At this time, following the award ceremony of the Grand Finals of the SNK World Cup 2023, the Osaka-based developer shared new trailers of Deadly Fury: Metropolis of the Wolves alongside a launch window.
We discovered that the sport is coming in early 2025. Whereas there’s nonetheless a protracted wait forward of us, we now have a greater concept of how lengthy it will be.
For the time being, the platforms for the sport haven’t been introduced, and we’ll probably have to attend a bit extra to know which consoles will get the sport.
The primary trailer reveals Rock Howard and Andy Bogard (who had been showcased within the earlier trailer) as they duke it out in a match, and we get a listing of mechanics we are able to anticipate. Particularly, we see a Revving Gauge, “Rev Guardd,” “Rev Blow,” “Rev Arts,” and “Rev Accel.”
You’ll be able to test it out beneath.
The second trailer, launched immediately by chief producer Yasuyuki Oda, is maybe much more thrilling. It focuses on the characters and on high of exhibiting Rock Howard and Andy Bogard, it reveals Hotaru Futaba, Tizoc, and Preecha.
Whereas Hotaru Futaba and Tizoc are returning characters, Preecha (portrayed on the high of the publish) is model new, and she or he’s the primary new character revealed for the sport.
You’ll be able to watch the trailer beneath with English voice overs and the Japanese model on the official YouTube channel.
Curiously, Oda-san talked about that the sport shall be playable at EVO Japan, so those that are fascinated with an early demo, might need to take into account attending.
In the event you’re unfamiliar with Deadly Fury (Garou Densetsu in Japanese), it’s one in every of SNK’s basic preventing sport sequence from the NeoGeo period. It debuted all the way in which again in 1991, and the most recent sport (Garou: Mark of the Wolves) launched in 1999. Followers have been ready for a brand new title for a very long time.
Though The King of Fighters sequence has featured plenty of Deadly Fury characters it has not matched Garou Densetsu’s narrative depth and sophisticated plot.
By the way, the King of Fighters XV event on the SWC was received by Laggia in an all-Japan grand last in opposition to M’.
In different current SNK information, the developer teased a brand new Artwork of Combating sport within the works, whereas it has partnered with Arika to carry again a few of its non-fighting franchises.