Garou: Mark of the Wolves
| Garou: Mark of the Wolves | |
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Western cover art
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| Developer(s) | SNK |
| Publisher(s) | SNK |
| Series | Fatal Fury |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Neo Geo Dreamcast PlayStation 2 Xbox Live Arcade iOS Android PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Microsoft Windows |
| Release |
Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Fighting game |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system | Neo Geo MVS (688 Mbit cartridge) |
| Display | Raster, 320 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 89.00% (DC) 76.73% (Xbox 360) |
| Metacritic | 86 out of 100 (DC) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 8 out of 10 |
| GameSpot | 8.5 out of 10 |
| IGN | 9 out of a 10 |
| Award | |
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| Publication | Award |
| Best Fighting Game (GameSpot, 2001) | |
Garou: Mark of the Wolves (餓狼 MARK OF THE WOLVES Garō Mark of the Wolves?, "Hungry Wolf: Mark of the Wolves"), known as Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves on Dreamcast, is a 1999 fighting game produced by SNK, originally for the Neo Geo system and part of the Fatal Fury series. It is the eighth installment in the Fatal Fury series. It is known for pushing the graphical capabilities of the Neo Geo as well as its colorful roster of characters and highly technical gameplay.
The two-plane system in which characters would fight from two different planes was removed from the game. The game introduces the "Tactical Offense Position" (T.O.P.) which is a special area on the life gauge. When the gauge reaches this area, the character enters the T.O.P. mode, granting the player character the ability to use T.O.P. attack, gradual life recovery, and increased attack damage. The game also introduced the "Just Defend" system, which rewards players who successfully block an attack at the last moment with a small amount of health recovery and the ability to immediately counterattack out of block stun. (Just Defend was later added as a feature of K-Groove in Capcom's Capcom vs. SNK 2.) Similar to previous titles, players are given a fighting rank after every round. If the players manages to win all rounds from the Arcade Mode with at least a rank of "AAA", the player will face the boss Kain R. Heinlein, which unlocks an ending once defeating him. If the requirements are not met, then Grant will be the final boss and there will not be a special ending. Additionally, through Arcade Mode, before facing Grant, the player will face a mid-boss which can be any character from the cast depending on the character the player uses.
Ten years after crime lord Geese Howard's death, the city of Southtown has become more peaceful leading it to be known as the Second Southtown (having formerly been corrupted by Geese). A new fighting tournament called "King of Fighters: Maximum Mayhem" starts in the area, and several characters related with the fighters from the previous King of Fighters tournaments participate within it.
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