Santa Fu!

Santa Fu! is a flash animation action/fighting game designed by Newgrounds.com user Mockery and programmed by Newgrounds.com programmer RainbowCemetery. The artwork for the game was done by Newgrounds.com artist poxpower. This parody on the classic Nintendo Entertainment System video game titled Kung Fu was submitted to Newgrounds.com on December 23, 2009 and won a Daily 5th Place award on December 24, 2009. The most recent posted update by the game author(s) was on December 24, 2009.

Game Background

Santa Claus is drunk from drinking too much egg nog. Everyone at the North Pole wants to stop him from going on another drunken adventure. Using the art of Santa Fu, help Santa Claus fight his opponents and show them who's boss. Also, Mrs. Claus has gone missing and needs rescuing.

Game Controls

Use arrow keys to move around. Press Up to jump; press Down to duck.
Press Z or A to kick.
Press X or S to Punch.
Press P to pause the game.
Press 1 through 6 to select a music track.

Gameplay

Using the controls listed above, fight your way through the opponents to defend your place as the king of Christmas. The game allows you to move around horizontally. You can duck by pressing Down, and you can jump by pressing Up. Fight the enemies and destroy them as they approach you. If you get hit by anything, or if any enemies touch you, you will take damage.

At the top-left of the screen, you can view your health. Below your health bar is the health bar of the boss for that stage. Defeat the boss by decreasing the health bar all the way to advance to the next stage.

There are a total of 5 stages, and the stage you are currently on corresponds to the boxes that are displayed at the top of the screen. The number of lives you have left are displayed below the boxes. Next to that are the number of Christmas trees you have. To the right of that, you have the amount of time you have left to complete the stage.

At the end of each stage, you are scored based on the amount of health you managed to keep and the amount of time you managed to not use. Your score is displayed at the top of the screen, along with the top score.

At the main menu, you can find a list of high scores. Score high to place your own initials on this list.

Game Review

Santa Fu! is a fun little parody of a classic NES game. If you enjoyed playing Kung Fu on the NES, then you will love Santa Fu! With 6 different music tracks and a gameplay style that is a mirror image of the NES Kung Fu game, gamers of all types will enjoy this Christmas-themed game.

Santa Fu! scores an 8/10 for being a great Christmas-inspired parody of an NES classic.