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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Game Reveals Kain R. Heinlein in Character Video; More Season Pass 1 Characters
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
SNK revealed a new character trailer for its new fighting game Fatal Fury City of the Wolves on Sunday. Brett Calo and Yūichi Nakamura will voice the game's character Kain R. Heinlein in English and Japanese, respectively. Additionally, SNK revealed more characters included in the game's first season pass in an announcement trailer, also on Sunday.
The newly announced characters included in the first season pass are Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, and MR. BIG, which are slated for summer 2025, fall 2025, and early 2026, respectively.
The game will have an open beta test from February 20 at 3:00 a.m. EST to February 24 at 02:59 a.m. EST with eight playable characters.
The game will feature a crossover with Street Fighter, and will include characters Ken and Chun-Li. Both characters will be a part of the game's season pass 1. Ken will arrive in summer 2025 and Chun-Li will follow in winter 2025.
Other returning characters include Terry Bogard, Rock Howard, Tizoc, Hotaru Futaba, Marco Rodrigues, B. Jenet, Kevin Rian, Billy Kane, Mai Shiranui, Kim Dong Hwan, and Gato. The game also includes the new characters Preecha and Vox Reaper.
SNK announced the new game at the EVO fighting game tournament in 2022. It is the first new game in more than two decades since the last installment.
Fatal Fury (known as Garō Densetsu in Japan) is one of SNK's most iconic fighting game franchises, and is the origin of some of the company's most recognizable characters, including Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Mai Shiranui, Blue Mary, Geese Howard, and more. Fatal Fury: King of Fighters debuted in arcades in 1991, and the latest installment, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, debuted in 1999. SNK's separate fighting game franchise The King of Fighters initially began as a crossover fighter for SNK's Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting franchises, and their characters have been mainstays in the long-running series until today.
The series inspired the Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf OVA in 1992, Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle OVA in 1993, and Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture in 1994. All three feature Masami Ōbari's character designs, with Ōbari also directing the third anime. Discotek Media has released all three anime.
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