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Real Bout Fatal Fury Special; (RBFFS, RBS)
Developers	SNK
Systems	Arcade; WW: 28 January 1997
	NeoGeo; WW: 28 February 1997
	NeoGeo CD; WW: 28 February 1997
	Sega Saturn; JP: 23 December 1997
Online Play	Rollback (Fightcade)
Player Resources	StrategyWiki RBS page
	GameFAQs RBS Arcade page
Community Channels	General Fatal Fury Discord server

Latest revision as of 18:41, 9 March 2025

Not to be confused with Fatal Fury Special.

Introduction

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special is the 6th Fatal Fury game, released by SNK in 1997. Real Bout Special (RBS) drops Real Bout 1's ring outs, the third line and Geese Howard as a playable character in the vanilla arcade release. This game is, in the vein of KOF '98, a dream match. Once again you are graded from C to SSS for your performance in a round, and your K.O. time is recorded, with the best time being displayed at the end of a match. Four legacy characters are added with new sprites, animations and moves: Tung Fu Rue, Cheng Sinzan, Laurence Blood and Wolfgang Krauser. While the character roster goes up to 19 for this ultimate edition, four characters have EX versions that are chosen with a code. This brings the number of characters to 23, or 24 if you count the hidden boss, Nightmare Geese.

Roadmap

10% complete

Completed	In Progress	To-Do/Wish List
Basically done but room for improvement: Front page Controls Gameplay Overview FAQ Andy page Cheng page Duck page Laurence page Mai page	Working on: Billy page	To-do: Bob page Terry page Add dizzy system to System Wish List: Practically every character needs to be redone Need to add more esoterics to System

Basic Strategy

Line abuse is key. When you're on the opposite plane, your collision box disappears and you can 'walk through' your opponent, positioning yourself for ambiguous crossups. You can then hit with a line check, which can be special cancelled for a decent combo. Line abuse is powerful because the opponent has no means to counter it barring their own line checks; however, even that is taken away from them if they can't act fast enough. Score a knockdown, shift to the other line and start fishing.
Line shifting can help on defense, but it is not designed to get you out of pressure. Usually, your opponent will recover from hops, chains etc. fast enough to punish you with a line check. What shifting does in neutral is help you avoid getting into bad spots before it's too late. Dealing with fireballs on the same line, for instance, involves a lot more commitment and risk than simply shifting to the other line to avoid them entirely. Effective use of lane shifting involves a decent amount of foresight.
The game is built around crossups even outside of line abuse. By pressing D while airborne, your character will turn around, aiming all of their air attacks the opposite way. In practice, this gives everyone crossups; highly important for breaking through defense, considering throw invincibility is plentiful and not everyone has good high/low. Starting from RBS, this can only be done from jumps — not hops.
Hops are faster than jumps, but their lower trajectory makes them more susceptible to reversals. However, their speed means you can generate pressure with much smaller holes; while jumps evade a lot more stuff on the ground, they are also vulnerable to getting checked by anti-airs, air-to-airs and other slower options. A healthy mix of both is ideal for offense.
A lot of Fatal Fury's neutral revolves around jumping and hopping; not only does it constitute offense for a lot of characters, but a big part of defense involves using air-to-airs of varying heights to stand your ground.

System at a Glance

Assume character is facing right

Movement or to walk forward or backpedal

to crouch

to jump, tap to hop

or to guard against attacks

Punch

Kick

Strong Attack

Throw / in close proximity

Switch Planes

Dive Attack from opposite line

Dive Kick/Slide Kick from opposite line (overhead/low)

Reach Attack from opposite line Pulls opponent to your plane if attack hits or is blocked

Line Sweep from opposite plane must be blocked low pulls opponent to your plane if attack hits or is blocked

Power Gauge

Fills as you use special moves, attack the opponent or block enemy attacks

H. Power Use Break Shots and Ground Techs

S. Power Super Access to Break Shots, Ground Techs and S Power DMs

P. Power Super While on red life, access to Break Shots, Ground Techs, S Power DMs and deadly P Power DMs

Game Versions

Game Navigation

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
General
Controls HUD Gameplay Overview System FAQ

Base Roster
Andy Billy Bob Cheng Chonrei Chonshu Duck Franco Hon Fu Joe Kim Krauser Laurence Mai Mary Sokaku Terry Tung Yamazaki

EX Characters
EX Andy EX Billy EX Mary EX Tung

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+:''Not to be confused with [[Fatal Fury Special]]''.
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 | gamename     = Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
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 | resources    = [https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Real_Bout_Fatal_Fury_Special StrategyWiki RBS page]
 | resources2   = [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/583615-real-bout-fatal-fury-special GameFAQs RBS Arcade page]
-| community    = [https://discord.gg/wsjn4yqwmy Discord of the Wolves server]
+| community    = [https://discord.gg/wsjn4yqwmy General Fatal Fury Discord server]
 }}
 ==Introduction==
-'''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special''' is the 6th [[Fatal Fury]] game released by [[SNK]] in 1997.  Real Bout Special (RBS) drops from the prior Real Bout 1 ring outs, the third line and Gesse Howard as a playable character in the vanilla arcade release.  This game is, in the vein of KOF '98, a dream match.  Once again you are graded from C to SSS for your performance in a round, and your K.O. time is recorded, with the best time being displayed at the end of a match.  Four legacy characters are added with new sprites, animations and moves: Tung Fu Rue, Cheng Sinzan, Lawrence Blood and Wolfgang Krauser.  While the character roster goes up to 19 for this ultimate edition, four characters have EX versions that are chosen with a code.  This brings the number of characters to 23, or 24 if you count the hidden boss, Nightmare Gesse.
+'''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special''' is the 6th [[Fatal Fury]] game, released by [[SNK]] in 1997. Real Bout Special (RBS) drops Real Bout 1's ring outs, the third line and Geese Howard as a playable character in the vanilla arcade release. This game is, in the vein of KOF '98, a dream match. Once again you are graded from C to SSS for your performance in a round, and your K.O. time is recorded, with the best time being displayed at the end of a match. Four legacy characters are added with new sprites, animations and moves: Tung Fu Rue, Cheng Sinzan, Laurence Blood and Wolfgang Krauser. While the character roster goes up to 19 for this ultimate edition, four characters have EX versions that are chosen with a code. This brings the number of characters to 23, or 24 if you count the hidden boss, Nightmare Geese.
+{{SuperCombo Wiki:Roadmap/RBFFS}}
 ==Basic Strategy==
-*Use neutral hops(and jumps) attacks as means sometimes to defend yourself. In the Fatal Fury and KOF games it can look like your ground normals are terrible/not as strong. Using neutral hops and jumps this can make the difference for stopping air attacks where your ground attacks wouldn't do the job. As well as tag grounded attacks with hops. Finding the sweet spot and timing for certain air attacks will take practice.
+*Line abuse is key. When you're on the opposite plane, your collision box disappears and you can 'walk through' your opponent, positioning yourself for ambiguous crossups. You can then hit with a line check, which can be special cancelled for a decent combo. Line abuse is powerful because the opponent has no means to counter it barring their own line checks; however, even that is taken away from them if they can't act fast enough. Score a knockdown, shift to the other line and start fishing.
+*Line shifting can help on defense, but it is not designed to get you out of pressure. Usually, your opponent will recover from hops, chains etc. fast enough to punish you with a line check. What shifting does in neutral is help you avoid getting into bad spots before it's too late. Dealing with fireballs on the same line, for instance, involves a lot more commitment and risk than simply shifting to the other line to avoid them entirely. Effective use of lane shifting involves a decent amount of foresight.
+*The game is built around crossups even outside of line abuse. By pressing D while airborne, your character will turn around, aiming all of their air attacks the opposite way. In practice, this gives everyone crossups; highly important for breaking through defense, considering throw invincibility is plentiful and not everyone has good high/low. Starting from RBS, this can only be done from jumps — not hops.
+*Hops are faster than jumps, but their lower trajectory makes them more susceptible to reversals. However, their speed means you can generate pressure with much smaller holes; while jumps evade a lot more stuff on the ground, they are also vulnerable to getting checked by anti-airs, air-to-airs and other slower options. A healthy mix of both is ideal for offense.
+*A lot of Fatal Fury's neutral revolves around jumping and hopping; not only does it constitute offense for a lot of characters, but a big part of defense involves using air-to-airs of varying heights to stand your ground.
+==System at a Glance==
+Assume character is facing right
+'''Movement'''
+{{f}} or {{b}} to walk forward or backpedal
-==Advanced Strategy==
+{{d}} to crouch
-===Power Gauge===
+{{u}} to jump, tap {{u}} to hop
+{{b}} or {{db}} to guard against attacks
-This fills when you use special moves, connect (not blocked) any attack, or when you block an opponent's attack.
+'''Punch'''
+[[File:Snka.gif]]
-'''H. Power'''
-This occurs when half your power gauge is filled. This allows you to use Break Shots and Recovery Rolls.
-'''S. Power Super'''
+'''Kick'''
-When your gauge is filled, you will have a S Power bar. It decreases over time, until eventually your gauge empties completely.  You are able to use a S. Power Super when the S. Power bar is active.  After using a S. Power Super, the bar will automatically empty.  You can also perform S. Power Supers when your lifebar is flashing.  During this time,  there is no need for a charged Power Gauge and you can  perform as many S. Power Supers as you want.
+[[File:Snkb.gif]]
-'''P. Power Super'''
+'''Strong Attack'''
-When the gauge is filled and your lifebar is flashing red, the power gauge will display a P. Power bar.  As with the S. Power bar, this decreases over time.  During the bars active run, you can perform a P. Power Super.  Once performed, the  power gauge will empty.
+[[File:Snkc.gif]]
-===Planes===
+'''Throw'''
+{{b}}/{{f}}[[File:Snkc.gif]] in close proximity
-'''Switch To Opposite Plane
+'''Switch Planes'''
-'''L
+[[File:Snkd.gif]]
 '''Dive Attack'''
-P from opposite plane
+[[File:Snka.gif]] from opposite line
 '''Dive Kick/Slide Kick'''
-K from opposite plane
+[[File:Snkb.gif]] from opposite line (overhead/low)
-overhead/must be blocked low (depending on character)
 '''Reach Attack'''
-S from opposite plane
+[[File:Snkc.gif]] from opposite line
-pulls opponent to your plane if attack touches them
+Pulls opponent to your plane if attack hits or is blocked
-'''Sweep'''
+'''Line Sweep'''
-d + S from opposite plane
+{{d}}[[File:Snkc.gif]] from opposite plane
-must be blocked low; pulls opponent to your plane if attack touches them
+must be blocked low pulls opponent to your plane if attack hits or is blocked
-'''Switch Back'''
+===Power Gauge===
-L
+Fills as you use special moves, attack the opponent or block enemy attacks
-when both characters are in opposing planes
+'''H. Power'''
+Use Break Shots and Ground Techs
-front plane character:
+'''S. Power Super'''
+Access to Break Shots, Ground Techs and S Power DMs
-*can short jump and high jump (cannot attack in air)
+'''P. Power Super'''
-*cannot perform normals or command moves (the button press will send them to  the opposing plane or pull opponent to theirs)
+While on red life, access to Break Shots, Ground Techs, S Power DMs and deadly P Power DMs
-*cannot crawl
-back plane character:
-*can short jump and high jump (cannot attack in air)
-*cannot perform normals or command moves (the button press will send them to  the opposing plane or pull opponent to theirs)
-*cannot crawl
-===Tier List===
-*'''God Tier and Banned:'''
-''Geese Howard''
-*'''Top''':
-''Billy/EX, Sokaku, Duck King''
-*'''High''':
-''Mai, Krauser, Kim, Yamazaki,  Joe, Terry, Andy/EX, EX Blue Mary''
-*'''Mid-High''':
-''Blue Mary, Franco Bash, Lawrence Blood''
-*'''Mid''':
-''Hon Fu, Chonrei, Chonshu, Bob Wilson''
-*'''Low''':
-''Tung Fu Rue/EX, Cheng Sinzan''
 ==Game Versions==
-==The Characters==
-*[[Andy Bogard(RBFFS)|Andy Bogard]]
-*[[EX Andy Bogard(RBFFS)|EX Andy Bogard]]
-*[[Billy Kane(RBFFS)|Billy Kane]]
-*[[EX Billy Kane(RBFFS)|EX Billy Kane]]
-*[[Blue Mary(RBFFS)|Blue Mary]]
-*[[EX Blue Mary(RBFFS)|EX Blue Mary]]
-*[[Bob Wilson(RBFFS)|Bob Wilson]]
-*[[Cheng Sinzan(RBFFS)|Cheng Sinzan]]
-*[[Duck King(RBFFS)|Duck King]]
-*[[Franco Bash(RBFFS)|Franco Bash]]
-*[[Geese Howard(RBFFS)|Geese Howard]]
-*[[Hon Fu(RBFFS)|Hon Fu]]
-*[[Jin Chonrei(RBFFS)|Jin Chonrei]]
-*[[Jin Chonshu(RBFFS)|Jin Chonshu]]
-*[[Joe Higashi(RBFFS)|Joe Higashi]]
-*[[Kim Kaphwan(RBFFS)|Kim Kaphwan]]
-*[[Laurence Blood(RBFFS)|Laurence Blood]]
-*[[Mai Shiranui(RBFFS)|Mai Shiranui]]
-*[[Ryuji Yamazaki(RBFFS)|Ryuji Yamazaki]]
-*[[Sokaku Mochizuki(RBFFS)|Sokaku Mochizuki]]
-*[[Terry Bogard(RBFFS)|Terry Bogard]]
-*[[Tung Fu Rue(RBFFS)|Tung Fu Rue]]
-*[[EX Tung Fu Rue(RBFFS)|EX Tung Fu Rue]]
-*[[Wolfgang Krauser(RBFFS)|Wolfgang Krauser]]
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Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (RBFFS, RBS)

Developers	SNK
Systems	Arcade WW: 28 January 1997
	NeoGeo WW: 28 February 1997
	NeoGeo CD WW: 28 February 1997
	Sega Saturn JP: 23 December 1997
Online Play	Rollback (Fightcade)
Player Resources	StrategyWiki RBS page
Player Resources	GameFAQs RBS Arcade page
Community Channels	General Fatal Fury Discord server