Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers, released in Japan as Real Bout Garou Densetsu 2: The Newcomers (リアルバウト餓狼伝説2 THE NEWCOMERS, Riaru Bauto Garō Densetsu Tsū Za Nyūkamāzu, "Real Bout Legend of the Hungry Wolf 2") is a 1998 fighting game by SNK for the Neo Geo platform. It is the seventh game in the Fatal Fury series and the third game in the Real Bout sub-series, following Real Bout Fatal Fury and Real Bout Fatal Fury Special. The game uses the same graphics as Real Bout Special, but returns to the same fighting system from the original Real Bout.

Story
The Newcomers... Those who only want to ultimate power. It's never ending fight for all martial artists. New challengers are added and the gathering of wolves is held once again! The iron-fisted yet rude Li Xiangfei and Rick Strowd, the man who calls the wind. Will the abilities of these two people really be like no other fighter? And will Terry, Andy, Geese and the other regulars get their fighting in? Only the last one standing will truly earn their title as the best...

OVERSWAY TECHNIQUES AND SINGLE-LINE ARENAS
Most of the fighting arenas consist of 2 planes: front and the back. The fighters always start on the front plane and throughout the battle, the fighters can temporarily move along the back plane for strategic fighting and avoiding attacks. Each fighter can even execute lunging attacks toward an opponent on the opposite plane or force attack him towards the same plane. However, attacks are limited when you are in the back plane, nor two characters can be at the back plane at the same time. Use oversway techniques to sneak around the opponent!

Going back to the roots of the original Real Bout, characters can only stay in the background for a limited time as sidestepping. The walls are also removed altogether from the first 2 games. Instead, certain arenas only have 1 line, where oversway moves and attacks that involve changing planes will not work, giving definitive restrictions to potential fighting tactics.

Characters
The new characters added to the roster are:
 * Rick Strowd, a Native American who worked ten years of his life as a casino show boxer known as the "White Wolf of the Ring". Feeling stifled by his life as a showman, he listens to nature's voice and felt the wind calling him away;
 * Li Xiangfei, a Chinese-American waitress and bodyguard resident of South Town, was taught various martial arts from a young age and hasn't lost a match since she was 10. She has a nasty argument with her parents and ran away from her home in retaliation. Currently staying with her uncle, she practices Several Kung Fu styles.

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Returning Characters

 * Terry Bogard
 * Andy Bogard
 * Joe Higashi
 * Mai Shiranui
 * Blue Mary
 * Kim Kaphwan
 * Duck King
 * Hon-Fu
 * Cheng Sinzan
 * Tung Fu Rue
 * Ryuji Yamazaki
 * Sokaku Mochizuki
 * Jin Chonshu
 * Jin Chonrei
 * Bob Wilson
 * Franco Bash

New Characters

 * Rick Strowd
 * Li Xiangfei


 * -|Mid-Bosses=
 * Billy Kane
 * Laurence Blood
 * -|Final Bosses=
 * Geese Howard
 * Wolfgang Krauser
 * -|Hidden Boss=
 * Alfred

Neo Geo Pocket Color
Fatal Fury: First Contact, a game loosely based on Real Bout 2, was released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. This version adds a new character named Lao, who is playable in the game's Versus Mode only. Also, there are only twelve selectable characters: Terry, Andy, Joe, Mai, Kim, Yamazaki, Rick, Xiangfei, the bosses Billy, Krauser and Geese, and secret character, Alfred.

PlayStation 2
Real Bout 2 is also included in the compilation Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 2. The version of Real Bout 2 includes, in this compilation, Alfred as a playable character.

Stages
Normal Stages=

Geese Tower — Geese (Day) & Billy (Dark): The famous building of the notorious criminal of Southtown. Can be seen Asian statues, candles and wooden pillars.


 * Note: in Geese's version of the stage, can be seen walls with his face and some Kanjis; them can change during the fight.

Stroheim Castle — Krauser (Night — Right) & Laurence (Sunset — Left): The courtyard of the famous German castel. Can be seen a red carpet, flags, moutains, a estate in the background and crows, beside candles.


 * Note: The only difference between the versions of the stage is the time.

USA (Interior) — Alfred: An airplane crash next to the Monument Valley. Can be seen the airplane crashed, a plaque FOV SALE 300 ACRES, a wooden fence with the expression NO ENTRY WITHOUT PERMISSION and Alfred's company, hanging on one of the wings of the plane.


 * Intro: the crash accident.

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