Kengan X Dumbbell

Kengan X Dumbbell, known in Japan as Kengan Nan Kilo Moteru? (Japanese: ケンガン何キロ持てる？, Romaji: Kengan Nan Kiro Moteru?, lit. "How heavy is the fist you lift?") is a fighting game co-developed by Byking and CyberConnect2, based on two manga created by Yabako Sandrovich, Kengan Ashura and How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift?. It is set for a worldwide release on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and Steam.

Plot
The plot of the game's story mode is adapted from the Kengan Ashura manga and each battle lets the player take control of different characters and re-enact them. The player is given unlimited continues should they lose a battle.

An unlockable prologue follows the main characters of How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift? partaking in the Kengan tournament after seeing a poster for it while hanging out at a mall.

Playable Characters
There are 26 playable characters from Kengan Ashura, and 7 from How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift?. All Japanese names are listed in Western order. All voice actors from both anime reprise their roles.


 * Barnold is an unlockable joke character and is an obvious parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Gameplay
Gameplay is heavily similar to Namco Bandai's other fighting game franchises such as their Naruto and My Hero Academia games, in which players battle in 3D arenas. In addition to a main character, players can also choose two support characters to aid them when necessary and if a character is knocked out, a support character will take their place until they are all knocked out. Players can also swap characters if necessary, like in Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Mob battles from Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 make appearances here, where one character can fight an entire group of opponents at once and freely move around the arena as well. Like the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm and Persona 4 Arena series, the player can choose their stage and background music for the battle.

Trivia
Unusual for a Namco Bandai game, this game features a multitude of voice and text languages.
 * Voices and Text: Japanese, Arabic, English (US), French (both France and Canada), German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (both Brazil and Portugal), Russian, and Spanish (both Spain and Latin America).
 * Text only: English (UK), Chinese (both Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, and Swedish.