Fatal Fury
video game series
Fatal Fury, known as Garō Densetsu (餓狼伝説, Legend of the Hungry Wolf) in Japan, is a fighting game series developed by SNK, first released on SNK's Neo Geo system. Similar to other games from the genre, the franchise involves rounds where the player is given access to both combos and special techniques needed to defeat enemies. The franchise was started by Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (1991), and has come to include several spin-offs and anime adaptations.
Though only three characters were playable in the first installment, the cast was expanded with each new game. The story focuses on the antagonism between the children of the late Jeff Bogard, Terry and Andy, and the South Town crime lord Geese Howard as well as several fighters allied with both factions to see which side will win in a series of fighting competitions. This original story arc ends with the fourth instalment, Real Bout Fatal Fury (1995), with Geese's son Rock Howard taking over as protagonist in Garou: Mark of the Wolves (1999) to find the mystery behind his legacy. After Mark of the Wolves, the failure of the Neo Geo's successor and SNK's bankruptcy contributed to the end of the Fatal Fury franchise, until its 26-years hiatus was ended with Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (2025), released on most modern system, which ends Rock's arc while giving the player new forms of exploring each character's role in the story for the first time.
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters was designed by Takashi Nishiyama, the creator of the original Street Fighter (1987) at Capcom. After leaving Capcom for SNK, Nishiyama wanted to create a fighting game with a storyline and characters that were easier to empathize with, something he wasn't able to achieve with Street Fighter. Fatal Fury inspired multiple sequels published by SNK following its success.
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