If you want to check it out, it’s available now on PS4 in Japan and Nintendo Switch worldwide, priced around $8. However, this KOF she's unexpectedly teamed up with Mai and Yuri. She is a hard worker, both polite and serious. Her fighting style is composed of the psychic powers she was born with and Chinese Kung Fu. She would eventually be referenced in later releases Psycho Soldier and the King of Fighters series, where pop-idol Athena Asamiya is depicted as a sort-of “distant descendant” of the original princess – though still dons her relative’s classic looks from time to time.Īs a game, Athena is a little dated today, but it’s still a neat piece of SNK history. Athena is a high-school pop idol fighting evil to bring about world peace.
Athena can bag various pieces of armour and new weaponry to aid her in battle against a series of domineering bosses, en route to a face-off with the evil Emperor Dante in the bowels of the underworld.Īn incredibly popular release in Japan at the time, Athena became quite the ’80s pop-culture icon. A basic but cute-and-colourful arcade adventure, Athena sees the bikini-clad young warrior battle through fantasy-themed stages, negotiating platforms and defeating enemies. A VHS collection including unreleased scenes was released in 6 volumes on Japan. The series was starred Kei Ishibashi as Athena. Princess Athena is the heroine of 1986 arcade classic Athena, now made available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. ATHENA () is a live action drama series based on Athena: Awakening from the Ordinary Life game originally broadcasted from Apto Jon TV Tokyo.
The first of Hamster’s retro re-releases this week looks at the origins of one of SNK’s most popular heroines, goddess warrior Athena, often muddled with KoF’s Athena Asamiya, but we’ll get to that.