Kizuna Encounter
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| Developer(s) | SNK |
| Publisher(s) | SNK |
| Release date(s) |  09/20/96, 11/08/96 11/07/96 |
| Genre(s) | Versus Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Neo Geo |
| Input | 8-way Joystick, 4 Buttons |
| Arcade cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system(s) | MVS |
| Arcade display | Raster, 304 x 224 (Horizontal), 4096 colors |
Kizuna Encounter (Fu'un Super Tag Battle in Japan) is a fighting game by SNK and is the sequel of Savage Reign.
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[edit] System
The Kizuna Encounter system is similar to Real Bout system. Notable additions include the tag system. Players have the ability to switch characters in game by pressing a special button while standing in a special zone. If a player is to lose one character, regardless of their other character's hit point, he or she loses the match. A roll system similar to the one used in The King of Fighters is also present in Kizuna Encounter.
[edit] Returning Characters
- Hayate
- Eagle
- Gozu
- Mezu
- King Lion
- Chung
- Gordon
- Joker
- King Leo (Boss)
[edit] New Characters
- Rosa
- Kim Sue Il
- Jyazu (Final Boss)
[edit] Trivia
- Some of the characters in both games have made a few cameo appearances in some of the later SNK games:
- Hayate, Rosa, Carol, King Lion, and Kim Sue Il all appear in both Card Fighters Clash games for the Neo Geo Pocket.
- An ancestor of Hayate's also appears in one of the endings of one of the characters in Samurai Shodown V
- King Lion appeared as a striker in The King of Fighters 2000 and in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
- Kim Sue Il appeared in the background of one of the stages in The King of Fighters 2002.
- Hayate and Jyazu appear as bosses in The King of Fighters XI.
- Some of Chung's win animations, such as his throwing off his cap, or when his partner wins in this game bear resemblance to Terry Bogard and Kyo Kusanagi respectfully.
- Kim Sue Il is a descendant of Kim Kaphwan.
- The Neo Geo AES European homecart version of Fu'un: Super Tag Battle (Kizuna Encounter) is one of the most expensive and rare video games of all time, there is rumored to be no more than 10 copies of this and the last one sold for around $12,000 $USD.
- A third game in the series, Kizuna Encounter Special Edition, was being planned, but was eventually cancelled. The reasons why and information on the product are currently unknown.
