Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey-bu - Subette Koronde Dairantou (Japan)
NES / Famicom
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Reviewed in 1992
84
✪ Reviewed on May 18, 2025
80
Kunio-kun in chaotic and insane ice hockey. Constant brawls, exaggerated sports mechanics, total Nekketsu atmosphere. Hilarious in multiplayer. The series at the peak of its joyful absurdity.
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Sports4 players7+
Description
Zany ice hockey game featuring Kunio-kun series characters brawling on the ice rink. Published by Technos Japan, released in Japan in 1992. Kunio-kun character teams sliding and fighting on ice with special techniques. An original Kunio-kun series sports game on Famicom.
Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey-bu - Subette Koronde Dairantou review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
The rink is seen at three quarters and occupied by stocky players who slide, collide and tumble in a roll. The rinkside scenery, benches, boards, spectators, stays deliberately simple so the melee remains readable, and the weapons pulled out mid-match are shown large for the length of their use.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
A Kunio-kun spin-off built around slapstick ice hockey, Famicom-exclusive and never released outside Japan. The cart benefits from the continuous foreign appetite for Kunio-kun, and intact boxed CIB is harder to find in clean condition than the main entries due to a more modest print run. The Japanese cote climbs steadily, lifted by the global Kunio-kun surge since River City Girls.
Better with friends
A wacky street hockey where you skate, shove and send the opponent flying far more than you respect the rules. The competition for up to four runs on chaos: brawls replace penalties and a well-placed puck triggers as many goals as fits of laughter. Snappy and good-natured, it favors convivial nonsense and restarts without a second thought for short, super-charged rounds.
Is Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey-bu - Subette Koronde Dairantou still worth playing in 2026?
Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey-bu is Kunio-kun on ice, fully chaotic and unhinged. Permanent fights, exaggerated sports mechanics and total Nekketsu atmosphere make for a joyful Technos title, particularly successful in four-player local multiplayer. Controls are easy, visual humour constant and every match becomes a social event. Originally Japan-only, visually approachable. Still a classic to bring out today.
