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Hajime no Ippo series

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS

The top selling boxing manga Hajime no Ippo illustrates the growth of the pushover Makunouchi Ippo. Through the sport, the boy matured both in spirit and in body. By meeting other boxers in the ring, he found…

4 December 2008

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS is a fighting developed by Grand Prix, released 4 December 2008 on Nintendo DS.

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What Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS is

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS is a fighting game developed by Grand Prix and released in 2008. It was published by D3Publisher. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The top selling boxing manga Hajime no Ippo illustrates the growth of the pushover Makunouchi Ippo. Through the sport, the boy matured both in spirit and in body. By meeting other boxers in the ring, he found both his way in life and purpose. Now you don't have to be a passive spectator, step into the ring in the Challenge Mode with Ippo and experience the eye opening matches he went through. Besides the matches in the series, you can arrange games with your friends through the wi-fi facility of the DS. There is an abundance of minigames that will affect your player character's attributes such as reflexes and attack power, be sure to try them all out and max your stats before the great…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Hajime no Ippo series

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS is the fifth of 7 entries we hold in the Hajime no Ippo series. It arrived 4 years after Victorious Boxers 2: Fighting Spirit. The next entry was Sunday x Magazine: Nettou! Dream Nine in 2009.

See all 7 Hajime no Ippo games in release order →

What it launched against

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS launched on 4 December 2008, within three weeks of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Left 4 Dead, Prince of Persia (2008) and Prince of Persia.

Released around the same time: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Left 4 Dead, Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS come out?
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! DS was released on 4 December 2008 for Nintendo DS.

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