How to play Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi on Mac

Game summary

Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi is an Action game, developed and published by Spike, which was released in Japan in 2008. Advertised as a "vital point striking" action game, the player takes control of Kenshiro and must use the DS's touch screen to strike the vital points of adversaries to defeat them. The game's graphics consists entirely of colorized panel art from the original manga. The story mode consists of 22 chapters and adapts the manga's storyline from the beginning and up to the conclusion of Raoh saga. Other game modes includes a Battleship-style Versus Mode between two players, a Quiz mini-game, and a database of characters and famous lines from the manga. Akira Kamiya and Kenji Utsumi both return to provide their voices as Kenshiro and Raoh, with Shigeru Chiba as the narrator as well.
First released: Feb 2008

Play Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Hokuto no Ken: Hokuto Shinken Denshousha no Michi like you would on any PC.
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