Video Games
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Ranma 1/2 Neighborhood Combat Ranma 1/2 Chounai Gekitouhen らんま1/2 町内激闘篇
Release Date: March 27, 1992
The first in the trilogy of fighting games for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo. The game speed is a bit sluggish, but the graphics were decent for their time. The title translates to "Neighborhood Combat". The characters appearing in this game are male and female Ranma, Akane, Genma, Shampoo, Principal Kuno, Kodachi, Tatewaki, and Ryoga. Both Cologne and Happosai are hidden characters. This game engine was imported to the USA and changed to a game called "Street Combat" released by Irem. The character sprites were changed, but their super moves and animations were all taken from their Ranma 1/2 counterparts. |
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Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle Ranma 1/2 Bakuretsu Rantouhen らんま1/2 爆烈乱闘篇
Release Date: December 25, 1992
Developed by Atelier Double. The sequel, and second game in the trilogy. This is probably the best known Ranma 1/2 game in the United States because it was translated and released here. It introduced many fans to the anime and manga series Stateside as "Hard Battle". The characters featured in this game were Ranma (male and female), Akane, Genma Panda, Mousse, Shampoo, Ryoga, Gambling King, Hikaru Gosunkugi, Ukyo, Pantyhose Taro, and Happosai. The graphics were much improved and the story mode was quite entertaining. |
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Ranma 1/2 Super Skill Wild Dance Chapter Ranma 1/2 Chougi Ranbuhen らんま1/2 超技乱舞篇
Release Date: April 28, 1994
Developed by Rumic Soft and Atelier Double, the final Ranma 1/2 fighting game released on the Super Famicom, this one's title translates to "Super Skill Wild Dance Chapter". It was intended to be released in the USA as "Anything Goes Martial Arts" but the company that bought the rights for it (DTMC) went out of business. It has the best graphics of the fighting games and features a tag team option as well. The characters appearing in this one are Ranma (male and female), Akane, Genma Panda, Ukyo, Shampoo, Mousse, Ryoga, Tatewaki, Kodachi, Hinako, Mariko and the boss character, Herb. The guidebook features an interview with Rumiko Takahashi discussing the game which you can read here. |
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Ranma 1/2 Hidden Treasure of the Crimson Cats Ranma 1/2 Akanekodan teki Hihou らんま1/2 朱猫団的秘宝
Release Date: October 22, 1993
One of the most interesting Ranma 1/2 games was this RPG (role playing game) developed by Rumic Soft. You assume the role of Ranma as you travel around trying to rescue Genma who had been kidnapped by the Crimson Cat Gang. You can travel around Nerima recruiting characters like Akane, Ukyo, Mousse, Ryoga, and Shampoo to join you on your quest. Be careful of water though, because these characters will transform in the middle of a battle. |
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Ranma 1/2 Secret Rock Scissors Puzzle Ranma 1/2 Ougi Jaanken らんま1/2 奥義邪暗拳
Release Date: July 21, 1995
One of the most bizzare Ranma 1/2 games, this came out to cash in on the Tetris craze. Pieces are dropped that shows hands flashing the paper, rock, and scissor signs and are used to remove blocks. Each character has different skills and can drop blocks faster or rotate pieces at different speeds. Eliminating a certain number of blocks causes your character to unleash a special technique and drop blocks on your opponent. Water can also transform your character and effect gameplay. The characters are Ranma, Akane, Genma, Shampoo, Mousse, Ryoga and the boss character, the Gambling King. The game was also released on the PC-98. The title is an interesting pun between the pronunciation and the kanji used for the title. The title references "janken" the name of the "paper, rock, scissors" game in Japan. However the kanji used for the title is "evil", "dark" and "fist" while the furigana indicates the pronunciation is "guu", "cho", "pazuru" (Rock, Scissors, Puzzle). |
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Ranma 1/2 Hide and Seek Deathmatch Ranma 1/2 Kakurenbo Desumatcchi らんま1/2 かくれんぼデスマッチ
Release Date: June 28, 1990
If anyone remembers the old game game Soukoban (known as Boxxle in the United States) this is very similar. The game is a top-down puzzler featuring Ranma walking though various mazes, pushing and breaking blocks while he searches for various garments. Once all the items are collected Akane appears and you rescue her. You change sexes in order to move blocks greater or shorter distances as needed. All this while avoiding the likes of Ryoga, the Golden Pair and the Kuno siblings. |
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Ranma 1/2 Fierce Fighting Edition Ranma 1/2 Netsuretsu Kakutouhen らんま1⁄2 熱烈格闘編
Release Date: July 17, 1992
This Gameboy game is one of the best simply because it immerses you in the life of Ranma. One part RPG one part fighting game, here you guide Ranma around in side-scrolling fashion as he wanders around the house, town, and school talking to people and getting into fights. Somewhat like a very simplistic version of Shenmue. |
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Ranma 1/2 Rank Play Q&A!! Ranma 1/2 Kakugeki Mondou!! らんま1/2 格劇問答!!
Release Date: August 6, 1993
Developed by Sun L. This is a mix between RPG with a top down world map and a strategy game with you select attacks and try to defeat your opponents. |
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Sunday x Magazine: Fierce Fighting! Dream Nine Sunday x Magazine: Nettou! Dream Nain サンデーｘマガジン 熱闘！ドリームナイン
Release Date: February 24, 2009
This game commemorates the 50th anniversary of both Shonen Sunday and Shonen Magazine, and features many of its famous baseball related manga characters. Non-baseball characters also make an appearence, including male Ranma Saotome as a playable character and Akane Tendo as a support character. |
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Shonen Sunday & Shonen Magazine WHITE COMIC Shonen Sandee & Shonen Magajin WHITE COMIC 少年サンデー&少年マガジン WHITE COMIC
Release Date: October 15, 2009
This is a Pokemon-esque game where you summon various Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, and Inuyasha characters (among many others from decades of Shonen Sunday and Shonen Magazine releases) to battle on another on your behalf. Takahashi characters include Ataru, Lum, Mendo, Shinobu, Ten, Ryunosuke and Cherry (from Urusei Yatsura), Ranma, Akane, Shampoo and Ryoga (from Ranma 1/2), and Inuyasha, Kagome, Naraku, Sesshomaru, Sango and Miroku (from Inuyasha). |
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Ranma 1/2 Battle Renaissance Ranma 1/2 Batoru Runessansu らんま1/2 バトルルネッサンス
Release Date: December 6, 1996
Developed by Atelier Double, this is the final dedicated Ranma 1/2 game ever made. It's a 3D fighting game similar to Tekken featuring the Ranma cast. Rainstorms and geysers are a constant which cause your characters to transform in the middle of the battle. The game's cast includes Ranma, Akane, Genma, Shampoo, Ryoga, Tatewaki, Ryu Kumon, and Happosai. The boss character is Rouge. |
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Ranma 1/2 White Orchid Seranade Ranma 1/2 Byakuran Aika らんま1/2 白蘭愛歌
Release Date: April 23, 1993
Digital comics were popular on the early CD based systems in Japan, and Ranma 1/2 was not going to miss out on the action. The game is a visual novel with simple animations where you are presented with various choices that take you along a path. Combat in the game is handled through a random paper, rock, scissors style to score each hit. After a successful blow is struck a short animation of an attack plays. The game centers on a girl named Arisa Nanjo voiced by Chisa Yokoyama. |
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Ranma 1/2 Ranma 1/2 らんま1/2
Release Date: December 7, 1990
This is a side-scrolling fighting game similar to Final Fight. In it, you guide Ranma through various stages starting at Jusenkyo and ending with a final battle against Shampoo's father at the Cat Cafe. This game follows the manga story up to the Bakusai Tenketsu battle with Ryoga, and includes animated cut-scenes. |
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Ranma 1/2 The Captive Bride Ranma 1/2 Toraware no Hayayome らんま1/2 とらわれの花嫁
Release Date: December 6, 1991
The title of this one translates to "Captive Bride" and this is game differs from the other two PC Engine titles. This is a digital comic similar to the Mega Drive game above. It mostly involves watching animated cut scenes and telling Ranma to "Talk" or "Look" and other similar actions. In the game Ranma is kidnapped by a white bear who tries to make her into his bride. |
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Ranma 1/2 Overthrow of the Indescriminate Fighting Style! Ranma 1/2 Datou, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutou-ryuu! らんま1/2 打倒、元祖無差別格闘流！
Release Date: October 2, 1992
Developed by Dual. This game is more of a direct sequel to the first PC Engine game as it follows the manga through the Hiryu Shoten Ha storyline with animated sequences leading to one on one battles between Ranma and another character from the series. Each boss fight roughly matches a storyline from the manga such as Kodachi's rhythmic gymnastics battle at St. Hebereke or Ukyo's introduction. Characters that appear in the game include male and female Ranma, Genma, Akane, Nabiki and Kasumi, Soun, Ryoga, Shampoo, Tatewaki and Kodachi, Happosai, Mousse, Cologne, Mikado and Azusa and Principal Kuno. |
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Ranma 1/2 Flying Dragon Legend Ranma 1/2 Hiryu Densetsu らんま1/2 飛龍伝説
Release Date: 1992
In this game, the player controls Ranma and wanders around Nerima, collecting items and talking with other characters. It's not a fighting game like the others, instead it is a very text based game. The fighting engine is simplistic but effective as the majority of the game is based on character interaction rather than battles. |
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CR Fever Ranma 1/2 CR Fever Ranma 1/2 CRフィーバーらんま1/2
Release Date: July 2011
This game is somewhat similar to the Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku pachinko machines that have come out in previous years. It features new animation with the classic voice actors and plays similarly to traditional pachinko machines, though it features a joystick to allow interactions with the minigames shown on the built-in screen. The image on the left shows the actual playing surface of the game where the steel balls are rolled, shot and captured. Character designs for two of the pachislot titles were handled by Masatsune Noguchi as mentioned on his Twitter. |
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Pachislot Ranma 1/2 Pachislot Ranma 1/2 パチスロ らんま1/2
Release Date: February 4, 2013
A sequel to the 2011 pachinko game from Sankyo, this one features more animation, battles between Ranma, Mousse, Ryoga and Kuno and all the voice actors from the original anime. |
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Pachislot Ranma 1/2 Pachislot Ranma 1/2 パチスロ らんま1/2
Release Date: November 5, 2018
With an identical name as the previous game, this is another release in the Pachislot series of gambling machines. |
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P Ranma 1/2 Hot-Blooded Grappling Match P Ranma 1/2 Nekketsu Kakutou Yuugi Pらんま1/2 熱血格闘遊戯
Release Date: December 20, 2021
Featuring the original voice actors from the anime (Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Noriko Hidaka, Rei Sakuma, Kenichi Ogata, Toshihiko Seki, Minami Takeyama, and Koichi Yamadera), this pachislot game was re-released in a "lite mode" entitled "P Ranma 1/2 Hot-Blooded Grappling Match 99Ver. (Pらんま1/2熱血格闘遊戯 99Ver.)" which was released May 9, 2022. |
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School Girl Strikers 2 Sukuuru gaaru sutoraikaazu 2 Pスクールガールストライカーズ2
Release Date: May 8, 2018
A visual novel/RPG style mobile game. Lum and Ranma appear in the sequel along with costumes based on Lum, Ranma, Tomobiki High school girl outfits, Benten and Ukyo. |
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Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble Yokai Watch Puni Puni 妖怪ウォッチ ぷにぷに
Release Date: October 21, 2015
In this puzzle game various yokai are dropped together and their heads merge into a larger shape. A later update added Shonen Sunday characters from Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha and Ushio & Tora. |
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