Fans ofThe Karate Kidmovies, and the subsequent Netflix series featuring its antagonist Sensei Daniel LaRusso, are getting a brand new street fighting game in the form ofCobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues. It releases on August 06, 2025.
“Strike first, strike hard, no mercy.” That is the mantra of the Cobra Kai dojo. It is the antithesis to Sensei Miyagi’s zen “Wax on, wax off,” approach. GameMill Entertainment has set out to craft a brand new storyline in the form of 28 story missions featuring both these dojos, and players will have to complete both sides of the story before they can unlock the ultimate ending.
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The game itself, which will be available for Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, closely resembles the play style of iconic beat-em-up games likeDouble DragonandStreets of Rage. The player will be able to switch freely between 8 characters fromCobra Kaiincluding Johhny and Daniel. The game can be played either single-player or couch co-op.
GameMill has a history of creating games based on TV and movies, includingNickelodeon Kart Racers, Cartoon Network Battle Crashers,American Ninja Warrior Challenge,andZombieland: Double Tap Road Trip.Reviews of previous games via Metacritic and Steam indicate a hit-or-miss history, so the quality of this release is really in the hands of the current team of developers.
Critiques of the trailer are already starting to pop up. Players hope that the gameplay footage interspersed between shots lifted from the realKarate Kidmovies andtheCobra KaiNetflix seriesis not what the final game will look like. The animation could be tighter, and there is always a concern that the impact of the 2020 pandemic on voice acting (as evidenced by the upcomingGuild Wars 2DLC) could mean a lot of recycled lines from the original live-action media.
Fans who are looking forward to the game anticipate a campy adventure where they will show no mercy.
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continueswill be released on October 27th for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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