Game:

Fatal Fury 2 (1992)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 30:59

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Note: Mame Cheat is used on this Playthrough.

Fatal Fury 2/Garou Densetsu 2 - Arata-naru Tatakai was produced by SNK in 1992. The lone wolves are back once again and they will battle the world's strongest fighters. However a mysterious & powerful new enemy is looking for them, the ones who defeated Geese Howard. Can the lone wolves face this new threat and come out victorious? Features backgrounds with 2 different background planes, improved control & some very nice music!

Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi return for another battle after defeating Geese Howard. This time, a mysterious warrior called Wolfgang Krauser has been injuring fighters from the previous tournament and now he's after Terry, Andy and Joe. Terry, Andy and Joe are joined along five new characters: Mai Shiranui (the ninja girl who is Andy's love interest), Chin Shin Zan (a fat guy), Kim Kaphwan (a Tae-Kwon-Doe expert), Jubei Yamada (a perverted Judo master) and Big Bear (the wrestler formerly know as Raiden).

The gameplay is your standard fighting game stuff except that you fight in two planes, not just one (which is useful for avoiding projectiles). You choose from one of the eight main characters and you either, fight against a second player or fight against the other seven CPU-controlled characters. After defeating all seven opponents, you must face three bosses before fighting Wolfgang: Billy Kane (from the first game), Axel Hawk (a boxer) and Laurence Blood (a Spanish matador). After defeating all of them, you must fight against Wolfgang Krauser in order to see your character's ending.

Things that changed in this sequel:

- This game allows you to switch between the background & foreground planes at will (in the first game, you could only switch planes if the CPU was on a different battle plane!).

- The game ditches the previous game's 3 button setup (punch, kick & throw) in favor of a new 4 button setup (light & heavy punches & kicks). This is apparently one of the very first Neo-Geo fighters to use this now common button setup.

- This game introduces the use of Desperation Moves (highly damaging techniques that can only be used when the life-bar is flashing red). This game as well as "Art of Fighting" were the first fighting games to introduce these moves.

- Newcomers in the game are: Mai Shiranui, Cheng Sinzan, Kim Kaphwan, Jubei Yamada, Big Bear (aka Raiden), Axel Hawk, Lawrence Blood & Wolfgang Krauser. Richard Meyer, Michael Max, Tung Fu Rue, Duck King, Hwa Jai & Geese Howard were left out! (although some of them make some cameos during some of the game's cut-scenes!).

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