Today at the Akasaka Blitz in Tokyo, Japan Koei announced the relaunch of the venerable Fist of the North Star.

Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) has been around for almost three decades in the form of Manga and then an NES game

The press release describes in much more colorfully than we can:

The game’s protagonist is Kenshiro, true successor to the Hokuto Shinken, a centuries old art of assassination. Kenshiro was bestowed the sole rights to the art, but when his elder brother Raoh, refused to give up the style, Raoh killed their master and left to raise his own army. Kenshiro is now searching for his beloved Yuria, but like a hammer of justice Kenshiro is forced to fend off rioting mobs, barbaric desert gangs and savage fighters. Ultimately Kenishiro’s journey will lead him back to Raoh who has set forth a path of vengeance. Taking the role of Kenshiro, gamers will unleash a myriad of devastating fighting techniques and finishing moves powerful enough to bring down whole buildings. Channeling their energy into a single deadly blow, players can strike their victims and cause them to violently explode on screen. Gamers can also let loose with Kenshiro’s signature move- a ruthless flurry of ferocious punches, triggering the instantaneous breakdown of internal organs, and death.

According to Koei, you’ll be able to trigger your own instantaneous breakdowns of enemies’ internal organs for the PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2010.