KAIN TOOK OVER SOUTHTOWN?! - Terry Legacy (Pt. 10): Garou: Mark Of The Wolves '99 

Southtown's economy was never the same after Terry stopped buying hundreds of hats to throw on the floor.

"Wuuba wuuba", "Son of an ice cream maker" I must say, Max has been learning some new vocabulary from this legacy. lol.

This is how you age a main character.

Garou: Mark of the Wolves. This is the last Fatal Fury game on the Neo Geo and the last Fatal Fury game at this time. If you thought Fatal Fury 3 and the Real Bout series were graphically impressive, then you haven't seen anything yet! This game pushes the Neo Geo to it's absolute limits! This is the game that is highly comparable to Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike and it even has it's own Parry system called the "Just Defense System" but unlike 3rd Strike, Garou also has the T.O.P. System. But I'm not here to explain Game Mechanics, I'm here to talk about this game's history and stuff! Now, are you okay? Ready or not, Buster Wolf! - For Fatal Fury's 15th Anniversary , SNK released a 20 minute still pictured movie called *Garou Densetsu 15th Anniversary: Memories of Stray Wolves!* This movie takes place a bit before Garou: MOTW! It recaps the entire Fatal Fury story up until this point, including bringing back some characters who don't appear in Garou like Duck King, Blue Mary, and even Richard! It's on RU-vid and fully translated, so please! Do check it out! Most of my info for these facts actually came from that movie! The art for the still-pictures were done by Ogura Eisuke and they are incredible~ (I bet ladies will love Rock's look. lol He's adorable there. XD) - Why is this called Garou? Well, believe it or not, "Fatal Fury" is the international name of the series. The Japanese title is actually "Garou Densetsu" which translates to "Legend of the Hungry Wolf"; in reference to how Terry is known as a Hungry Wolf throughout the series. Funnily enough though, the game IS called Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves on the Dreamcast version. - This game takes place 10 years after the events of Real Bout Fatal Fury as one of the openings to this game shows. After FF3, Terry adopted Rock and eventually became the "father" after Geese's death in Real Bout 1. - Garou's story focuses on Rock Howard's beginnings as well as Terry Bogard and the mysterious Kain R. Heinlein. Following Geese's death, Terry and Rock moved to the neighboring city known as "Second Southtown"... Yup. lol Anyway, a mysterious host is holding the new "King of Fighters: Maximum Mayhem" tournament and fighters related to old KOF contestants show up here such as the children of Kim Kaphwan, Andy's student Hokutomaru, and even Rock Howard, the son of Geese Howard. The "host" turns out to be Grant and his brother-from-another-mother, Kain R. Heinlein. The latter is the most important one here as Kain is actually Rock's Uncle! It turns out that Kain is trying to decypher Geese's will following his passing and he knows that Rock is an important key to the will and thus held the tournament to lure Rock to him. Strangely, Geese is part of the reason that Rock's mother, also Kain's sister, died and despite this Kain willingly wants Geese's will... Regardless, Rock's ending shows that he accepts Kain's offer to join him and informs Terry that he'll return when all of his accounts are settled... Cliffhanger, ladies and gentlemen. ^^; - There WAS going to be a "Garou 2" and was 70% completed. But the game wasn't finished, likely due to SNK's Bankruptcy in 2000. We actually got in-game idle sprites of the newcomers who would've appeared in the sequel. One of the newcomers was a student of Joe Higashi. I believe this student was female too. - Terry is the ONLY returning playable character from the Fatal Fury series, similar to how Ryu and Ken were the only returning fighters for SFIII: New Generation. - You know Rock's theme song right? Spread the Wings? Everyone loves it. Me personally, I actually prefer his KOF 14 theme, Emergence. lol But Spread the Wings uses part of the melody from a song named "Children" by Robert Miles. From what I know, the composer of Garou liked Robert Miles' music hence the intentional similarities. Though that's likely the reason Rock's theme in KOF 14 isn't Spread the Wings. Again, I prefer Emergence anyway. lol - Terry's Garou look would be used in KOF 2003 and KOF 11, as well as Maximum Impact... and Maximum Impact 2 but for SOME reason he's called "Wild Wolf" when he's in the Garou outfit. Wild Wolf is...another character who's just the older Terry? Eh, it's weird. Maximum Impact overall is just weird. Kinda fun, but weird nonetheless. XD But anyway, this caused great confusion "timeline wise" because Rock appears in the opening of KOF 2003 as a little kid... AND he supposedly appears as a young adult in the Fatal Fury Team of KOF 2003!? Heck, Rock has appeared in a few KOF games looking like a kid, starting with KOF 2001! They kinda goofed a bit, but I guess by KOF 14, the developers were like "SCREW IT. BRING HIM HERE!" lmao After all, since Garou, Rock has been a highly requested character for KOF. From what I know, Rock wasn't included because of "timeline reasons" or something like that, so they settled on bringing Rock to other games like CVS2 and Neo Geo Battle Coliseum. - Here's a fun one: During the development of KOF 99, the designer for K' (pronounced K-Dash) freaked out because his hair was similar to Rock's so he had to alter K's hair. lol - The game's cast features many fighters related to past Fatal Fury fighters...and even AOF fighters! Khushnood Butt (Marco Rodriguez) is actually a practitioner of Kyokugenryu Karate, the same fighting style that the Sakazakis (plus Robert Garcia) use in the AOF and KOF series. Ryuji Yamazaki actually makes an unseen cameo in Butt's (ha) ending where his student informs him that a "Dojo Buster" busted up the dojo. Yamazaki is known to be a Dojo Buster, especially in the KOF series. As mentioned earlier, Kim Kaphwan's sons, Jae Hoon and Dong Hwan, along with Hokutomaru, Andy's student, and Kevin Rian, a distant relative of Blue Mary Ryan, appear in the game. - This one's more of a... funny "fact". Freeman, one of the fighters in this game, must've been a cool design for it's time, because other fighting games would mimic his design. One that comes to mind immediately is Carmine from Under Night In-Birth. He looks like a blend between Freeman and Iori. lmao And funnily enough, when Iori lost his flame powers in KOF 12 and KOF 13, his moveset was a little similar to Freeman's. - Speaking of Iori, he actually cameos in Hokutomaru's stage. Take a good look~ He's a little hard to see, but once you see him, you see him~ - This is the first appearance of Terry's BUSTER WOLF... Believe it or not, Terry would NOT get this move until freaking KOF 2003! T^T Why the hell did they wait so long!? Well, regardless, we got the move and it's one of his best special moves. That's all for now!

"are you Okay?" "Actually not so mu-" "BUSTER WOLF"

This design just makes him look like a super buff Leon Kennedy and I'm oddly ok with that

In addition to being the origin of Buster Wolf, I'm fairly certain this is the point when Burn Knuckle went from blue to orange effects

It's sad that Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2 was canceled. I hope they go back to it one day.

Kain "deemed the general populace jaded by mediocrity and peace (after Geese Howard died). Thinking that a person truly experiences life when they're oppressed, Kain decided to take Geese's legacy and rule Second Southtown. He wanted to declare the city's independence from the US, make it a city-state, and then model the town into one that would constantly be exposed to violence which would make the inhabitants value their lives, with the strongest ruling over the weak." The ending seems like some sort or weird subtle existentialist social commentary jab at politics and sociology; it starts off stating 'hey I heard this city is finally going to declare independence", to which Terry answers "doesnt matter, our lives wont change anyway", to which Rock replied to him asking if what Kain was trying to do was a bad thing or not questioning if it was wrong notice the fashionable lady has a shopping bag that says LIBERALISM lol. And then she says "I'll take jewels to independence anyday!", meaning she values the consumerism materialistic benefits of Capitalism over whatever ideals Kain was trying to implement to show people the value in their lives over being jaded and complacent. When Kain told Terry "a wolf like you should know, people today aren't alive", he is referring to how Terry had to endure a life of hardship growing up on the streets after Jeff Bogard was killed and he had to gain strength in order to avenge him. Terry knew no peace, at least no inner peace, and Geese's death didnt satisfy that thirst for revenge; only made him empty. Until he filled that emptiness by adopting Rock. When the kids congratulate Terry in the moment of him falling into a bit of despair when he says "I love this town but...", Terry then realizes that its 'all about heart' which is what makes you 'truly alive', not revenge, but the love of others and where you are from that keeps you living and want to keep surviving. The End.

The 3rd Strike of FF.

Man Garou is one of my absolute favorite fighters of all time. This game is pretty much perfect to me, still play it all the time on Fightcade. The fact that SNK was able to push the Neo Geo hardware (which was almost a decade old at this point) to this level will always amaze me. I'd give my right nut for a MOTW 2.

If Max ever sees Rock's ending his head would explode.

I have to say: I love this game. From the First cutscene to the endings,but this game quite have a Sad feel,i don't know If because sequel got cancelled,or If this game is quite underrated,but i really love this game period.

14:28 Kain is Geese Howard's Brother in Law.....and there's Krauser who is Geese Howard's half-brother.

This is pretty much SNK's Third Strike so it makes sense why Max loves it so much lol

We really need a sequel to this game. I want to know what happened to rock after he went with Kain.

1:28 - 1:31 Amen, Max. I'm psyched that Terry's coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but I've been keeping my fingers crossed for his Garou costume to be a possible alternate in the game for a long time now.

Max doesn't really like Rock's theme, he just likes Robert Miles's "Children" song.

The animation and the design is flawless !

To this day, Garou remains one of the most finely crafted gaming experiences I've ever had the pleasure of enjoying. I've played a vast majority of Beat 'em ups but this is just special, from the satisfying hit detection and animations to the sound effects. The way that tune plays when you finish the final round with a special is iconic, my mind references that...A LOT lol. I even love the way you can change the taunts right before the victory pose. Argh this game does so much right for me.

8:00 Kevin's martial art style is martial arts. Okay, SNK. Edit: Oh okay, so is Rock's. Okay. Terry: "OKAY!"

@10:50. Children - Robert Miles. Rest in peace Robert Miles.

8:18 IDK man, Metal Slug and World Heroes 2 are oozing with personality. Although I think the presentation and cheesy lines in FF3 are hard to beat

Hokutomaru's stage is my favorite! so many cool Easter eggs and cool changes between rounds if you take the time to find them. There is a BUNCH of snk characters back there...

0:30 I... I'm not gonna fight you on this, Max. I just want that jacket as an alt costume in Smash. PLZ

Some day, Max should really play this game again as Rock to get his ending.

Gotta say I look forward to these Terry videos everyday. Its hyper refreshing getting to see Maximillian playing all these SNK fighters. These were all a huge deal in my friend circle. SVC Chaos, KOF2002 and Samurai Shodown V Special were a weekly must play for Friday Fight Nights alongside MVC2, Guilty Gear and thr Hokuto no Ken fighter by Atomiswave on PS2.

This and SF3 are probably my favorite old school fighters from an animation standpoint. I love that on Jae Hoon's stage the crowd will get visibly happy or upset depending on if he wins or loses. Jae Hoon's brother will also be in the background if he isn't fighting himself. It's a shame the Garou sequel had to be shelved when it supposedly was around 70% complete.

For some reasons, I always thought Terry says “F*** U” when throwing out power wave in this game...

Live House "Old Line" has an homage to Robert Miles' "Children" in the soundtrack? VERY NICE!

After all these years SF3 gets "New Generation", "2nd Impact" and then "3rd Strike"..... but there still has never even been at least a Garou Mark Of The Wolves 2.

The one we were all waiting for!

The masterpiece of SNK : Garou!

"GOD, look at this game! It's insane to me! Look at it!" Same Max, same.

2:36 Oh I am definitely O.K now

Isn't that riff on Rocks stage from the music Children - By Robert Miles? xD Stolen riffs best riffs. :P Keep up the awesome entertainment Max!

Rock Howard's ending gives more context....sort of. Still a heck of a cliffhanger though.

Terry kills yet another one of Rock’s relatives to keep him all to himself. Also I would like to point out that at 18:18 there’s a lady with a shopping bag that says “liberalism”. Not sure what to make of that, probably just Engrish, but that really stuck out to me.

If Terry doesn’t say “Are you O.K.” in smash. I. Will. RIOT.

His Mark of the Wolves outfit needs to be a alt costume for Smash Bros Ultimate

Terry's bomber jacket design is so damn good. Shame it only shows up in this and a couple of KOFs (2003, XI?). On the same note, hot take: I feel MOTW's "new generation" roster of characters is WAY more interesting than most of SF3's cast, as well as just being a more fun game overall.

Terry gets his "new look" from Garou in KOF2003 and KOFXI.

You need to include KoF XI and Neo Geo Battle Coliseum to this!

Smash developers are detailed so maybe they well have his mark on the wolf's outfit

Title of this video should have been " Kain trying to free South Town" I don't think max understood the ending. Kain wanted South Town to gain independence. During the end even Rock and Terry agreed.

I mostly like this game for the fact that the end bosses aren't purely input reading horse shitters.

I'll throw this out there, The SNK fighters with the least personality have more personality than ALL the street fighters combined :P

*Imagine if Max saw Rock’s ending (when you beat Kain)? Do you think he's ready for it?*

Even today, this is easily my favourite SNK fighter. It feels tight, the balancing is still really good, and Kain is actually a somewhat fun SNK boss. But Max, shame on you for skipping the amazing opening!

Now THIS is the "Third Stike" of the Fatal Fury games!

Best 1 vs 1 fighting game ever. It condenses all the mechanics and styles created during the 90s and perfects every aspect. It also creates new mechanics that would later be applied in all Arc System Works games: the Just Defense.

Garou competitive scene is still alive, it has side tournaments every year in evo. I think he woild really like this game if he would learn the mechanics and combos, you have to research it a liitle.

4:50 "Oh Gaaaaaaawd!" LMFAO! l remember this clip. :)

100% Agree with Max! I really hope his Garou look is an alternate look for Terry in Smash!

And so terry's legend was still there......still continuing in king of fighters

Hot damn they cranked up the personality on this one. The animations are just hypnotizing to look at, the intros and outros are leagues improved, the stages are gorgeous... from the perspective of a viewer, I think this game is the best one yet.

Yankees: 3rd strike.. 🤡 Rest of the world: just another Amazing SNK Game😍

Most personality in an SNK game... WAKU WAKU 7 WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CHAT 😂

"This game has the most personality out of any SNK game" Someone has not played The Last Blade 2

Just got this off the Eshop. Wanted to try it out after playing Terry in Smash and am having so much fun

Garou is a beautiful game, but the Real Bout series has better gameplay and its way more fun.

The slow animation for getting KO"D by of super looks sick. Hope the new kof takes some of these ideas and puts them in the new one

Hey Capcom- this is how you make storylines worthwhile. The original Fatal Fury storyline is Terry et al against criminal influence, especially from Geese . In Garou MOTW, the location is shifted to Second South. Why? Because in KOF '00, we see Zero pretty much destroy Southtown and we get the remark that they'll rebuild. Hence Second South. It all ties together.

Damn, that chat room must have been dumb af. No one even told him you can pull of powerful versions of Power Geyser by using the hard punch respectively. And no one even told him about his Power charge special move! ( Forward, Forward + Punch (x3) )

Yeah, no Rising Tackle nerfed him but if he had it, it would've made him invincible.

Max like the costume better lowkey cuz it looks like him

SNK is coming back, they brought Samurai Shodown back and all that, maybe a Garou 2 is not crazy happening in some future

Ah yes, Mark of the Wolves. The SNK game for Street Fighter fans.

The Neo Geo was expensive but it was sooo far ahead of it's time it's insane.

To me Grant has the best music in that game xD but I like a lot Rock's music too.

Hey Max, I'd love for you to do more Garou... especially a boss rage!

Yeah, it's crazy to think that almost all the SNK games were done on the same engine. The NeoGeo was a beast. AOF3 was made on it too, which is one of the most visually stunning fighting games from SNK. I'd dare to say that it looks even better than Garou.

I always thought of Grant as SNK's version of Akuma.

Yo Max Terry has a rekka! Kain is Rock's uncle, brother of Rock's mother!

To all the fighting game developers that imitated Rock's victory animation, I just want to say..."C'mon, get serious!"

the picture is kain's sister/rock's mother

I own the actual dreamcast version of this game, and its one of my favorites. Hey Max can you convice SNK to make a sequel to this?

0:41 Of course it is. And also shows a progression of a main character unlike a certain fighter whose very image cannot be altered as company-mandated. *cough*Ryu*cough* EDIT: Oh yeah, I like how the Power Dunk is a more reliable anti-air(even though Crack Shoot is better) in this game to make up for losing the Rising Tackle. Having the Power Charge as a rekka is a little weird for me due the inputs.

Max: I think this game has more personality than any other SNK game. Samurai Shodown: aM i A jOkE tO yOu?

Taking away a character's iconic color scheme is always a good way to age them. Its like showing how they've outgrown being a mascot.

Huh, this vid came out at the exact day that I got the game. Weird.

Eh, I like both Terry designs for completely different reasons. Original Terry's costume is very loud and clearly a product of the times whereas Wild Wolf Terry is just a dood with a cool jacket that still looks awesome.

SNK did an awesome job with Mark of Wolves. They need to bring that same energy to KOF 15

Does anyone remember the special taunts from this game? You could only do them right after you beat your opponent and right before the KO came on screen. I remember Terry's being a really loud SOWRY! and I thought it was the funniest shit. Anyway this game rules!

By FAR my top 3 favorite SNK games. Terry is the coolest on this one

Teppen & KOF All Stars Are the Best Fighting game adaptation apps I've seen so far

Kain runs Second Southtown, not Southtown. It's not the same city.

it's okay that many people don't know about Terry when he was announced for smash bros, but dude... don't know this masterpiece of a fighting game... is something unforgivable

Terry: Are you ok? Grant: OH GAAAAAAAAWD

please make the garou mark of the wolves 2 on switch and other consoles that would be the best specially online matches and new characters

He actually got to fight Kain and trully beat the game?! Nice indeed (almost) I hope Max do later a Boss Rage of Kain, I bet the hardest part will be getting to fight him.

The cancels in this game are nuts especially with Kevin

Whenever you've been struggleing to beat grant with terry for days and max destroys grant it made me happy GO MAX!

if KOF XV sells really well and SNK wants to make more fighting games I want there to be a Garou MOTW 2. A guy can dream

I think this redesign only works because you know where Terry came from.

Terry has proximity normals, so if you want to do something with feint cancels, you want the close range buttons, with C being the best. From far range, crouching A, B, and C all work. For far range standing buttons, only A and D are feint cancellable, but D is kinda slow and unsafe so it's best to stick with A on block.

kain looks like Griffith from berserk

Hands down the SNK fighter ever, maybe even just the best ever haha so damn good!! And we need some last blade vids too

10:52 Robert Miles - Children ?

Outstanding Playthrough Max. Terry 'Alex' Bogard really does look great in this game and the Ending is nice also.