
1987 · Hudson Soft · Beat 'em up · Fighting
China Warrior
Timed NEC exclusive
Boss Kara and his evil horde has captured the entire kungfu province. You are summoned - You obediently go knowing full any of Kara's bullies could no doubt put out your lights. You must face them and their specialties one by one .. then finally Kara himself.
- Released
- 21 November 1987
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DSPlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16TurboGrafx-16WiiWii U
- Genres
- Beat 'em upFighting
- Developers
- Hudson Soft
- Publishers
- Hudson Soft
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- ESRB E10+PEGI 16CERO A
- Languages
- English
- Time to beat
- 1hcompletionist
About
China Warrior, known as The Kung Fu (THE 功夫) in Japan, is a beat 'em up video game created in 1987 by Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx-16. The game received mixed reviews upon release, with praise for its large sprite graphics but criticism towards its gameplay.
The game was ported to mobile phones and the Hudson Channel for the PlayStation 2 exclusively in Japan with redone graphics, audio, and gameplay. The PC Engine version was also released for the Wii's, Nintendo 3DS's, and Wii U's Virtual Console and on the Japanese PlayStation Store.
Keywords
- wii virtual console
- nintendo 3ds virtual console
- wii u virtual console
Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The object of the game is to walk through each stage while throwing punches and kicks at enemies and objects, which also can be done in midair. There are four levels which are broken down into three stages each, for a total of twelve stages. When Wang gets knocked out, the game starts over at the beginning of the stage in which he got knocked out. Players can memorize the object/enemy pattern in order to get through the stage more easily whenever Wang gets knocked out. At the end of each level, there is a boss fight.
The gameplay and controls are similar to Irem's arcade game Kung-Fu Master (1984), with gameplay also similar to Taito's Gladiator (1986) without the sword or shield held in hand. The graphics utilized very large character models that fill up the screen. They were capable of moving without any graphical flickering.
Story
A Chinese martial artist named Wang (王(ワン)), whose style resembles that of Bruce Lee, embarks on a mission to bring down opposing enemies and the Dark Emperor, who stands atop the castle Luo Yang Ge (洛陽閣(ルーヤンカク)) in China.
Reception
China Warrior received a 16.68/30 score in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by PC Engine Fan, ranking among PC Engine titles at the number 474 spot. The game garnered generally unfavorable reviews from critics.
Computer and Video Games reviewed Drunken Master for the PC Engine, giving it a 58% score. They praised the "giant-sized sprites" as "very impressive on this horizontally scrolling kung-fu game" but said "only three moves result in the game becoming ultimately dull". Electronic Gaming Monthly criticized its simple gameplay and Bruceploitation but praised for the large character sprites.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- PC Engine MiniTurboGrafx-16 Mini
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Collections7 collections
Platform libraries
- Virtual Console games for Wii U (Japan)Titles › PC Engine
- Virtual Console games for Wii U (North America)TurboGrafx-16
- Virtual Console games for Wii U (PAL region)Titles › TurboGrafx-16
- Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS (Japan)Available titles › PC Engine
- TurboGrafx-16 gamesList of games
- PlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16 games
Publishers
- Virtual Console games for WiiTitles › TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine
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