Flying Dragon - Nintendo 64 Review - HD
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Flying Dragon, known in Japan as Hiryū no Ken Twin (飛龍の拳ツイン Hiryū no Ken Tsuin, "Fist of the Flying Dragon Twin"), is a fighting game with role-playing video game elements that was developed by Culture Brain and released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. Part of the Hiryū no Ken series, it was published in Japan by Culture Brain, and by Natsume in North America and Europe.
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Flying Dragon on the nintendo 64. Recorded using a dazzle and on original real console hardware and game cartridge.
Rented it and when it first came out...
And over and over again..
Finally bought it a few years ago...
Still fun..
Great game.
Wow seriously - I must’ve rented this like 10 times.
to me it was the best fighting game for the N64 I always played the 2D version I thought of them as kids fighting and the 3D were the the adults
time to play i got this when i was like 6 or 7 and thats exactly how i imagined it 😂😂
Iv still got mine. I used to like the kid in purple with the gold hat.
Forgot his name?
Same here. I imagined the 3D version took places years later and featured adult versions of some of the SD characters.
Same here lol
Agreed. It was neat seeing someone characters in cutesy childlike form and "full-grown" "adult" version.
This was my first fighting game ever. Made me fall in love with the genre
Local African fucking same
I actually had this as my first fighting game for n64, and somehow I had the Japanese version and It worked on my N64 in America lol. I never knew a word they were saying, and most of the menus were in Japanese, but it has just enough English to let me play it and enjoy it. I need to get the USA version to play now lol
Dude I have been looking for this game for years!!! It was my introduction into the world of fighting games!
@@tylerzimmer2212 lol I get it. I spent like 15 years trying to remember the name of it and searching everywhere.
Loved the RPG aspect of finding and levelling items
I absolutely loved this game when I was a kid, I never bought it, but I rented it every time my parents took me to the local movie store, over and over and over again lol.
My favorite character was a tie between Shour-you and Wiler.
this game is awesome another underrated n64 game =(
Omg you are so right this game was a great game. So much things to do!! They need to bring it back with better graphics I think.
Jalisalauren R played this game as a kid constantly. Funny enough I forgot about it until someone brought it and an N64 on deployment. It was way more nostalgic to me than even Zelda.
This game was one of the first games along with Zelda when I first got my N64. Very good Game hugely underrated.
I still play this game.
Same. Suzaku is my main
I wish it was on virtual console since I cant find my N64 since I moved
Me too, wiler all day
This game deserves a Wii re-release
+Socialist Skeptic hell ya
I couldn’t agree more.
*sad noises*
I loved this game as a kid. I appreciated how it combined rpg elements into a fighting game. Also loved that it had both and SD and realistic style modes. Plus Ryumaou was a cool final boss.
its cool that you like this game too, not many people remember this game at all
OMG I definitely rented this from Blockbuster and played the hell out of it, but I legit forgot all about it until this video! I remember all the item leveling was what kept me playing despite a lack of interest in fighting games. It was just such an unusual and unexpected experience and I’m really glad to be reminded of it
I had the same experience, I rented from Blockbuster, I kept playing the 2d Kids mode (that's how I named it in my mind). I remembered when Blockbuster was selling all the N64 titles, this was the first I bought from them.
OH BOY I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO REVIEW THIS!!! my fav n64 fighting game BY FARR!!!
Good choice, one of the lesser know games on the system
When I was a kid, I would refer to Gengai as Master Roshi, Robonohana as "Robo-Rikishi", Suzaku as Vegeta, Powers as The Ultimate Warrior & Ryuhi as Goku.
Great times...
I had the same thoughts 😂 I was watching much DBZ & WWE at the time.
Flying Dragon was fun, but my favourite N64 fighting game was Fighter's Destiny.
I loved this game, I remember coming back from laserquest and playing it everyday.
I was addicted to this game growing up. It killed me when my memory card messed up and the game data was no longer accessible. I played the 2d cartoon mode mainly. I hardly touched the other mode.
the cover of this game always Mesmerized me..never played it but saw it alot of time at the video store
I wore this game out back in the day. My friends and I played for hours on end trying to develop the most powerful character among our group.
Old memory unlocked !
I loved this game back in the day. I actually gained a bunch of friends because of this game.
Thanx for the reminder!!! I unlocked everything and customized my characters long ago. and saved. Right now the game is in Attract Mode warming up while I get ready to play after this video!!!
Man this is a great game. The memory’s
My brother brought me this game home one day because it was on sale for a good price and I very much loved this game it also helped me have some imagination making up all this rivalry between each character
Very much love this game as a kid
Ah yet another game from my childhood that me and my best bud used to play. Might have to try it again sometime.
CrazyMetroid certainly worth a pick up, theres better fighters on the system but this at least tries something different to keep itself standing out
YES!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS REVIEW! I think I commented about this game on a past fighting game review you did a long while ago. It's great to hear your review on this game.
KingDavisMVP glad you stuck around to check it out :)
Good memories attached with this game. Bokuchin was just so much fun to troll with.
Also the item equipment was next level in SD mode
Shame more fighting games don’t have these kind of modes right now
@@n64glennplant Injustice 2 is in the same realm with the gear.
This is actually my all time favorite fighting game. Its for real the only fighting game I played for hours everyday haha : p I loved playing it with my little brother too, my favorite was Suzaku (or Red Falcon) and his was Ryuhi. It was alot of fun putting our favorites against each other back then : p
Loved this game so much a had to look it up 22 yrs later as a adult. Thax for the video.
Thanks for watching David ✌️
Man this takes me back to when I was a kid playing this , along with 007 goldeneye , wwf WrestleMania, south park, mischief makers, Bomberman , Mario kart, no mercy, duke nukem, army men, Tom and Jerry , Mk4 , wave race, ridge racer, cruisin USA, rush, spiderman so many other games I would play back then. One day my friend Jose traded me his flying dragon for my Mk4 honestly best trade ever.
The game was actually made by Marvelous Interactive in Japan and then ported to the west by Natsume.
Eric Roberts awesome info :)
I couldn't remember the name of this game to save my life! Finally found it
Glad I could help! Check out @thabeast712 video on it too 👍
I personally liked it back in the day, but it's been nearly 20 years... I'd have to see how it holds up to really make a judgment now
Yooooo! I don't know how I've never run into this game in my life. This game must be treasured because I've never seen it in any pawn shops. 2 entire fighting games on one cartridge!?
I didn’t even know the name of this gem, had to google fighting games for n64...
I used to rent this game from Blockbuster over and over and fell in love, something about the designs and gameplay was so appealing to me
But all these years later I totally forgot the name of the game, really cool to finally find it again
Glad I could help! 😬
I looked for this game for years after it came out. I never found it and gave up a long time ago. Maybe one day I can add it to my collection.
IgoByaGo its becoming more incredibly harder to find in the wild and eBay prices are creeping up
Holy crap I forgot about this game!!
Not gonna lie, probably my favorite traditional fighter (I don't count smash as a fighter, but it tends to be my favorite).
I lived the dual mechanics in FD. I spent SO much time playing the chibi mode and leveling up my character, loved collecting new equipment etc. So underrated.
This game was brilliant. I've never seen a game like it ever. Before Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 there was this! This should be on Wii, Wii U, Switch! They need to release this again! I loved this! Classic! I'm so excited to see it! I hope I'm making sense here! 😂
This was one of my favorite games as a kid lol
I love the music in the SD mode, still listen to it on occasion
I bought this game with a best buy gift card I had gotten for my birthday because it had 2 games in one. I loved the SD mode and got really into that without really bothering with the more realistic version.
Playing games on Emulators is fun but the experience on real consoles is better
My favorite fighting game ever, definitely top n64 game along with geomons great adventure and jet force gemini
I used to love this game as a kid. My cousin and I used to play this for hours but I went back and played it about a year ago. It did not age well...
4DhumanInstrumentality i think i also find that most fighting games are best played with a friend so you can overlook the flaws that are sometimes clear these days
Rented it and then bought it back in the day. We knew it was not that well playing and not as good as other fighters, BUT it had heart, it had ideas of which the mind could pretend were better than the execution actually was, so it worked well for its time.
Yeah and the collecting element gives it some cool replay ability
I just picked this up today without knowing exactly what it was. While rummaging around the old picket over open carts section of my local retro shop, I stumbled across this and snatched it up. First time I ever saw it and while it's not a blockbuster, looks like it has some good value for 4 bucks!
Nice to be able to come on here and get an over view... Thanks Glenn!
Spinal Compression glad i could help! hope you enjoyed it
It's a shame the sequel was released only in Japan
Wow, i didn't know it had a sequel.
Sailor Mercury it sucked
That boss was harder than beating every dark souls without getting hit
This looks awesome! Totally picking this up next time i see it. Thanks again for the most excellent vid!
Alfred Mannix and thanks for checking it out, let me know how you like it
Played this so much with my best friend - the RPG elements were great
This is definitely on my wishlist. I already have GASP, Fighter's Destiny, KI: Gold Rakuga Kids, and Smash. Hoping to get a hold of every fighter on the N64/Saturn/PS1 era if possible, at least of the European releases.
My friend and I used to play this, Pokemon Stadium, and Star Fox all night
Good lord I forgot this even existed. I do remember Fighter's Destiny though
I'd love a re-release on the 3DS.
I love this game.
One of my all time favorite fighters.
And to address a point you brought up - while most of the music is unforgettable the suzaku and ryuhi tracks are great and the final boss fight in the regular *non-SD mode is excellent.
Fully agree
That is freakin Ultimate Warrior with old Sting's facepoint lol. Looks like a pretty cool game
My friend had this game. We used to have so much fun playing it at his house.
***** yeah trying to get all the treasures to have super powerful characters was cool in 2 player
In Japan there was a sequel for the super deformed half of the game, I believe it's called Hiryu no Ken SD. Any chance we'll see it in the Japanese Eye anytime soon?
It will be yes :-)
As a collector of fighting games I have to say this is a game I would probably be interested in due to the fact it has the 2 modes & the fact they have added an element of collecting items & powering them up to help you along the way. It's just a pitty it's on a system which I no longer own.
Great review Glenn, never heard of this until now :)
You know I was thinking right away when I made this if you'd have played it!
This game was one of my favorites especially the kid version.
It good to watch another of your video. My RUclips somehow doesnt post your new videos on my feed...
I always wondered if this game was good. I never dared to rent it back in the days.
About the game being unable to decide if it wants to be a Fighting RPG hybrid or a realistic fighting game… in Japan there was an updated rerelease that cut off completely the realistic mode and expanded a lot the sd mode with lots of new objects
I remember renting this at a video store not knowing what it was. I had a amazing time playing this game, unlocked pretty much all the items. The metallic boss battles were a bitch sometimes though.
Yeah and it's quite common to get time out fights which doesn't happen in many fighters
i totally remember this game but for some reason only the SD version of it ..maybe i wasnt attached to the other version as a kid
I LOVED this game. The ice guy and the robot were my go to.
Edit: Didn't know about memory cards at the time so i would start over EVERY single time. Never stopped me and my brother from getting it 5 times in a row at blockbuster though.
I remember getting screwed over every time because I never had a save pak! Also remember that I played this like 7-8 years later and I gotten so damn terrible with that. It’s like growing up messed up my gameplay 😆😆😆
This was based on an old NES series that made its way through the SNES, Gameboy, up to the N64. There was also a PS1 version of this. This game was obviously inspired by Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive and Tekken. Very fast paced though
I LOVED this game. Had it as a kid, so I came in with no pretense, but I thoroughly enjoyed SD mode. Having so much stuff to unlock, a storyline and connections between characters that you simply had to play through different perspectives to really get and the transforming bosses and unlockables kept me entertained for a LONG time. Lol
There was just a LOT going on. As I got a little older, I started playing the Virtual mode (maybe supposed to be virtua fighter influenced?)
Anyways. I'm a long time fighting game fan, and even played competitively in a few games for a while and I still look back fondly on this game.
As a Child I dreaded facing the Robo no Hana with his Slap Missile and Iron Thong Drop.
I must've played this for like.. several weekends when I rented it from Blockbuster. This was a weird 3D fighting game that was *easy* to cheese combos.
No insane thousand button combos is a welcome addition to any fighting game imo
I love this game! Wish they would have made an anime out of it!
That would have been awesome
I played it as a kid and bought it recently. It's amazing. I unlocked every special moves, Ryumaou and Bokuchin but I just can't beat the third (or second) metal Ryumaou boss fight. The fact that when you lose the fight, you lose items as well is so punishing.
A friend traded me this game, i had no idea what it was. I didn't like fighting games at the time, but i got obsessed with the level up system!
Oh man it’s addictive right
I remembered this game on the N64
Nice!
I had this game and it was the best fighting on 64 period I played that game for years
one reason i like about this channel is that he will show us games and gameplay of games that we never knew existed. when we see them a lot of us are thinking this man is now just wasting time trying to find good games but when some of us look at the game we ask why did these games not sell well. because of this channel i now have amazon busy as hell (no joke). another thing i like about this channel is that he shows off games not only that were good but games were companies took risk. even though those games didn't fly off the shelves they were really good games and maybe games that other companies should have advertised better because a lot i feel most of these games that never did too well had the potential of making the n64 sell twice the amount of units
Jeez. The characters in this game look like characters that have been used in other games and even animes for that matter. For instance: Powers looks like he was taken from Virtua Fighter as a character named Wolf, and Ryuhi looks like a cross between Kazuya Mishima (Tekken) and Jann-Lee (Dead or Alive).
As for the game itself, this surely had potential to become one of the best fighting games on the N64 next to Fighter's Destiny.
That's right I thought of wolf too ha
I think I picked this game up on a whim after searching for N64 fighting games after playing MK4 and KI Gold. The game didn't keep me interested for long because I'm generally not a collector in anything besides 3D platformers of the time. I would still mark this a hidden gem due to the surprising amount of content the game has and because Natsume made a really good effort bringing a fighting game to the N64 that is generally fun to play.
Yeah they at least tried to do something a little different but for the small studio that developed it it was perhaps a job too big
fighter's destiny is probably the best traditional 1on1 fighting game on the system. the one fighting game i spent hours in the practice mode. no other fighting game has had that power over me lol
This one really surprised me. The amount of depth hidden in this cart kept me glued to the game while other brawlers like Clayfighter 63 and Dual Heroes just bored me after a couple of playthroughs.
Ryan AirZonkWorldChamp yeah thats one of the things i loved about the treasure mode
This is my Favorite fighting game of the time, and even today. I played the SNES and NES ones, and am really bummed I never got to play the Japanese-only version of this game with more characters. I rented it when I had the chicken pox and literally played it for two weeks straight. Got it for my Birthday a few months later. Still played it up until last year when I had to sell my games. I always ticked the store owner off. Just A really good game all around. Suzaku ftw.
Cool to hear from someone else who even knows this one 😬
Yeah, I never knew anyone else who had even heard of it, or tried it around my town. I'm glad you have made all these videos in the way in which you did, as they are basically Historical Archives. I didn't see Robot Ponkottsu 64 on the list, which makes sense. It does have the capabilities of using the transfer pak that came with Pokémon Stadium to transfer data from the Gameboy Robot Ponkottsu games...(Robopon). Idk if there would be enough filler to make A full video or not though. you pretty much have everything covered though.
I've got this game. It's fun I love unlocking all the items. I bought this back in 2009.
johnny pierce good time to have got it...seems to be one of the games creeping up in value now
That and Fighter's Destiny 1/2 were my go to fighting games on the N64. Spent too much time on the SD mode :P
Ah ha! I was waiting for you to review this and I really thought your thoughts were good ones as per usual. As for me, I can remember being like 11 or 12 and spending hours playing the circuit mode. This one is extremely nostalgic for me, but it was sad that hardly anyone else I knew played it. It was fun however, to invite friends over and have them play a VS match against me only to show them how powerful my character was. I always hoped that a game like that would come out again. Can you imagine how cool it would be if a customizable 2-D fighter came out like this with online play? I've always wanted something like that. Where you spend a fair amount of time in the one player game building up your character and customizing them and then pitting them against others online to see if your combination of items and player skill matches up with the competition. I think there are a lot of online fighters now, but none of them to me had quite the leveling up and customization aspect that this game's SD mode had. Is it a perfect game? No, not by a long shot but as you said simply for this innovation alone I think it should be counted as note worthy for what it was trying to do :).
Jredd Trex i remember being one of the first 100 people in the UK to get xbox live....id play capcom vs snk2 EO and there would be like 10 people in the world on it....crazy how gaming has changed
They need to bring this back
Would be cool but it didn’t sell well on N64 so cant see why anyone would
Whenever I try to perform the secret treasure busters with the treasures at max lvl, nothing happens but the regular animation. anybody help me figure it out in this old game? I held down the button the item was on for a second or two and it just did the regular animation.
best fighting game I ever played in wish they would make a new one flying dragon 2 no other fightong game let's you play the child you and the adult you
It was beyond its time. So very unique
I feel very fortunate i have a copy of this
This game gave me my obsession with 100%ing a game. Still never collected everything, but by God I tried. Spent hundreds of hours trying to do so.
I loved this game!
Flying Dragon is a must have for anyone with an N64 library. It's like a 2 in 1 bootleg version of street fighter and Tekken in one hahahaha (that's what I thought at the time.)
TwiztedMannix87 thats exactly how id see it !
I wish I could find a game with the same mechanics and rpg aspect in modern games I loved this game. Does anyone know of any..? I know this video is older.
This was at least a god-tier rental. I would hardly put it down until it was time to take it back.
When Tekken and Street Fighter married and have child xD
But everyone would still rather have the parents 😂
Flying Dragon was one of the coolest fighting games that i would love to see Remaster or remake one Day For Today Platforming For All system and seeing the game can add new characters with this characters in the game And you can customization the characters clothing would be so cool and also would be cool if they can add story mode that you can play would be great Addition to This Flying Dragon Game.
for my money, still the best hybrid fighting/ rpg game
Friggin sweet modes in this right !!
They should remake this game for the Nintendo Switch
This is something I never understood: Why are pretty much all fighting games on N64 sluggish? It's better at 3D than the PS1, yet you have high framerate and good quality models on the PS1. If I remember correctly, all the Tekken series is 60 FPS on PS1... and this looks like 20-25 FPS. :/ The controls on the N64 also often felt soggy.
Yeah it's very weird...and you're right I know at least one of the tekken games was 60fps
When reading up some, there are tons of PS1 games running at 60 FPS, many of them being fighting games, and even many of them surpassing the standard resolution of PS1. Having a smaller arena to render and only 1 characters obviously makes something like that easier to pull off - but all the more reason to wonder why the N64 could pull off way bigger 3D levels than the PS1, more advanced graphics in 3D - yet a limited 3D arena with 2 characters and it was always quite laggy. :/
Odin's Playground The hardware architecture was more efficient in the PS1, and with it being a 32bit system it required less resources to run the games, where as the N64 was a true 64bit CPU, which required more resources to run the games overall, and had a less efficient hardware architecture. It was not till AMD came out with the first true 64bit X86 CPU the Athalon XP that 64 bit architectures where done right.
Odin's Playground I second that it's weird that N64 3D fighters all look worse than PS1 and Sega Saturn 3D fighters.
I had a Sega Saturn at the time and was used to the superb controls of Virtua Fighter 2 to me that was like near Arcade perfection to see in motion at 60fps but when I compared the supposedly more powerful console the N64 the fighting games always looked worse.
However with that said 3D worlds was where the N64 excelled PS1 and Sega Saturn 3D levels often felt cramped or if they were large the draw distance was kind of small and sectioned into different areas.
It would be nice to see a 3D fighter on the N64 with good character models and 3D backgrounds only seen Soul Blade do that on the PS1 at that time but it was 30fps
Odin's Playground N64 had Anti -Aliasing (that reduces jaggies) but tends to slow down graphics. Besides, N64 had no Namco, Sega, Capcom or Team Ninja. However as for fighters, these N64 fighting games are 60 FPS:
*Dark Rift (solid 60fps framerate & animation on NTSC). *Killer Insting Gold (Frame is 60fps, but character animation is not). *Rakuga Kids (solid 60fps both framerate & animation). *Super Smash Bros (solid 60fps on NTSC). *Mortal Kombat 4 (quite solid 60fps on NTSC).
I still to this day play this game on a regular basis.
Mostly just trying to come up with insane combos nowadays, but I did spend a lot of time in versus as well.
I only really play the Viritualhiryu mode in 2D but I find lots of enjoyment finding glitches that let you do insane block pressure and I've found insta-kill combos with most characters.
I have one combo showcase that's really dated, but I'm working on a new one. And I have all my combos written down if someone's interested :]
Maturkus cool to know, i prefer the sd 2d mode also
***** I'll see if I can record them and get them up today.
Using my boyfriend's Capture card, so there might be some figuring out to do xD
***** watch?v=aaoPGI4Uz6Q
I did the video, but it's not all of them, since I did have some hilarious problems.
Favourate fighter on the 64. I liked it because it feels like a cross between Street Fighter EX and Dead or Alive, and was pretty balanced overall. I think SD Shouryu has an infinite, though... It's been so long, I'd love to pick up a copy sometime!
EhK47 now may be the time to do it because I've seen it going up in value over the past few years
Epic game.. Ordered it 2 months ago!🎃🎃🎃