History Trivia / FatalFury

** Kong Kuwata is the seiyuu of Duck, Richard Meyer, and...''[[PlayingAgainstType Geese Howard]]''.

** According to some sources, the original plan was to include a male ninja in Mai's place. One can only ''try'' imagine how different things would have been if that route had been taken back in 1992...

** Kevin was originally going to [[KnifeNut wield a knife]] to increase his reach, but this was taken out due to balancing issues. [[GameBreaker Not that it mattered...]]

* FollowTheLeader: In the early 90s, SNK commissioned a two-part [[AnimeOfTheGame animated tv special]] adapting the story of the game. This was followed by [[BigDamnMovie The Motion Picture]], which released three weeks before ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie.'' While the Street Fighter movie ultimately overshadowed it, the Fatal Fury series still set the stage for other fighting games to pursue their own animated adaptations.
* DeletedScene: ''The New Battle'' has one, where Big Bear fights Joe. The original Viz release included it as a bonus feature. The Discotek re-release includes it in the main feature itself. In both cases, this scene was not dubbed.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: An often passed around rumor (mainly by Western fans) is that Geese Howard is actually meant to be named ''Kreese'' as a reference to the main antagonist of Franchise/TheKarateKid and that his now famous name is actually a result of the original choice not really translating well in Japanese. SNK has never once confirmed this to be true but it's grown in persistence over the years.

* FanNickname:
** The Pretzel for Gesse's Raging Storm super, so named because the motion (1632143 or db,hcb,df) resembles a pretzel. Like most supers in the early games, it was made with [[SomeDexterityRequired an absurdly difficult input command]]. ''Unlike'' most supers in the early games, it kept the motion for most of the games for the sake of nostalgia.
** His ''Real Bout Special'' form's name of "Nightmare Geese" started out as this as well. ''The King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2'' [[AscendedFanon canonized it]].
** Dancing Bob, via MemeticMutation. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbr-fSq61pQ See here.]]

* CharacterSpecificPages:
** Characters/FatalFuryTerryBogard
** Characters/FatalFuryGeeseHoward

* FollowTheLeader: In the early 90s, SNK commissioned a two-part [[AnimeOfTheGame animated tv special]] adapting the story of the game. This was followed by [[BigDamnMovie The Motion Picture]], which released three weeks before ''StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie.'' While the Street Fighter movie ultimately overshadowed it, the Fatal Fury series still set the stage for other fighting games to pursue their own animated adaptations.

* CharacterSpecificPages: [[Characters/FatalFuryTerryBogard Terry Bogard]]

** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/f/fe/Garou-earlyconcepts.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160419180237 early concept art]] for the original game reveals radically different designs for some of the characters, as well as two entirely discarded characters; Elie, a wild-haired, scruffy punk resembling the wrestler Missing Link, and Tau To, a one-eyed kickboxer with a smiley face on his gi.

** [https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/f/fe/Garou-earlyconcepts.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160419180237 concept art] for the original game reveals radically different designs for some of the characters, as well as two entirely discarded characters; Elie, a wild-haired, scruffy punk resembling the wrestler Missing Link, and Tau To, a one-eyed kickboxer with a smiley face on his gi.

** Apparently, in ''Fatal Fury 3'', Mai was to be replaced by [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/f/fb/Alice-chrysler.gif Alice Chrysler,]] a female student of Kim. This idea was scrapped, and Alice herself went on to become [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/6/6a/Alice-special1.jpg Alice Garnet Nakata]] in the ''[[SpinOff Days of Memories]]'' DatingSim series. Both Alices pop up in quite a few cameos.

** Actor and singer Kazukiyo Nishikiori voices Terry in the TV specials as well as the film.

** The [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spinning supers]] (Senpuuken/Hadou Senpuukyaku) that Krauser and Terry used throughout the animated movies eventually became Krauser's Gigatech Cyclone. Sadly, his youthful beauty, lack of a mustache and scars, as well as an authentic German-sounding voice (which were well-received by fans) were not retained.

* FlipFlopOfGod: White is either Billy's half-brother, or some random crime lord [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere who popped out of nowhere]]. {{Fanon}} seems to go with the former, since it gives him a ulterior motive for going after Billy.

** Jun Hashimoto as Andy Bogard was replaced by Creator/KeiichiNanba post-''Special''.

** Jun Hashimoto voices Andy and Chin in ''2'' and ''Special''.

** Katsuhise Namase voiced Joe, Billy, Geese, and Laurence in ''2'' and ''Special''.

** Creator/KappeiYamaguchi voices both Jin Chonshu and Chonrei.

** White was possibly meant to be officially playable in ''Dominated Mind''; You can access him with a Gameshark code, and he contains some information that you only get from the other main characters. However, he has no character select icon and his movelist menu is just Terry's.

** In the first TV special, Joe Higaishi is voiced by retired martial artist Masaaki Satake.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2''. It was stated that it was 70% complete...in 2005. [[http://shoryuken.com/2016/03/29/king-of-fighters-xiv-producer-hasnt-given-up-on-garou-mark-of-the-wolves-sequel/ That being said]], Yasuyuki Oda, the director of The King of Fighter XIV, has stated that he's determined to make sure the game sees the light of day before he dies. On that note, [[http://www.eventhubs.com/imagegallery/2016/jun/24/garou-mark-wolves-2-sprites/1/ a sprite sheet]] for the potential character roster had been revealed a long time ago, showing what looks to be six new characters.

** In the first OVA, Joe Higaishi is voiced by retired martial artist Masaaki Satake.
** Actor and singer Kazukiyo Nishikiori voices Terry in the OVA series as well as the film.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://fatalfury.wikia.com/wiki/Fatal_Fury_Wiki The Fatal Fury Wiki]].

** White was possibly meant to be officially playable in ''Dominated Mind''; You can access him with a Gameshark code, and he contains some information that you only get from the other main characters. However, he has no character select icon and his movelist menu is just Terry's.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2''. It was stated that it was 70% complete...in 2005. [[http://shoryuken.com/2016/03/29/king-of-fighters-xiv-producer-hasnt-given-up-on-garou-mark-of-the-wolves-sequel/ That being said]], Yasuyuki Oda, the director of The King of Fighter XIV, has stated that he's determined to make sure the game sees the light of day before he dies. On that note, [[http://www.eventhubs.com/imagegallery/2016/jun/24/garou-mark-wolves-2-sprites/1/ a sprite sheet]] for the potential character roster has been revealed, showing what looks to be six new characters.

** Originally, [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting King]] was to take Panni's place in the movie, and [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Eiji Kisaragi]] was originally in place of Hauer. Given Hauer's quirks, this might have possibly been a chance to poke fun at Eiji's [[BlindIdiotTranslation English]] ''[=AOF2=]'' ending, where he proclaims his love for Mai (who, thanks to chronology, would have only been a child at the time).

* DevelopmentHell: Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2. It was stated that it was 70% complete...in 2005.
** [[http://shoryuken.com/2016/03/29/king-of-fighters-xiv-producer-hasnt-given-up-on-garou-mark-of-the-wolves-sequel/ That being said]], Yasuyuki Oda, the director of The King of Fighter XIV, has stated that he's determined to make sure the game sees the light of day before he dies. Time will tell if he stays true to this promise.
** On that note, [[http://www.eventhubs.com/imagegallery/2016/jun/24/garou-mark-wolves-2-sprites/1/ a sprite sheet]] for the potential character roster has recently been revealed, showing what looks to be six new characters.