Retro Replay Review

Gameplay

The first few matches make Kakutō Haō Densetsu Algunos feel familiar in the best and most literal sense. You choose a fighter, face an opponent from the other side of its good-versus-evil divide, and settle the question with side-view bouts. There is little ceremony around that loop, but it gets you into fights quickly.

Its most useful wrinkle is the roster’s range. Some of the ten fighters throw hands, while others carry swords or other weapons, so a new selection is more than a cosmetic swap. The game labels its two basic attack inputs “short attack” and “long attack” rather than punch and kick, and the attacks differ by character. That makes trying Jenius, Asasin, Arcer, Samohan, Greeze, Orga, Lobo, Blocken, Jyobei, and Daibuster part of the fun.

Story Mode is rigid: the five designated good fighters fight through the five evil ones, with the order changing by selection. That is a workable excuse to sample the cast, not a mode that keeps revealing fresh ideas. If you want the cleanest reason to return, put another person beside you and use the two-player battle option; the character matchups have more room to matter there.

Graphics

This is an anime/manga-styled, side-view fighting game centered on its ten combatants. The clearest visual distinction comes from the fighters themselves, especially the contrast between bare-handed competitors and characters armed with swords or other weapons.

Story

Story is kept deliberately light. Rather than building a larger plot through the campaign, the game gives each selectable fighter a background story at the character-select screen. Once you have made your choice, the focus returns to the fights.

That structure suits a game more interested in rival combatants than narrative momentum. The roster is sorted into five “good” and five “evil” fighters, yet the intro pushes against treating that split as the point. What matters is who proves to be the better fighter.

The result is thin but honest. You get a little context for a favorite character, then the game stops talking and lets the tournament format take over. Anyone hoping each route will develop into a substantial personal story will find this sparse.

Overall Experience

Kakutō Haō Densetsu Algunos is a compact fighter whose strongest argument is simple variety within a straightforward format. The weapon-bearing characters are a welcome change from an all-brawler cast, and the different short and long attacks give you a reason to test more than one fighter.

The trade-off is that the solo experience sounds more functional than dramatic. A linear ladder and brief selection-screen biographies can carry an afternoon, but they do not create much of a journey. Frustration can set in if you need a rich story mode to make repeated matches feel meaningful.

Give it a chance if you enjoy digging into an older fighting roster and have a friend ready for two-player matches. Skip it if you need a detailed campaign or a fighter that explains itself beyond the ring. It is a focused, no-frills contest, and its payoff depends on whether the cast clicks with you.

Retro Replay Score

6.2/10