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Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!

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First release
Dec 13, 2002
Developer
Treasure
Publisher
ESP Software
Genres
Fighting, Sport
Platforms
Game Boy Advance

Developed by legendary Japanese developer Treasure, Hajime no Ippo is another solid boxing game based on the popular Japanese manga and anime of the same name. Unlike the two Victorious Boxer games, The Fighting was never released outside of Japan.

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Storyline
The Story Mode follows Makunouchi Ippo's journey from his spar with Miyata Ichirō to his second match against Sendō Takeshi for the JBC featherweight belt. It skips some of his fights from the series such as Oda Yūsuke, Fujiwara Yoshio, Jason Ozuma, Kobashi Kenta, and Ponchai Chuwatana. It also has Ippo fighting Shigeta Akira after losing to Date Eiji instead of fighting Ponchai.Read more

The Story Mode follows Makunouchi Ippo's journey from his spar with Miyata Ichirō to his second match against Sendō Takeshi for the JBC featherweight belt. It skips some of his fights from the series such as Oda Yūsuke, Fujiwara Yoshio, Jason Ozuma, Kobashi Kenta, and Ponchai Chuwatana. It also has Ippo fighting Shigeta Akira after losing to Date Eiji instead of fighting Ponchai.

Release dates
Game Boy Advance
Dec 13, 2002
Age ratings
CERO A
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
anime, boxing, based on - anime, platform exclusive, boxer
… All 8, versus screen, japan only, fan translation - english
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Languages

  • 日本語interface, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 21 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 21 Oct 2026