Why Hunter X Hunter Still Hasn't Released Any Anime Games Outside Japan
The Hunter X Hunter series ranks among the most popular Shonen manga and anime, but no games based on the series have been localized outside of Japan. This may seem peculiar to fans, as other popular manga like Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto have seen numerous games released in English language territories. Hunter X Hunter characters have appeared in crossover games like Jump Force. There are more than a dozen dedicated Hunter X Hunter videogames, however, and these remain exclusive to Japan. With Jump Force about to be delisted from digital storefronts, Hunter X Hunter fans will have less avenues to experience Gon Freecss and company in videogame form. The reasons for the absence of Hunter X Hunter game ports could be due to delays in manga production, the timing of the anime series’ releases, the story's sudden shifts of tone and subject matter, and happenstance of hardware.
Regardless of the reasons, the end result is that US and European gamers continue to wait for a Hunter X Hunter video game release more than two decades since the start of the manga. Though the Hunter X Hunter manga made its debut in 1998, it has only had 390 chapters published during that time. This can be contrasted with One Piece, which began its manga run in 1997, but has over 1,000 chapters. Games like One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 touch on history that spans over 1,000 anime episodes and manga chapters. The popular Naruto series has more than 700 manga chapters to draw from, meaning Hunter X Hunter, despite its age, does not have as much content as some other Shonen juggernauts.
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The relatively small number of chapters for Hunter X Hunter over the last 24 years is due
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