One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows is a game I’m struggling to understand the existence of. Superhero comic-based combating games are widespread sufficient, however the subject material right here (wonderful comedy manga/anime One Punch Man) doesn’t lend itself to close-fought battles. Or fights in any respect, on account of protagonist Saitama being totally invulnerable and able to ending each struggle with one hit, therefore the title. And but right here it’s, someway a three-on-three combating game. Below, a trailer that includes him getting punched rather a lot and never caring a lot.
One Punch Man is a narrative all about wild energy imbalances and the way mostly-ordinary individuals (Saitama considers this superhero lark a pastime greater than something) take care of it. That makes it an odd choose for a style inherently about intently balanced fights, though it has me questioning how they’re going to ship its story mode. Perhaps it’ll be targeted on the opposite characters, and the way they react to the presence of this invulnerable determine of their midst. Personally I’m simply glad to see greatest lad Mumen Rider (an abnormal, useful man on a bicycle) right here too, although I fear for his security.
Fighting games have performed round with the thought of canonically invulnerable characters earlier than. In the Guilty Gear sequence, vampire lord Slayer by no means actually loses a struggle, and moderately than get knocked over, he casually reclines on the bottom, even in ‘defeat’. He nonetheless will get hit, although, and knocked round, which is greater than we see on this trailer. Saitama will get beat on fairly exhausting right here, and utterly fails to react, and we don’t get to see (even for a second) what occurs when he hits somebody in return. In the manga, he tends to cut back monsters to chunky pink mist on the primary hit.
There’s no launch date past “Coming Soon”, and the game is developed and printed by Bandai Namco. In the meantime, in the event you’ve not already seen it, One Punch Man is on the market on some streaming websites, although regional licensing means you will have to look a bit. The authentic manga writer’s second present, Mob Psycho 100 is even higher, when you’re at it.
