Fatal Fury: First Contact

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Fatal Fury: First Contact
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Developer(s) SNK
Publisher(s) SNK
Series Fatal Fury
Platform(s) Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo Switch
ReleaseNeo Geo Pocket Color
Nintendo Switch
December 23, 2020 [5]
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Fatal Fury: First Contact is a fighting game released by SNK in May 1999 for the Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld system. It is the part of the Fatal Fury series, and is loosely based on Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers . The game was later re-released as part of Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 in 2021.

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Gameplay

The game has 13 playable characters. [6] Two-player multiplayer is supported via a link cable. [3]

Characters

  1. ↑ Versus mode only

Reception

IGN stated that First Contact was a quality game while unfavorably comparing it to King of Fighters R-2 or Samurai Shodown! 2 . [3] GameSpot praised the quality of the title's graphics but similarly compared it unfavorably to King of Fighters R-. [8] Hardcore Gaming 101 stated that the title was "among the best portable fighters ever made". [2] Nintendo Life called the Switch port "accessible and charming" while stating that there were better alternatives available for the system. [9] Nintendo World Report complimented the graphics but criticized the lack of extras compared to the other Neo Geo Pocket Color fighting games. [10] Hardcore Gamer wrote that the game "[...] plays like a dream still and while its graphics don’t hold up as well as the other NGPC games due to a lack of background activity, its core action does." [11] Siliconera called First Contact a "fun pocket-sized fighter". [12]

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