So been a week'ish since the last big drop for Fatal Fury city of the wolves and it kinda leads us to the point where we know a lot, yet know so little. 11 confirmed characters so far, but its actually more like 14, and with the great stage mystery(if you dont know, check vids linked in vid description) and the fact we now have DLC release date windows everything is kinda coming together on which characters just may be in the game, so lets dig into the mystery!
I think it's incredibly obvious. We're likely gonna have guest characters, and who's been the guest character in every other game lately? That's right, we're getting Terry Bogard in DLC as a guest character in his own game
The free DLC season feels like a Killer Instinct situation, where they needed to release the game and decided to just come out with whatever they have ready...
Gato will certainly be in the base game since his voices can also be heard in the teaser trailer. Instead for Yamazaki and co. I'm afraid we'll have to wait for Season Pass 2 😢
Dan from SF was literally created as a jab at SNK during the SNK CAPCOM WAR.. imagine Dan going over to COTW with a complete redesign looking cool as FK and all his moves are also upgraded to a more serious level. Just a total BAD ASS.. yet still with his old school swag...
I REALLY hope the last unknown character of the base roster is a new character. As much as I'd love classic characters like Blue Mary, Duck King, or Li Xiangfei to make it in at launch; knowing the first season is free has made me ease up on them a little. New characters tho have way less of a chance of making it in as DLC, especially as the seasons go on. Edit: Also about Raiden, Dong Hwan sits in the back of his stage when he's not being played, so that's definitely not a deconfirmation.
The voice may sound old for Hokutomaru, but it sounds really young for Andy. + we have heard Andy in KOFXV and I don't see them recasting for a younger sounding voice of all things as he is supposed to be older here than in XV. 1 year is big for a teenager anyways and that change is pretty believable
Supposedly there's a 2 year gap between Mark of the Wolves and City of the Wolves. For boys of a certain age, 2 years is all it takes for their voice to become unrecognizable. According to the wiki, Hokutomaru was 14 in MotW. That seems pretty old for the way he was represented in that game, but the other way to look at it is he's very overdue for a hormone power geyser. At 16 he'll be only 1 year younger than Rock was in MotW, and Rock was no squeaky voiced brat.
If Morrigan gets added as a guest character, I will lose my shit. Always the guest, never the main attraction. Seeing her interact with Mai would be fun to see.
Great video My guesses/hopes are: Remaining characters: 1) Andy 2) Joe 3) Gato 4) Hokutomaru 5) Kain Season 1: 1 and 2) The Kim Twins 3) Freeman 4) Duck King 5) Ryo Sakazaki Season 2: 1) Blue Mary 2) Kim 3) Hat guy with the elements 4) Alfred 5) Ken Masters Season 3: 1) Raiden 2) Hon Fu 3) Rick Straund 4) Eiji 5) new female Season of Bosses: 1) Yamazaki 2) Krauser 3) GEESE
Possible reason for the voice change for Hokutomaru: The original actress landed the role of Naruto, and has since become FAR more expensive to book. I know getting Dio to reprise his role as Shingo Yabuki was a big deal, but snagging Naruto is probably not going to happen.
Secret boss character.... kof xi was full of them Gai tendo from buriki one Adelheid Ninja crow demon from kizuna encounter Sho hayate from kizuna encounter / savage reign Silber / silver from buriki one Shion real sub boss Magaki real final boss This expands the re-playability factor
My choices for year one DLC are - Kim Kaphwan - Blue Mary - Geese Howard - Ryuji Yamazaki - Ryo Sakazaki Ryo Sakazaki wouldn’t play like Marco and would focus on the elements of Kyokugen that Marco does not have. I assume Joe and Andy will be in the launch game.
One thing I want to point out for anyone trying to predict the rest of the base roster, and even the first DLC roster. So far, we only have two new characters out of a list of 17 (or 22 if you include the DLC.) We're almost certainly going to get more new characters than just those two. New characters are always going to be a thing, but every time I see people trying to predict rosters, they ignore that possibility. It's just harder to get hyped about without knowing because new characters are always a big question mark. Also, I do hope and expect that one of the DLC characters will be a Capcom character. Would also like to see Blue Mary.
I hope SNK will support City of the Wolves for a long time, they just recently announced the Nintendo Switch port of Guilty Gear: Strive and that made remember that the game has up to now 28 characters. I hope City of the Wolves could end up with a similar number, maybe even more than 30
@@pablocasas5906 It would be nice if they added them all. Considering that Fatal Fury has had around 40 characters in its history, and that some could easily be discarded because they are clones, it is not a very high number.
12) Kain (artwork 1 and voice line) 13) Andy (artwork 2) 14) Joe (artwork 2) 15) Gato (voice line) 16) Hokutomaru (voice line) 17) Final boss (Geese?) DLC1) Kim Jae? DLC2) Kim Dong? DLC3) Freeman? DLC4) Grant or old/new face DLC5) Old/new face
I'm pretty sure the voice in that trailer was Hokutomaru because I think he has the Dream Amusement Park stage and a have speculation to back it up: So, for promotion for City of the Wolves, SNK has been handing out gameplay footage for people to showcase. However, one of these batch of videos has a weird difference to the footage we've observed so far. Usually in a match the music playing will depend on whoever the fighter is on player 2. Strangely thought, in these example videos from neogeonow the music seems to be locked to a specific stage: ua-cam.com/video/Lb8oNrc5GNU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/z8n2ZVdcw_I/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/nrGQ0E65Xuc/v-deo.html Considering that the Bar stage is Rock's Stage, and it plays Rock's theme, that means the music playing in the Dream Amusement Park stage can help narrow down which character it is going to be. Observing how Terry and Billy have remixed themes from older games it's unlikely to be a pre-MotW veteran so judging by the theme itself, it can either be a new character, the Kim brothers (Who are seeming to be unlikely for base roster now) or Hokutomaru. So therefore, I think the voice in the trailer is an aged up Hokutomaru rather than Andy Bogard.
from a pure stylistic point of view, Juri would be cool because Street Fighter doesn’t have other TKD practitioners and it’d be fun to see her face others that are
I think it's gonna be Andy, Joe, Kain, Hokutomaru, Gato and a new character (who could be a new boss) for base roster, then the twins, Freeman and two of Blue Mary, Geese and a Guest for the DLC.
Guests are usually characters who serve to introduce fans of other franchises to the game. So if there really is a guest character, expect someone very popular.
I believe the two Summer 25 characters will be Jin Brothers from Real Bout. Lore-wise one went to train with Tung Fu Rue and the other with Kim. This would give SNK the perfect opportunity to update both characters. Li Xiangfei needs to be S1 DLC! As for SF guest characters, my picks are Juri and Cammy.
Franco was at the airport just once, whereas Joe's stage was the wilderness in several games, so that is more likely. Abandoned Dojo would be traditionally Mr. Karate territory, but it also fits Gato as a Dojo Destroyer. Since the main theme of the Game is Geese's legacy, there could be something important located in the tower, which is most likely still used by Billy since he is now the boss of what is left of Geese's empire. I think we get one Kim brother at release to satisfy the Taekwondo Fans, the other might be DLC. We only need one psycho, so Freeman or Yamazaki, not both. Nightmare Geese could be DLC material. Duck King could be a possibility, or a new dance based fighter, since DK is heavily 80/90s coded.
Terry Bogard has officially become the Joe Hendry and John Cena of SNK, while Mai is the Rhea Ripley and Jordyn Grace of SNK. I would love to see Cammy and Dee Jay make it into COTW, because they would definitely be good choices not too many people would expect.
I'm gonna peg the remaining six as Hokutomaru, Kain, Gato, Joe, Andy, and the final boss who I'm gonna say is Rock's mom Marie who is now running the Howard crime syndicate from the shadows. Twins as the first two DLC makes sense. Honestly Akuma would be fun to see in the CotW engine. His moveset lends itself to a higher power level environment. Then I'll put Freeman in there, and the final two can be any of Yamazaki, Ryo as Mr Karate II, Rick Strowd, Duck King, Raiden, and Blue Mary.
I think it'd be really weird if we dont get Blue Mary in Fatal Fury. She's got as much of a connection with the OG Trio, specifically Terry, as Mai does with Andy, so I feel like she should get a spot
The Kim twins are almost a given, even if they don't make the base roster. I don't know if he'll be base roster, and I honestly doubt he will be, but this would be a prime opportunity to bring back Rick Stroud. The game doesn't have a boxer, and I'm pretty sure Rick has only had one appearance. I certainly wouldn't be opposed to Morrigan being a guest; it's not she's ever going to be in an actual Darkstalkers game again..
Worth saying that every character having a stage is not the same as every stage having a character. I don't know how things will turn out, but it could be that some stages are in the game for story or history reasons but not directly linked to a character.
I personally would like Poison or Mike Haggar to be the potential guest character for COTW. To me, the Final Fight portion of SFmeshes well with Fatal Fury.
Idc what judgement comes, I require maximum waifus. Also, SF got Terry and Mai. I say CotW should get at least one from SF. C. Viper is my pick for that.
I would love love LOVE for there to be two more brand spankin new characters at launch. Kain, Freemen, two new guys, Joe, Andy. There's the last six. But what I really really REALLY want is for you, Mr. Rooflemonger, sir, to make a video reflecting on all your theories after all the characters are announced. Also, my daughter loves listening to you talk about Terry. So keep it up my good man.
Since Art of fighting is a prequel I'd love to see some of the cast from those games come over. It would be interesting to see them 20+ years in the fatal fury canon afrer the events of those games.
I'd love to see Ryo as Mr. Karate II, like how he appeared in Buriki One. Most of AoF's cast would be kind of old in Fatal Fury, though Yuri and Kasumi would be in their early 40s
@pablocasas5906 Pretty much what I would love to see. With the cast being older as well, you can see how time has pretty much changed them in the present and whatever they're all currently doing with their lives and outlook on it. Of course, give a choice for the classic skins for the old time fans with them at their previous ages from AOF.
The thing about the voice trailer is, that doesn't really sound like Andy's JP voice from KOFXV to me. I'm almost certain that's meant to be an older Hokutomaru instead.
I think one more new character for base, Kain unplayable boss in base game, twins and Andy/Joe as DLC, Hokotomaru and Gato in base. Raiden may be background only, and airport is a central enough hub that it might not be Franco. Cody or Haggar from Final Fight would be cool guests, I think.
I'mma give two predictions, one that I think will happen and my actual dream prediction (& I'm a believer in a character not being officially revealed until we physically see them, so the voice clips in the trailer are just added speculation since there's a chance they could be NPCs or something) Who I assume will make it: Andy, Joe, Gato, Hokutomaru, Kain, one of Kim's kids (probably Dong Hwan), Blue Mary, Ryo/Mr. Karate, Nightmare Geese, another new character, and a guest character (Probably Ryu or Luke) Who I hope will make it: Gato, Grant, Kain, Blue Mary, Duck King, Alice Garnet, Rick Strowd, Yamazaki, Wolfgang Krauser, Nightmare Geese, and another new character (Really hard limiting to just 11, especially since I'm sure Andy & Joe are guarantees lol)
With Gato and Kain already confirmed. Here's my take on the remaining roster. Andy is a high possibility given your analyses. For the last three slots, I predict we'll have three new characters. If one returning character comes however, then the remaining two slots will be for two new characters. For the DLC cast, here're the following: Dong Hwan and Jae Hoon for Summer 2025, Freeman for Fall 2025, Blue Mary (if she doesn't make the base roster) for Winter 2025, and Raiden or Big Bear, or both via alternate costumes for early 2026.
12) Kain (artwork 1 and voice) 13) Andy (artwork 2) 14) Joe (artwork 2) 15) Gato (voice) 16) Hokutomaru (voice) 17) Boss (Geese?) 18) Kim Jae? 19) Kim Dong? 20) Freeman? 21) Grant or new/old character 22) new/old character
I remember when it was first announced, they released two pictures. One of Rock and one of Terry/Andy/Joe. That was EVO last year, when asked about characters SNK said that all in those pictures will be in the game, this confirming Rock, Terry, Andy, and Joe. Then they asked is Mai will be in (since they confirmed the original trio) and SNK said they couldn’t comment at the moment and she made it in.
@@Jandro1083 Yep. In the background there are two silhouettes who are undoubtedly Billy and Kain. One to Rock's right, much closer, which is Kain. And one to Rock's left, leaning against the wall further in the background, which is Billy Kane. The two initial artworks are probably a reference to the two main factions of the game. Terry's representing the good guys, and Rock's representing the crime of South Town.
My remaining roster predictions; Andy, Joe, Kain. Hokutomaru and Gato. Then the final character is either another newcomer or Blue Mary. The 5 DLC will be Geese (living or dead), two street fighter reps (I hope less obvious pics like Akuma and Juri), Mr Karate II and the final character either another newcomer or Blue Mary. If I was allowed to choose though I'd have Rick Strowd be in the base roster
Personally, even though he was in the background of Mai's stage, I'd love to see Bob Wilson playable and Alfred Airhawk because I think they'd both be fun
A lot of people are talking about guest characters, and even though it will most likely be Ryu or Chun Li, I feel like Cody would actually be a great fit for the game. Along with being a blonde American like half the roster already is, the game seems to put a major emphasis on the city, so having a character who is visiting on mayoral duties would be a pretty good fit. Plus Fatal Fury 1 had a strong beat em up like aesthetics, so his history fits in perfectly as well.
This isn't a garou followup is explicitly the thing. Right from the devs to my face. The storyline will continue with rock but this is the next fatal fury game, not garou 2
its good, saxophone under the moon still king though. I just use azure a lot cause the actual track is mad long so vids over 10 minutes i can just slap it in and cut it at the end, saves editing time.
I mean. We could also be given an extra paid dlc character outside of the free battle pass. That would be sick too. Just when you thought you knew all the cards.
They are unfinished characters from a quarter of a century ago, like some of them were neat but other than that its been too long, Preecha is basically the evolution of one of them anyways.
@@rooflemongerI guess so, but at least Preecha is based on Kuan Konta. I just wish SNK could add more characters inspired by those, Geki at least was hinted in Gato's ending in the original Mark of the Wolves, so he could appear as he was intended, I don't know about the other characters like Jess Young, Dolvic Bourne and the rest
From a marketing perspective Makoto and Sakura would make the most Sense to me based on sheer popularity. With Juri i think there would be roo many TKD practitioners.
I really wish the Chin brothers back, they are about 13-14 in original games, so they will be about 24-25 in the new game. I really love to see how they grown up. Just imaging how strong the brothers be now.
While I do agree that the two summer characters are probably Kim twins, it IS worth noting that this series does have a second pair of twin characters. It probably won't actually be the Jins, everything about how they're presenting season 1 makes me think it was probably intended to be base roster (which also means I don't expect a guest character until at least season 2, maybe later), and putting the Jins on your FF revival base roster is a very bold choice, but hey never say never.
I have to say I don't think a guest is coming in season 1. It's an awesome deal for SNK to give out season 1 to everyone who buys the game, but it would be a bit silly not to capitalize on the hype of a guest character. Season 2 is way more likely
Dong Kwan and Jae Hoon are brothers...but they aren't twins. Dong Kwan is the older, more talented but slack brother...Jae Hoon is the younger, more serious/stoic brother (who acts more like their father). If memory serves me they are roughly 1 or 2 years apart in age. I hope they do make a comeback but if they don't I wouldn't be mad if Kim takes their place.🤞🏿
Unfortunately, given that there will only be 17 characters at launch, in my opinion the mysteries about the roster are all solved. The fact that all the characters announced so far were part of the 2 artworks or the voice lines trailer, and that counting them all there are exactly 16 (plus the final boss: 17), cannot just be the result of coincidences. And given the way they've built the roster so far, treating the game more like MotW2 than the 7th chapter of Fatal Fury, it's also easy to guess that most of SP1's slots will be occupied by the remaining MotW characters (except maybe Grant). So in theory we should have: 12) Kain (artwork 1 and voice line) 13) Andy (artwork 2) 14) Joe (artwork 2) 15) Gato (voice line) 16) Hokutomaru (voice line) 17) Final boss (Geese?) DLC1) Kim Jae? DLC2) Kim Dong? DLC3) Freeman? DLC4) Grant or old/new face DLC5) Old/new face
I think Ken will work the best as a sf crossover character since he fits the vibe of FF the best, and some of his moves like shinrai kicks and all the crazy moves he had in cvs2 could work very well in this particular game. he also has a sort of connection with terry already
I know that if there's a capcom guest it's gonna probably be ryu and/or chun-li, but might be interesting to be two characters to mirror terry and rock's relationship in some way.
Amusement Park needs its rightful owner playable... fingers crossed for Raiden! About Street Fighter guest characters, I`d appreciate Zangief, Hugo, Laura, Mika (you know, I love grapplers) .. it most likely going to fall on the popular rushdown fighters like Juri and Akuma. 8 months can't pass faster ...
I can't help but feel like Luke is the obvious guest character choice. It could be Ken because of his relationship with Terry. Though I could see them recreating that relationship with Rock and Luke since they're trying to push Luke as the new face of Street Fighter, he's also younger and represents not just Capcom moving forward from the past but maybe SNK as well. I could see the cover of SNK versus Capcom 3 being rock and Luke facing off against each other or shaking hands etc to represent their younger protagonists pushing the companies forward
So we already have 11 characters. I think 6 remaining will be Kain, andy and joe who are almost confirmed. Same for Gato and hokutomaru. Last one could be (should be) geese, but they said 17 PLAYABLE characters. Who said that (nightmare) geese as a final boss must be playable? So i think last one could be yamazaki (as mid or fake boss fight). Or bluemary (so andy has mai, joe has preecha and Terry has mary) Or sf guest. And i would point out that in sf6 season 2 trailer we can see luke playing videogame with jamie, which could have been a hint of guesting stuff. 5 dlc: kim sons Krauser, we need Germany in the rpg location(s) still unknown A boxer is needed, and i'd love to see Rick, but franco is much more likely to be in. I'd also love to see raiden, jubei, a playable geese... We'll see.
So been a week'ish since the last big drop for Fatal Fury city of the wolves and it kinda leads us to the point where we know a lot, yet know so little. 11 confirmed characters so far, but its actually more like 14, and with the great stage mystery(if you dont know, check vids linked in vid description) and the fact we now have DLC release date windows everything is kinda coming together on which characters just may be in the game, so lets dig into the mystery!
Terry/Mai thumbnail streak now extended to 8 consecutive videos. Good run, if it ends here im happy with it
It's 8 lad
@@Urunian so it is i couldnt count
😂
hell yeah
Cmon, we need to at least bring it to 10!
I think it's incredibly obvious. We're likely gonna have guest characters, and who's been the guest character in every other game lately? That's right, we're getting Terry Bogard in DLC as a guest character in his own game
My brain still cannot process the fact that there will be free color customization, a whole RPG mode, and a free Season 1 pass 🤯
papa SNK is very generous
The free DLC season feels like a Killer Instinct situation, where they needed to release the game and decided to just come out with whatever they have ready...
Yamazaki(WITH THE KNIFE!!!) Gato, and Wolfgang Krauser is all I care for...and Blue Mary!
Gato will certainly be in the base game since his voices can also be heard in the teaser trailer. Instead for Yamazaki and co. I'm afraid we'll have to wait for Season Pass 2 😢
Krauser is dead....but he could have a daughter. a dark skin puirple hair german wrestler who can do kaiser waves.
@@heavyc4450 Since they made the story of Real Bout 2 officially canon, I think Krauser's death can be considered retconned.
Dan from SF was literally created as a jab at SNK during the SNK CAPCOM WAR.. imagine Dan going over to COTW with a complete redesign looking cool as FK and all his moves are also upgraded to a more serious level. Just a total BAD ASS.. yet still with his old school swag...
@@kingvegeta6826 Dan is a Sakazaki at the end of the day. If they did it with a serious movelist it would become identical to Kushnood.
maybe puberty just hit Hokutomaru real hard
My thoughts
Can they afford his MotW voice actress ? Or maybe she doesn't want to play another little ninja ?
if the capcon character in City of the wolves is a darkstalkers character, these guys know whats up.
It will be Cody from Final Fight.
She wouldn't fit
I REALLY hope the last unknown character of the base roster is a new character. As much as I'd love classic characters like Blue Mary, Duck King, or Li Xiangfei to make it in at launch; knowing the first season is free has made me ease up on them a little. New characters tho have way less of a chance of making it in as DLC, especially as the seasons go on.
Edit: Also about Raiden, Dong Hwan sits in the back of his stage when he's not being played, so that's definitely not a deconfirmation.
Here's hoping for boss Marie 🙊
The voice may sound old for Hokutomaru, but it sounds really young for Andy. + we have heard Andy in KOFXV and I don't see them recasting for a younger sounding voice of all things as he is supposed to be older here than in XV. 1 year is big for a teenager anyways and that change is pretty believable
then the character will be a chimera flesh fusion of hokutomaru and andy, to find the median of their ages
I think i read something that says that COTW is 2 years after the events if MOTW 🤔
Supposedly there's a 2 year gap between Mark of the Wolves and City of the Wolves. For boys of a certain age, 2 years is all it takes for their voice to become unrecognizable. According to the wiki, Hokutomaru was 14 in MotW. That seems pretty old for the way he was represented in that game, but the other way to look at it is he's very overdue for a hormone power geyser. At 16 he'll be only 1 year younger than Rock was in MotW, and Rock was no squeaky voiced brat.
If Morrigan gets added as a guest character, I will lose my shit. Always the guest, never the main attraction. Seeing her interact with Mai would be fun to see.
Great video
My guesses/hopes are:
Remaining characters: 1) Andy 2) Joe 3) Gato 4) Hokutomaru 5) Kain
Season 1: 1 and 2) The Kim Twins 3) Freeman 4) Duck King 5) Ryo Sakazaki
Season 2: 1) Blue Mary 2) Kim 3) Hat guy with the elements 4) Alfred 5) Ken Masters
Season 3: 1) Raiden 2) Hon Fu 3) Rick Straund 4) Eiji 5) new female
Season of Bosses: 1) Yamazaki 2) Krauser 3) GEESE
Possible reason for the voice change for Hokutomaru: The original actress landed the role of Naruto, and has since become FAR more expensive to book. I know getting Dio to reprise his role as Shingo Yabuki was a big deal, but snagging Naruto is probably not going to happen.
All I'm saying is, a older Ryo aka Mr Karate 2 would be awesome. But Marco fits that role
Secret boss character.... kof xi was full of them
Gai tendo from buriki one
Adelheid
Ninja crow demon from kizuna encounter
Sho hayate from kizuna encounter / savage reign
Silber / silver from buriki one
Shion real sub boss
Magaki real final boss
This expands the re-playability factor
He should be a secret character that you unlock by beating the game with no continues 😄 we got Rodriguez but he could be the akuma type showdown.
My choices for year one DLC are
- Kim Kaphwan
- Blue Mary
- Geese Howard
- Ryuji Yamazaki
- Ryo Sakazaki
Ryo Sakazaki wouldn’t play like Marco and would focus on the elements of Kyokugen that Marco does not have.
I assume Joe and Andy will be in the launch game.
Freeman and gato are a must.
But andy and joe was on poster as well...
thats the mystery. Too many chars, not enough slots
@@rooflemonger yep
I'm personally a huge fan of Freeman!
One thing I want to point out for anyone trying to predict the rest of the base roster, and even the first DLC roster. So far, we only have two new characters out of a list of 17 (or 22 if you include the DLC.) We're almost certainly going to get more new characters than just those two. New characters are always going to be a thing, but every time I see people trying to predict rosters, they ignore that possibility. It's just harder to get hyped about without knowing because new characters are always a big question mark.
Also, I do hope and expect that one of the DLC characters will be a Capcom character. Would also like to see Blue Mary.
Nightmare Geese should be in there and should be OP but have pretzel motions to mess with hit box users
It’s basically just down back, half circle back, down forward
@@realchezboi Also, there would probably just be a stupidly easy hitbox shortcut ... just mash these 4 buttons -> tadaaa! 🙄😒😅
Kain has control of dead Geese making "Nightmare Geese"
Yea Nightmare Geese like they had Zombie Belger in fight final revenge.
Have him be as a super boss that you must meet certain conditions to fight him.
A least we now the Year 1 rooster gonna be 22 characters ( 17 base + 5 DLC). Now the wild predictions coming for the remain characters, Roof.
I hope SNK will support City of the Wolves for a long time, they just recently announced the Nintendo Switch port of Guilty Gear: Strive and that made remember that the game has up to now 28 characters. I hope City of the Wolves could end up with a similar number, maybe even more than 30
@@pablocasas5906 It would be nice if they added them all. Considering that Fatal Fury has had around 40 characters in its history, and that some could easily be discarded because they are clones, it is not a very high number.
12) Kain (artwork 1 and voice line)
13) Andy (artwork 2)
14) Joe (artwork 2)
15) Gato (voice line)
16) Hokutomaru (voice line)
17) Final boss (Geese?)
DLC1) Kim Jae?
DLC2) Kim Dong?
DLC3) Freeman?
DLC4) Grant or old/new face
DLC5) Old/new face
Someone is a street fighter character or capcom that is a no brainier
I also think it's a Chun li available with the true queen of fighters jab is toward her
I'm pretty sure the voice in that trailer was Hokutomaru because I think he has the Dream Amusement Park stage and a have speculation to back it up:
So, for promotion for City of the Wolves, SNK has been handing out gameplay footage for people to showcase. However, one of these batch of videos has a weird difference to the footage we've observed so far. Usually in a match the music playing will depend on whoever the fighter is on player 2. Strangely thought, in these example videos from neogeonow the music seems to be locked to a specific stage:
ua-cam.com/video/Lb8oNrc5GNU/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/z8n2ZVdcw_I/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/nrGQ0E65Xuc/v-deo.html
Considering that the Bar stage is Rock's Stage, and it plays Rock's theme, that means the music playing in the Dream Amusement Park stage can help narrow down which character it is going to be. Observing how Terry and Billy have remixed themes from older games it's unlikely to be a pre-MotW veteran so judging by the theme itself, it can either be a new character, the Kim brothers (Who are seeming to be unlikely for base roster now) or Hokutomaru. So therefore, I think the voice in the trailer is an aged up Hokutomaru rather than Andy Bogard.
from a pure stylistic point of view, Juri would be cool because Street Fighter doesn’t have other TKD practitioners and it’d be fun to see her face others that are
I think it's gonna be Andy, Joe, Kain, Hokutomaru, Gato and a new character (who could be a new boss) for base roster, then the twins, Freeman and two of Blue Mary, Geese and a Guest for the DLC.
OBVIOUSLY the guest will be Kyo, since no other company wants him
Alfred Airhawk deserves a second chance
Poor guy doesn't even look entirely complete on Realbout 2 😔
he's basically "we want a new MC, but we changed our minds"
@@tedjomuljono3052 the Alex of Fatal Fury
Wasn't Alfred supposed to be the new main character of Fatal Fury? Too bad Rock ended up taking his place.
The relatively new voice actress Rebecca Rose is simply amazing as Mai! Like wow!
Seriously, C. Viper is already very SNK-coded. She’d fit in really well as a guest
Guests are usually characters who serve to introduce fans of other franchises to the game. So if there really is a guest character, expect someone very popular.
I believe the two Summer 25 characters will be Jin Brothers from Real Bout. Lore-wise one went to train with Tung Fu Rue and the other with Kim. This would give SNK the perfect opportunity to update both characters.
Li Xiangfei needs to be S1 DLC!
As for SF guest characters, my picks are Juri and Cammy.
Franco was at the airport just once, whereas Joe's stage was the wilderness in several games, so that is more likely. Abandoned Dojo would be traditionally Mr. Karate territory, but it also fits Gato as a Dojo Destroyer. Since the main theme of the Game is Geese's legacy, there could be something important located in the tower, which is most likely still used by Billy since he is now the boss of what is left of Geese's empire.
I think we get one Kim brother at release to satisfy the Taekwondo Fans, the other might be DLC. We only need one psycho, so Freeman or Yamazaki, not both. Nightmare Geese could be DLC material. Duck King could be a possibility, or a new dance based fighter, since DK is heavily 80/90s coded.
Terry Bogard has officially become the Joe Hendry and John Cena of SNK, while Mai is the Rhea Ripley and Jordyn Grace of SNK. I would love to see Cammy and Dee Jay make it into COTW, because they would definitely be good choices not too many people would expect.
I'm gonna peg the remaining six as Hokutomaru, Kain, Gato, Joe, Andy, and the final boss who I'm gonna say is Rock's mom Marie who is now running the Howard crime syndicate from the shadows.
Twins as the first two DLC makes sense. Honestly Akuma would be fun to see in the CotW engine. His moveset lends itself to a higher power level environment. Then I'll put Freeman in there, and the final two can be any of Yamazaki, Ryo as Mr Karate II, Rick Strowd, Duck King, Raiden, and Blue Mary.
I think it'd be really weird if we dont get Blue Mary in Fatal Fury. She's got as much of a connection with the OG Trio, specifically Terry, as Mai does with Andy, so I feel like she should get a spot
She has nothing to do with the plot as it stands, but I feel she's very likely to be one of the DLC chars
@@wyldloganroth5303 I’m thinking we’ll get her eventually but more like Season 2.
3:02 - That was one of your very best jokes.
How about Giovanna as a guest DLC? Since they put Baiken as guest in SamSho, Giovanna looks like the character that best visually fits in Fatal Fury.
I want Hobo Ken in FF:CotW, he's another blonde dad with a kid. He's the other Terry. He can fit in the aesthetic too.
The Kim twins are almost a given, even if they don't make the base roster. I don't know if he'll be base roster, and I honestly doubt he will be, but this would be a prime opportunity to bring back Rick Stroud. The game doesn't have a boxer, and I'm pretty sure Rick has only had one appearance. I certainly wouldn't be opposed to Morrigan being a guest; it's not she's ever going to be in an actual Darkstalkers game again..
The only character I need is Rick Strowd and this will be complete for me. Also, Xianfei would be nice to have.
Rick strowd definitely needs anotger chance. I have a soft spot for xiang fei as well.
I'm just hoping somewhere down the line we get an Art of Fighting DLC crew with King in it, because King is my all time favorite SNK character.
There is a new Art of Fighting game in active development right now. The aof crew will get theirs
Worth saying that every character having a stage is not the same as every stage having a character. I don't know how things will turn out, but it could be that some stages are in the game for story or history reasons but not directly linked to a character.
I personally would like Poison or Mike Haggar to be the potential guest character for COTW. To me, the Final Fight portion of SFmeshes well with Fatal Fury.
I would love for SNK to do a deep cut and for them to add in Alba Meria from the Maximum Impact series
Idc what judgement comes, I require maximum waifus.
Also, SF got Terry and Mai.
I say CotW should get at least one from SF.
C. Viper is my pick for that.
I would love love LOVE for there to be two more brand spankin new characters at launch. Kain, Freemen, two new guys, Joe, Andy. There's the last six. But what I really really REALLY want is for you, Mr. Rooflemonger, sir, to make a video reflecting on all your theories after all the characters are announced. Also, my daughter loves listening to you talk about Terry. So keep it up my good man.
Since Art of fighting is a prequel I'd love to see some of the cast from those games come over. It would be interesting to see them 20+ years in the fatal fury canon afrer the events of those games.
Kizuna encounter / savage reign takes place in the same city as fatal fury
I'd love to see Ryo as Mr. Karate II, like how he appeared in Buriki One. Most of AoF's cast would be kind of old in Fatal Fury, though Yuri and Kasumi would be in their early 40s
@@pablocasas5906 Ryo is also Mr. Karate in Fatal Fury Wild Ambition, so i would love to se him come back to the series.
@pablocasas5906 Pretty much what I would love to see. With the cast being older as well, you can see how time has pretty much changed them in the present and whatever they're all currently doing with their lives and outlook on it. Of course, give a choice for the classic skins for the old time fans with them at their previous ages from AOF.
It'd be nice, but a new AoF is in active development right now, so I feel the aof crew are just gonna stay in their own game
We do not have a charge character so far, and there's always one.
Kain is charge, and will remain so im very sure
Meitenkun could work as a charge character pick, he has lore ties to FF.
Man,I really want my teen-grown up Hokutomaru and Taekwondo Bros!!!
Game’s shaping up to be a modern gem.
Amazing investigation work you did here. Good job
Blue Mary is the most obvious DLC character, she appears as a background character in Terry's stage in SF6.
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3:38 - I truly hope so!
He was one of my favorites
If Capcom gives SNK a guest character for COTW: Ken Masters. Modern SF6 Ken. Extend the crossover hype.
Prepare us for CVS 3
The thing about the voice trailer is, that doesn't really sound like Andy's JP voice from KOFXV to me. I'm almost certain that's meant to be an older Hokutomaru instead.
I think one more new character for base, Kain unplayable boss in base game, twins and Andy/Joe as DLC, Hokotomaru and Gato in base. Raiden may be background only, and airport is a central enough hub that it might not be Franco. Cody or Haggar from Final Fight would be cool guests, I think.
This one comes out on my birthday!
I'mma give two predictions, one that I think will happen and my actual dream prediction (& I'm a believer in a character not being officially revealed until we physically see them, so the voice clips in the trailer are just added speculation since there's a chance they could be NPCs or something)
Who I assume will make it: Andy, Joe, Gato, Hokutomaru, Kain, one of Kim's kids (probably Dong Hwan), Blue Mary, Ryo/Mr. Karate, Nightmare Geese, another new character, and a guest character (Probably Ryu or Luke)
Who I hope will make it: Gato, Grant, Kain, Blue Mary, Duck King, Alice Garnet, Rick Strowd, Yamazaki, Wolfgang Krauser, Nightmare Geese, and another new character (Really hard limiting to just 11, especially since I'm sure Andy & Joe are guarantees lol)
I'll be upset if mai and andy aren't married by now i looked it up and they're both 30 for CoTW
With Gato and Kain already confirmed. Here's my take on the remaining roster. Andy is a high possibility given your analyses. For the last three slots, I predict we'll have three new characters. If one returning character comes however, then the remaining two slots will be for two new characters. For the DLC cast, here're the following: Dong Hwan and Jae Hoon for Summer 2025, Freeman for Fall 2025, Blue Mary (if she doesn't make the base roster) for Winter 2025, and Raiden or Big Bear, or both via alternate costumes for early 2026.
I hope to see Geese Howard in the Season 1.
@@matteomiriello1661 Way too soon to get Nightmare Geese.
@@landonhulett2119 I hope soo.
12) Kain (artwork 1 and voice)
13) Andy (artwork 2)
14) Joe (artwork 2)
15) Gato (voice)
16) Hokutomaru (voice)
17) Boss (Geese?)
18) Kim Jae?
19) Kim Dong?
20) Freeman?
21) Grant or new/old character
22) new/old character
@@Vindrows maybe the 17 characters will be a new character.
My Girl Mai being in City of the Wolves and now Street Fighter 6 is a really really Great thing!!!
I remember when it was first announced, they released two pictures. One of Rock and one of Terry/Andy/Joe. That was EVO last year, when asked about characters SNK said that all in those pictures will be in the game, this confirming Rock, Terry, Andy, and Joe. Then they asked is Mai will be in (since they confirmed the original trio) and SNK said they couldn’t comment at the moment and she made it in.
In the first artwork, the one with Rock, there are also Kain and Billy.
@@Vindrows background? I might’ve missed that
@@Jandro1083 Yep. In the background there are two silhouettes who are undoubtedly Billy and Kain. One to Rock's right, much closer, which is Kain. And one to Rock's left, leaning against the wall further in the background, which is Billy Kane.
The two initial artworks are probably a reference to the two main factions of the game. Terry's representing the good guys, and Rock's representing the crime of South Town.
Man thats DEFINITELY Hokutomaru just older.
is it, though? 🤔
My remaining roster predictions; Andy, Joe, Kain. Hokutomaru and Gato. Then the final character is either another newcomer or Blue Mary. The 5 DLC will be Geese (living or dead), two street fighter reps (I hope less obvious pics like Akuma and Juri), Mr Karate II and the final character either another newcomer or Blue Mary.
If I was allowed to choose though I'd have Rick Strowd be in the base roster
I believe Duck King and Bob Wilson will be in the game. It'd be imposible not to have a Pao Pao Cafe stage now.
I really hope Blue Mary makes it to the base roster even though this makes it seem unlikely.
Hopefully they add blue mary and joe gato
And HOPEFULLY snk add mai og outfit to the preorder deal with Terry's secondary
Maybe Geese Howard will be return like DLC in the Season Pass 1.
FRANCO LET'S GO :D
And I hope Raiden gets in since it is important to you :O
My mongers? Roofled
Personally, even though he was in the background of Mai's stage, I'd love to see Bob Wilson playable and Alfred Airhawk because I think they'd both be fun
Shorten His name to Al airhawk with an edgy look. After being rejected as the new protagonist he returns to seek revenge! He could be a sub boss 😄
8:22 NO! TERRY! GET OUTTA THERE!
A lot of people are talking about guest characters, and even though it will most likely be Ryu or Chun Li, I feel like Cody would actually be a great fit for the game.
Along with being a blonde American like half the roster already is, the game seems to put a major emphasis on the city, so having a character who is visiting on mayoral duties would be a pretty good fit. Plus Fatal Fury 1 had a strong beat em up like aesthetics, so his history fits in perfectly as well.
Hoku & Gato are in. Jae and Dong probably make it over Joe and Andy after all this is a Garou follow up. Joe and Andy DLC.
This isn't a garou followup is explicitly the thing. Right from the devs to my face. The storyline will continue with rock but this is the next fatal fury game, not garou 2
Nightmare geese would be 🔥
Infinit azure will continue to be the fgc content MVP
its good, saxophone under the moon still king though. I just use azure a lot cause the actual track is mad long so vids over 10 minutes i can just slap it in and cut it at the end, saves editing time.
I mean. We could also be given an extra paid dlc character outside of the free battle pass. That would be sick too. Just when you thought you knew all the cards.
None of the old Garou 2 leaked characters will be in this game and that's so sad
They are unfinished characters from a quarter of a century ago, like some of them were neat but other than that its been too long, Preecha is basically the evolution of one of them anyways.
@@rooflemonger Yeah, I know... Joe's old student and the guy with the boxing stance looked so damn good tho...
One of the characters was named kuan who is now pretty much preecha .... joe higashi student
@@Lupo32 Preecha have nothing to do with her, lmao. They're nothing alike
@@rooflemongerI guess so, but at least Preecha is based on Kuan Konta. I just wish SNK could add more characters inspired by those, Geki at least was hinted in Gato's ending in the original Mark of the Wolves, so he could appear as he was intended, I don't know about the other characters like Jess Young, Dolvic Bourne and the rest
From a marketing perspective Makoto and Sakura would make the most Sense to me based on sheer popularity. With Juri i think there would be roo many TKD practitioners.
I hope the DLC characters get their own stages.
imagine the two dlc releasing in the summer IS the guest pack and thats why theyre coming out the same time
I hope Blue Mary is in!
I really wish the Chin brothers back, they are about 13-14 in original games, so they will be about 24-25 in the new game. I really love to see how they grown up. Just imaging how strong the brothers be now.
While I do agree that the two summer characters are probably Kim twins, it IS worth noting that this series does have a second pair of twin characters. It probably won't actually be the Jins, everything about how they're presenting season 1 makes me think it was probably intended to be base roster (which also means I don't expect a guest character until at least season 2, maybe later), and putting the Jins on your FF revival base roster is a very bold choice, but hey never say never.
I have to say I don't think a guest is coming in season 1. It's an awesome deal for SNK to give out season 1 to everyone who buys the game, but it would be a bit silly not to capitalize on the hype of a guest character. Season 2 is way more likely
I think there will be a guest for every single season they put out
Dong Kwan and Jae Hoon are brothers...but they aren't twins. Dong Kwan is the older, more talented but slack brother...Jae Hoon is the younger, more serious/stoic brother (who acts more like their father). If memory serves me they are roughly 1 or 2 years apart in age. I hope they do make a comeback but if they don't I wouldn't be mad if Kim takes their place.🤞🏿
yeah but they are similar so they are twins its easier that way
I want all the OGs from MotW, but also give me Yamazaki, Mary and Hon-Fu! Tung is long dead but it would be great to see him
My predictions next predictions are Joe, Andy, Blue Mary to round out old Fatal fury. Geese Howard will be DLC like Heihachi and Bison
Oh god pls let Juri be the guest character, I'd love SNK's interpretation of her plus them fengshui engine wpuld go crazy
Unfortunately, given that there will only be 17 characters at launch, in my opinion the mysteries about the roster are all solved. The fact that all the characters announced so far were part of the 2 artworks or the voice lines trailer, and that counting them all there are exactly 16 (plus the final boss: 17), cannot just be the result of coincidences. And given the way they've built the roster so far, treating the game more like MotW2 than the 7th chapter of Fatal Fury, it's also easy to guess that most of SP1's slots will be occupied by the remaining MotW characters (except maybe Grant). So in theory we should have:
12) Kain (artwork 1 and voice line)
13) Andy (artwork 2)
14) Joe (artwork 2)
15) Gato (voice line)
16) Hokutomaru (voice line)
17) Final boss (Geese?)
DLC1) Kim Jae?
DLC2) Kim Dong?
DLC3) Freeman?
DLC4) Grant or old/new face
DLC5) Old/new face
8:25 Looks like the main villain from Invincible. A.k.a swoll Freddy Mercury.
That voice to me doesn't sound old enough to be Andy. Andy never had an especially deep voice but that voice sounds like a teenager to me.
Ryu/ Chun Li feel like they could be DLC seening Terry and Mai in SF6
Or maybe the crossover demon Akuma will be the one lol
I want Bob Wilson, Alfred and Blue Mary. Rick Strowd, Li xiangfei and Yamazaki are cool ones too.
I think Ken will work the best as a sf crossover character since he fits the vibe of FF the best, and some of his moves like shinrai kicks and all the crazy moves he had in cvs2 could work very well in this particular game. he also has a sort of connection with terry already
This is my guess for the DLC
1. Geese
2. Kim or kim two sons
3. Duck King
4. Jin Chonrei
Franco Bash would be great to see again
I know that if there's a capcom guest it's gonna probably be ryu and/or chun-li, but might be interesting to be two characters to mirror terry and rock's relationship in some way.
Amusement Park needs its rightful owner playable... fingers crossed for Raiden! About Street Fighter guest characters, I`d appreciate Zangief, Hugo, Laura, Mika (you know, I love grapplers) .. it most likely going to fall on the popular rushdown fighters like Juri and Akuma. 8 months can't pass faster ...
I would like to see Ángel come back just to have a complicated yet insane character like her would be fun
I can't help but feel like Luke is the obvious guest character choice. It could be Ken because of his relationship with Terry. Though I could see them recreating that relationship with Rock and Luke since they're trying to push Luke as the new face of Street Fighter, he's also younger and represents not just Capcom moving forward from the past but maybe SNK as well. I could see the cover of SNK versus Capcom 3 being rock and Luke facing off against each other or shaking hands etc to represent their younger protagonists pushing the companies forward
So we already have 11 characters.
I think 6 remaining will be
Kain, andy and joe who are almost confirmed.
Same for Gato and hokutomaru.
Last one could be (should be) geese, but they said 17 PLAYABLE characters. Who said that (nightmare) geese as a final boss must be playable?
So i think last one could be yamazaki (as mid or fake boss fight).
Or bluemary (so andy has mai, joe has preecha and Terry has mary)
Or sf guest. And i would point out that in sf6 season 2 trailer we can see luke playing videogame with jamie, which could have been a hint of guesting stuff.
5 dlc:
kim sons
Krauser, we need Germany in the rpg location(s) still unknown
A boxer is needed, and i'd love to see Rick, but franco is much more likely to be in.
I'd also love to see raiden, jubei, a playable geese... We'll see.
Hoping Gato makes it in. This'll be my second SNK game (first was samsho) so i'm super hyped