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The first-run edition came with a limited disc, SNK Fan Collection Garou Densetsu, holding a character database for every game in the series (non-player characters included) that could be built up and browsed, illustrations and cosplay photographs, the opening movies of the 6 Fatal Fury titles to date, and footage of a polygon Duck dancing to the music.
On 2020-12-24 it was ported to the Nintendo Switch as one of the 1 titles in NEOGEO POCKET COLOR SELECTION.
According to Famitsu, the AES and Neo Geo CD version sold over 22,750 and 63,091 copies in their first week on the market, respectively.
To achieve this, they made the decision to bring most of the processing that was highly praised in Fatal Fury 3 to the foreground in Real Bout.
They criticized the reduction from four action buttons to three, the reuse of Geese Howard as the final boss, and the music ("ranges from banal rock to obnoxious drek"), but concluded that "With its emphasis on gameplay, this is one of the best Fatal Fury games ever.
Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Neo Geo AES version their "Game of the Month" award.
They criticized the reduction from four action buttons to three, the reuse of Geese Howard as the final boss, and the music ("ranges from banal rock to obnoxious drek"), but concluded that "With its emphasis on gameplay, this is one of the best Fatal Fury games ever.
According to Famitsu, the AES and Neo Geo CD version sold over 22,750 and 63,091 copies in their first week on the market, respectively.
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