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Among the titles released in 1993, Nintendo's Kirby's Adventure and Joy Mech Fight — 2 titles — were both hits.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the four reviewers gave 7, 6, 7, and 6, for a total of 26 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 20.5 out of 30, as shown below.
Among the titles released in 1993, Nintendo's Kirby's Adventure and Joy Mech Fight — 2 titles — were both hits.
Outside Japan the Japanese version has been distributed as it is: in Korea on 2009-3-17 as a Wii Virtual Console title, and in Europe and North America on 2023-9-6 as a title for "Family Computer Nintendo Classics" on Nintendo Switch Online.
It is also Nintendo's first attempt in the fighting game genre since Urban Champion after the success and craze of Capcom's Street Fighter II, which inspired other companies to create their own 2D fighters.
Though the game's development is credited to Nintendo's R&D1 team, it was originally conceived by two programmers, Koichi Hayashida and Koichiro Eto, who met at a programming seminar hosted by Nintendo.
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