Lost In Translation/Fatal Fury Special

About The Game
Fatal Fury Special is an arcade video game.

Just as the name implies, this is a special edition of "Fatal Fury 2" filled with plenty of fun stuff. Features a few old familiar faces from the first game as newcomers; background with 2 battle planes; improved control and lots of secrets. Without a doubt, one of the better chapters in the series! :)

Additional Technical Information
Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4

=> [A] Quick punch [B] Quick kick [C] Strong punch [D] Strong kick

Trivia
Released in September 1993.

This game is known in Japan as "Garou Densetsu Special" (translates from Japanese as 'Legend of Hungry Wolf Special').

Things that changed in this particular game :
 * The combo system has been improved, hit damage has been lessened & the game speed has been increased.
 * Newcomers in the game are Duck King, Tung Fu Rue, Geese Howard & Ryo Sakazaki.

Is Kim Kaphwan trying to replace Superman? You'll see for yourself when you spot him flying in Big Bear's & Terry Bogard's stages! :)

Pony Canyon released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Garou Densetsu Special - PCCB-00138) on 21/10/1993.

Updates
MVS (arcade) vs. Home (neo-geo) differences :
 * Home : After the credits you will see all the characters grouped together and it will say to try a harder difficulty. If you beat it in the hardest difficulty it will say 'Perfect! It's a knockout, Superman!'.
 * Home : If playing on the hardest difficulty and you fought Ryo Sakazaki, you will see all the characters moving around him in a circle while he, for some reason, is crying.

Tips and tricks

 * Fight against Ryo Sakazaki : Beat the game without losing a single round (you can lose continues, but not rounds). You'll face against "Art of Fighting"'s main character Ryo Sakazaki as a powerful extra end boss!
 * Beat the game without using a single continue and after the credits you will see every character performing a special move, their portraits and giving a quote.

Series

 * 1) Fatal Fury - King of Fighters (1991)
 * 2) Fatal Fury 2 (1992)
 * 3) Fatal Fury Special (1993)
 * 4) Fatal Fury 3 - Road to the Final Victory (1995)
 * 5) Real Bout Fatal Fury (1995)
 * 6) Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (1996)
 * 7) Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 - The Newcomers (1998)
 * 8) Fatal Fury Wild Ambition (1998)
 * 9) Garou - Mark of the Wolves (1999)
 * 10) Fatal Fury First Contact (1999, SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color)

Staff

 * Producer:
 * Eikichi Kawasaki


 * Main Planner:
 * Tsukamichi-2


 * Planners:
 * Chinta
 * Deru-Deru


 * Main Object Designer:
 * Tsuzakingyo


 * Object Designers:
 * Higashi Pon (as Higashipon Mega)
 * Tony J Oki
 * Lionhert 31
 * Heitarou


 * Demo Sketch:
 * Tsuka


 * Main Scroll & Demo:
 * Somatoreeno


 * Scroll & Demo:
 * Moriyan No. 16th


 * Main Programmer:
 * Yamatan (as Yamatan GT-X)


 * Programmers:
 * Narutaki
 * EP82Boy.
 * Speaker.R


 * Sound Creators:
 * Toshio Shimizm (as Shimizm)
 * Yamapy-1
 * Jojoha Kitapy

Voice Actors

 * Terry Bogard:
 * Satoshi Hashimoto


 * Andy Bogard:
 * Jun Hashimoto


 * Joe Higashi:
 * Katsuhisa Namase


 * Mai Shiranui:
 * Akoya Sogi


 * Big Bear:
 * Dango Takeda


 * Cheng Sinzan:
 * Jun Hashimoto


 * Laurence Blood:
 * Katsuhisa Namase


 * Axel Hawk:
 * Michael Beard


 * Billy Kane:
 * Katsuhisa Namase


 * Wolfgang Krauser:
 * Michael Beard

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Nintendo Super Famicom (1994)
 * Sega Game Gear (1994)
 * SNK Neo-Geo CD (1994)
 * Sega Mega CD (1994)
 * NEC PC-Engine Super CD
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "NeoGeo Online Collection Vol.6 : Garou Densetsu Battle Archives 1" JP)
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Fatal Fury Collection" US & EU)


 * Computers :
 * PC (1997)
 * Sharp X68000