Ranma ½: Hard Battle

Ranma ½: Hard Battle
North American cover art by Michel Bohbot featuring from left to right Ranma, Genma (in panda form), and Ryoga.
DeveloperAtelier Double
Publishers
ComposerToshio Okamoto
PlatformSuper NES
Release
  • JP: December 25, 1992
  • NA: November 5, 1993
  • EU: November 12, 1993
GenreVersus fighting
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Ranma ½: Hard Battle, known as Ranma ½: Bakuretsu Rantōhen in Japan and as just Ranma ½ in Europe, is a 2-D fighting video game released by Masaya and DTMC for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is based on the manga and anime series Ranma ½. Hard Battle is the second Ranma ½ game to be translated into English, this time keeping the original graphics, music, and names of the characters, though the voices were still dubbed into English. The game's English translation (but not its English voice acting) was provided by Viz Media (who had begun releasing the English dub of Ranma 1/2 earlier that same year).