{"id":132612,"date":"2023-03-21T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146855"},"modified":"2023-03-21T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:30:00","slug":"xiaomei-and-the-flame-dragons-fist-is-a-16-bit-kung-fu-throwback-that-packs-a-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/21\/xiaomei-and-the-flame-dragons-fist-is-a-16-bit-kung-fu-throwback-that-packs-a-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"Xiaomei And The Flame Dragon&#8217;s Fist Is A 16-Bit Kung Fu Throwback That Packs A Punch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/34a0e9f0d2446\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/34a0e9f0d2446\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/34a0e9f0d2446\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"Mj6J6mu2mvI\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Publisher Leoful has today revealed that PiXEL&#8217;s side-scrolling kung fu beat &#8217;em up and retro throwback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/xiaomei_and_the_flame_dragons_fist\">Xiaomei and the Flame Dragon&#8217;s Fist<\/a> is launching on the Switch eShop on 31st March. Plus, if you pre-order now, you can get yourself a 10% discount.<\/p>\n<p>Created as a homage to the 16-bit era, with chiptunes and sound effects that sound like they&#8217;re from a Sega Genesis game, Xiaomei and the Flame Dragon&#8217;s Fist sees the titular hero embark on a quest to save her sister from the Dark Dragon. It&#8217;s a classic tale of heroism, complete with some retro-style kung fu action.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the game&#8217;s first release in the west, and with this new version, there are a ton of new features coming to the game. A brand new story mode featuring Xiaomei&#8217;s sister Xiaoyin will be playable, along with more new characters and content to unlock as you progress through the game.<\/p>\n<p>With from former Namco composer Norio Nakagata (of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/zombie_nation\">Zombie Nation<\/a>, <strong>Isolated Warrior<\/strong>, and <strong>Genpei T\u014dma Den<\/strong> fame) and sound effects from one-time Sega sound designer Hirofumi Murasaki (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/megadrive\/shinobi_iii_return_of_the_ninja_master\">Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master<\/a>, <strong>Clockwork Knight<\/strong>, <strong>Daytona USA 2001<\/strong>), there&#8217;s some strong retro pedigree to go along with the old-school charm of Xiaomei&#8217;s adventure and visuals:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Images: Leoful<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Images: Leoful<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Pre-orders for Xiaomei and the Flame Dragon&#8217;s Fist are open now on the Switch eShop in both the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.uk\/Games\/Nintendo-Switch-download-software\/Xiaomei-and-the-Flame-Dragon-s-Fist-2360808.html\">UK<\/a> and <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/store\/products\/xiaomei-and-the-flame-dragons-fist-switch\/\">North America<\/a>. Get your fists of fury ready to save your sister when the game drops on 31st March.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think of Xiaomei and the Flame Dragon&#8217;s Fist? Keep fisticuffs out of the comments but do let us know your thoughts!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Publisher Leoful has today revealed that PiXEL&#8217;s side-scrolling kung fu beat &#8217;em up and retro throwback Xiaomei and the Flame Dragon&#8217;s Fist is launching on the Switch eShop on 31st March. Plus, if you pre-order now, you can get yourself a 10% discount. Created as a homage to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}