SNK has been all about returning to and supporting older games over the last several years, and SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda has been the spearhead for that approach. Not only has this led to plenty of quality-of-life improvements and rereleases for games from across the company\u2019s history, but it has also led to the revival of Garou: Mark of the Wolves<\/em>. <\/p>
The new Fatal Fury\/Garou <\/em>game is shaping up to be a direct successor to the 1999 classic fighter, and Oda has made it clear across multiple interviews that revisiting that specific series was a goal for him since rejoining SNK in 2014. <\/p>
In a recent interview with VGC<\/a>, Oda not only reconfirmed that this new Garou <\/em>project is something he has been championing<\/a> since his return to the company, but will also collaborate with several key team members from the past for the game because the SNK now is very different from back in the Fatal Fury <\/em>days. <\/p>
\u201cWhen I first came back to SNK, that was one of the first things I said: \u2018it\u2019s been left incomplete, we need to do it.’ But the biggest problem was basically outside of the development team,\u201d Oda told VGC<\/a>. \u201cA lot of the higher-ups, the marketing, the management people, they joined after the Playmore days. So, they didn\u2019t really understand a lot of the golden era stuff like Art of Fighting<\/em> and Fatal Fury<\/em>. They didn\u2019t really understand the work, so it took a while to convince them. But the Evo announcement, obviously, was a really big announcement.\u201d<\/p>
During his time away from SNK with Dimps<\/a>, Oda was shocked that there was never a sequel of some kind, wishing that the story would be continued. But now, he and the development team are ready to move forward with that vision. <\/p>
Related: SNK vs.<\/a> Capcom could make a return in the future due to fan and developer interest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>
You can read the full interview with Oda-san, which delves further into SNK\u2019s near-complete acquisition<\/a> by a Saudi Arabian holding company, the relations between Japanese fighting game developers, and more on VGC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
