I do believe that Dominated Mind’s White’s design is based on Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange’s “droogs” style. Especially the main character, Alex DeLarge, who is also using a cane. Maybe that is why it was not published in the west or there is no remake.
Ummmm. . .his name isnt Marco "Butt" Rodriguez tho. Its Khushnood Butt (supposed to be Bhatt since hes Indian) and Marco Rodriguez because hes Brazilian "butt" you actually covered that
Agreed. If we want more comparisons with Street Fighter: _Fatal Fury Special_ = _Super Street Fighter 2_ _Real Bout Fatal Fury Special_ and _2_ = _Street Fighter Alpha 2_ and _3_ _Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition_ = _Street Fighter EX2_ _Garou: Mark of the Wolves_ = _Street Fighter 3: Third Strike_ _Neo Geo Battle Colliseum_ = _Capcom Fighting Evolution_ And if you include KoF into that list, the similarities become even more apparent. I'd say _The King of Fighters XV_ is equal to _Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition._
@@BknMoonStudios thank you for the list! I played only some of the Fatal Fury games and Street Fighter games. If I want to play one game but cant find it, I will look for another game similar to it on your list.
Just to mention it, due to Brazil being heavily influenced by piracy during the PSX era, Real Bout Dominated Mind was kinda the norm. Was so engraved with players around here that when I tried Real Bout 2 on PS2 I was bummed that Final Impacts were absent... Anyway Matt, thank you. Holy shit.
I was gonna say, pirated games were very common here in Brazil and weren't limited to US English releases. I played many a Japanese PS1 games like that back in the day, I played much more Soul Edge than Soul Blade for example. There's even a documentary showing how piracy actually made gaming here possible.
*Opponent falls to the ground, puts arms up to block Terry: "Are you okay?" Opponent: *lowers arms "Thank you!" "I can no longer fi....." Terry: "BUSTA WOLF!!" Opponent: "SON OF A..... AHHH!!"
Terry is my favorite fighting game character of all time. His moveset, story, characterization, and AMAZING voice work are all absolutely perfect. I've been getting my son into FF and KoF and this video really helped bring my love for the character and the series home for him. Awesome video Matt, thank you.
Fun Facts:---Kim Kaphwan is the FIRST Korean fighting game character! Fatal Fury 2 was the first videogame in history to have “Jiggle Physics” with Mai Shiranui’s victory animation!
Geese didn't fake his death! He actually had 1 of the 3 Scrolls the Brothers Jin want. The scroll made him somewhat invulnerable, which explains how he survived the fall in FF1.
You'd think after an experience like that he'd want to hold on to it. I always liked the idea that he saved himself by inventing the Shippuuken on the spot as he fell, and using it to stop his descent.
@@AirLancer sorry, man. That was a joke amongst fans. Like I said, the scroll he had that helped him survive the fall, was called the Scroll of the Phoenix. All it did was speed up his recovery, not becoming invulnerable. Have to correct myself in that last comment. By the way, he should hold on to the scroll longer, but Matt did say Geese tore up all 3 Scrolls of the Jin, so that no one would get a leg up on him. Some things are better in hindsight, which pretty much sucks.
@@manson2178 Isn't the twist in 3 that the scrolls don't actually have any powers, and the Jin brothers did all of that for nothing? I think Geese did survive on his own and pretended to be dead until 3, where he got the scrolls and burned them because he still believed they had powers and could be used by someone else to oppose him.
The Fatal Fury games take place in an alternate timelime from the KOF games. (Same with Art of Fighting) That's why Geese is alive in the King of Fighters games
I still remember when I played Fatal Fury for the first time: I was 10-11 years old and I saw in the arcade next to SF Champion edition, this protagonist who wore an "orange" cap and wore sneakers ... I fell in love with the game in less than 1 minute. It's my favorite game franchise, and I'm excited to see you do such a thorough review. I will enjoy it like when I saw Fata Fury for the first time: as a 10 year old boy having his snack.
Wubba, wubba. You're in the pink today, Matt! But seriously, Fatal Fury is one of my all-time favorite series. I played and reviewed all of the game years ago, and Garou is still one of games I still play regularly. So much fun, so much lore, so many memories... Thanks for the awesome video!
Just a few notes: There were only 3 scrolls. One with Master Tung (Geese got it), one with Krauser and one with the Jin twins. And Rock mother's name is Marie. Thanks for the video! ^^
There is going to be another Fatal Fury game. Sequel, Garou Mark of the Wolves 2 got announced a week ago during EVO 2022. Officially greenlit to be in development at SNK.
Back when I was in high school I remember working at the Tech Museum in San Jose. At the time, they had an exhibit floor dedicated to gaming history. They had a bunch of obscure cabinets and Garou: Mark of the Wolves was my first exposure to Fatal Fury. Whenever I had a break and my supervisors weren't around, I'd dump my time off trying to fight Kain. Really appreciate the nostalgia trip Matt.
Fatal Fury arcade machines were very popular around here in Brazil... I miss this... Thank you for this love letter to the series Matt! Speaking of 'dormant' series, I also would love to know what happened to Time Splitters....Those were some of the most fun and content packed FPSs I ever had the opportunity to check...
I literally DID buy the PlayStation version of Real Bout from a Virgin Megastore bargain bin about 20 years ago! Still have it too! Thanks for making that find feel even more special
14:56. I almost spilled my entire bottle of water at the screen. Wubba wubba, I was not prepared for it, today. xD Here in Brazil we played a lot of FF Special, KoFs and Garou. What an awesome video.
I remember playing Fatal Fury in Alabama years ago when SNK was still a household name in North America. I don't know why SNK's presence faded from North America, but I can say they were around back then.
@@Rotostorm331 Capcom really did it's job in advertising and release of games in N.A.. I believe. KoF and other titles are very famous in Central and South America though. KoF is still popular among fighting game fans, in Brazil. We're hoping KoF XV becomes a great game, too.
@@MuJoNeSs It's odd how it's been 20 years since SNK went under and yet we still don't fully know what caused it aside from the Neo-Geo systems failing and the reliance on Arcades. I personally think that other factors contributed to SNK's bankruptcy and I hope one day, someone will make a video about it for everyone to hear and see.
@@Rotostorm331 Maybe sells weren't that great, because the Neo Geo console was sold at a stupidly high price. Capcom thrived a lot making games for the most popular consoles. They have very strong IPs too. SNK was very strong, but when 3d games started to get most of the atention of the public, they lost copious amounts of money on games that flopped hard. Too sad.
It's so crazy to me on how long it took me to get into the SNK library. Growing up, I only knew them as the guys who made Metal Slug 2 and its bopping soundtrack. Terry and KOF were out of my sight for years. Come this year, in the middle of college, burnt out with a handful of AAA games, I decided to begin emulating my old library. One thing led to another and I was able to get a handful of my library running on RetroArch. When I first saw KOF as a game, it was on a sale for cheap on GOG and I was still getting into PC gaming at the time, spending $7 at most on games for sale that got my interest. It was definitely a while since I played Street Fighter V, so I took a chance with the sale for KOF 98 UM Final Edition. At first glance, I had the feeling that this was a cop out capcom fighting game, as it played similarly out of the box. I'd pick characters like Ryo, Kyo, and Terry because they seemed more Capcom-esque to start with. The game turned out to be more complicated than I thought. I did however take note on its incredible arcade OST's, as they were, almost all the time, fun to jam to than play. I later found the arrange soundtracks for the titles and KOF ones in question during the summer and realized something: SNK at their peak makes better music than Capcom for fighting games. The songs hyped me up, even though I never played any of the games during summer. When school came back in session, I'd begin my runs through the first 3 KOF games between engineering classes and had a blast learning and vibing to the games and their mechanics. Somewhere down the line, I would like to play the Fatal Fury games as I have already listened to FF2 Special and Real Bout Arrange Soundtracks so many times, it took over my music queues for a week! Learning how to play some of the songs as I started playing guitar this year. Capcom will always be near and dear to my heart, for their art, designs, music, & that game-style feel that made me play video games in the first place (Still love them to this day even with their highs and lows). But I was genuinely surprised this year with what SNK had to offer, and for what is in store for me when I do play some of their other amazing games down the line. ALSO: Thanks for that GOD HAND take earlier! Just heard about the game months ago and am still finding new details about their production even now! Can't wait to play it after I finish Silent Hill 3!
In the early 2000s we had an arcade with Real Bout in the small village I lived in (from Romania) and let me tell you those were best memories from my childhood. We'd spend all summer playing the damn game, wasting countless coins, sometimes skipping school or stealing money from our parents, sometimes getting into real fights over matches. What a bunch of little punks, good times man.
This was really cool to see, thanks for making it. I don't know what your experience is with Samurai Shodown. I'd love to see a history video for that series.
Hell of a retrospective. As far as the Canon goes, Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting were connected, AoF 1 and 2 taking place about 10 years before FF (AoF2's secret ending and boss fight against young Geese taking place before he murders Jeff Bogard) while KoF is an alternate universe, hence why Geese never died and AoF and FF characters are of similar age groups,etc.
This is a great video for someone like me who grew up mainly with Street Fighter, MK and Toshinden and never had much exposure to KoF and is trying to understand it all nowadays. I must say I was impressed by the presentation of KoF ‘94 when I gave it a try a while back, like the stage intros and narrative text.
Wild Ambition is actually how my sister and I started to find common ground, she is a Demon with Sendo, like when she was 9 and destroying my friends and I and had no problem doing her pretzel moves. I eventually got better with Geese and Terry, but a 9 year destroying a room of 15 year olds with Sendo is terrifying. She still plays fighting games, mostly SNK games even now 23 years later.
Shout out to you for taking the time to make this Video. It’s damn near 2AM and I’m just sitting here watching with my chin Resting on both palms, like a little kid watching Saturday morning cartoons. I know this video is only an hour but I can’t even imagine how much time it took you to even compile the research and essay for this video. Seriously, thank you.
This was absolutely glorious. Thanks for the trip. Was there really any other way to close out the video than with a blast of "Oh Angel?" No . . . no there really wasn't. Kudos to you sir. "Run your own race. Why go for second place? Common and grab a star."
From what I heard the European Real Bout Fatal Fury was meant to be rental only. So when my local Blockbuster was selling off their old stock I managed to pick it up for less than a tenner. I still have it, so I can confirm it's existence.
This was such a fantastic video to watch! To tell you the truth you were the one that half a year ago inspired me to try out a SNK game and now I love them! I love Fatal Fury, KOF and Metal Slug and I’m thankful I gave these fun games a try thanks to your influence 😊
I was lucky enough to be living in Japan in the mid-90s and a video rental store near where I lived had a mini-arcade which always seemed to get the latest Neo Geo games. Thus, I was lucky enough to play Road to the Final Victory, Real Bout and Real Bout Special when they first hit arcades. Enjoyed them so much that when I finally overspent on getting a Neo Geo CD (mainly to get Samurai Shodown 2; the greatest fighting game ever made--no arguments, it just is) I got all three of those as well; super long loading times and all! Thank you for bringing Dominating Mind to my attention, I had never heard of that one.
What an excellent retrospective!! I never knew Fatal Fury's legacy only lasted about 10 years and we haven't seen another game since 1999... I really hope SNK will someday make a smaller fighting game with only Fatal Fury characters again
14:55 the official reason to survive falling from the tower, was shooting a fireball at ground, which lead to the invention of JipuuKen(an Air Fireball Skill).
Wild Ambition was my introduction to the series. I've managed to play Fatal Fury Special and Garou from XBL. Garou's my favorite 2D fighter. I'm glad it was ported to PS4 because I don't enjoy the 360's D-pad as much with 2D fighters. I enjoy the KOF games, but to a less extent since I'm just not fond of the required 3 on 3 battle system. I like everything else about the series, but that.
Great video. As someone who lives in Asia, I've played all of these in console version. Some are pirated version 😅 Truly an amazing series from SNK. Now, if only we can finally play as Jeff Bogard in the next game 😅
Seeing those Garou 2 screenshots and what could have been 😭😭. Also, Terry's Buster Wolf sounds the best in Garou IMO. The animation, sfx and voicework, all Terr-ific... I'll see myself out.
I’m amazed that “First Contact” was my first SNK fighter. The system wasn’t even mine, I don’t remember who’s it was, and I sucked at it since I was like 7. I mainly played as Billy since I liked that he fought with a staff.
Knowing that so many people didn’t get to play several of these games makes me feel so fortunate and lucky! I got to play (and become good at) them all!
Fantastic journey through one of the greatest fighting game IPs. Man, looking at those EGM and GAMEFAN magazine screenshots of Fatal Fury 3 was so painful. I didn't play it until the PS2 FF collection came out. Great video sir!!
Awesome retrospective. I know very little about the series, except I had played Fatal Fury, the first one, in an arcade cabinet at a birthday party in Burger King when I was very young. I didn't even know the name of the game but remember enjoying it a lot. I remember not being able to beat the old dude who gets muscular in the middle of the match but I'm glad to see how many entries this series has spawned. It actually makes me nostalgic of my younger days.
I'm not trying to make fun of you but I am curious. I am American and I have never heard of anyone having a "birthday party in Burger King", nor do I ever remember coin-ops being at any Burger Kings. What country was this in?
@@originalm3233 Haha, that's true, it's funny because fast food places in other countries is so different than in the US. I heard that KFC in China is basically a gourmet restaurant. While I was born in the US, I did live overseas for a number of years. The country I was at when I went to the Burger Kid with the NeoGeo arcade machines was Saudi Arabia, I believe it was in Riyadh as well. They also had some side games which were not video games. Believe it or not, I even have video footage of the birthday, lol. I do remember there was another fast food place around called Wimpy's but I don't recall ever having seen it in the US. Geez, rewatching that makes me miss my 90's childhood.
@@shahrouh Thanks for the reply, I knew it could not be in the USA. During the 1980s there were coin-ops everywhere and in very weird places (like doctors offices for example). However, by 1988 this had ended. There were never any coin-ops in Burger King or McDonalds and people rarely if ever had birthday parties there. That's how I knew it could not be in the usa. Thanks again for sharing your memories.
@@originalm3233 That's pretty interesting. As I lived abroad largely, only snippets of me at a younger age were spent in the US. I do remember passing by a random burger joint with a Simpsons arcade game, but also never had seen arcade machines in Burger King, just play places. There are a couple of McDonald's which do have birthday party rooms but I don;t know how many birthdays actually occur there, though I have seen a couple. It's nice to remenisce about the 90's man, certainly better times than what we're living in now.
Fatal Fury 2 is still one of the greatest fighting games I ever played. The music, the presentation, everything was on point. If you can do World Heroes.
Beautifully done! It's because of you guys that my passion for fighting games exploded! All from that First episode of Fisticuffs. Garou Mark of the Wolves and honestly the whole Garou Densetsu series has become apart of my D.N.A. Thank You!
It's so hard to find quality content on SNK games and this my friend is a masterpiece. Highly entertaining and very enjoyable. Fantastic video. Thanks.
Late or no ports is definitely the huge reason why SNK games failed to make a mark in the NA, while the likes of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat was able to leave an impact in that vacuum. If I could turn back time to make SNK games more well known and mainstream popular right from the very roots, I would take it.
There's a pc version for Fatal Furty 3 and its not mame. I actually played Fatal Fury 3 a ton on my old PC back when it was release in the mid 90s. Using the keyboard as a controller.
Fun fact:. The Hong Kong Cantonese dub release of the big screen film adaptation of Fatal Fury also spawned the classic theme song exclusive to the Cantonese dub as performed by Jacky Cheung, conveniently titled 餓狼傳說 (Legend of the Hungry Wolf). Seriously, even up to this day, people still sing this at karaokes.
I've been playing video games since 1985 when I was 2, and I s*** you not, the first time I heard of Terry Bogard was when he was added to Smash. I've got vague recollection of SNK stages from the MUGEN PC boom in the late 90's/early aughts, but that's it. And I watched this from beginning to end. This is a credit to the interesting history of this SNK fighting series, but also to Matt McMuscles' fun and interesting docu-series style. Thank you for putting this together!
Being a fake fan who has only played lots of Capcom vs SNK and a very small bit of OG Fatal Fury, I didn't realize Terry got his BUSTA WOLF in Garou. I really want to get the Real Bout games, they look great.
I personally see the story for mark of the wolves. With Terry considering becoming the mayor of south town. Or second south. As there’s always a crime lord, trying to take geeses place and Terry finding out how he is so connected to that town decides to become the next boss of south town. By becoming its mayor. Like Cody in SF but I see it working for Terry as well.
Great retrospective Matt. Thanks! I had no idea about that Dominated Mind existed??!! I was lucky to play in an arcade from’94-2005.( managed it the last 5 years) Got lucky a friend had access to the MVS carts and the Hyper 64 board. Played Wild Ambition connecting the supers was fun and Toji/Tsugumi were highlights. Real Bout/RBS and of course Garou are the zenith for me. ( FFS fighting Argo as well!) So many awesome memories thanks for letting people know about these gems of Fighting Games!
special dominated mind is my all time favorite. Came in touch with it in 2001-02 by accident by lending a burned copy from a friend. As an European 13yo ofcourse I wasn't able to get an original copy of it anyways.
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I do believe that Dominated Mind’s White’s design is based on Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange’s “droogs” style. Especially the main character, Alex DeLarge, who is also using a cane.
Maybe that is why it was not published in the west or there is no remake.
Ummmm. . .his name isnt Marco "Butt" Rodriguez tho. Its Khushnood Butt (supposed to be Bhatt since hes Indian) and Marco Rodriguez because hes Brazilian "butt" you actually covered that
Mark of the Wolves is absolutely the SFIII of the Fatal Fury series. Including the gameplay systems, speed, and definitely the next level pixel art.
Agreed. If we want more comparisons with Street Fighter:
_Fatal Fury Special_ = _Super Street Fighter 2_
_Real Bout Fatal Fury Special_ and _2_ = _Street Fighter Alpha 2_ and _3_
_Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition_ = _Street Fighter EX2_
_Garou: Mark of the Wolves_ = _Street Fighter 3: Third Strike_
_Neo Geo Battle Colliseum_ = _Capcom Fighting Evolution_
And if you include KoF into that list, the similarities become even more apparent.
I'd say _The King of Fighters XV_ is equal to _Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition._
@@BknMoonStudios thank you for the list! I played only some of the Fatal Fury games and Street Fighter games. If I want to play one game but cant find it, I will look for another game similar to it on your list.
@@BknMoonStudios
I'd say Super Turbo instead or Super
Yes both games also introduced the parry concept
One of the greatest franchises ever
Oh, hey Chaos!
Exactly!
Just to mention it, due to Brazil being heavily influenced by piracy during the PSX era, Real Bout Dominated Mind was kinda the norm. Was so engraved with players around here that when I tried Real Bout 2 on PS2 I was bummed that Final Impacts were absent... Anyway Matt, thank you. Holy shit.
I was gonna say, pirated games were very common here in Brazil and weren't limited to US English releases. I played many a Japanese PS1 games like that back in the day, I played much more Soul Edge than Soul Blade for example. There's even a documentary showing how piracy actually made gaming here possible.
Hey, good to see fellow brazilian fans here! xD
- V.D.
Piracy was also the norm here in the Philippines, up to the PSP and PS2 era.
mandou a real, Jeferson kkkkk
Opa, eu até lembro de jogar o dominated mind aprendendo combos e golpes com uma revista gamers.
"GEESE!" Never will anyone say this word with more hatred than Terry Bogard
*Go to park and sees a group of canadian goose*
"GEESU!"
Maybe those Terry mains
Man pours his soul into that hate
Yeah, I'm voting Geese for president in 2024. I doubt that either Trump or Sleepy Joe could rock a hakima!
@@AbsoluteAzure "-
Amazing video, your retrospectives are some of my favorite things to go back and binge through. Thanks so much for the shout out.
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God Hand video, followed up a day later with a feature length look back at Fatal Fury. Nooooice haha, nothin' but a good thang.
Bruh 50 minutes ain’t feature length
He's killing it
*Opponent falls to the ground, puts arms up to block
Terry: "Are you okay?"
Opponent: *lowers arms "Thank you!" "I can no longer fi....."
Terry: "BUSTA WOLF!!"
Opponent: "SON OF A..... AHHH!!"
Terry is my favorite fighting game character of all time. His moveset, story, characterization, and AMAZING voice work are all absolutely perfect. I've been getting my son into FF and KoF and this video really helped bring my love for the character and the series home for him. Awesome video Matt, thank you.
Fun Facts:---Kim Kaphwan is the FIRST Korean fighting game character!
Fatal Fury 2 was the first videogame in history to have “Jiggle Physics” with Mai Shiranui’s victory animation!
I hope he returns as DLC
@@Pewpewpew182
Nope, Desperation attacks were first introduce in Art of Fighting!
This fantastic retrospective was certainly
*_OUT of BOUNDS._*
Yep. Only ever time that "RING OUT" concept implemented.
Geese didn't fake his death! He actually had 1 of the 3 Scrolls the Brothers Jin want. The scroll made him somewhat invulnerable, which explains how he survived the fall in FF1.
You'd think after an experience like that he'd want to hold on to it.
I always liked the idea that he saved himself by inventing the Shippuuken on the spot as he fell, and using it to stop his descent.
@@AirLancer sorry, man. That was a joke amongst fans. Like I said, the scroll he had that helped him survive the fall, was called the Scroll of the Phoenix. All it did was speed up his recovery, not becoming invulnerable. Have to correct myself in that last comment. By the way, he should hold on to the scroll longer, but Matt did say Geese tore up all 3 Scrolls of the Jin, so that no one would get a leg up on him. Some things are better in hindsight, which pretty much sucks.
@@manson2178 Isn't the twist in 3 that the scrolls don't actually have any powers, and the Jin brothers did all of that for nothing? I think Geese did survive on his own and pretended to be dead until 3, where he got the scrolls and burned them because he still believed they had powers and could be used by someone else to oppose him.
@@NikiYKNThe scrolls were real but when Geese obtained the three of them he discovers the only capable of use them are the Chonrei brothers
The Fatal Fury games take place in an alternate timelime from the KOF games. (Same with Art of Fighting)
That's why Geese is alive in the King of Fighters games
He was only playable in like 3 of them though.
I still remember when I played Fatal Fury for the first time: I was 10-11 years old and I saw in the arcade next to SF Champion edition, this protagonist who wore an "orange" cap and wore sneakers ... I fell in love with the game in less than 1 minute. It's my favorite game franchise, and I'm excited to see you do such a thorough review. I will enjoy it like when I saw Fata Fury for the first time: as a 10 year old boy having his snack.
Mr McMuscles providing yet another great way to wind down after work. Your timing is great as always
@@moistloaf3854 too expensive
@@moistloaf3854 no way, sobriety is way cooler
@@RunehearthCL true that, caffeine is far cheaper
Trigun kitty
@@pretzel6629 Kuroneko rules
Here after the announcement of a new Fatal Fury at EVO...amazing how far the series has come.
The fatal fury animes are still timeless classics for me
Despite my love for Street Fighter 2, I always found Fatal Fury to be more fascinating to look at
Soooooo… new Mark of the Wolves game got green lit!
Rewatching this because A NEW GAROU WAS GREENLIT BABY
Wubba, wubba. You're in the pink today, Matt! But seriously, Fatal Fury is one of my all-time favorite series. I played and reviewed all of the game years ago, and Garou is still one of games I still play regularly. So much fun, so much lore, so many memories... Thanks for the awesome video!
Just a few notes: There were only 3 scrolls. One with Master Tung (Geese got it), one with Krauser and one with the Jin twins. And Rock mother's name is Marie. Thanks for the video! ^^
I get the feeling that many people don't think to sort comments by newest to get answers to their questions.
There is going to be another Fatal Fury game.
Sequel, Garou Mark of the Wolves 2 got announced a week ago during EVO 2022. Officially greenlit to be in development at SNK.
I can't believe Terry from Smash Bros is finally getting his own game next year
52:08 time to get a new carpet.
Back when I was in high school I remember working at the Tech Museum in San Jose. At the time, they had an exhibit floor dedicated to gaming history. They had a bunch of obscure cabinets and Garou: Mark of the Wolves was my first exposure to Fatal Fury. Whenever I had a break and my supervisors weren't around, I'd dump my time off trying to fight Kain. Really appreciate the nostalgia trip Matt.
I've somehow got to incorporate, "Wubba, wubba! I'm in the pink today, boy!", into my daily speech lol
Fatal Fury arcade machines were very popular around here in Brazil... I miss this... Thank you for this love letter to the series Matt! Speaking of 'dormant' series, I also would love to know what happened to Time Splitters....Those were some of the most fun and content packed FPSs I ever had the opportunity to check...
I literally DID buy the PlayStation version of Real Bout from a Virgin Megastore bargain bin about 20 years ago! Still have it too! Thanks for making that find feel even more special
Well well well, guess who's back from the dead.
14:56. I almost spilled my entire bottle of water at the screen. Wubba wubba, I was not prepared for it, today. xD Here in Brazil we played a lot of FF Special, KoFs and Garou. What an awesome video.
I remember playing Fatal Fury in Alabama years ago when SNK was still a household name in North America. I don't know why SNK's presence faded from North America, but I can say they were around back then.
@@Rotostorm331 Capcom really did it's job in advertising and release of games in N.A.. I believe. KoF and other titles are very famous in Central and South America though. KoF is still popular among fighting game fans, in Brazil. We're hoping KoF XV becomes a great game, too.
@@MuJoNeSs It's odd how it's been 20 years since SNK went under and yet we still don't fully know what caused it aside from the Neo-Geo systems failing and the reliance on Arcades. I personally think that other factors contributed to SNK's bankruptcy and I hope one day, someone will make a video about it for everyone to hear and see.
@@Rotostorm331 Maybe sells weren't that great, because the Neo Geo console was sold at a stupidly high price. Capcom thrived a lot making games for the most popular consoles. They have very strong IPs too. SNK was very strong, but when 3d games started to get most of the atention of the public, they lost copious amounts of money on games that flopped hard. Too sad.
It's so crazy to me on how long it took me to get into the SNK library. Growing up, I only knew them as the guys who made Metal Slug 2 and its bopping soundtrack. Terry and KOF were out of my sight for years.
Come this year, in the middle of college, burnt out with a handful of AAA games, I decided to begin emulating my old library. One thing led to another and I was able to get a handful of my library running on RetroArch.
When I first saw KOF as a game, it was on a sale for cheap on GOG and I was still getting into PC gaming at the time, spending $7 at most on games for sale that got my interest. It was definitely a while since I played Street Fighter V, so I took a chance with the sale for KOF 98 UM Final Edition.
At first glance, I had the feeling that this was a cop out capcom fighting game, as it played similarly out of the box. I'd pick characters like Ryo, Kyo, and Terry because they seemed more Capcom-esque to start with. The game turned out to be more complicated than I thought.
I did however take note on its incredible arcade OST's, as they were, almost all the time, fun to jam to than play. I later found the arrange soundtracks for the titles and KOF ones in question during the summer and realized something: SNK at their peak makes better music than Capcom for fighting games. The songs hyped me up, even though I never played any of the games during summer.
When school came back in session, I'd begin my runs through the first 3 KOF games between engineering classes and had a blast learning and vibing to the games and their mechanics. Somewhere down the line, I would like to play the Fatal Fury games as I have already listened to FF2 Special and Real Bout Arrange Soundtracks so many times, it took over my music queues for a week! Learning how to play some of the songs as I started playing guitar this year.
Capcom will always be near and dear to my heart, for their art, designs, music, & that game-style feel that made me play video games in the first place (Still love them to this day even with their highs and lows). But I was genuinely surprised this year with what SNK had to offer, and for what is in store for me when I do play some of their other amazing games down the line.
ALSO: Thanks for that GOD HAND take earlier! Just heard about the game months ago and am still finding new details about their production even now! Can't wait to play it after I finish Silent Hill 3!
In the early 2000s we had an arcade with Real Bout in the small village I lived in (from Romania) and let me tell you those were best memories from my childhood. We'd spend all summer playing the damn game, wasting countless coins, sometimes skipping school or stealing money from our parents, sometimes getting into real fights over matches. What a bunch of little punks, good times man.
This was really cool to see, thanks for making it.
I don't know what your experience is with Samurai Shodown.
I'd love to see a history video for that series.
Terry came out in Smash bros I was like "who's this?" One Buster Wolf later and I was in love.
I'll always love Wild Ambition for Ryo alone. What a kickass look and set of moves.
Hell of a retrospective.
As far as the Canon goes, Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting were connected, AoF 1 and 2 taking place about 10 years before FF (AoF2's secret ending and boss fight against young Geese taking place before he murders Jeff Bogard) while KoF is an alternate universe, hence why Geese never died and AoF and FF characters are of similar age groups,etc.
This is a great video for someone like me who grew up mainly with Street Fighter, MK and Toshinden and never had much exposure to KoF and is trying to understand it all nowadays. I must say I was impressed by the presentation of KoF ‘94 when I gave it a try a while back, like the stage intros and narrative text.
As a fellow SNK fan I am all in on this. Glad others foundly remember the series outside of King of Fighters
Wild Ambition is actually how my sister and I started to find common ground, she is a Demon with Sendo, like when she was 9 and destroying my friends and I and had no problem doing her pretzel moves. I eventually got better with Geese and Terry, but a 9 year destroying a room of 15 year olds with Sendo is terrifying. She still plays fighting games, mostly SNK games even now 23 years later.
Shout out to you for taking the time to make this
Video.
It’s damn near 2AM and I’m just sitting here watching with my chin Resting on both palms, like a little kid watching Saturday morning cartoons.
I know this video is only an hour but I can’t even imagine how much time it took you to even compile the research and essay for this video.
Seriously, thank you.
Will be picking up Real Bout and Mark of the Wolf now that I know more about them. This video rules.
This was absolutely glorious. Thanks for the trip.
Was there really any other way to close out the video than with a blast of "Oh Angel?"
No . . . no there really wasn't. Kudos to you sir.
"Run your own race. Why go for second place? Common and grab a star."
Matt my dude! Thanks for making this retrospective and showing SNK that much needed praise and love. What an awesome Christmas gift this was!
I love the fatal fury animated stuff unabashedly.
Perfect time to rewatch this
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From what I heard the European Real Bout Fatal Fury was meant to be rental only. So when my local Blockbuster was selling off their old stock I managed to pick it up for less than a tenner. I still have it, so I can confirm it's existence.
This was such a fantastic video to watch! To tell you the truth you were the one that half a year ago inspired me to try out a SNK game and now I love them! I love Fatal Fury, KOF and Metal Slug and I’m thankful I gave these fun games a try thanks to your influence 😊
You took me back with kawaks. MAME was cool but kawaks was great for arcade fighters
"In the pink" is a perfectly cromulent phrase in English. It means "in good health."
Dear Matt, Thank you I'm now more than ready for Garou 2 thanks to you!
Did this get blocked it says it’s unavailable on this device
Bloody roar was awesome, loved wolfing out🤣👍
I was lucky enough to be living in Japan in the mid-90s and a video rental store near where I lived had a mini-arcade which always seemed to get the latest Neo Geo games. Thus, I was lucky enough to play Road to the Final Victory, Real Bout and Real Bout Special when they first hit arcades. Enjoyed them so much that when I finally overspent on getting a Neo Geo CD (mainly to get Samurai Shodown 2; the greatest fighting game ever made--no arguments, it just is) I got all three of those as well; super long loading times and all!
Thank you for bringing Dominating Mind to my attention, I had never heard of that one.
What an excellent retrospective!! I never knew Fatal Fury's legacy only lasted about 10 years and we haven't seen another game since 1999... I really hope SNK will someday make a smaller fighting game with only Fatal Fury characters again
I'd really love a physical Fatal Fury collection
I wonder if Matt shat the floor at the announcement of Mark of the Wolves 2
God Hand and Fatal Fury in one weekend?! Matt, you’re on fire, and know that you’re the best at what you do.
2:17 Dungeon Fighter online being up there is definitely telling of how the new game might end up doing.
I just got into fatal fury thanks to you many years ago and this is full circle. Thanks, Matt!! Much love
Incroyable. An excellent video, and let me appreciate the progression of a series that, up to now, I didn't know all that much about
14:55 the official reason to survive falling from the tower, was shooting a fireball at ground, which lead to the invention of JipuuKen(an Air Fireball Skill).
Did the recoil slow his fall?
@@gregorymirabella1423 Supposedly, as Geese was not crashed to a pile of grossness.
Wild Ambition was my introduction to the series. I've managed to play Fatal Fury Special and Garou from XBL. Garou's my favorite 2D fighter. I'm glad it was ported to PS4 because I don't enjoy the 360's D-pad as much with 2D fighters. I enjoy the KOF games, but to a less extent since I'm just not fond of the required 3 on 3 battle system. I like everything else about the series, but that.
Great video. As someone who lives in Asia, I've played all of these in console version. Some are pirated version 😅 Truly an amazing series from SNK.
Now, if only we can finally play as Jeff Bogard in the next game 😅
Seeing those Garou 2 screenshots and what could have been 😭😭. Also, Terry's Buster Wolf sounds the best in Garou IMO. The animation, sfx and voicework, all Terr-ific... I'll see myself out.
I’m amazed that “First Contact” was my first SNK fighter. The system wasn’t even mine, I don’t remember who’s it was, and I sucked at it since I was like 7. I mainly played as Billy since I liked that he fought with a staff.
Joe was such a beautiful "third wheel who's also a main" fella.
Knowing that so many people didn’t get to play several of these games makes me feel so fortunate and lucky! I got to play (and become good at) them all!
And just like that, I now care about Fatal Fury. Thanks Matt!
Gotta give it to Geese. The power to survive canonical deaths is something few villains can brag about.
Thanks to the good old piracy, we could play all the arcade titles on cabinets here in Brazil and I don't regret it.
Fantastic journey through one of the greatest fighting game IPs. Man, looking at those EGM and GAMEFAN magazine screenshots of Fatal Fury 3 was so painful. I didn't play it until the PS2 FF collection came out. Great video sir!!
Duck King is a lost piece of art. It's been 16 years since his last appearance. We deserve better.
Love how almost a year after this video, mark of the wolves 2 got announced. Granted its not coming out for a good couple years, but it lives.
Keep Fatal Fury alive to make sure the 90’s never die
Awesome retrospective. I know very little about the series, except I had played Fatal Fury, the first one, in an arcade cabinet at a birthday party in Burger King when I was very young. I didn't even know the name of the game but remember enjoying it a lot. I remember not being able to beat the old dude who gets muscular in the middle of the match but I'm glad to see how many entries this series has spawned. It actually makes me nostalgic of my younger days.
I'm not trying to make fun of you but I am curious. I am American and I have never heard of anyone having a "birthday party in Burger King", nor do I ever remember coin-ops being at any Burger Kings. What country was this in?
@@originalm3233 Haha, that's true, it's funny because fast food places in other countries is so different than in the US. I heard that KFC in China is basically a gourmet restaurant.
While I was born in the US, I did live overseas for a number of years. The country I was at when I went to the Burger Kid with the NeoGeo arcade machines was Saudi Arabia, I believe it was in Riyadh as well.
They also had some side games which were not video games. Believe it or not, I even have video footage of the birthday, lol. I do remember there was another fast food place around called Wimpy's but I don't recall ever having seen it in the US. Geez, rewatching that makes me miss my 90's childhood.
@@shahrouh Thanks for the reply, I knew it could not be in the USA. During the 1980s there were coin-ops everywhere and in very weird places (like doctors offices for example). However, by 1988 this had ended. There were never any coin-ops in Burger King or McDonalds and people rarely if ever had birthday parties there. That's how I knew it could not be in the usa. Thanks again for sharing your memories.
@@originalm3233 That's pretty interesting. As I lived abroad largely, only snippets of me at a younger age were spent in the US. I do remember passing by a random burger joint with a Simpsons arcade game, but also never had seen arcade machines in Burger King, just play places. There are a couple of McDonald's which do have birthday party rooms but I don;t know how many birthdays actually occur there, though I have seen a couple. It's nice to remenisce about the 90's man, certainly better times than what we're living in now.
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special was an obsession for my friends and I when we were kids. The only place that had it was a local video rental store.
DUCK KING FOR KOF 15
I played as him on the game gear version
Am I the only one who likes the first Fatal Fury?🤔
Nah
The steady stream of quality content is super chill.
Fatal Fury 2 is still one of the greatest fighting games I ever played. The music, the presentation, everything was on point.
If you can do World Heroes.
I enjoyed this, you sir have a subscriber. This is my favorite franchise of all time.
53:46 You can't NOT cap off a Fatal Fury retrospective with this song. It's... it's in a scroll or something YOU JUST HAVE TO
And now.... A new Garou game was announced baybeeeee
Beautifully done! It's because of you guys that my passion for fighting games exploded! All from that First episode of Fisticuffs. Garou Mark of the Wolves and honestly the whole Garou Densetsu series has become apart of my D.N.A. Thank You!
It's so hard to find quality content on SNK games and this my friend is a masterpiece. Highly entertaining and very enjoyable. Fantastic video. Thanks.
Late or no ports is definitely the huge reason why SNK games failed to make a mark in the NA, while the likes of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat was able to leave an impact in that vacuum.
If I could turn back time to make SNK games more well known and mainstream popular right from the very roots, I would take it.
Fatal Fury 3 was also released on Windows PC, somewhere around 98. That's where I first played it.
There's a pc version for Fatal Furty 3 and its not mame. I actually played Fatal Fury 3 a ton on my old PC back when it was release in the mid 90s. Using the keyboard as a controller.
That was a hell of a retrospective, i whatched the entire video
Fun fact:. The Hong Kong Cantonese dub release of the big screen film adaptation of Fatal Fury also spawned the classic theme song exclusive to the Cantonese dub as performed by Jacky Cheung, conveniently titled 餓狼傳說 (Legend of the Hungry Wolf). Seriously, even up to this day, people still sing this at karaokes.
I've been playing video games since 1985 when I was 2, and I s*** you not, the first time I heard of Terry Bogard was when he was added to Smash. I've got vague recollection of SNK stages from the MUGEN PC boom in the late 90's/early aughts, but that's it. And I watched this from beginning to end. This is a credit to the interesting history of this SNK fighting series, but also to Matt McMuscles' fun and interesting docu-series style. Thank you for putting this together!
Being a fake fan who has only played lots of Capcom vs SNK and a very small bit of OG Fatal Fury, I didn't realize Terry got his BUSTA WOLF in Garou. I really want to get the Real Bout games, they look great.
I personally see the story for mark of the wolves. With Terry considering becoming the mayor of south town. Or second south. As there’s always a crime lord, trying to take geeses place and Terry finding out how he is so connected to that town decides to become the next boss of south town. By becoming its mayor. Like Cody in SF but I see it working for Terry as well.
Great retrospective Matt. Thanks! I had no idea about that Dominated Mind existed??!! I was lucky to play in an arcade from’94-2005.( managed it the last 5 years) Got lucky a friend had access to the MVS carts and the Hyper 64 board. Played Wild Ambition connecting the supers was fun and Toji/Tsugumi were highlights. Real Bout/RBS and of course Garou are the zenith for me. ( FFS fighting Argo as well!) So many awesome memories thanks for letting people know about these gems of Fighting Games!
special dominated mind is my all time favorite. Came in touch with it in 2001-02 by accident by lending a burned copy from a friend. As an European 13yo ofcourse I wasn't able to get an original copy of it anyways.
Longer the video, the better. I loved this !!
CANT TALK ABOUT FATAL FURY WITHOUT MENTIONING OH ANGEL.
HATS OFF FOR PUTTING IT IN THE END!
Awesome video! Love the Fatal Fury franchise since I was a kid and wasn’t aware of how many games didn’t make it overseas.