One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows looks like a hit

A clever premise and a colorful cast of playable characters makes One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows an intriguing new fighting game.

One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows is a new game by Spike Chunsoft and Bandi Namco that’s hitting shelves in February 28 and I am beyond hyped for this.

When I first found out that there was going to be a One Punch Man fighting game, I was worried. For those who aren’t aware of the premise of the anime the game is based off of, the story is centered around the titular “One Punch Man” who, because of reasons, is nigh-invincible.

As his name implies, he can take out anything with one punch. Literally. Punch. Done.

So I was worried that this game was going to pull some sort of Injustice shenanigans where they come up a reason to make the stronger characters weaker in order to have this game make sense. Instead, they’ve come up a very clever idea.

Saitama (the One Punch Man) is very low energy and lazy because of this he has a tendency to sleep in and forget things. So let’s say a giant villain is attacking the city; instead of controlling Saitama, you control one of the show’s many fantastic weaker heroes. This includes heroes with awesome names like Speed-O-Sonic Sound, Vaccine Man, Spring Mustachio and Tanktop Master. In fact, here’s a list of all the confirmed playable characters:

Saitama
Boros
Genos
Speed-o’-Sound Sonic
Tatsumaki
Bang
Atomic Samurai
Fubuki
Mumen Rider
Vaccine Man
Mosquito Girl
Carnage Kabuto
Deep Sea King
Metal Bat
Tanktop Master
Tanktop Tiger
Tanktop Black Hole
Metal Knight
Stinger
Melzargard
Child Emperor
Sweet Mask
Spring Mustachio
Puri-Puri Prisoner
Sneck
Crablante