History VideoGame / FatalFury

->''"Are you ok?!"''

* SecretCharacter: ''Real Bout Special'' had the EX characters: alternate versions of some characters that had different special moves and personality, almost as an EvilTwin (inverted with Billy, who instead has a ''Good'' Twin). BonusBoss characters were playable in the home versions. Additionally, bosses Grant and Kain are playable with a code in ''Garou''.

* TheDragon: Billy, Laurence, Yamakazi, Grant and, in the anime movie, Jamin.

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

* TakeMyHand: Terry to Geese at the end of ''Real Bout''; averted when Geese rejects the offer and allows himself to die.

* ''Fatal Fury 2'' (1992, UsefulNotes/NeoGeo, [[SuperNintendo SNES]], UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, UsefulNotes/PCEngine)
* ''Fatal Fury Special'' (1993, UsefulNotes/NeoGeo, [[SuperNintendo SNES]], UsefulNotes/SegaCD, UsefulNotes/PCEngine)

** [[BloodKnight Wolfgang]] [[BiggerBad Krauser's]] Gigantic Cyclone first made its appearance in the anime adaptation of ''Fatal Fury 2'' in the form of the Senpu-Ken move, where both he and {{T|heProtagonist}}erry [[{{Eagleland}} Bogard]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3IGOvlhVpM could use it (00:45-01:09).]] (though Terry used it in the previous anime as well and he also used a kick variant to beat Geese). It became a case of ThrowItIn, when {{SNK}} added it to Krauser's moves set, as his P-Power move, in ''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special'', where it was renamed "Gigantic Cyclone".

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

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

** [[DetectEvil Evil]] [[BadassCreed may be]] [[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable]], but not considering [[NobuyukiHiyama Joe]]'s blood [[LargeHam the hottest in the universe]] is [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking downright]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor monstrous]].

* GratuitousEnglish: Terry. He's the [[Pantheon/{{Theater}} God]] of it.

[[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 Creator/MasamiObari. 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.

* ActionGirl: Mai Shiranui, Blue Mary, Li Xiangfei, Bonne Jenet, Hotaru, and Tsugumi Sendo. [[GenreSavvy Mai]] purposely [[JustForPun bounces]] in [[FauxActionGirl and out]] of the trope; she has the skills and uses them the major part pof the time, but sometimes [[DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel plays the damsel in distress intentionally]] in order to make [[CelibateHero Andy]] [[TheDulcineaEffect appreciate her more.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Real Bout Fatal Fury has two competing [[BigBad Big Bads]]: Geese Howard and Jin Chonshu.

* Kevlard Cheng Sinzan blocks attacks with his large belly.

* {{Badass}}: Geese can qualify as this. ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000 Capcom vs. SNK]]'' gives him the line, ''[[GratuitousEnglish "I stain my hands, with your blood."]]'' (though it gets [[BlindIdiotTranslation horribly mangled]]), and in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'' he says, "You cannot escape from death".
** If that's all you need, then Raiden does as well with, [[GratuitousEnglish "I'll dance on your grave."]]

* BruceLeeClone: Averted with Hon Fu, whose actually a JackieChan clone. He ''does'' have the standard high-pitched {{Kiai}}s, though.

Only winners and losers]] here.\\

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: At the end of ''The Motion Picture'', Laocorn has this moment when [[spoiler:Sulia commits suicide and he realizes that he has gone too far]]. "What in God's name have I done?", indeed.

Those blinded by [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]].\\
Those [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge consumed with vengeance]].\\

Only [[WrittenByTheWinners winners and losers]] here.\\
For here, [[MightMakesRight THE MIGHTY RULE!]]''

The first game only had three playable characters, and an interesting mechanic in which a second player joining in the middle of a fight would join the first player in double-teaming their present opponent before facing each other. The sequel dropped this mechanic and adopted the World Tournament format used in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', introducing five new playable characters, and new bosses. More characters and villains were introduced in subsequent sequels, and the original BigBad Geese Howard also returned in most of them.

The distinctive characteristic of the series was the ability of the characters to fight in two different planes in most stages, giving them the capability to avoid attacks by moving between planes. This system suffered some changes after the third installment and was dropped altogether for the last game.

* GuestFighter: Ryo (of ''Art of Fighting'' fame) as a hidden final boss in ''Fatal Fury Special''. Alfred the Pilot was technically created to be the main character of ''Dominated Mind'' (a remixed {{PlayStation}} port of ''Real Bout Special''), but most fans outside Japan know him for his appearance as a secret final boss in ''[[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Real Bout 2]]''.

* ''Real Bout Fatal Fury'' (1995, UsefulNotes/NeoGeo, PlayStation, UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn)

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Subverted; Geese is blond, but so are Andy and Terry. Of course, Kain is blond, too, and Rock's blond hair isn't the only thing that's InTheBlood...