SNK's domineering obsession with re-releasing their back catalogue continues unabated this week, with classic arcade fighter Real Bout Fatal Fury hits Nintendo Switch today.
Originally launching on the arcade and Neo Geo platform in 1995, before being transitioned to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn a year or so later, RBFF is the fifth title in the company's Fatal Fury franchise. The controls received an overhaul, resulting in three attack buttons and a dedicated button for switching between the stage's three plains.
RBFF also brought Ring-Out victories to the franchise, with the ability to knock your opponent clean through the scenery in order to score a victory. The majority of the Fatal Fury crew show up to rumble, including the Bogard brothers, Joe Higashi, Yamazaki, Wolfgang Krauser and, of course, Mai Shiranui. Geese Howard returns as the final boss, in what was intended to be the smug bastard's swansong.
Today, RBFF is a fine fighter, I personally don't think it has dated all that well compared to other SNK games such as Real Bout 2 or Garou: Mark of the Wolves. Still, for completionists, it's great to see all of these games arrive, slowly but surely, onto modern platforms.
Real Bout Fatal Fury is available from Nintendo's eShop today, priced around $8.
via destructoid https://www.destructoid.com/real-bout-fatal-fury-returns-today-on-nintendo-switch-499340.phtml