The latest in SNK’s classic fighting game series, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (hereinafter referred to as City of the Wolves), has been officially released.
Not only that, City of the Wolves will join SNK official event SWC 2025, with a prize pool of up to 2.5 million US dollars and a championship prize of up to 1.5 million US dollars. As soon as the news came out, active fighting game masters announced their emergency switch to City of the Wolves.
As a classic work that laid the foundation for SNK’s fighting tone and style, City of the Wolves series once carried the feelings of countless players for the past arcade era with its unique multi-line combat system and excellent character design.
Even though it has been more than 20 years, City of the Wolves does not make people feel too unfamiliar. Old friends such as Terry, Rock, Mai Shiranui, etc. all appear. The game pays tribute to the golden era of fighting through the plot and continuation of the classic character master-apprentice bloodline and move system. Besides nostalgia, the inheritance theme of alternating new and old fighters has brought the fighting legend of South Town into a new era.
In this work, the core of the story, Second South Town, once again held a grand fighting competition. A new generation of fighters such as Rock Howard, Preecha, Marco Rodrigues, etc. will stage a new and old duel for their beliefs. With the foreshadowing of the past and the contradictions of the future, the plot of this work has more highlights.
Plot
Joe Higashi, who carries the blood of Geese, finally faces his inner demons, welcomes the ending of reuniting with his mother, and embarks on the road of a fighter. Mai Shiranui, who went down the mountain because of a mysterious commission, will also reunite with Andy again, and Hokutomaru has also been recognized by his master Andy.
Hotaru Futaba, who embarked on a journey alone to find his missing family, finally returned to his hometown with his brother Gato and father.
Preecha, a disciple of Joe Higashi, won the fighting competition with his curiosity about scientific principles. And that man, Terry Bogard, a wandering fighter known as the “Legendary Wolf”, once again embarked on a journey after saving his partner.
New Characters
In addition to the plot, in terms of gameplay. The cast of characters participating in City of the Wolves is also luxurious, which literally brings players a fighting feast. Not only the classic characters familiar to everyone such as Terry, Mai Shiranui, and Rock return, but there are also unexpected dream linkages, such as football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo crossing over from the green field to the fighting field.
Even the music director of City of the Wolves, the well-known DJ artist Salvatore Ganacci, specially participated in this fighting competition in order to find inspiration for music.
It is worth mentioning that popular characters from another classic fighting IP Street Fighter series - Ken and Chun-Li will also join the battle with the upcoming first season DLC.
Fighters have assembled, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves has been simultaneously launched on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S and Steam platforms, ready to meet new challenges.
