The Legend of Bishin

The Legend of Bishin
The Legend of Bishin
	Cover art by Katsuya Terada
Developer(s)	Magifact
Publisher(s)	Magifact
Composer(s)	Osamu Kido ; Takeshi Sakamoto
Platform(s)	Super Famicom
Release	JP: December 25, 1993;
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up action, racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Zoku: The Legend of Bishin (美神伝説Ｚｏｋｕ, Bishin Densetsu Zoku)^[2] is a hybrid racing and beat 'em up video game that was developed and published by Magifact for the Super Famicom in 1993 only in Japan.

Gameplay

The player must drive an automobile through a labyrinth-like series of roadways using either the male character Koji or the female character Lisa and fighting off the thugs that roam the roads. This part of the game is similar to F-Zero and Spy Hunter. A failure to make it to a destination on time results in a game over and a Final Fight-type sequence commences if the player's vehicle suffered enough damage.^[3] A versus version of it also available as a standalone mode from the main menu, featuring Koji, Lisa, and some of the game's bosses: Lei-Fan, Miki & Aki (ninja twins fighting at once), Miyabi, Flare, and Ryoko.

Plot

The game takes place in and around Neo Tokyo after a new Great Depression of 2010 (future at the time of the game's release) and after Mount Fuji erupts in a catastrophic manner in the year 2020. While Tokyo survives and the people managed to repair the areas destroyed by the volcano, it became infested with motorcycle gangs. An all-female gang known as the Bishin dominates with the help of their leader, Ryoko.

Koji (コージ), a 20-year-old former professional boxer, and Lisa (リサ), a 16-year-old who used to be a high-ranking Bishin member but left, are attacked and one of them is kidnapped while the other sets out to take down the gang and rescue his or her partner using Koji's Cobra 429 car.^[4] They go through a desert (boss: Lidera), forest (boss: Roller and Dozer), volcano (boss: Lei-Fan), super-highway (boss: Miki & Aki), construction area (boss: Miyabi), bayside highway (boss: Flare), and the streets of Neo-Tokyo (boss: Ryoko).

References

^ "美神伝説Zoku まとめ [スーパーファミコン] / ファミ通.com". Famitsu.com. 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
^ "美神伝説 Zoku スーパーファミコン通販販売の【ファミコン倶楽部】". Famicom.biz. 1993-12-25. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
^ "格闘アクションとカーレースを組み合わせた異色ゲー「美神伝説ZOKU」 | neutral". Neutral-neutral.com. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
^ "【美神伝説 Zoku攻略】｜タコタ仙人のベルトゲー道場". Tacota.web.fc2.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

External links

[1] "美神伝説Zoku まとめ [スーパーファミコン] / ファミ通.com". Famitsu.com. 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

[2] "美神伝説 Zoku スーパーファミコン通販販売の【ファミコン倶楽部】". Famicom.biz. 1993-12-25. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

[3] "格闘アクションとカーレースを組み合わせた異色ゲー「美神伝説ZOKU」 | neutral". Neutral-neutral.com. 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

[4] "【美神伝説 Zoku攻略】｜タコタ仙人のベルトゲー道場". Tacota.web.fc2.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

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