WTMG's Leo Faria: "There’s quite a bit of content, and the gameplay itself is sound enough, but City of Wolves felt less like Fatal Fury and more like a smaller The King of Fighters outing with a different (and by that, I mean smaller) roster. Speaking of roster, the baffling celebrity inclusions didn’t feel entertaining, they felt like a desperate and distraction attempt to draw attention. If I had to choose, I’d certainly suggest picking up KoF XV or even KoF XIV instead; even if City of Wolves is fully functional, with great rollback netcode and decent controls, I feel like SNK’s other outings felt more cohesive and entertaining in comparison."
SNK has announced Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Season 2, which will feature one new downloadable content character per month, starting with Kim Jae Hoon on January 22.
VGChartz: "All of the franchises that tend to dominate the genre, at least in terms of mass appeal and sales, forwent brand new releases in 2025, which left the field truly wide open for smaller series to come in and stake a claim to the trophy. Crossovers and new entries in dormant franchises were the main themes of this year's shortlist."
At the end of the SNK World Championship 2025, the developer teased the announcement of new games and announced Chun-Li's release date.
Unless any of those "new games" involves a proper Metal Slug game or bringing back some of their old classics in a new fresh coat of paint (Shock Troopers, Blazing Star, Crossed Swords, Sengoku, Ninja Commando), my interests remain tepid. It's far more likely another one of their old fighting games will be brought back in full 3D such as The Last Blade 3 or SNK vs. Capcom 3.
