![]() ![]() The TV specials were based on the plots of the first two games, while the feature film had an original plot and villains. It wouldn't be until 2022 that SNK revealed they greenlit a new installment of the Fatal Fury series, ending an over 20-year hiatus.Īrt of Fighting, another fighting game series from SNK, is a prequel - also set in Southtown - that takes place a decade before the events of Fatal Fury, with a young Geese Howard as a secret boss in the second game.Īn anime adaptation comprised of two TV specials (often mislabeled as OVAs, even though they aired on Japanese TV before getting home video releases) and a feature-length theatrical movie was based on the games, all including character designs by Masami Obari. Terry Bogard himself appeared in Fighting EX Layer in 2018, and in 2019, was announced as the fifth DLC character in Super Smash Bros. Mai Shiranui appears in Dead or Alive 5: Last Round note Astonishingly appropriate, we know! and its sequel, Dead or Alive 6, while Geese Howard appears as a DLC Fighter in Tekken 7. Pachislot machines with the Fatal Fury theme were also released, and there is a crossover game with Fighter's History Dynamite available for mobile phones in Japan. While the last installment of the series appeared in late 1999, many of its characters are still widely popular today and continue to appear in a number of Spin-Off series and other main series, most notably The King of Fighters series. Garou: Mark of the Wolves (1999, Neo Geo, Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2).Fatal Fury First Contact (1999, Neo Geo Pocket).Fatal Fury Wild Ambition (1999, Hyper Neo Geo 64, PlayStation).Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Dominated Mind (1998, PlayStation).Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (1998, Neo Geo). ![]() Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (1996, Neo Geo, Sega Saturn).Real Bout Fatal Fury (1995, Neo Geo, PlayStation, Sega Saturn).Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory (1995, Neo Geo, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows).Fatal Fury Special (1993, Neo Geo, SNES, Sega CD, PC Engine).Fatal Fury 2 (1992, Neo Geo, SNES, Sega Genesis, PC Engine).Fatal Fury: King of Fighters note The subtitle in its arcade release) (1991, Neo Geo, SNES, Sega Genesis).This system would undergo some changes after the third installment and was dropped altogether for the last game.Games in the series: ![]() The distinctive characteristic of the series is the ability of the characters to fight in two different planes in most stages, giving them the capability to avoid attacks by moving between planes. More characters and villains are introduced in subsequent sequels, and the original Big Bad Geese Howard also returns in most of them. The sequel drops this mechanic and adopts the World Tournament format used in Street Fighter II, introducing five new playable characters, and new bosses. The first game only has three playable characters, and an interesting mechanic in which a second player joining in the middle of a fight will join the first player in double-teaming their present opponent before facing each other. Ten years later, in 1991, the brothers and Andy's friend Joe Higashi enter the King of Fighters to avenge their father. Andy leaves to train in Japan and Terry stays in Southtown. Swearing revenge, both brothers start to train, to fight Geese in his "King of Fighters" tournament. Later, crime lord Geese Howard killed Jeff Bogard, an event that young Terry witnesses. The story of the series is set in the fictional city of Southtown, USA, and starts many years before the events of the first game, when martial artist Jeff Bogard adopts two orphans, whom he names Terry and Andy. Fatal Fury, known in Japan as Garou Densetsu ( Legend of the Hungry Wolves), is a Fighting Game series by SNK that was released for the Neo Geo arcade and home video game systems. ![]()
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