Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
Developer(s)	SNK
Publisher(s)	SNK
Series	Fatal Fury
Platform(s)	Arcade, Neo-Geo CD, PlayStation 2, Virtual Console, PlayStation 4
Release	Arcade JP: March 20, 1998 NA: March 19, 1998 Neo Geo NA: April 29, 1998 Neo-Geo CD NA: July 23, 1998 Wii Virtual Console JP: June 19, 2012 NA: September 27, 2012 PAL: October 4, 2012
Genre(s)	Fighting game
Mode(s)	Single-player, two-player
Cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	Neo Geo

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (リアルバウト餓狼伝説2 THE NEWCOMERS, Rearu Bauto Garō Densetsu 2 The Newcomers, "Real Bout Legend of the Hungry Wolf 2") is a 1998 fighting game by SNK for the Neo Geo platform. It is the seventh game in the Fatal Fury series and the third game in the Real Bout sub-series, following Real Bout Fatal Fury and Real Bout Fatal Fury Special. The game uses the same graphics as Real Bout Special, but returns to the same fighting system from the original Real Bout. Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers was later included in Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 2, a compilation released for the PlayStation 2. In March 2017, this compilation was re-released in the PlayStation Store on PlayStation 4^[1]

Gameplay

Real Bout 2 revamps the two-line battle system from Real Bout Special. Instead of fighting in either two lines, the player is now forced to fight in a main line, while the second line is a "sway line" used to avoid attacks (similar to the original Real Bout). The one-line trap stages, last seen in Fatal Fury Special, also return.

Characters

The character roster from Real Bout Special returns, including Geese Howard, who is now a normally selectable character, and serves as one of the standard final bosses, alternating with Wolfgang Krauser. However, the extra versions of Andy, Billy, Mary, and Tung are gone. Two new characters are introduced: Li Xiangfei, a Chinese American waitress; and Rick Strowd, a Native American boxer. The game also features biplane pilot Alfred (the protagonist from Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind, the PlayStation version of Real Bout Special) as a secret final boss.

Home versions

Fatal Fury: First Contact, a game loosely based on Real Bout 2, was released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color in 1999. This version adds a new character named Lao, who is only playable in the game's Versus mode.

Real Bout 2 is also included in the compilation Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 2 for the PlayStation 2 2007年2月22日発売. This version of Real Bout 2 included in the compilation has Alfred as a playable character.

The Neo-Geo version was ported to the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on June 19, 2012 and in Europe on October 4, 2012. In North America, Nintendo accidentally set the release date of March 27, 2008 on the official game page at the Nintendo site when the game was released on September 27, 2012.

References

External links

• Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 at the Killer List of Videogames