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  • Virtually Overlooked: Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu

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    JC Fletcher
    JC Fletcher
    08.23.2007

    Welcome to our weekly feature, Virtually Overlooked, wherein we talk about games that aren't on the Virtual Console yet, but should be. Call it a retro-speculative.Jackie Chan is famous for being an extremely acrobatic martial artist with a penchant for comedy and prop-fighting. He's also well-known as a singer, and a restaurateur who provides those lucky enough to be near one of his establishments with the most delicious sweet potato fries available. (Seriously, those sweet potato fries are life-changing.)When Rumble in the Bronx was released and Chan came into prominence in the US, many gamers were surprised to see that the big-headed mascot of an obscure side-scrolling platformer was in fact a real guy, with a relatively normal-sized head.