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Art of Fighting Anthology

Art of Fighting Anthology is a collection of the Art of Fighting trilogy, originally marketed with online play in mind in Japan.

Regional Differences#

Japan

US/Europe

No, the Japanese title screen isn't lighter. My capture devices just suck.

This game was released as part of the Neo Geo Online Collection series in Japan, which includes online multiplayer that was removed in international releases.

Art of Fighting#

Removed Voices#

All of the story-related Japanese voice-overs were removed, including the game intro, Ryo's spoken dialogue between stages, the bonus stage names, Mr. Karate's voice-over speech in his victory screen, and the ending dialogue between Ryo and Yuri. However, Robert's voice-overs between stages and in the ending were left intact. Even if you set the game's language to Japanese before starting the game, the voice samples just don't play.

The Japanese version of the game plays back all audio normally.

Removed Graphics#

All bonus stages have had the Kanji displayed on-screen removed.

Japan

US/Europe

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF1-Bottle_Cut_JP.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF1-Ice_Pillar_Smash_JP.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF1-Initiate_Super_Death_Blow_JP.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF1-Bottle_Cut_US.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF1-Ice_Pillar_Smash_US.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF1-Initiate_Super_Death_Blow_US.png

Unused Music#

The unused song in the arcade version is still present, in both original and arranged versions:

Original

Arranged

Art of Fighting 2#

Removed Graphics#

All bonus stages have had the on-screen Kanji removed.

Japan

US/Europe

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF2-Spirit_Training_JP.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF2-Strength_Training_JP.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF2-Super_Death_Blow_JP.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF2-Spirit_Training_US.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF2-Strength_Training_US.png

AOFAnthology-(PS2)-AOF2-Super_Death_Blow_US.png