{"id":122460,"date":"2020-12-23T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/1999_neo_geo_fighter_fatal_fury_first_contact_has_just_surprise-launched_on_switch"},"modified":"2020-12-23T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T15:20:00","slug":"1999-neo-geo-fighter-fatal-fury-first-contact-has-just-surprise-launched-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/23\/1999-neo-geo-fighter-fatal-fury-first-contact-has-just-surprise-launched-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"1999 Neo Geo Fighter Fatal Fury: First Contact Has Just Surprise-Launched On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/49cf7fa146885\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/49cf7fa146885\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fatal_fury_first_contact\">Fatal Fury: First Contact<\/a><\/strong>, a fighting game that released on the Neo Geo Pocket Color back in 1999, has just appeared out of nowhere on the Nintendo Switch eShop. <em>Merry Christmas!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Heavily based on arcade fighter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/neogeo\/real_bout_fatal_fury_2_the_newcomers\">Real Bout Fatal Fury 2<\/a>, which launched just a year before it in 1998, the game features the likes of Rick Strowd, Li Xiangfei, Geese Howard, Mai Shiranui and \u2013 of course \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a> star Terry Bogard.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Features in FATAL FURY: FIRST CONTACT include a POTENTIAL POWER comeback mechanic that allows players to unleash an ultra-lethal special move at the brink of death and opportunities to play as the DOMINATED MIND protagonist and REAL BOUT FATAL FURY 2 hidden boss, Alfred. The Nintendo Switch\u2019s Tabletop and Handheld Modes are a match made in Fatal Fury heaven as they go hand-in-hand with the game\u2019s single-lane fighting system beautifully.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"FATAL FURY FIRST CONTACT Switch\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/afce744142f84\/fatal-fury-first-contact-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/afce744142f84\/fatal-fury-first-contact-switch.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"FATAL FURY FIRST CONTACT Switch\"><\/a><a title=\"FATAL FURY FIRST CONTACT Switch\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3559a7297ac02\/fatal-fury-first-contact-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3559a7297ac02\/fatal-fury-first-contact-switch.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"FATAL FURY FIRST CONTACT Switch\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"FATAL FURY FIRST CONTACT Switch\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c1d0987c46b7c\/fatal-fury-first-contact-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c1d0987c46b7c\/fatal-fury-first-contact-switch.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"FATAL FURY FIRST CONTACT Switch\"><\/a><a title=\"FATAL FURY FIRST CONTACT Switch\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/229cc970bd954\/fatal-fury-first-contact-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/229cc970bd954\/fatal-fury-first-contact-switch.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"FATAL FURY FIRST CONTACT Switch\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you want to dive in the Fatal Fury: First Contact, you&#8217;ll find it waiting for you on the eShop for $7.99. We&#8217;ll leave you with this special video message from SNK Producer Yasuyuki Oda:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatal Fury: First Contact, a fighting game that released on the Neo Geo Pocket Color back in 1999, has just appeared out of nowhere on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Merry Christmas! Heavily based on arcade fighter Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, which launched just a year before it in 1998, the game features the likes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}