Lost In Translation/Fatal Fury 2

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Fatal Fury 2
Manufacturer	SNK
Released	1992
Control Method	8-way Joystick 4 Button(s)
Main CPU	Neo-Geo 68000 (@ 12.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo YM2610 (@ 8.000 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 320 x 224 pixels 59.19 Hz 4,096 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	21 ROMs 15,269,888 bytes (14.56 MiB)
MAME ID	fatfury2

About The Game

Fatal Fury 2 is an arcade video game.

The lone wolves are back once again and they will battle the world's strongest fighters. However a mysterious & powerful new enemy is looking for them, the ones who defeated Geese Howard.

Can the lone wolves face this new threat and come out victorious?

Features backgrounds with 2 different background planes, improved control & some very nice music! :)

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 December 1992.

This game is known in Japan as "Garou Densetsu 2 - Arata-Naru Tatakai" (translates from Japanese as 'Legend of Hungry Wolf 2 - The New Battle').

Acording to the USA flyer, the name of the game is 'Fatal Fury 2 - The Sultan of Slugs Battle Royale'. On the ingame titlescreen, however, it's just called 'Fatal Fury 2'.

Things that changed in this sequel :

• This game allows you to switch between the background & foreground planes at will (in the first game, you could only switch planes if the CPU was on a different battle plane!).
• The game ditches the previous game's 3 button setup (punch, kick & throw) in favor of a new 4 button setup (light & heavy punches & kicks). This is apparently one of the very first Neo-Geo fighters to use this now common button setup.
• This game introduces the use of Desperation Moves (highly damaging techniques that can only be used when the life-bar is flashing red). This game as well as "Art of Fighting" were the first fighting games to introduce these moves.
• Newcomers in the game are : Mai Shiranui, Cheng Sinzan, Kim Kaphwan, Jubei Yamada, Big Bear (aka Raiden), Axel Hawk, Lawrence Blood & Wolfgang Krauser. Richard Meyer, Michael Max, Tung Fu Rue, Duck King, Hwa Jai & Geese Howard were left out! (although some of them make some cameos during some of the game's cut-scenes!).

Just as the first game introduced the famed Terry Bogard, this game features SNK's most popular fighter lady : Mai Shiranui! :). Mai appears in "Quiz King of Fighters" as selectable character.

The Hungry Wolf is a reference to Terry Bogard, the main character in Fatal Fury. Terry, Andy and Joe (and to a lesser extent, Mai and Mary) are referred to as the Lone Wolves.

Keeping the tradition of the first game, an animated movie based on this game was released in Japan featuring character designs by Masami Ohbari. The movie was also released in the USA by Viz Video, a division of Viz Comics. After the second Fatal Fury movie was released, a third movie followed (which predated "Fatal Fury 3 - Road to the Final Victory"). It follows the adventures of the Lonely Wolves (Terry, Andy, Joe and Mai) as they attempt to prevent a power-hungry man from claiming all the parts of the legendary Armor of Mars.

When a player wins a match in a single player game, the post match screen shows people watching the tournament inside the Pao Pao Cafe from the first game, "Fatal Fury - King of Fighters".

Pony Canyon released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Garou Densetsu 2 - PCCB-00111) on 19/02/1993.

Tips and tricks

• You can only see any character's ending if you beat the game with a single credit used (no continues or 2-Player matches are allowed)
• Just like the first game, it's possible to use the strategy of dashing at your opponents just as they're getting up in order to damage them repeatedly.
• Billy Kane, Axel Hawk and Lawrence Blood all have stages that use a single plane, with the 'second' plane having objects on it that can injure players if they're knocked against them (all three of these bosses have ways of throwing their opponents into the background). You can knock the bosses into the background too by standing close to them while they're dazed and then hitting them with a good hard kick or punch.

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

Planners

Deru-Deru

Tsukamichi-2

Chinta

Object Designers

Higashi Pon (as Higashipon Mark3)

Tony Oki

Tsuzakingyo 2

Lionheart

U.G

Ryouji-Sei

Super Soe Soe

Heitarou

Terarin

Horigen.Pu-Ta

Back Scroll Designers

Moriyan

Somatreeno

Oba Obata

Shibatarian

Uri Midopon

A-Chang

Character Back Up

Manuke

Teizo Muta 92

Kama Kama

Takeshi Kimura

Man

Take.P

Albinome

Pinkey.Tbc440

Programmers

Yamatan (Yamatan-2' Turbo)

Speaker.R

Sound

Toshio Shimizm (as Shimizm)

Yoko

Jojoha Kitapy

Ylf.Communicate

Paciorek

Masahiko Hataya (Papaya)

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

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Neo-Geo arcade cabinet.

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  Fatal Fury 2 marquee.

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  Fatal Fury 2 flyer.

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  Inside of the Fatal Fury 2 flyer.

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  Inside of the Fatal Fury 2 flyer.

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  Inside of the Fatal Fury 2 flyer.

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  Inside of the Fatal Fury 2 flyer.

Ports

Consoles

Sega Mega Drive (1992)

Nintendo Game Boy (1993)

Nintendo Super Famicom (1994)

NEC PC-Engine CD (1994)

SNK Neo-Geo CD (1994)

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

Sharp X68000 (1993, "Garou Densetsu 2")

FM Towns PC

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Garou Densetsu 2	PCCB-00111	1993-02-19	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
Neo Geo Collector's Box	PCCB-00126	1993-09-17	Pony Canyon/Scitron	3 CD version.
NEO SELECTION - NEO-GEO Fighting Tournament Best / SNK.ADK	PCCB-00141	1993-12-17	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
ZI:KILL / Fuji Terebi-kei Special Anime Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu 2 Shudaika CALLING	KIDS-145	1993-07-21	King Records	CD version.
Neo Geo Collector's Box	PCCB-00127	1993-09-17	Pony Canyon/Scitron	3 CD version.
Samurai Spirits Drama CD	PCCB-00300	1998-03-04	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
SNK Character Sounds Collection Volume 7 - Ryuji Yamazaki	PCCB-00320	1998-06-17	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
Super Famicom Magazine Volume 11 - The Fighting Game Special & New Game Sound Museum	TIM-SFC11	1993-11-01	Tokuma Shoten Publishing	CD version.
Classic in Game Music - Legend Compilation Series	SCDC-00463	2005-09-21	Scitron Discs	CD version.
Super Famicom Magazine Volume 13 - Romancing SaGa2 Opening Demonstration & New Game Sound Museum	TIM-SFC13	1994-01-01	Tokuma Shoten Publishing	CD version.
Dengeki CD Bunko Best Game Selection 11 - Garou Densetsu 2 ~Aratanaru Tatakai~	MWCG-0010	1994-05-31	Media Works	CD version.
Gaesen Oh - Scitron Game Music Mega Mix Vol.1	KGCD-0001	1994-01-01	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
Garou Densetsu / Fatal Fury 15th Anniversary BOX	SCDC-00553~9	2006-11-15	Happinet Corporation	6 CD version.

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.