Hokutomaru's stage has quite a few references to the rest of the "Fatal Fury" series. Some critics saying that there is life after all in the Neo-Geo hardware, which was past its prime when the game was released. Garou pushes the capabilities of the Neo-Geo MVS hardware to its limit, giving some of the best-looking graphics to date. Hokutomaru uses Shiranui-style Ninjitsu as his fighting style, this is the same ninja arts that Mai Shiranui uses, however Hokutomaru was trained by Andy Bogard. Khushmood Butt is a master of Kyokugenryu Karate, the same martial used by Ryo Sakazaki. Both have set out to avenge the defeat (and possibly death, but not confirmed death) of their father.
Kim Dong Hwan & Kim Jae Hoon are sons of tae-kown doe fighter : Kim Kaphwan. This can also refer to the legacy left by other characters from the previous Fatal Fury & Art of Fighting games. 'Mark of the Wolves' is a reference to the legacy left behind by Terry to a new generation of fighters - specifically, Rock Howard.
'Garou' translates from Japanese as 'Hungry Wolf'. => Swift punch Swift kick Pummeler punch Colossal kick Absolutely beautiful graphics and animation and one of SNK's last (and greatest) games. The 9th ' Fatal Fury - King of Fighters' episode brings us 12 characters and foregos the plane-switching style of its predecessors in favor of a standard single-plane background. Garou - Mark of the Wolves is an arcade video game.