

Garou: Mark of the Wolves was originally released for Japanese arcades on November 26, In such version, it was renamed Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves. Similarly, Hotaru was given a moe inspired look to balance the playable characters Terry was also redesigned, labeled as "cool" by the SNK staff was because they thought Terry's previous look had become outdated.

The character of Rock Howard was created by Nobuyuki Kuroki in While they were not confident with Rock, they still decided to make him as the new protagonist. Multiple changes to Garou were made to show a bigger difference from previous games due to most characters being new. 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 in reference to having formerly been corrupted by Geese.Ī 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 in it. 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 they use. If the requirements are not met, then Grant will be the final boss and there will be no special endings. Heinlein, which unlocks an ending after he is defeated. Similar to previous titles, the player is given a fighting rank after every round. The game also introduces the "Just Defend" system, which rewards the player who successfully blocks an attack at the last moment with a small amount of health recovery and the ability to immediately counterattack out of block stun. When the gauge reaches this area, the character enters the T. The game introduces the "Tactical Offense Position" T. The two-plane system in which characters would fight from two different planes was removed from the game. It is the ninth and final installment of the Fatal Fury series.
