{"id":28219,"date":"2018-06-25T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/hamster_to_unleash_renegade_on_the_mean_streets_of_switch"},"modified":"2018-06-25T18:58:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T18:58:00","slug":"hamster-to-unleash-renegade-on-the-mean-streets-of-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/hamster-to-unleash-renegade-on-the-mean-streets-of-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamster To Unleash Renegade On The Mean Streets Of Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/hamster_to_unleash_renegade_on_the_mean_streets_of_switch\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/hamster_to_unleash_renegade_on_the_mean_streets_of_switch\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside \/>\n<p class=\"description\">There&#8217;s a pair of retro shmups incoming, too<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/1114\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"Shiryu\" \/><\/li>\n<li>by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Shiryu\">Gon\u00e7alo Lopes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><span class=\"icon icon-time\" \/> <span>7 mins ago<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"rip_bob_wakelin.png\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/hamster_to_unleash_renegade_on_the_mean_streets_of_switch\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/hamster_to_unleash_renegade_on_the_mean_streets_of_switch\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"rip_bob_wakelin.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hamster will be re-releasing Yoshihisa Kishimoto&#8217;s iconic beat-&#8217;em-up <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/renegade\">Renegade<\/a><\/strong> this upcoming Thursday. Released at the arcades one year prior to 1987 classic <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gameboy\/double_dragon\">Double Dragon<\/a><\/strong>, Kunio&#8217;s debut adventure first won the hearts of Japanese gamers when it was originally released as <strong>Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-ku<\/strong><strong>n<\/strong> (translated as &#8216;Hot-Blooded Tough Guy Kunio&#8217;). It was then extensively reskinned for western audiences and eventually ported to virtually every 8-bit home format where if gained even more of a cult following.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Thanks to a very low-key Nico Nico broadcast during E3, we also know that the next two (non-Neo Geo) Arcade Archives to hit the Switch will be a shmup double header featuring 1986&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bI-wd-VgMeM\"><strong>Argus<\/strong><\/a> from Jaleco and 1989&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oz2n6wgszEQ\">Omega Fighter<\/a><\/strong> by NMK. No given date for these two, except that they&#8217;re both due to arrive sometime in the summer.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/hamster_to_unleash_renegade_on_the_mean_streets_of_switch\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/hamster_to_unleash_renegade_on_the_mean_streets_of_switch\/attachment\/1\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Argus.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Looking forward to expanding your virtual Switch arcade salon with any of these titles? Did you play any of them back in the day? Send your nostalgic comments below&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[via <a rel=\"external\" title=\"External Link: http:\/\/www.japanesenintendo.com\/post\/174915551589\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesenintendo.com\/post\/174915551589\">japanesenintendo.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" title=\"External Link: http:\/\/www.japanesenintendo.com\/post\/175239973834\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesenintendo.com\/post\/175239973834\">japanesenintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com\/nintendo-switch\/related-info\/32c89349ec23beb868b57360738bcef6 @ 2018-06-25T20:00:02+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"see-also\">\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\" \/>\n<\/dl>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a pair of retro shmups incoming, too by Gon\u00e7alo Lopes 7 mins ago Hamster will be re-releasing Yoshihisa Kishimoto&#8217;s iconic beat-&#8217;em-up Renegade this upcoming Thursday. 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