Hagane: The Final Conflict
Developer(s)CAProduction
Red Company
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Kazuki Yuzawa
Producer(s)Tadahiro Nakano
Designer(s)Osamu Tsujikawa
Programmer(s)Izumi Fukuda
Artist(s)Keita Amemiya
Taisuke Kanazaki
Composer(s)Takahito Abe
Platform(s)Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Release
  • JP: November 18, 1994
  • UK/FRA: April 1995
  • DE: May 1995
  • NA: June 1995
Genre(s)Action, platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Hagane: The Final Conflict[a]

Gameplay

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Development and release

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Reception

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Hagane: The Final Conflict received generally favorable reviews.

Famitsu.[27]

Gary Harrod and Andy McVittie of Nintendo Magazine System (Official Nintendo Magazine).[32]

Nintendo Power.[39]

Game Informer.[28]

GamesMaster's Simon Kirrane.[30]

Next Generation.[31]

Super Gamer.[37]

Super Play's Steve Bradley.[33]

Andy Dyer and Sean Atkins of Total!.[34]

Electronic Games' John Hardin.[35]

Game Players' Patrick Baggatta.[29]

Games World.[36]

GameFan.[40]

GamePro's Lawrence Neves.[41]

VideoGames' Geoff Higgins.[38]

In 1995, Total! ranked the game as number 45 on its list of the top 100 SNES games, writing: "The graphics are moody and the gameplay is not only fast but furious also. It's classically demanding shooting action".[42] Retro Gamer.[43] Hardcore Gaming 101's Kurt Kalata.[1] Den of Geek.[44]

Notes

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  1. ^ Known in Japan as Hagane (Japanese: , Hepburn: HAGANE, lit.'Steel').

References

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  4. ^ "Hudson Previews: Hagane". Consoles + [fr] (in French). No. 41. EM-Images SA. March 1995. p. 60.
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  7. ^ "Feature: Hagane". Super Gamer. No. 14. Paragon Publishing. May 1995. pp. 16–17.
  8. ^ "Informacion Supernesesaria: Hagane". Club Nintendo (in Spanish). Vol. 4, no. 8. Productos y Equipos Internacionales S.A. de C.V., Editorial Samra S.A. de C.V. August 1995. pp. 28–31.
  9. ^ Hagane: The Final Conflict (Instruction Booklet) (North American ed.). Hudson Soft. 1995.
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  23. ^ Noak, Philipp; Appel, Markus (April 1995). "Test Super Nintendo: Hagane". Mega Fun [de] (in German). No. 31. Computec. pp. 40–41.
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  29. ^ a b Baggatta, Patrick (July 1995). "Review - Super NES: Hagane". Game Players. No. 73. Imagine Media. p. 58.
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