Fatal
Fury: First Contact
REVIEW:
Fatal Fury:
First Contact is basically a "pocket-remix" of Real
Bout Fatal Fury 2, featuring most of the same gameplay elements, characters,
and backgrounds of the original game. First Contact also featured exclusive
character Lao (the fighter who was defeated by Xiangfei & Rick in the
animated intro in RBFF2), playable only in the 2-player versus mode.
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Love that chibi art style.
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First Contact
is the second fighting
game to be ported specifically for the Neo Geo Pocket, and sports some pretty
quality graphics with "chibi-style" sprites and artwork. The gameplay
actually feels a lot like Real Bout 2, and was a fun and simple handheld
fighter at the time. SNK did
an awesome job of transforming the Real Bout cast into tiny, big-headed
sprites, which still retained nearly all of their moves and even
personalities... the
facial expressions during gameplay are priceless.
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What a cute Raging Storm!
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| Page Updated: |
January 13th, 2020 |
| Developer(s): |
SNK |
| Publisher(s): |
SNK |
| Platform(s): |
Neo
Geo Pocket
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| Release Date(s): |
April 30th, 1999 |
| Characters: |
Terry
Bogard,
Joe Higashi,
Andy Bogard,
Rick Strowd, Alfred
Airhawk, Mai Shiranui,
Billy
Kane, Kim Kapwhan, Wolfgang
Krauser, Ruyji Yamazaki, Li
Xiangfei, Lao |
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| Featured
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| Related Games: |
Fatal
Fury, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal
Fury 3, Fatal Fury Special, Real
Bout Fatal Fury, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special,
Real Bout Special: Dominated Mind,
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury: Wild
Ambition, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, The King
of Fighters R-1,
King of Fighters R-2, SNK Gals Fighters,
Card Fighters Clash,
Card Fighters Clash 2, Last
Blade: Beyond The Destiny, Samurai
Shodown: Pocket, Samurai Shodown 2:
Pocket, SNK VS Capcom: Match of the Millennium ,
Street Fighter Alpha 3: Upper,
SFA3: Max |
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Gameplay
Engine
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6.5 / 10
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Story
/ Theme
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6.0 / 10
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Overall
Graphics
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7.5 / 10
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Animation
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6.5 / 10
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Music
/ Sound Effects
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6.5 / 10
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Innovation
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5.0 / 10
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Art Direction
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8.0 / 10
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Customization
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4.0 / 10
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Options / Extras
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2.0 / 10
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Intro / Presentation
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6.0 / 10
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Replayability / Fun
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6.0 / 10
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"Ouch" Factor
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5.5 / 10
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Characters
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7.5 / 10
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BOTTOM LINE
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6.6
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10
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| Final
Words: |
Fatal Fury: 1st Contact
shouldn't be missed by any hardcore fan of the
Fatal Fury Real Bout series. It's not the
deepest or most fun fighter on the Neo Geo Pocket... but for nostalgia value and it's cute style of charm, it's pretty much must have title for any NeoGeo Pocket Color owner.
~TFG
Webmaster
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