is a Japan-exclusive Beat 'em up

Beat 'em up

Beat 'em up is a video game genre featuring melee combat between the protagonist and a large number of underpowered antagonists. These games typically take place in urban settings and feature crime-fighting and revenge-based plots, though some games may employ historical or fantasy themes...

 video game for the Super Famicom

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...

 which was released in 1994.

Background

UFO Kamen Yakisoban was the main character, played by Michael Tomioka, in a series of TV commercials for "UFO" instant yakisoba

Yakisoba

', literally "fried noodles", is a dish often sold at festivals in Japan, but originates in China. The dish was derived by the Chinese from the traditional chow mein, but has been more heavily integrated into Japanese cuisine like ramen...

noodles produced by Nissin Foods. A feature film was released in 1994 directly to VHS video, which also featured Dave Spector

Dave Spector

Dave Spector is a gaijin tarento in Japan.Spector, a Jewish American, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied abroad at Sophia University in 1972. He has lived in Japan since 1983...

 as Kettler. The theme from the movie, sung by Hironobu Kageyama

Hironobu Kageyama

is a Japanese musical artist prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game, and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the pop group Lazy. By the early '80s, the band split and Kageyama went solo...

, was released on a CD single.

Video game

The video game has two versions, one with a drawing on the cover and another with pictures of the actors, changing only the end of the name of the game from one version to another. The noodles prince wants to marry the princess, but Kettler wants her for himself. The hero wears a bowl of yakisoba on his head. There are five stages to overcome until the princess be rescued.

See also

• List of Super Famicom and Super Nintendo games by genre
• List of video game musicians
• Mayuko Takata
  Mayuko Takata
  Mayuko Takata is a Japanese actress, best known in the western world for her appearances on the Japanese TV show Iron Chef....
  
  

External Links

• Complete game overview at GiantBomb
• Fan review at videogameden.com
• Fan review at rvgfanatic.com
• Japanese review
• Nissin official site (North America)