(LAST UPDATE: 6/28/09)
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Developer(s): SNK (NeoGeo), Takara (SNES/Genesis)
Publisher(s): SNK
Platform(s): Neo
Geo, Neo Geo CD, PC, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Boy, Wii Virtual Console
Release: December 12, 1992 (JP MVS), March 5th 1993 (NeoGeo), November
26th 1993 (JP SNES), April 1994 (NA SNES), March 12th 1994 (JP PC), June 24th
1994 (JP Genesis), September 9th 1994 (NeoGeo CD), June 30th 2009 (NA Wii VC)
Characters:
Terry,
Andy,
Joe,
Mai,
Big
Bear, Kim,
Cheng,
Jubei,
Billy
Kane, Axel Hawk, Laurence
Blood, Krauser,
Related Games:
Fatal
Fury, Fatal Fury 3, Fatal
Fury Special, Fatal Fury Real Bout, Fatal
Fury Real Bout 2,
Fatal Fury Real Bout
Special, Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition,
Fatal
Fury: 1st Contact, Garou: Mark of The Wolves
Story:
After Geese Howard's death in the original Fatal
Fury, a mysterious nobleman becomes the sponsor of the new "King of
Fighters" tournament. This time, the tournament is held worldwide with
fighters around the globe competing. As the single player mode progresses, the
mysterious challenger begins defeating the participants from the previous Fatal
Fury game, searching for the man responsible for defeating Geese.
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Review: Fatal Fury 2 introduced a handful of brand new characters, backgrounds, and new special moves. The graphics were much improved over the original, with completely redrawn sprites and better animation, but the presentation seemed lacking in some ways... The intro and character selection screen, for one, was quite bland. The gameplay was also much improved over the original, but still felt "slow" when compared to the Street Fighter 2 series' gameplay mechanics.
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The unique gameplay element of switching between the foreground and
background, introduced in the first Fatal Fury, has returned. This time,
the player can switch freely between planes by pressing the Light Punch and
Light Kick buttons simultaneously for to attack while switching planes. The
player can also perform super move that knocks their opponent to the other
plane. Certain stages have hazards in the background, such as electrified wires
or even a stampede of bulls, which players can knock their opponents into for
extra damage.
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6 / 10 |
Closing Comment: Fatal Fury 2 was a decent improvement over the first game, but also left out most of the characters from the original game... Kinda disappointing if you were a fan of any of the original bad guys. However, SNK later released Fatal Fury Special, an upgrade to Fatal Fury 2 which brought back some of the better classic characters from the original. The fighting system had improved quite a bit, but serious fighting game players were still putting all of their tokens into Street Fighter 2 cabinet... Fatal Fury 2 was a solid effort, but SNK still needed more to compete with Capcom's monster. ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG
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