The 90s manga Baki the Grappler (グラップラー刃牙) is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with a mobile fighting game, Baki the Grappler: Ultimate Championship (グラップラー刃牙 アルティメットチャンピオンシップ). It is officially released today (10th August).
Players are able to fight with characters from the Baki the Grappler series and use their iconic killer moves. The game offers both standard story mode and real time competitive mode. The story mode is based off scenes from the original manga. All characters and scenarios will come out separately in different phases.
Baki the Grappler manga by Keisuke Itagaki’s (板垣恵介) started in 1991. The story follows the fight between Baki and his father Yujiro. Yujiro being the strongest creature on earth fights and kills for pleasure while the son fights as a hobby stemmed from his love for martial arts. Baki therefore vows to stop his father by defeating him. Two TV anime series have been made, and the spin-off manga is still in progress in Weekly Shonen Champion.
