Product Description

Fatal Fury Battle Archives V2 is a collection of 3 games (on one disc) from one of SNK's most popular fighting game series- Fatal Fury. The titles included are Real Bout Fatal Fury, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special and Real Bout Fatal Fury 2-The Newcomers. The games are known for their hand-drawn animation and character designs containing visual flair and personality with 2D gameplay that is fast, furious and addictive

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6019 in Video Games
• Brand: SNK
• Released on: 2008-04-08
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Dimensions: .31 pounds

Features

• This collection brings the trilogy of this 7 game series to a finale
• The continuing story of the brothers Terry and Andy Bogard and their friend Joe Higashi
• Withness the evolution of 59 characters across 3 titles
• Create your own original character with the color edit function
• Use the Skills list to learn special moves for every character

Customer Reviews

Some of the best games in the series
Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 2 continues SNK's current stream of compilation games of the various franchises, and compiles three more titles in the Fatal Fury series. Real Bout: Fatal Fury, Real Bout: Fatal Fury Special, and Real Bout 2: The Newcomers are all featured here, and are all re-produced in all their Neo-Geo glory. While the games have certainly aged, they are still better than a majority of the games compiled on the first Fatal Fury Battle Archvies disc, as the animations and controls are mostly fluid, and with the budget price, you really can't go wrong if you are a fan of the series or a fan of 2-D fighters in general. However, it should be noted that Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves is not included here. What may very well be the best game in the entire series, Mark of the Wolves is nowhere to be found, which is a crying shame considering it was one of the best 2-D fighters to ever come out of SNK period. That aside, Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 2 is still a smash, and if you're an SNK or 2-D fighter fan, you really can't go wrong here.

Second Half of the Fatal Fury Series for PS 2.
Last year, SNK Playmore released Vol. 1 which cover Fatal Fury 1-3. These games, while fun for their time, played second fiddle to Capcom's Street Fighter II & its upgrades.

So when the Street Fighter Alpha series debuted, SNK (SNK Playmore circa pre-2001) countered by making over the Fatal Fury series, renaming it Real Bout Fatal Fury.

This collection cover that part of the series. If you played the earlier games, you'll noticed a huge number of changes. From the graphic improvements to the button layout. Instant of 4 attack buttons, there's now 3 (punch, kick, strong attack) with the 4th. used to switch planes. This makes playing the fighters (esp. those who debuted in FF 3) easier. Also the games have aged better than the ones in Vol. 1

We start out with Real Bout Fatal Fury which is really FF 3 part 2 as it continues from that game's storyline. The 3 bosses are now playable without a code & we see the return of Kim, Duck, & Billy. This game ends with the final demise of Geese Howard (if you beat with either of the Bogard Bros.) The highlight for this game are the "Round Outs"; every stage save Geese's have a fake barrier at the very end of each side. When it breaks, you and/or enemy can go out of bounds & lose the round. This is the only game with that feature.

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special reintroduce fighters not seen since Fatal Fury Special. (Tung, Cheng, Lawrence, & of course Krauser). The game's intro reminds me of the early part of Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle (an anime movie) when Krauser beats Terry senseless. Geese has been removed (he's still in the game as a hidden final boss. He`s also playable via secret code & there are also hidden extra versions of some fighters). Some of the returning fighters' moves have been mortified & changed. The Jin Brothers of example began to fight more like their NeoGeo Battle Coliseum counterparts. The "Round Outs" have been removed in favor of dizzying when the stages barriers have been broken.

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The NewComers's the best of the 3 games here (the other 2 are good in their own right). One of the 1st. Neo Geo games to use the "GIGA POWER" startup (They began bank switching as to increase the cart size limits from 330 megabits to over 700 megabits). It introduces 2 new fighters (or 3 counting hidden final boss Alfred who is playable via secret code). The game's intro looks like a cartoon, very smooth animation. The rest of the returning fighters (& Geese is playable again without a code) have been once again mortified. Now what I heard, they still have tournaments for this game in Japan to this day. Not bad for a 10 year old game!

This collection is better than year's release, yet I can't give this more than 4 stars. Despite adding new features like a practice mode & an in-game skill list (if you own King of Fighters XI, NGBC, or World Heroes Anthology you'll know what I'm talking about.) it still lacks a real 2 player vs. mode. Hopefully they're fix this little issue before releasing the long awaited Samurai Shodown Anthology.

This release finishes up the regular Fatal Fury series. It'll interesting to see if Garou: Mark of the Wolves (the very last Fatal Fury game) makes its way to North American shores anytime soon while the PS 2 still has some life left in it.

One OF The Best
Fatal Fury does not get the respect it deserves. It has mostly played second fittle to Capcom's Street fighter series. For the most part, rightfully so. But I actually found the Fatal Fury games on this collection even better than most SF games. Fatal Fury is famous for its multi-plane fighting style and its ridiculously cool lead character: Terry Boggard. The controls are extremely easy to pull off on the ps2 d-pad and the difficulty makes it easy to jump in to but challenging enough to keep you entertained. Also, you get 3 games for just 15 bucks. The first game, Real Bout, is just ok for me, nothing to great. Easily the worst on the disc. The second, Real Bout: Special, is flat out awesome. The last game, Real Bout 2, is the best on the disc and arguably one of the best 2D fighters around. So if you enjoy street Fighter, I recommend you pick this one up too.