History VideoGame / FatalFury

* Kevlard" Cheng Sinzan blocks attacks with his large belly.

* SaveTheVillain: Terry tries and fails in ''Real Bout''.

* OminousLatinChanting: Krauser's [[PublicDomainSoundtrack "Dies Irae"]].

''Fatal Fury'', known in Japan as ''Garou Densetsu'' (''Legend of the Hungry Wolves''), is a FightingGame series by Creator/{{SNK}} that was released for the NeoGeo arcade and home video game systems.

* ''Fatal Fury''[[note]](Subtitled "King of Fighters" in its arcade release)[[/note]] (1991, NeoGeo, [[SuperNES SNES]], UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis)
* ''Fatal Fury 2'' (1992, NeoGeo, [[SuperNintendo SNES]], UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, PCEngine)
* ''Fatal Fury Special'' (1993, NeoGeo, [[SuperNintendo SNES]], UsefulNotes/SegaCD, PCEngine)
* ''Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory'' (1995, NeoGeo, UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, Windows 95)
* ''Real Bout Fatal Fury'' (1995, NeoGeo, PlayStation, UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn)
* ''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special'' (1996, NeoGeo, UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn)
* ''Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers'' (1998, NeoGeo)

* ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'' (1999, NeoGeo, UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2)

* PunnyName: "Geese Howard" was probably meant to be a play on ''Comicbook/HowardTheDuck'' (Howard the Geese).

* MightyGlacier: Raiden/Big Bear, Franco Bash and Tizoc a.k.a. Griffon Mask. Both Raiden and Tizoc are pro wrestlers who use grappling moves, which Franco is a very muscular kickboxer.

%%* MightyGlacier: Raiden/Big Bear, Franco Bash and Tizoc a.k.a. Griffon Mask.

%%* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Geese, again.
* NumberedSequels: Sort of: ''Fatal Fury 2'', ''Fatal Fury 3'' and ''Real Bout 2'', are the second, ''fourth'' and ''seventh'' games in the series, respectively...

* MightyGlacier: Raiden/Big Bear, Franco Bash and Tizoc a.k.a. Griffon Mask.

* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Geese, again.

* ''Fatal Fury Special'' (1993, NeoGeo, [[SuperNintendo SNES]], SegaCD, PCEngine)

* ''Fatal Fury''[[note]](Subtitled "King of Fighters" in its arcade release)[[/note]] (1991, NeoGeo, [[SuperNES SNES]], SegaGenesis)
* ''Fatal Fury 2'' (1992, NeoGeo, [[SuperNintendo SNES]], SegaGenesis, PCEngine)

* ''Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory'' (1995, NeoGeo, SegaSaturn, Windows 95)
* ''Real Bout Fatal Fury'' (1995, NeoGeo, PlayStation, SegaSaturn)
* ''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special'' (1996, NeoGeo, SegaSaturn)

* ''Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special: Dominated Mind'' (1998, PlayStation)
* ''Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition'' (1999, Hyper Neo Geo 64, PlayStation)

* ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'' (1999, NeoGeo, SegaDreamcast, PlayStation2)

* NoKoreansInJapan: Averted; Kim's school of taekwondo has been represented in every game in the series except the original, as well as nearly every game that borrows characters from the series. Then again, most of these series doesn't take place in Japan, averting [[CreatorProvincialism something else]], too... most of the time.

** ''Netto Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special'', a handheld port of ''Real Bout Special'' included [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Iori Yagami]] as a bonus boss.

** SiblingYinYang: True for both examples as well.

[[TheAnimeOfTheGame An anime adaptation]] comprised of two TV specials (often mislabeled as [=OVA=]s, even though they aired on Japanese TV before getting home video releases) and [[TheMovie a feature-length theatrical movie]] were based on the games, all including character designs by Masami Oobari. The TV specials were based on the plots of the first two games, while the feature film had an original plot and villains. While both the specials and the film were released in the States in the late '90s by Viz Video (and re-released on DVD years later), those releases fell out of print years ago -- so DiscotekMedia snagged the licenses for [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=734401346588962&set=a.196378827057886.55668.147168055312297&type=1 all]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=671292786233152&set=a.196378827057886.55668.147168055312297&type=1 three]] and re-released them on DVD on August 26, 2014. Of note, their release of ''The Motion Picture'' featured anamorphic presentation for the first time.

->''Certainly, they existed.\\

* HotBlooded: Kim is a prime example. His son Kim Jae Hoon has tried to follow his example as much as possible... oh, and he's also got the literal fire powers, as well.

** Also, Kain R. Heinlein, mixed with AffablyEvil. He never does anything heinous and the only motive he and Grant turned into crime was to protect themselves of much worse people after they've witnessed a boy being beaten to death.

** Also, Kain R. Heinlein, mixed with AffablyEvil. He never do anything heinous and the only motive he and Grant turned into crime was because to protect themselves of much worse people after they've witnessed a boy being beaten to death.

* ''Fatal Fury''[[note]](This was also used as the canonical KOF tournament for 1992)[[/note]] (1991, NeoGeo, [[SuperNintendo SNES]], SegaGenesis)
* ''Fatal Fury 2''[[note]](a.k.a. KOF '93)[[/note]] (1992, NeoGeo, [[SuperNintendo SNES]], SegaGenesis, PCEngine)

* ''Real Bout Fatal Fury''[[note]](a.k.a. KOF '98)[[/note]] (1995, NeoGeo, PlayStation, SegaSaturn)

* ''Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition'' (1999, Hyper Neo Geo 64, PlayStation) -- retells the events of the first game in 3D

[[TheAnimeOfTheGame Two animated TV specials]] (often mislabeled as [=OVA=]s, even though they aired on Japanese TV before getting home video releases) and [[TheMovie one animated film]] were based on the games, all including character designs by Masami Oobari. The TV specials were based on the plots of the first two games, while the feature film had an original plot and villains. While both the specials and the film were released in the States in the late '90s by Viz Video (and re-released on DVD years later), those releases fell out of print years ago -- so DiscotekMedia snagged the licenses for [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=734401346588962&set=a.196378827057886.55668.147168055312297&type=1 all]] [[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=671292786233152&set=a.196378827057886.55668.147168055312297&type=1 three]] and re-released them on DVD on August 26, 2014. Of note, their release of ''The Motion Picture'' featured anamorphic presentation for the first time.

->''Are you ok?!''