Fatal Fury (universe)

Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury (universe)
Developer(s)	SNK
Publisher(s)	SNK
Designer(s)	Fatal Fury TBA Art of Fighting Ahokamen Boke Teizo Muta Tony Oki Ayumi Tsuzaki Higashi Pon Kimura Ken Eikichi Kawasaki Hiroshi Matsumoto
Genre(s)	Fighting
Console of origin	Neo Geo MVS Arcade
First installment	Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (1991)
Latest installment	Garou: Mark of the Wolves (1999)

The Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury universe (龍虎の拳/餓狼伝説, Dragon Tiger Fist/Legendary Hungry Wolf) is a collective fighting game series takes place in the same universe created by SNK. Originating on the Neo Geo MVS Arcade in 1991 where it started with Fatal Fury series, and chronologically in 1992 being Art of Fighting trilogy series, a prequel to the Fatal Fury. The Fatal Fury series became world-renowned as one of SNK's most lucrative franchises than its prequel Art of Fighting series, where the latter being added to the former series. Both Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting became part of the main core series to be brought in other popular SNK fighting game series timeline, The King of Fighters. It stars a multitude of characters whose sights are set on their life goals within SNK multiverse, South Town (the main settings in Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters timelines) -- as is the case with its main star and sole playable downloadable fighter debuted in Fatal Fury, Terry Bogard.

Franchise description

Both franchises take place in the same timeline, with Art of Fighting generally being a prequel to the Fatal Fury series.

Fatal Fury revolves around the story of Terry Bogard, his brother Andy, their friend Joe Higashi, and their various assorted friends and foes. Fatal Fury is also infamous for introducing Mai Shiranui, a kunoichi and Andy's self proclaimed girlfriend, who is also considered one of gaming's most well known "sex symbols." Art of Fighting revolves around Kyokugen masters Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia, as well as Ryo's father Takuma and his sister Yuri.

Fatal Fury introduced a multi-plane fighting system where characters could jump into ro be launched into the background or foreground of stages to simulate 3D battling. the first game also allowed for two player co-operative play in order to take on a boss, though both players would have to face each other afterward.

Art of Fighting is usually looked down upon by players, but infact introduced a lot of mechanics to the world of fighting games that many games and players take for granted nowadays. This includes dynamic zooming cameras, visible battle damage (character sprites would show bruises and swelling on their faces as they took damage) and desperation moves that could be performed when a character was low on health.

The two franchises occasionally crossed over in some way or another. Art of Fighting 2 allowed skilled players to face a young 1970s era Geese Howard, the main villain of the Fatal Fury series, while in Fatal Fury Special, players who did well in arcade could face Art of Fightings Ryo Sakazaki as a bonus boss. It is believed that this served as the springboard for The King of Fighters, where Terry, Ryo and their friends and foes make frequent playable appearances.

List of games in Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury franchise

Fatal Fury

• Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (1991)
• Fatal Fury 2 (1992)
• Fatal Fury Special (1993)
• Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory (1995)
• Real Bout Fatal Fury (1995)
• Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (1997)
• Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special: Dominated Mind (1998)
• Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (1998)
• Fatal Fury: First Contact (1999)
• Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition (1999)
• Garou: Mark of the Wolves (1999)

Art of Fighting

• Art of Fighting (1992)
• Art of Fighting 2 (1994)
• Art of Fighting 3 (1996)

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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Assist Trophies

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Spirits

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Trivia

• Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters are the three in one third party universe in Super Smash Bros. series, due to both being fighting games of SNK multiverse. Thus, SNK fighting series multiverse itself is the second known fighting game series in Smash, the first being Street Fighter.

External Links

• The SNK wiki