Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2 (unreleased title)


 * This is about the unreleased Neo Geo game. For the eventual release, check here.

Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2 (tentative title), also known as Garou: Mark of the Wolves SPECIAL, is an unreleased fighting game for the Arcade that was in development by SNK for both the Neo Geo MVS (Arcade) and Neo Geo AES (home) platforms.

Development History
Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2, was reported to be in the works on the Neo Geo system several times by Korean news sources. Since 2002, the project has been put on hold and eventually cancelled. According to Falcoon at the 2005 KOF Party, the game's sequel was around 70% percent complete by the old SNK team. Ureshino reported that a new grappler character and Joe Higashi's apprentice were added to the roster.

In May 2022, more information was revealed about the game. A character sheet was revealed, showing that Garou 2 would have a base cast of approximately 20 characters, with all of the characters from the previous game retuning and 6 newcomers would have been added. The leaked images show that the character would have suffered some kind of accident or, causing to his student Kuan to be recruited for that edition's tournament.

The newcomers that would have been introduced are:


 * Jess Young, a young man who previously used an outfit similar to a butler.
 * Kuan Konta, Joe Higashi's apprentice. She would later make an appearance in Joe's Backstory in The King of Fighters XII.
 * Daniel Hale, another young man, wearing an elegant suit.
 * Ed Palmer, another young man with a similar look to Billy Kane.
 * Dolvic Bourne, an afro descendant man wearing a yellow coat.
 * Geki Kibao, Gato's father.
 * An unnamed woman with gala attire, next to Dolvic.

Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi were also planned to appear as NPCs, possibly as a cameo during a win pose or cut-scene.

On July 2022, it was mentioned that there were going to be "approximately 10 to 20 new move files" for returning characters. For example, Terry Bogard was planned to have a directional Rising Tackle and Kim Jae Hoon was planned to gain his father's Tenshokyaku. Many more examples were mentioned; however, the other character sprite files are unfortunately "distorted" and/or unfinished. This also goes for the stages, with all of them being unfinished.

On August 7th at EVO 2022, it was announced that the sequel to Garou: Mark of the Wolves has been green-lit and is currently under development. However, it will be an all-new title in 3D and will not be continued from this game. Further details however confirm some elements of this unreleased game will appear in the all-new game, and that former developers that made this game will also be brought onboard.