AHunter x Hunterfighting game is officially in development, as announced by publisher Bushiroad at Jump Festa 2024. It’s being worked on byDNF DuelandTatsunoko vs Capcomdeveloper Eighting.
According toGematsu, more details will be shared at Bushiroad New Year Grand Presentation 2024, which occurs on January 6. The announcement was made at the publisher’s booth in Jump Festa 2024 on Friday. No gameplay or even screenshots has been shown as of the time of writing. No platforms have been announced either.
Bushiroad has games based on other anime properties, includingGoblin Slayer, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid,andShin Chan. ThisHunter x Huntergame seems to be the publisher’s first fighting title on consoles, but it has released a mobile wrestling game in the past based on NJPW.
There’s also aMacrossgame from this company heading to consoles and PCs on January 25 calledMacross Shooting Insight.
The lastHunter x Hunterconsole game takes us back decades
The lastHunter x Hunterconsole game takes us all the way back to 2001. It’s calledHunter x Hunter: The Stolen Aura Stone.It never received a North American release, sadly.
Developed by Konami,The Stolen Aura Stoneis a card game RPG that has your character try to get back the Aura Stone from the Phantom Troupe. The battle system revolves around a rock, paper, scissors style with three different types of moves: regular, special, and counter. It also revolves around your character’s Nen type and power, like the anime.
In a 2019 review, YouTube channelGaming Through The Agessays the battle system “has the potential to seem quite convoluted and fairly unapproachable until its idiosyncracies are understood.”
Given the critical success ofDNF DuelandUltimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, hopefully that means Eighting can make a stellarHunter x Huntergame after all these years.
