Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (Game Boy Advance english)

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (English Patched) (はじめの一歩 THE FIGHTING!) is a Boxing video game published by ESP, Treasure released on December 13th, 2002 for the GBA. It was released in Japan, and never published in USA/Europe. Now you can play this game in your GBA in english :D Introduction Hajime no Ippo is a boxing game based on the manga/anime Hajime no Ippo. Ippo is a shy guy who helps his mother run their fishing business. Since he is helping his mother, he hardly has any time to make friends that's why bullies always picks on poor Ippo but one day, while the bullies was beating the hell out of Ippo, a stranger named Takamura saved him. Ippo was then taken to a boxing gym and discovers his boxing potential. Gameplay The game has 5 modes; Story, Tournament, VS, Sparring, and Customize mode. Story Mode 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.