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''Fatal Fury'' (餓狼伝説 or ''Garou Densetsu'' in Japan ) is a Fighting Game series developed by SNK for the Neo-Geo system. It is SNK's oldest fighting game, and was once a rival to Capcom 's '' Street Fighter '' series. GAMEPLAY The main fighting game feature that the original ''Fatal Fury'' was known for was the two-plane system. Characters would fight from two different planes, and by stepping between the planes, attacks could be dodged with ease. Later games drop the two-plane system, replacing it with a complex system of dodging. Characters often had moves that could attack across the two planes, attack both planes at once, or otherwise attack characters attempting to dodge. Later ''Fatal Fury'' games experimented with various other gimmicks, such as "ring-outs", where a character loses the round if the character is thrown into the edges of the fighting backdrop, and single-plane backdrops, where the element of dodging is eliminated altogether, and moves that sent opponents to the opposite plane instead did collateral damage. The most successful of these gimmicks were the ''Deadly Rave'', a super combo used by several characters that, after execution, a player must press a preset series of buttons with exact timing for the entire combo to execute, and the ''Just Defend'', a type of protected block in which players regain lost life. STORY The ''Fatal Fury'' series chronicles the rise of the "Hungry Wolf" Terry Bogard (hence the Japanese title, which translates to ''Legend of the Hungry Wolf''), and the simultaneous fall of the criminal empire of Geese Howard . Like many other SNK titles of the time, the first installment takes place in a fictitious American city called Southtown. Brimming with violence and corruption, Southtown forms the ideal backdrop for the annual '' King Of Fighters '' fighting tournament, organized by the notorious crimelord Geese. No fighter has ever managed to beat his right-hand man and appointed champion, Billy Kane , until Terry arrives on the scene. The second installment of the series features Geese's half-brother, Wolfgang Krauser , who internationalizes the formerly Southtown-only tournament in a bid to take on the world's strongest combatants. The ''King of Fighters'' tournament is no longer a part of the storyline by the third game, having been Spun Off into its own series. Instead, the third installment centers around Terry Bogard's attempts to stop Geese from obtaining an ancient scroll that would give him the powers of a lost and dangerous Martial Art form. After the third game, the series is renamed to ''Real Bout Fatal Fury''. In the first installment of this "new" series we see the final and decisive battle between Terry and Geese. The second installment, which is named ''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special'', features the return of Wolfgang. Finally, ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'' takes place a generation later. It focuses on Rock Howard , Terry's protégé and son of Geese, who makes a shocking discovery about his past when he enters the ''Maximum Mayhem'' tournament. The Interconnecting Plots ''Fatal Fury'' and its two sister series, '' Art Of Fighting '' and ''The King of Fighters'', often influenced each other in different ways. The storylines between each series share many similarities, but have many differences (one of the main differences between the storylines of ''Fatal Fury'' and ''KOF'' is whether Geese Howard remained alive). For some time, it was believed that, as new ''KOF'' games were being created each year, and games in the other two series were appearing with less frequency (or, in the case of ''Art of Fighting'', not at all), that ''KOF'' was a continuation or a Retcon of previously established storylines. However, it is currently believed that ''Fatal Fury'', along with ''Art of Fighting'' and '' The Last Blade '', is part of a universe separated from the ''KOF'' storyline. However, this is only speculation at this point. GAMES Canonical games These are the games that are considered part of the ''Fatal Fury'' story:
: aka ''Garou Densetsu: Shukumei no Tatakai'' - Japan : The first game of the ''Fatal Fury'' series allowed players to select one of three characters, Terry Bogard , Andy Bogard , and Joe Higashi , as they battled a gauntlet of computer-controlled opponents ending with Billy Kane and Geese Howard . When two players were playing, players had the option of either playing cooperatively against a computer opponent or competitively against each other. This game was later ported to Genesis and SNES by Takara . : Capitalizing on the popularity of '' Street Fighter II '', this game had the characters fight each other in locales around the world. Like '' Street Fighter II '', there were eight selectable characters and four computer-controlled Bosses , each of which had similarities with a corresponding '' Street Fighter II '' character. Also this game was later ported to Genesis and SNES by Takara .
: aka ''Garou Densetsu 3: Haruka-Naru Tatakai'' - Japan : With the '' and Jin Chonrei . : Continuing the story of ''Fatal Fury 3'', the main characters try to stop Geese Howard from claiming the mysterious Jin scrolls for himself and resulted in the ultimate demise of Geese. Ported to Japanese Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation by SNK and PAL Playstation by SCEE .
: In what was considered to be the ''Fatal Fury'' equivalent to '' Street Fighter III '', this game takes place a full generation later, and like ''SF3'', discards many of the recurring characters in favor of new ones. Like ''SF3'', the game was known for its graphical brilliance, being able to push the capabilities of the Neo-Geo to its limits, as well as for its highly technical gameplay. Some had considered ''Mark of the Wolves'' to be the "last great SNK game" as the production quality of SNK's later games began to take a nosedive as the company's financial woes increased. Non-canonical games
: aka ''Garou Densetsu: First Contact'' - Japan : An adaptation of ''Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers''. Featured exclusive character Lao , playable only in vs. mode. : An update of ''Fatal Fury 2'' that adds various characters from ''Fatal Fury'' (as well as Ryo Sakazaki from '' Art Of Fighting '') into the mix. It's been said that, as a result of the popularity that ensued from Ryo being a hidden character in this game, '' The King Of Fighters '' as a series was born. This game was later ported to Game Gear and SNES by Takara , to Sega CD by Victor Interactive Studios/JVC Digital Studios , and to PC Engine CD by Hudson Soft .
: aka ''Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special'' - Japan : Like ''Fatal Fury Special'' before it, ''Real Bout Special'' reintroduced many of the characters from previous games. Ported to Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation by SNK in Japan.
: aka ''Real Bout Garou Densetsu 2: The Newcomers'' - Japan : ''Real Bout 2'' did not add anything to the storylines, but introduced two new characters, Li Xiangfei and Rick Strowd , the former of which would later be a character in '' KoF ''. The game also featured a new hidden boss named Alfred .
: aka ''Garou Densetsu: Wild Ambition'' - Japan : A 3D Fighting Game that retells the story of ''Fatal Fury'', but with many of its established characters.
: A port of ''Real Bout Special'' which adds Alfred (the hidden boss in ''Real Bout 2'') as a playable character, and includes an all new boss character named White, based upon Alexander de Large, a character from the 1971 Stanley Kubrick Movie '' A Clockwork Orange ''. An interested thing to note is that Geese Howard sports a Halo over his head in this game, a reference to his passing in ''Real Bout 1''. Dominated Mind also featured new moves, hidden unlockable super moves, super cancelling (known in the game as "Final Impacts"), and removed the line-sway system from the game. Related games These games are not part of the ''Fatal Fury'' series, but involve characters from ''Fatal Fury'':
: aka ''Nettou Garou Densetsu 2'' - Japan
: aka ''Nettou Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special'' - Japan
: aka ''SNK vs. Capcom: Gekitotsu Card Fighters'' - Japan
: aka ''Nettou The King of Fighters '95'' - Japan
: aka ''Nettou The King of Fighters '96'' - Japan
: aka ''The King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends'' - Japan
CHARACTERS ''Fatal Fury'' contained many characters, some appearing in other series as well. These are the characters who appeared in a fighting capacity at some point in the series, listed in alphabetical order: Characters from Art of Fighting
Characters with appearances outside this series These include characters that have appeared in ''The King of Fighters'' series, as well as the '' SNK Vs. Series '' and '' Neo Geo Battle Coliseum ''.
: a.k.a. Big Bear (ビッグ・ベア)
: a.k.a. The Griffon (グリフォンマスク, Griffon Mask) - Japan
Other characters
: aka Marco Rodriguez (マルコ・ロドリゲス)
ABBREVIATION CONFUSION Like Capcom's game trilogy, '' Final Fight '', the ''Fatal Fury'' series may be confused with Square Enix 's popular '' Final Fantasy '' series if abbreviated FF . To prevent abbreviation confusion in general gaming circles and in role-playing game circles, the game series title would sometimes be abbreviated '''FFu''' or '''GD''' instead, and the name of ''Final Fight'' would be abbreviated '''FFi'''. Usually, the name of '''Fatal Fury''' or its Japanese name '''Garou Densetsu''' are spelled out in the role-playing video game circles. One exception is that ''Fatal Fury Special'' is normally abbreviated '''FFS''', and that ''Real Bout Fatal Fury'' is abbreviated '''RB1'''. ''Fatal Fury Special'' is abbreviated '''FFuS''' in the SPC Audio Archives . Fighting game specific Internet forums use '''FFa''' as the abbreviation for ''Final Fantasy''. MOVIES The Fatal Fury franchise also prompted the release of three movies. In North America they were released by Viz Video . It should be noted that the first two were released on a single DVD titled ''Fatal Fury: Double Impact'', which features a scene Viz originally removed from Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle on VHS due to be considered "too violent" at the time. The movies are as follows:
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