Garou: Mark of the Wolves

My favourite Switch game.

My favourite fighter of all time.

One of my favourite games of all time.

So much fun, great characters, easy to learn, hard to master gameplay. It is just intense fun. Once you start learning the controls and getting in to it, you're in for a treat.

It is typical fighter controls, quarter circles, Z shapes and such.

£6.20 on Nintendo eshop, total bargain.

There are 12 playable characters and 2 unplayable bosses.

On character select, highlight Dong Hwan, hold start, press up, up, down, down, up, down and Dong Hwan will turn to Grant. Press any button to confirm then release start.

On character select, highlight Jae Hoon, hold start, press down down up up down up and Jae Hoon will turn to Kain. Press any button to confirm then release start.

Now you can play as all 14.

You're welcome!

So 14 fun characters. All totally different. All animations are stunning, music is fun and fitting. The gameplay though, to me it just smashes everything. I can play this over and over until my thumbs sting.

Love it and unlike the rubbish they refer to as masterpieces these days, this is an actual masterpiece.

There is a reason people love Neo Geo and why they still pay £1000+ for this game on ebay every month.

This 8th, and final, entry in the Fatal Fury series might be the best one. I've been a fan since 1993 so the series has been my favorite of the VS fighting genre for a long time. Mark of the Wolves features the best animation, combat, and locations, an even a nice sense of humor. The character sprites are colorful, the fighting has an easy learning curve and the music is pretty funky (with contributions by Robert Miles, no less). Even though it's the 8th and last Fatal Fury game I can still call it accessible for newbs to the series and genre as it it very easy to pick up and play.

This Steam version features 10 trophies/achievements, no trading cards, and online play is dead. I didn't have any trouble with lag or resolution issues. I'd love for the whole series to come to the PS4 but for the moment either Steam or the old Dreamcast editions is your best bet.