The Fatal Fury series has been around since ’91 and its considered to be one of the most underrated fighting franchises within video game history. Fatal Fury series consisted of numerous games that were released throughout the 90’s when the fighting genre of gaming was still very popular. Despite, not reaching the same level of popularity as Capcom’s Street Fighter II series SNK’s Fatal Fury franchise had a strong enough fanbase to get its own movie back in 1994. Its hard to believe that Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture came out three decades ago but then again the animation and character art says otherwise. Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture was a film that lasted roughly over an hour and thirty minutes and focused on some of the main characters within the franchises. The plot for the Fatal Fury movie focused on Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard and Mai Shiranui who attempts to prevent the main villain Laocorn Gaudeamus from collecting the six shards of the Armor of Mars. The Bogard Brothers along with Shiranui and Sulia the sister of Laocorn attempt to do everything possible to stop him from gaining incredible power. The Fatal Fury: Motion Picture was one that had a decent story, good voice actors and it was fast paced because the movie did not drag at all.

It was a bit strange to have a non video game character like Laocorn Gaudeamus as they main villain and makes you wonder if the Fatal Fury movie from ’94 was canon or not. While other villainous characters like Geese Howard and Laurence Blood were present in the Fatal Fury movie it was a bit surprising that neither one of them were the main antagonist. The Fatal Fury: Motion Picture is one that most likely got over shadowed during the mid 90’s especially considering the fact that ’94 was a big year for movie releases. Along with the Fatal Fury: Motion Picture we got to see the releases of the Street Fighter II: Animated series along with the live-action Street Fighter film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. It should also be noted that Samurai Shodown received its own film adaptation back in ’94 and the video game series was starting to become popular in arcade centers during the mid 90’s.

While the Fatal Fury: Motion Picture solid the series itself began to decline in popularity towards the end of the 90’s decade due to more competition within the fighting genre of gaming. It should also be noted that ’94 was the year where the King of Fighters series began. By 1994, SNK had decided to take key characters from the Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting series to create a brand new fighting series which is still going on today. Even though, the Fatal Fury series has been dead for more than two decades it seems like SNK is finally ready to release a brand new installment within the in early 2025. Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will most likely bring back lapsed fans of the series along with those who still love the KOF series after all of these years. The Fatal Fury series is one that definitely deserved more movies than it got during the 90’s and hopeful its something that SNK will consider after the release of “City of the Wolves” in 2025.