Garou: The New Wolves

Garou: The New Wolves (abbreviated as TNW and known as Garou 2 unofficially) is a sequel to Garou: Mark of the Wolves. Ti is developed by an outsource studio. It is the second game in the Fatal Fury series to be released straight to consoles (With the first being Real Bout Special Dominated Mind).

The game is based on a sequel to MOTW, tentatively titled Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2, was reported to be in the works on the Neo Geo system several times by Korean news sources. Since 2002, the project has been put on hold and eventually cancelled. According to Falcoon at the 2005 KOF Party, the game's sequel was around 70% percent complete by the old SNK team. Ureshino reported that a new grappler character and Joe Higashi's apprentice were added to the roster. Said game was released in the Fatal Fury Collection as Garou: Mark of the Wolves Special.

Plot
After a huge defeat of Kain R. Heinlein, the city of Southtown and the entire Tri-State Area has become more peaceful. Now, the stage is set all around the world. A new fighting tournament called "King of Fighters: Ultimate Mayhem" starts in the area, and several characters from the old era of King of Fighters tournaments participate within it.

Gameplay
Garou: Mark of the Wolves general gameplay mechanics and art style are changed to more closely resemble SNK's The King of Fighters series using a similar button layout (A for weak/light punch, B for weak/light kick, C for strong/heavy punch and D for strong/heavy kick). However, chaining normal attacks into each other tends to be strict on timing and involves heavy usage of the recurring feint mechanic (forward + A and C or down + A and C) in order to cancel them smoothly. Characters now have less supers compared to

T.O.P. System
The Tactical Offensive Position System or T.O.P. is a new system. Before each match begins, the player is given option to adjust the T.O.P. meter's influence onto three different places on their character's life meter (beginning, middle, end). When a character's life meter reaches the white T.O.P. section, the character will flash with their HP bar's T.O.P. section turning orange, and enter a special state which will grant them the following advantages: Once the character's life meter falls out T.O.P. range, the character will lose these benefits.
 * increased damage output
 * slow health regeneration
 * ability to perform T.O.P. attacks, which often deal heavy amount of reduction to the guard meter if blocked

Just Defense System
Just Defense allows players to benefit from defending by activating it against incoming attacks at the last second. Players can perform Just Defense against any type of attack. Just Defense has following advantages:
 * small health recovery for each successful Just Defense activation
 * ability to Guard Cancel.

Returning Characters

 * Rock Howard
 * Terry Bogard
 * Kim Jae Hoon
 * Kim Dong Hwan
 * Tizoc (The Griffon)
 * Marco Rodriguez (Khushnood Butt)
 * Gato Futaba
 * Hotaru Futaba
 * Freeman
 * Kevin Rian
 * Bonne Jenet
 * Hokutomaru
 * Mr. Karate (Ryo Sakazaki)

Returning Characters from Fatal Fury

 * Alfred Hawk
 * Li Xiangfei
 * Rick Strowd
 * Jin Chonshu
 * Jin Chonrei

New Characters

 * Alice Garnet
 * Lilly Kane

Bosses

 * Grant
 * Ryuji Yamazaki
 * Michael Max
 * King Lion (Final Boss)

Secret Characters

 * White
 * Kain R, Heinlein

Stages

 * Southtown, USA (Terry Bogard, Alfred Airhawk, Rick Strowd)
 * Seoul, Korea (Kim Jae Hoon, Kim Dong Hwan, Jin Chonshu)
 * Glass Hill, Mexico (Tizoc, Ryo Sakazaki, Kushnood Butt)
 * Hiroshima, Japan (Gato, Hotaru, Hokutomaru)
 * London, UK (B. Jenet, Lilly Kane, Freeman)
 * Second Southtown, USA (Rock Howard, Alice Garnet, Kevin Rian)
 * Shanghai, China (Jin Chonrei, Li Xiangfei)
 * Michigan, USA (Grant)
 * Hong Kong, China (Ryuji Yamazaki)
 * Toronto, Canada (King Lion)
 * Toronto, Canada (King Lion)