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Another Unexpected Guest for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Guest characters have become a familiar tool in modern fighting games, but Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves has consistently pushed that idea further than most. Following earlier reveals that included a real-world football star and a DJ, SNK appears ready to escalate things once again with a far more violent and iconic crossover.
A new teaser suggests that the next guest fighter may come from one of manga’s most notorious action series.
Paid Expansion Characters Planned for 2026
SNK has already confirmed that Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will receive a paid character expansion, with full details expected to be revealed in January 2026. In the lead-up, the publisher has released a series of short, stylised teaser videos hinting at the incoming roster.
So far, those teasers have pointed toward the return of established SNK characters such as Mr. Karate, Robert Garcia, and Wolfgang Krauser. However, the final teaser stood out immediately, shifting focus from legacy fighters to something far more unexpected.
A Teaser That Fighting Fans Instantly Recognised
The latest teaser depicts an unnamed figure intervening to save two women from a group of thugs. The scene concludes with a distinctive finger-to-the-forehead gesture that longtime fans of Fist of the North Star will instantly recognise.
Even more telling is the character’s footwear, which closely mirrors the iconic boots worn by Kenshiro, the manga’s legendary protagonist. Taken together, these visual cues have left little room for doubt among the community.
Kenshiro Appears All but Confirmed
While SNK has yet to make an official announcement, the teaser’s symbolism strongly suggests that Kenshiro will join Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves as a guest character in the upcoming expansion.
If confirmed, it raises intriguing questions about adaptation. Kenshiro is famously associated with devastating pressure-point techniques and extreme violence, which will inevitably need to be reinterpreted within Fatal Fury’s more grounded fighting framework.
How SNK translates that brutality into balanced gameplay may ultimately define this crossover’s success.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is currently available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Official details on the full expansion lineup are expected later this month.
