Episode 665: Fatal Fury (Patreon)

Kevin: You’re Weak, Get Hungry! A conversation about SNK’s storied Fatal Fury fighting game series (or Garou Densetsu in Japan) is howling its way onto your podcast player of choice. The company is finally publishing a new Fatal Fury after 26 years this April, and that absence is surprising given Fatal Fury’s place in the company’s library during its golden age. This was SNK’s flagship series in the 1990s, when their developers pumped out nine Fatal Fury arcade titles in 8 years, popularized a new approach to fighting game storytelling, introduced some of the most popular characters the company has ever designed such as Terry Bogard, Mai Shiranui and Geese Howard, and featured a fairly well-regarded trilogy of anime productions. Joining me to talk about the series are fellow hungry wolves Diamond Feit, Brian Clark and Will Cuevas, and unsurprisingly we really only made it through the first half of the 1990s, when Fatal Fury was arguably at its peak of popularity. Look for a part two covering the back half of the decade and beyond at another time – hopefully without a 25 year wait!

Edits by Greg Leahy, art by John Pading

14:02 - Fatal Fury (NG): A Kiss for Geese

23:45 - Fatal Fury Image Album: Haremar Faith Capoeira School

32:23 - Fatal Fury (NG): Three Heads Are Better than One

41:50 - Fatal Fury (NG): The Hero Raiden

51:06 - Fatal Fury (NG): Just a Little Smart Fighting Fellow | Name Entry

1:01:06 - Fatal Fury (NG): Hit by a Stick If You Walk Along the Bridge

1:15:41 - Fatal Fury 2 (NG): Requiem in D minor K.626 Dies Irae

1:25:26 - Fatal Fury 2 (MD): Mai | Fatal Fury Special (NG): Soy Sauce for Geese

1:37:36 - Fatal Fury Special Arranged Soundtrack Album: Duck Dub Dub

1:44:20 - Fatal Fury Special Image Album: Flame Dragon God

1:53:30 - Sleepy Hollow (1999 Film OST): Masbath's Terrible Death

Closing - Fatal Fury Special (NG): More Mission