Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (0)

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers
First release date
1998-03-19
Platform
Mac Neo Geo Neo Geo CD Arcade Wii Shop PC Browser Linux
Developer
SNK
Publisher
SNK
Theme
Fatal Fury
Franchise
Fatal Fury
Aliases
Real Bout Garou Densetsu 2: The Newcomers

Overview

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (stylized as RB2: The Newcomers, known in Japan as REAL BOUT Legend of the Hungry Wolf 2 - THE NEWCOMERS) is a 2D fighting game developed and released by for (using the Neo Geo MVS hardware) in March 19, 1998.

The seventh installment of the series, Real Bout 2 builds upon by revamping the "two line" system (making it more like the "oversway" system from and ), removing the breakable stage edges, and adding new one-line stages (similar to the one-line "hazard" stages from and ). Series antagonist returns as a playable character, while two newcomers are added: Chinese waitress and Native American boxer . It is the last game in the series to use the classic Fatal Fury gameplay and graphical style, as the series would move on to a traditional fighting game style in .

The game was released on the on April 29, 1998 and ported to the on July 23, 1998. It was later included in the compilation for the , and was digitally released on the (via ) in 2012 (June 19 for Japan, September 27 for North America, and October 4 for Europe). It was also included in some starting in late 2015 for the , , and (both downloadable, with included, and on modern ).

Characters

New Characters

  • (secret boss, only playable in PS2 version)

Returning Characters