Despite its awful name, it's a game you'll have a lot of fun playing through.
Graphics:
As I turned the game on the first time I thought; Oh, my god! Not another childish kiddie game. The first thing you see when the game starts are these flames that are almost in the shape of a heart, but a second or two in, the kung fu kid logo appears in the center of the heart, that wasn't really a heart just the outline of the game's logo, so after a few seconds it actually looks like a cool game. There is variety in the levels and the graphics look smooth. You walk from left to right, and in some levels there are higher grounds. The scrolling is flawless and the few different kinds of enemies you'll fight look ok and they are animated well. There are quite a few bosses and mini bosses in this game with smooth animation and cool attacks including throwing weapons. A big disappointment is the ending. Your character (the kung fu kid) just jump-kick the screen and he freezes, then some credits and the words "the end" appear. There are some really nice features though, like your hair blowing in the wind when you jump and the last stage's animated backdrop with dark clouds, lightning etc. The levels actually have great variation and a lot of color to them. The sprite detection system is near-perfect too.
79%
Sound:
Decent, but kind of uninspiring music. My favorite tunes are the short one as you start the game and the ending one after you've completed the game. The sound-effects are powerful and crisp.
70%
Gameplay:
The range of attacks at your disposal seems ridiculous at first, there are just a few attacks but the fact that you can jump and leap on walls is cool and adds to the gameplay. A thing that's unusual in this game is that you'll fight ghosts and zombies and Chinese vampires (the jumping ones with their arms stretched out) and in the stages you'll find magic papers as you can throw at the undead to dispel them. The papers can seem few and far apart so save them for the later levels, where you'll REALLY need them. The technique for using them is not very good. You have to stand still and press the attack button. If you press in any direction while you press the attack button you'll perform another attack, so you'll find yourself kicking at zombies (who won't go down) sometimes when what you really want to do is to dispel them. Sluggish but cool feature. Also, as you can imagine, with five or so normal enemies spanning around seven stages, it gets tedious at times. I say AROUND seven stages because some of the stages are just boss-fights that, I have to add, are really cool and fun.
72%
Lastability:
You will definitely want to play this until you finish it, and without a password feature, that means a lot of re-playing old levels, but as you go along and learn the patterns it's not very frustrating and it's not very difficult, like some games in this genre can be. I can imagine that you'll play through this game a couple of times even after you've finished it just because it's so fun although it might be a little too easy, but if it were harder, it would have been frustrating.
64%
Overall:
A very fun fighting game. If you're in the mood for side-scrolling 2d fighting, you should definitely give Kung fu kid a try because, despite its awful name, it's a game you'll have a lot of fun playing through.
72%