(LAST UPDATE: 6/28/09)
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Developer(s): SNK
Publisher(s): SNK
Platform(s): Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Sega Saturn, Windows 95
Release: March 27th, 1995
Characters:
Terry,
Andy,
Joe,
Mai,
Franco,
Blue
Mary, Sokaku,
Bob,
Hon
Fu, Yamazaki, Chonrei,
Chonshu,
Geese
Related Games:
Fatal
Fury, Fatal Fury 2, 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: It has been two years since the second King Of Fighters tournament took place. Now Terry, Andy, Joe, Mai and Geese are back in South Town along with five new characters and three bosses. All of them have their own reasons of coming to South Town, but in the end, everything links to a scroll that reveals the secret to the lost ancient martial arts.
Review: Fatal Fury
3 was a pretty big improvement over it's predecessor, improving character
detail with re-drawn sprites (again), better animation, and introducing
several colorful new characters. The gameplay still feels slightly sluggish when
compared to the best 2D fighters out there, but
is now more playable than ever.
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The two-plane gameplay was upgraded to a three plane format known
as the Oversway System. Players fight primarily in the middle plane or the main
plane, but can move or "oversway" into either of the sway lines at the
background or foreground . Attacks between planes have returned but are now
called "oversway attacks" and players can now use special technique to
defend these attacks. Other new gameplay elements introduced include air
blocking, combination arts, new special & super moves, and even alternate
(more powerful) super moves which can only be used once per round.
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Along
with a cool looking world map, Fatal Fury 3 also features a cool ranking
system when fighting against the computer, which brought some innovation to the
fighting genre. When the player wins a round, they'll be ranked from D to triple
S. The final opponents the player faces at the end of the single player mode is
determined the by the player's average... With a lower score, the game will end
against Yamazaki, but with a higher score they will square off against one of
the Jin twins, or possibly both. Overall, Fatal Fury 3 was easily the best
presentation of the series to date.
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7 / 10 |
Closing Comment: The Fatal Fury series had seen it's best installment yet, but still fell short on gameplay (and fun) when compared to other 2D (and 3D) fighters of the time... The series and the characters still had much growing to do, but Fatal Fury 3 was sure to at least please fans of the series thus far. ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG
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