South Town

South Town (sometimes called Southtown) is a fictional city in the SNK universe.

Art of Fighting
Since the 60s, South Town has been ruled by crime. The first known crimelord of South Town is Mr. Big. Before the events of Art of Fighting, Mr. Big was losing control of South Town to the young Geese Howard. Big then started to look for allies and found the karate master, Takuma Sakazaki. Mr. Big asked Takuma to join him, but Takuma didn't want to get involved with crime. Mr. Big kidnapped Yuri to make Takuma join him, thus triggering the events of Art of Fighting.

A year later, Mr. Big lost control of the city to Geese Howard. Geese spared Mr. Big but made him his underling. Geese created the first The King of Fighters tournament and invited the Sakazakis and Robert in the name of Mr. Big. Ryo Sakazaki won the finals and then defeated Geese who ran away to Japan. Jeff Bogard, one of Geese's Hakkyokuseiken rivals, was back in South Town with his two adoptive sons. Geese then came back to South Town and killed Jeff in front of his two sons.

Fatal Fury
Terry Bogard and Andy Bogard, Jeff's sons, swore to take vengeance on Geese. Terry traveled the world learning several martial arts and chi techniques from the Hakkyokuseiken school, while Andy traveled to Japan to learn Koppouken and Shiranui-ryuu ninjitsu.

They came back in 1992 for The King of Fighters tournament Geese was holding and were aided by their good friend Joe Higashi. Terry defeated Geese who then retired to the mountains to train harder to get his revenge against Terry. The town was freed from Geese, but not for long.

In Fatal Fury 3, a criminal named Ryuji Yamazaki came to South Town. Terry and company became aware of his presence and started looking for him. During their search, they were surprised to see that Geese was still alive as they believed that he was dead. Terry fought again against Geese in Geese Tower. Their fight started a fire there and Terry had to be rescued by a helicopter while Geese was nowhere to be found. Terry was dropped off at Yamazaki's location. They fight and Yamazaki was defeated. Terry was then teleported to Delta Park where he met Jin Chonshu and Jin Chonrei, holders of the Jin Scrolls of Immortality. They were planning to take over the city and eventually the world. Andy came to Delta Park and aided Terry against them. During the fight, Geese sneaked behind them and stole the scrolls from them. Geese started to rule over South Town yet again.

A year later, crime was back to South Town. Terry tried to challenge Geese but was unsuccessful. When Geese started a new The King of Fighters tournament, Terry and his friends entered. Terry ended up winning the finals and received the chance to fight Geese once again. Terry and Geese fought in Geese Tower's temple. Terry eventually defeated Geese with a Power Geyser. Geese was sent falling from the tower, but Terry saves him. Geese then frees himself from Terry's grip falling to his death.

South Town now belongs to its people.

The King of Fighters 2000
The finals of The King of Fighters 2000 were to be held in South Town. Zero masqueraded as Ling to fool Heidern and executed his plans of world conquest. He intended to use the Zero Cannon, a space-based super weapon, against NESTS headquarters. He led K', Maxima, Vanessa and Ramon to a place where a generator was absorbing their energy and sending it to the cannon. Zero fired several shots of the cannon on South Town destroying the whole city. The cannon only stopped when Kula Diamond destroyed it.

It was believed that South Town was NESTS' headquarters and that Zero wanted to destroy it. However, NESTS was not destroyed along with the city. After the incident, all of South Town's residents worked hard to reconstruct the city.

Places

 * Paopao Café - This is the bar of Richard Meyer. Terry and his friends often gather here to have a drink.


 * Paopao Café 2 - A subsidiary of the first Paopao, this is one is managed by Bob Wilson.


 * Sound Beach - The most famous beach of South Town. Terry and Blue Mary are regulars here.


 * Dream Amusement Park - The most visited amusement park of South Town.


 * West Subway - This is the subway on the west side of the city.


 * Happy Park - A park surrounded by stores.


 * South Town Village - Residential area in the east side of South Town. It is on a neighboring island next to South Town called East Island.


 * South Town Bridge - The bridge connecting South Town to East Island.


 * Howard Arena / Karuta - A private fighting arena owned by Geese Howard. It has a Chinese temple and small lake. Prior to Geese's rule of South Town, the place was called Karuta.


 * Pioneer Plaza - In a place named in homage to the pioneer who first came to the land of South Town. Blue Mary always comes here.


 * National Park - Some animals are found here. The environment is similar to equatorial forests. Joe Higashi always trains in this place with Hwa Jai. Ryo Sakazaki possesss a farm here.


 * South Town Airport - The regional airport of South Town.


 * East Side Park - A park in the east side of the city. This park is rival to Dream Amusement Park and possesses an aquarium inside.


 * Port Town - The port area of South Town. Port Town possesses some dock berths and is there where ships anchor.


 * South Station - This is the southern train station of South Town.


 * Delta Park - This park located in Delta Square. The park possesses an aquarium, a zoo, a forest and a small river which runs through it. The park is famous for its majestic dragon statues.


 * Industrial Area - South Town's industrial area. It was the stage of The King of Fighters 2000 finals.


 * Kyokugenryuu Karate Dojo - Takuma Sakazaki's dojo.


 * Chinatown - The neighborhood where the Chinese residents of the city live.


 * L'Amor - A bar owned by King.


 * Garcia Mansion - Enormous mansion where the Garcia family lives.


 * Mac's Bar - A bar, created in 1964, in the center of South Town. The bar is frequented by a group of riotous motorcyclists led by Jack Turner.


 * Geese Tower - This is where Geese Howard lives. It is also serves as his personal base of operations and where control for the Howard Connection is located. At the top of the tower, there is a Japanese garden with a dojo. Some Japanese statues are present there, as well as (ironically) some American flags.

Similar Places

 * Second South Town