Nekketsu Oyako - Hot Blooded Family - on Sega Saturn

My last video of 2023 - Happy New Year

CORRECTION - I was rushing to get this done before the clock ticks over to 2024 - I mix up the names in the text of the Video. I play as Rio (the girl with the hammer) & Tora is the son (the all rounder)

I hope you are all happy, safe & healthy whatever challenges you are facing right now.

Time Stamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Game Intro
01:14 - Player Select
01:36 - Level 1
08:44 - Level 1 Boss
09:51 - Level 2
17:18 - Level 2 Boss

Fans of my channel will know that the Saturn was my console of choice back in that generation of gaming. Not once did I regret the decision to choose Sega's 32-bit powerhouse despite it coming a distant third to Sony's all-conquering PlayStation and 2nd globally to Nintendo's cartridge based N64.

Despite the other systems getting more praise from the magazines of the time and getting more ports and big name releases I loved a lot of the software Sega was putting out and once you add the Japanese library to the mix then it is a console with a lot to love.

I've been meaning to make this video for a while. This is Nekketsu Oyako - commonly known in the West as Hot Blooded Family. It was an early game on PlayStation & subsequently Saturn developed by Techno Soft - more commonly associated with the awesome Thunder Force series of Shoot-em-ups. This got overlooked by a lot of gamers as it "wasn't next gen " enough being 2D & not super flashy etc. Also at first it seems fairly basic - however dig a little deeper & it has a really fun fighting system.

Different grabs, standard attacks & jump & a screen clearing special that depletes your energy but by inputting Street Fighter style command moves you have multiple special moves, you can juggle the enemies and more. It's really fun. Moreover the different characters play differently with Rando - the father & tank of the group able to pick up the Beer & also use the bazooka weapon. Try to pick up the beer as Rio (the speed merchant female with the hammer) or Tora (the all rounder) & you can't instead getting the warning "Adults Only" Super colourful & just a fun 1 or 2 player scrolling beat-em-up.

Definitely worth checking out for fans of the genre.

Want to see more Saturn games. I have tons of them, both Japanese & PAL games - as I say - it was my main system for that generation.

This is my original Japanese copy - it didn't come out in the PAL territories - from back in the day played (at 60Hz) on my modded PAL Model 1 Saturn through a Retrotink 5X for ease of capture - although my capture card didn't want to play nicely for some reason. It's the first time I've played it in years but it is easy to pick up and play if you've ever played other games in the genre - especially ones from Capcom.

I'll be uploading far better Saturn games than this though in the future :-)

As always if you enjoy this video let me know. As always this is running on original hardware. Also let me know if there are particular games or systems you'd like to see.

As always this is uploaded under the Fair Use Policy - no money is being made from this video.

Stay strong, stay safe and stay healthy - Grey Fox