Kunio-kun series was made from the original game, known as Renegade in the USA. It stems from the video game designer’s idea about making a game about when he was a teenager and getting into fights every day at school. Later Kunio-kun games had distinctive cartoon graphics and spread out into sports first high school sports meet and then dodge ball, hockey, soccer, basketball, and even beach volleyball.
Astonishingly, Double Dragon is another beat ’em up series that evolved from the original Kunio-kun game Renegade. The most iconic and cult classic Kunio-kun game in the USA is River City Ransom, whose original idea was to have a Double Dragon game that was made for kids to do what they like, such as buy things in stores in the game.
Another well-known Kunio-kun game in the US is Nintendo World Cup. It’s the Kunio-kun characters in World Cup soccer! People in America didn’t really know the connection with River City Ransom, Nintendo World Cup, and Super Dodge Ball characters at the time though.
Here is a wiki that explains and list the series better than I can. Kunio-kun Wiki
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