are wikipedia articles about them, and you can find English subtitled versions on YouTube, so you can check the movies out yourself. Obviously, this game isn't truly a sequel to Phantom Fighter since it was released earlier and by a different company, but the movie tie-in makes them related. Kyonshies are "hopping vampires", although they really behave more like zombies. They are re-animated corpses that are stiff due to rigor mortis, so they have to hop to get around, and are typically depicted wearing the clothes and a tall, rim-topped hat of a Chinese official from 100+ years ago. They are well known in Chinese mythology, and there was a wave of movies released in Asia during the 1980's based on them, Mr. Vampire being the most popular. The game Kyonshies 2 is ugly and very flawed. But it offers some variety and a sense of exploration. You wander around a city, RPG style, and enter buildings, where you interact with people using an Adventure style menu system and try to figure out how to get items and where they should be used. You enter a battle screen at times, which is done action-style (sort of like the game Kung Fu). So there's a lot of variety, and you may actually find it a semi-fun experience despite the low quality of the game. The hopping vampire theme is obviously a big selling point.

Note : 0/5

Year : 1987

Genre : RPG