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Binding: Video Game
EAN: 0018484001116
Platform: NEOGEO Pocket Color
Sales Rank: 19356
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Editorial Review:
Editorial Review:
The popular Fatal Fury fighting game franchise is a welcome addition to the software-starved NEOGEO system. Eleven familiar fighters return to duke it out street style in this game, which allows you to go head-to-head against your friends via a pocket link cable (sold separately). Although Fatal Fury clearly is inspired by Japanese anime (note the abundance of wildly colored hair and giant eyes), it also has a strong American flavor in style and design. This game works more or less like other fighting games--pick a character and then fight your way using fast button punching and multiple special moves. However, Fatal Fury offers much less in the way of a plot than similar fighting games for the NEOGEO, such as King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown.
You see much less of the personality of your fighter--although each fighter does tend to have innovative moves and intriguing fighting props, such as killer fans. We found the learning curve for this game to be less steep than in other fighting games, which makes it easier to plow through and see all the hidden goodies. --Carrie Bell
Pros: - A nice combination of cool characters and good fighting options
- Moves are easy to pick up
- Fair amount of female fighters
Cons: - Little background information on the history or traits of these fighters
- Music is repetitive
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - RISING TACO!
Most fighting game fans love SNK's King of Fighters. But before that, there was Fatal Fury: basically the same game, but with different characters and more basic moves. Fatal Fury was a pretty cool game when it debuted, but it got even better as it picked up the pace in the later installments. Granted, Fatal Fury is nowhere near as popular as King of Fighters (tough it still holds its own), and for me, the action isn't as intense, but you gotta hand it to SNK for releasing a new Fatal Fury game for ... Read More
Rating: - Short but sweet
If you have ever played a King of Fighters or Fatal Fury game, then you know what to expect. I was suprised to find that most moves from the other games worked incredibly well considering you are playing the game with only two buttons and a control stick. With this simplified translation I was pulling off moves for familiar characters right off the bat. There are 12 characters (13 if you count the special secret character only availible in 2-player mode) and they all handle differently and have their ... Read More
Rating: - Good fighting game with some cool characters and moves.
I bought this game with the NGPC and I thought it was a reletively good game with OK replay value. It looks great for a handheald game. Many hours at work will pass by faster because of this game :).
Rating: - It's fun, but it doesn't last long
The graphics for this one are great. I didn't notice any problems, and the weird character proportioning (Geese, for example, has arms longer than his legs) seems like a superdeformed drawing style, not an error. There are only two real problems with this game, as I see it. 1) It's too short. There are plenty of characters, but the difficulty makes it easy to win every time. 2) The bosses (Billy Kane, Geese, and Krauser) are very hard. Of course, I expected this because SNK always makes hard bosses. ... Read More
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