Kendo Rage Super Nintendo

Kendo Rage is a side-scrolling action title developed by Affect and published by Datam Polystar for SNES that was released in 1993. In the game, the player controls Josephine, a schoolgirl who recently came to live with her grandfather in rural Japan, at his kendo dojo. After her summer vacation, she leaves for her first day at school. However, her kendo skills will be tested as she faces all sorts of bizarre enemies on the way.

Kendo Rage has an anime art style, complete with characters engaging in melodramatic posturing, and Josephine becomes briefly super-deformed when hit. The game also features a persistent timer that runs over the course of the game, displayed in the upper-left corner. If the player doesn't beat the final boss by the time the clock reads 9:00, Josephine will be late for school and a bad ending will result.

The game is known as Makeruna! Makendou in Japan and has several Japan-only sequels.