Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Neo Geo)

Development Info

Unused Title Screen#

The game's graphic data contains tiles for an unused, early version of the title screen, showing the name Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves, which was likely the name intended for the international releases during development. There are also tiles for a fade in animation which is similar to the one used in the final version of the game. The image above is a reconstructed mockup of how it may have looked in-game. It is currently unknown if it's possible to make the game use this title screen.

While the Fatal Fury name would eventually be used for the North American release of the Dreamcast port, this logo was not, instead featuring a slightly altered version of the original logo (with the star in the center now reading "Fatal Fury" instead of "Garou").

The data can be viewed with Kawaks' tile viewer at address 412179.

Second Southtown Map#

While not really unused, most of the map isn't actually shown in the game, since the levels are all concentrated on the peninsula area in the central portion of the map. Notably, the entire old Southtown from the Fatal Fury games is present in the map.

Grant/Kain Title Cards#

Both Grant and Kain, the bosses of the game, have title cards for their stages. In the game those aren't shown, since story cutscenes are displayed before their fights.

Regional Differences#

Two of the game's characters have different names depending on the game's language setting. The character named "The Griffon Mask" in Japanese was changed to "Tizoc" for English, and the character named "Marco Rodrigues" in Japanese was changed to "Khushnood Butt" for English. Their announcer voice clips were naturally changed to account for this.

Japanese	English

Japanese	English

The Griffon Mask is still referred to directly by either name in English and Japanese as of City of the Wolves, though it has been clarified in both languages that "Tizoc" is his real name while "Griffon Mask" is his wrestler name. Marco's English name has been retired altogether as of The King of Fighters XV, now being called Marco in both languages.