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5 /5

Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! is a boxing sports game based on the popular manga series written by George Morikawa. Although the series has been highly successful, its video game adaptations have often been mediocre. However, this new game on PS3 has some positive achievements, such as the ring's presentation and gameplay. The fights are dramatic with digitalized voices and face inserts on the screen. The developers have respected the manga series' fighting techniques. However, the game lacks content, with only two game modes and a puzzling choice to not include a "Versus" mode. The game is graphically underdeveloped, with simplistic modeling and a hidden crowd behind a black curtain.