Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
(LAST UPDATE: 7/10/09)
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Developer(s): SNK
Publisher(s): SNK
Platform(s): Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Sega Saturn, Playstation, PS2
Release: January 28th, 1997
Characters: Terry, Andy, Joe, Franco, Mai, Bob, Geese, Billy Kane, Hon Fu, Yamazaki, Sokaku, Blue Mary, Kim, Chonshu, Chonrei, Duck King, Cheng, Laurence, Krauser, Tung Fu Rue, Xiangfei, White
Related Games: Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury 3, Fatal Fury Special, Fatal Fury Real Bout, Fatal Fury Real Bout 2, Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition, Fatal Fury: 1st Contact, Garou: Mark of The Wolves
Review: The sixth installment of the Fatal Fury series, and second fighting game in the Real Bout sub-series by SNK. This game features all new graphics and returns to the two-level plane system from Fatal Fury 2.
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The game retains the cast of the original Real Bout, with the addition Tung Fu Rue, Cheng Sinzan. Laurence Blood and Wolfgang Krauser from Fatal Fury Special, with Krauser serving as the new final boss. Geese Howard, who was killed off in the end of the original Real Bout appears in this game as a hidden final boss in a special "Nightmare Match" and as an unlockable playable character in the home versions. The game also features hidden "extra" versions of Tung Fu Rue, Billy Kane, Blue Mary, and Andy Bogard, for a total of 22 characters.
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Gameplay Engine 6.5 / 10 Story / Theme 6.5 / 10 Overall Graphics 7 / 10 Animation 6.5 / 10 Music / Sound Effects 5.5 / 10 Innovation 5.5 / 10 Customization 5 / 10 Options / Extras 5 / 10 Intro / Presentation 7 / 10 Replayability / Fun 6.5 / 10 "Ouch" Factor 5.5 / 10 Characters 7 / 10 BOTTOM LINE 7 / 10
Closing Comment: At this point, the Fatal Fury series had taken a nice change into the new world of fighting games... The characters (now well developed), look better than ever, but the game engine was getting kinda old. ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG