Kakuto Chojin

by Microsoft

Product Features

• A wealthy crime lord has called together 13 of the very best hand-to-hand fighters in the criminal world. To fight for an ultimate prize, they'll take each other on, using the deadliest moves and combos in martial arts!
• Choose from any of the 13 chosen fighters and face of against the other twelve to earn your ultimate prize
• Work with two different sets of moves -- standard and Chojin moves
• The graphics will amaze you with their incredible particle effects and fast action -- super-fast fighting at 60fps
• Exciting multiplayer modes including one-on-one, four-man Battle Royale, and Capture the Crown

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IJIV
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 12, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,864 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Kakuto Chojin delivers a new level of realism where no two fights are the same, and there are no canned reactions: every punch, kick, and counter has a different effect. Heads snap back, sweat flies, muscles flex, legs buckle. Up to four fighters can engage in the action at the same time--go two-on-two or have an all out four-person brawl. Forget fighting pretty boys and supermodels. These are the folks you never want to meet in a dark alley. These fighters are tough--right out of some secret fight club. This is a grim, somber, deadly underworld, where fighters move among the shadows and battles take place on rain-soaked rooftops, dark alleys, and mysterious chambers.

Product Description

Kakuto Chojin takes you into the dark and seamy underworld of the pit fighter! Support for 5.1 Dolby Digital

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DONT BELIEVE THE HATERS!, March 16, 2006

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Adam Wesley Johnson (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Kakuto Chojin (Video Game)

First off, let me clear things up. I'm a fighter fan. I've played them all, and yes I consider myself an authority. When I'm not jamming out on Street Fighter, I'm playing some Neo Geo fighter that you've never heard of. Now let me say this: Kakuto is a fantastic, focused, and addictive 3D fighter. Alot of people like to say that this game is as deep as the kiddy pool, and that its all mash.. Thats total bull. If you want a masher, go play Tekken. This game has alot of neat features that reviewers always fail to mention. People should really play the ends and outs of a game before they start bashing and start throwing out 1 star ratings As you've probobly already read, the graphics are no joke. The characters are dark, creepy, and thick and are totally original. The same goes for the stages. If I had to complain about one thing, it would be that its not all that great 1 player. You have no fancy story modes, no unlockables, blah, blah, who cares! Your supposed to play fighting game with friends anyway! I could go on and on about how cool this game really is, but I wont.. Forget all the haters and their reviews, this is the hottest new fighter to come out in a long time. Snatch it up while you still can.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Only Fans, June 20, 2003

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Wayne A. Edwards (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kakuto Chojin (Video Game)

My wife and I must be the only fans of this game. I first played it as a demo in XBOX Magazine and I liked it pretty well. I had just got my XBOX and I'm not an expert when it comes to fighting games. Now my wife on the other hand loves these kind of games. Whenever we pass by an arcade, she wants to play the fighting games. And she does well because she picks up the gameplay pretty quickly. It's always amusing to see her beat the eighteen or nineteen-year-old who plays the game for hours and she just figured out how to play.
Anyway, I had her play the demo and she loved it. So we searched and found the game at a videogame store for a nice price(this was right after the recall notice). And we have been happily pleased ever since. We both play the game at least three times a week. The only way I can explain the critics of this is that these are people who have a LOT more experience with all kinds of fighting games. And maybe they didn't give this game as much of a chance as it needed.
Here are the the pros and cons:
PROS:
Great Graphics- They characters look amazing and they move like real people. The fighters don't look cartoony but computer animated. They must haved used real people as models because they move eeriely lifelike. The backgrounds are beautifully rendered and colorful.
Great Sound- I have a Surround Sound system that takes of advantage of the Dolby Digital 5.1 the game offers. Excellent!
Every character has their own theme and the voices and sound effets are well done.
Fun Gameplay- The moves are not too hard to learn and there are more than explained in the manual that comes with the game. There are two sets of moves in the game; Kakuto and Chojin. You can't access the Chojin moves without first completing the game with any character with the Kakuto moves.
Characters- There are plenty of characters all with different styles to master. And one secret character that is available when beating the game with any one of the characters.

CONS
The Manual- After buying the game I bought the strategy guide offered by Prima. The guide does a great job of explaining the game, the characters and ALL of the moves. Each character has at least FOURTY moves. The manual that comes with the game does a terrible job of explaing the game. At best, it is incomplete.
No Onscreen Move List- After playing DOA 3,MK:DA and Tao Feng, I've noticed you can access a move list in the game. It's too bad KC doesn't do this. It would be more convienent.

Finally I just wanted to say this game is a lot of fun.We have played Dead Or Alive 3, Mortal Combat:Deadly Alliance and Tao Feng: Fist Of The Lotus and they are fun but in our opinion Kakuto Chojin just has more STYLE. It's pretty unique and the characters don't seem to be like any I've seen in any other game. This may be the game's downfall as far as public opinion goes. I may buy DOA 3 and Tao Feng in the future but Kakuto Chojin is my third favorite XBOX game behind Max Payne and Halo. Microsoft did a wonderful job. I hope they don't give up on the fighting game market. I can tell they are trying to be outside the pack by making KAkuto chojin and Tao Feng.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Simple But Uninnovative Game, November 14, 2002

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DragonAGB (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kakuto Chojin (Video Game)

Kakuto Chojin is a Microsoft game that tries to fill the many empty spots that X-Box has for fighting games. Is it successful in its attempt? Well, let me tell you the pros and cons of this game.

Let's start with the pros. The brightest star in this game is its really simple control scheme. You can pick up the game and start winning fights right away even if you are not used to playing fighting games. The graphic is decent - it's nowhere near Virtua Fighter 4 in its quality, but it is pretty good in its own right. The color pallette used here is darker to fit the storyline. You have two meters combined, one is your energy and the other one is another meter which when full allows you to execute super moves.

Now its time to talk about the cons. This game is definitely no Soul Calibur, Tekken, Virtua Fighter, or Dead or Alive in regards to graphics. The characters' moves are basically clones of Tekken and Virtua Fighter, especially the Capoera using character (like Christy Montiero and Eddy Gordo of Tekken) whose moves are almost exactly like those Tekken characters. Also, if you play a lot of fighting games, this game may be too easy for you, as many moves can be pulled off quite simply.

Right now the weakness of X-Box is in two categories: Fighting games and RPGs. This game is definitely not going to help the X-Box much in the fighting arena.

Definitely a rental if you're still interested in trying it out, but don't say I didn't warn you.