Kung Fu Chaos
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| Developer(s) | Just Add Monsters |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Platform(s) | Xbox |
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ELSPA: 11+
ESRB: Teen |
| Media/distribution | DVD |
Kung Fu Chaos (or Kung Fu Panic in Japan) is a 3D third-person platform game developed by Just Add Monsters and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released for the Xbox on February 25, 2003 in the U.S.A.
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[edit] Plot
Kung Fu Chaos often breaks the fourth wall. The entire game is about the player controlling a selection of characters making a kung fu film. The actions of these characters are then processed as films and the player can watch them. Although the game is centered around a classic kung fu film, it has certain characters and levels that do not belong in a martial arts film (such as a city under attack by aliens).
[edit] Characters
- Master Sho Yu: An elderly martial arts master.
- Ninja Fu Hiya: A blue ninja. Prized possession is his signed poster of Bruce Lee.
- Monkey: A parody of the Monkey King from Journey to the West. Became immortal after urinating on the Mountain king's favorite tablecloth.
- Lucy Cannon: A parody of blaxploitation heroes such as Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones. Prized possession is Babydoll, her shotgun.
- Xui Tan Sour: A young female martial artist who seeks to avenge her parents, who were killed by members of a rival circus, parodying the idea that in martial arts films, the hero/heroine is avenging their families' death from a rival, often a rival clan.
- Chop & Styx: A samurai and baby pair that parodies Lone Wolf and Cub.
- Candi Roll: A roller-skating blond bombshell.
- Captain Won Ton: An overweight luchadore. Wrestler by day, justice avenger by rest of the day.
- Shao Ting: The film's loud and obnoxious director. He also serves as the final boss of the game. He sees himself as a womanizer, and after creating Kung Fu Chaos the Movie, with no plot whatsoever, he creates an experimental art film where he runs around naked for two hours chased by zombie nurses.
[edit] Reception
- 6.5 - GameSpot Rating[citation needed]
- 6.7 - Press Rating Average[citation needed]
- 6.3 - IGN Rating[citation needed]
- 68/100 - Metacritic[citation needed]
- 76% - Game Rankings[citation needed]
Kung Fu Chaos was included among the best Xbox games by IGN in 2005.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Life of the Party, IGN, July 7, 2005
