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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 0:37:11 GMT -5
So, this was like, uh, SNK's response to Street Fighter 3. Came out around the same time 3rd Strike did, and used a similar casting gimmick of "here's one or two guys you know and love, flanked by a shit load of newbies who may be related to other guys you know and love."
So, for instance, Taekwondo master Kim Kaphwan is out, replaced by his douchebag sons Kim Dong-hwan and Kim Jae-hoon. But, the Lone Wolf Terry Bogard is still in the fray.
(Dong is kinda cool, admittedly.)
This game is very pretty, but not at all noob-friendly, no. Your inputs have to be on-point if you're going to survive. Andy Bogard's little bastard ninja son trainee is really, really, really annoying to fight, though to be fair, child characters are almost always a pain in fighting games.
Who else has played this?
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Post by Cyno on Nov 13, 2015 1:17:06 GMT -5
This is legit one of my favorite 2D fighters ever made. I used to be a pretty good Jae Hoon player back when I played this game all the time. And I liked Butt and Jenet a lot, too. Terry was also pretty strong. It had some fun boss characters like Grant and Kain, too.
Kevin was supposed to be the god-tier in this game but I could never get the hang of him.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Nov 13, 2015 9:01:09 GMT -5
Who else has played this? I have. I owned it when I had a Dreamcast, and your description of the game is spot-on. It IS very Street Fighter III-ish. SNK even bumped up the number of frames of animation, seemingly in an attempt to copy what Capcom did. That's not a knock on SNK, though; the game is superb. What's a Garou, though? Some kind of warewolf? |
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Post by Yami Daimao on Nov 13, 2015 9:07:24 GMT -5
What's a Garou, though? Some kind of warewolf? It's French for werewolf. |
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Post by eDemento2099 on Nov 13, 2015 9:16:33 GMT -5
What's a Garou, though? Some kind of warewolf? It's French for werewolf. I studied French and remember 'warewolf' being 'lougarou.' Anyway, it's strange to see a French word as the title of a Japanese 2D fighting game. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 13, 2015 9:24:07 GMT -5
It's French for werewolf. I studied French and remember 'warewolf' being 'lougarou.' Anyway, it's strange to see a French word as the title of a Japanese 2D fighting game. I believe they both mean werewolf. But clearly they were going for the White Wolf fans  |
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Post by Spider2024 on Nov 13, 2015 10:22:36 GMT -5
I've wanted this game for a long time, since it's one of a few fighting games with Bonne Jenet in it. I'm still not sure if this game is available in the U.S. outside of the Dreamcast version. It was released digitally, but idk if the digital version made it here.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Nov 13, 2015 10:28:32 GMT -5
I messed around with this at a local arcade a few times and I usually mained Rock (I think I'm one of the few Americans who prefers him to Geese) and Jenet.
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Post by MrElijah on Nov 13, 2015 10:52:57 GMT -5
Garou was the shit. And yes it was SNK's Street Fighter III. And as a testament to this game, it took Capcom 3 tries for Third Strike but SNK only took one for Garou.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 10:58:51 GMT -5
Great game. One of my DC treasures...... that my jobber roommate somehow lost when we moved. I payed like seventy bucks for that, meng. Way to take care of your brother.  |
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Post by Cyno on Nov 13, 2015 11:08:41 GMT -5
"Garou" is also a Japanese word meaning "hungry wolf." In kanji, it's 餓狼.
Probably a cognate from French but it is a Japanese word.
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