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In previous works, we reviewed the entire plot of the King of Fighters series.
In fact, before the release of "King of Fighters", there were many classic fighting games on the market, the most popular of which was "Street Fighter 2" released in February 1991, and SNK also released the first generation of "Hungry Wolf Legend" in November of the same year.
Street Fighter 2
"Legend of the Hungry Wolf", which has been responsible for fighting "Street Fighter" since birth, can be said to have always been the top IP of SNK. In the 8 years since its original release, 10 versions of The Legend of the Hungry Wolf have been born, and this IP has always been the most numerous fighting game in SNK (surpassed by King of Fighters in 2003).
Legend of the Hungry Wolf
Even the "King of Fighters" series, which is now in full swing, its birth is inextricably linked to "The Legend of the Hungry Wolf": not only can we find a large number of characters in the "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" in the "King of Fighters", but the battle system of "The King of Fighters" continues the classic setting of "The Legend of the Hungry Wolf", and even the name "The King Of Fighters" comes from the legend of the Hungry Wolf... It can be said that "King of Fighters" is the successor of "Legend of the Hungry Wolf".
A large number of Hungry Wolf Legend characters
From the perspective of gameplay, "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" has created a two-line battle system - the two sides of the battle can not only move back and forth, but also move up and down.
Double-line battles
Such a setting allows the game to add a lot of strategic depth during the battle, but in exchange for a significant increase in the difficulty of operation, and "King of Fighters" greatly simplifies the difficulty of operation and improves the fluency of the system, which may also be the reason why "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" is not so popular in the end.
From the plot point of view, the plot of "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" is very rich, the entire series is based on the revenge between Terry, Andy and Gies as the background, each work is full of suspense, the story is interlocked, not only creating a vivid and vivid character, but also telling the players a huge story of ups and downs.
So, what kind of story does "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" tell?
1. The Legend of the Hungry Wolf 1: Battle of Fate
In November 1991, The Legend of the Hungry Wolf: Battle for Fate was released, the first installment in the Legend of the Hungry Wolf series, and it was born for a simple reason, to counter CAPCOM's Street Fighter series.
Legend of the Hungry Wolf 1
Many players may not know that "Hungry Wolf Legend 1" and "Street Fighter 1" were actually developed by the same development team (from CAPCOM to SNK), so you can see a lot of "Street Fighter" shadows in "Hungry Wolf Legend".
In terms of character selection, players of this generation can only choose three characters, Terry, Andy and Tojo, but the original two-line battle system of "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" greatly increases the playability of the game.
There are only three characters
Two-line battle system
Game Plot:
In 1991, a new fighting convention was held in Nanzhen, famous for the fighting convention "The King Of Fighters". At this year's congress, two young people attracted the attention of the organizer "Guise".
Guise
After identification, they turn out to be the two adopted sons of Jeff, Jeff's two adopted sons, Terry and Andy, who were killed by themselves ten years ago, and their purpose in the fight conference is to defeat Gies and avenge their father.
Terry and Andy
So why did Gies kill his brother Jeff?
It turned out that Guiss, who was born in the South Town of the United States, was not an American, but a German - he was the illegitimate son of the patriarch of a large German family, and after the death of his mother, he went to Germany to look for blood relatives, but was beaten by another son of his father and driven out of the house.
Knowing that his strength was too weak, After returning to Nanzhen, he studied under the strongest Chinese in the town, "Tang Fulu" (yes, the master of The Instant Shadow in "King of Fighters 15"), and at that time, he also studied with his brother-in-law, Jeff.
Don Fluke and Gies
Entering Don Fulu did not change The bloodthirsty and belligerent nature of Gies, who colluded with the underworld of South Town behind his back, established his own forces in South Town, and bribed government departments, gradually disintegrating the other forces in South Town, and step by step to the highest level of power (the rise of Gies is detailed in SNK's fighting game "Fist of the Dragon and Tiger").
Gies's brother Jeff, on the other hand, is kind-hearted and has a "righteous heart", he is not only helpful, but also adopts two orphans: Terry and Andy, who have a high popularity in Southtown.
Terry, Andy and Tojo
Tang Fulu has an ancestral secret book: "Qin Secretary Volume I", it is said that if you have it, you will have great power, and Jeff is undoubtedly the best person to inherit it. In order to get the secret book, Gies kills Jeff in front of Terry and Andy, and believes that he is not afraid of the revenge of the two children, and let them have a way to live.
When Guise, who killed Jeff, was in the south town, no one dared to rebel against his rule, and he even built the tallest building in the south town, the Gista, and stood on top of the Gista, as if the whole south town was in his pocket.
At the same time, Gies began to hold the "The King Of Fighters" fighting conference, on the one hand, you can dig up strongmen for your own use in the conference, on the other hand, you can also accumulate wealth (Gies has a master "Billy", each time the champion is Billy, and the prize money is finally returned to Gies's pocket).
Billy
At the call of Guise's high prize money, fighters from major cities around the city came to South Town to participate in the fighting convention, and "The King Of Fighters" made South Town's limelight for a while.
On the other side of the story, Don Fulu feels very remorseful, seeing jeff's two young children, who have no longer accepted apprentices, he makes an exception to accept Terry and Andy, and raises them.
Finally, after ten years of hard training, in 1991, Terry and Andy participated in this fighting tournament in order to avenge Gies (Tojo came purely to become stronger).
Terry Team
As the convention progressed, Terry defeated Billy.
Play against Billy
He ascended to the top floor of Gista and engaged in a decisive battle with Gista.
Battle Against Gies
After ten years of hard work combined with vengeful rage, Terry succeeds in defeating Gies and knocking him down the building.
Gies fell down the building in defeat
2. The Legend of the Hungry Wolf 2: New Battle
In 1992, The Legend of the Hungry Wolf 2: The New Comer was released, the second installment in the Legend of the Hungry Wolf series.
Legend of the Hungry Wolf 2
In terms of gameplay, this generation of works has been optimized on the basis of the first generation of works, the operation is more smooth, and the movement is more rapid.
In terms of character selection, the number of selectable characters in this generation of works has reached eight, and the new characters include "Chen Qinshan", the disciple of Guis and Jeff, the ghost of judo , "Yamada Shiheiwei", and the taekwondo master "Jin Jia Fan".
Kim Ka-bon
And "Dance of Unknown Fire" also debuted as Andy's girlfriend, her costume was very conspicuous, which caused a big sensation at the time, and the newcomer became a household name in later works.
Role selection interface
I don't know the fire dance
Game Plot:
The death of Gies surprised his half-brother "Klausa" who was far away in Germany (the brother who beat Gies when he went to confess), and he came to South Town with his subordinate "Lawrence" in an attempt to take over Gies's inheritance and occupy South Town again, and Gies's former subordinate, Billy, also took the opportunity to throw himself at him.
Klausa
In order to consolidate his position, Kosa once again held the "The King Of Fighters" fighting conference, and Terry and Andy naturally did not give in, and they and Tojo once again participated in the fighting conference.
After a journey through the levels, Terry defeats Billy and Lawrence and the like and comes to Claussa.
Beat Lawrence
Although Clausa's strength is indeed strong (defeating the likes of Don Fluke and Duckkin in the plot),
Klausa defeats Duckkin
But still not Terry's opponent, he was eventually defeated by Terry.
Play against Claussa
"Terry No.1 in the world"
3. "The Legend of the Hungry Wolf Special Edition"
In 1993, "Hungry Wolf Legend Special Edition" was released, this work does not have any story background, but for the previous game to fix some loopholes, so the balance is better, the playability is very high.
Legend of the Hungry Wolf Special Edition
In terms of characters, because it is a smash brome mode, there are many optional characters in this work, such as the boss of the previous game, Such as Guise, Klausa and others have become optional characters.
Rich characters
The protagonist of "Fist of dragons and tigers", "Invincible Dragon" Sakazaki Ryo, appeared in the last level of the game as a hidden character, giving players a lot of surprises.
"Invincible Dragon" Ryo Sakazaki
Battle screen
4. The Legend of the Hungry Wolf 3: Ancient Conquest
In 1995, The Legend of the Hungry Wolf 3: Ancient Conquest was released.
Legend of the Hungry Wolf 3
In terms of gameplay, as the fourth canon work with a plot, this game has made very big changes in the battle system, from the original two-line battle system to a three-line battle system, and also introduced the concept of "combination technique", at the same time, the game's graphics, battle scenes and character depictions are very good.
In terms of roles, the number of optional characters in this game has reached 10.
Role selection interface
The newly added characters include the Hong Kong police officer "Red Tiger" (based on Jackie Chan), the temple elder "Looking at the Moon double horn" and so on.
Red Tiger
Look at the moon double horns
The game's second female character, "Blue Marie", also debuted in this work, and the fire dance is no longer a collection of thousands of pets.
Blue Mary
Game interface
Game Plot:
Krissa's younger brother Klausa is defeated by Terry, and in the chaos, Billy steals a secret book from Klausa's house, the second volume of the Secretary of Qin, and then gets a secret place and gives it to a mysterious person- Gies!
It turned out that he was not dead at all, when he was knocked down the building, in a moment of great danger, he suddenly understood the fierce wind fist in the air, and then cast it on the ground, relying on the reaction force of the fist wind, he could save his life.
However, When Gies found out that the second volume of the Secretary of Qin belonged to his brother Klausana, he deliberately released the news that he was dead, led Klausa to The South Town, and ordered Billy to submit to him as an undercover agent.
Now that Klausa is dead, the three volumes of the secret book Gies also got two volumes, and after recovering from his injuries, he released the news that the secret book was in South Town, and wanted to lure the holder of the third volume of secret book to South Town.
Sure enough, the two brothers Qin Chonglei and Qin Chongxiu, the holders of the third volume of secret books, came to Nanzhen.
Qin Chonglei, Qin Chongxiu
Along with them, there was also the infamous underworld leader "Ryuji Yamazaki".
Ryuji Yamazaki
Meanwhile, Terry and Andy get the news that Giss isn't dead, and they travel to Gista, defeating Gista and burning Gista.
Burn Gista
It was in this chaotic situation that he met the Qin brothers and Yamazaki Ryuji.
Ryuji Yamazaki
The battle for the secret book in South Town began.
Just as Terry was fighting against Ryuji Yamazaki and the Qin brothers, the scheming Jis successfully escaped and got three volumes of cheats. But when he had assembled the secret book, he ordered Billy to burn it. It turned out that only the Qin lineage could obtain the power of the secret book, and since Gies could not get this power, he simply destroyed it so that no one else could get it.
Gies burns the cheats
Due to the failure of the competition for secret books, the Qin brothers also gave up their kung fu, Qin Chonglei threw himself under Tang Fulu to concentrate on cultivation, and Qin Chongxiu went to Korea to learn taekwondo with Jin Jiafan.
The Qin brothers
It is worth mentioning that Terry meets Brun Marie, who was born into a fighting family in Southtown.
Mary's grandfather, Zhou Fangchenmi, had taught Giss ancient martial arts, but after completing the lesson, Gis brutally killed him. In order to investigate the truth of the matter, Mary travels to Southtown and meets Terry.
Because their important people died at the hands of Gies, the two felt sorry for each other and their relationship became increasingly close.
Terry and Mary meet
5. "Hungry Wolf Legend Real Bout" "Goodbye, Gies"
In November 1995, Real Bout, the fifth installment of the Legend of the Hungry Wolf series, was released.
Hungry Wolf Legend Real Bout
Just like the advertising slogan of this work, "Goodbye, Gies" heralds that the feud between the Terry brothers and Gies has finally come to an end, and also represents the end of a generation of tyrants.
Goodbye, Gies
In terms of gameplay, this game follows the most outstanding combination techniques in the previous game, and optimizes the instructions of the combination skills, making the operation of the game simpler. At the same time, the game's graphics enhance the sense of blows, but also added an obstacle destruction system, a large number of details to make this game deeply loved by players.
Role selection interface
Game interface
Game Plot:
When Gies obtained and burned three volumes of the secret book, he regained control of Southtown.
Knowing that the Terry brothers will definitely avenge their father, this battle can not be avoided after all, so after burning the three volumes of cheats, Gies began to cultivate again, and half a year later, he held the "The King Of Fighters" fighting conference again, and took the initiative to invite Terry and Andy to prepare to make a decision.
Terry pointed straight to the top of the tower
During this time, Terry also greatly increased his strength, he broke through many obstacles, and finally came to the top floor of Gista again, and began a face-to-face confrontation with Gies.
Gies waited at the top of the tower for Terry
Overall, the strength of the two is comparable, and in the end, both of them use super killing skills to decide the winner or loser. However, After all, Gies was already in his prime and lacked physical strength, so he was hit by Terry, defeated again and fell to Gista.
Super killer skills are a showdown
Before falling from the building, Terry broke through the barrier in his heart and extended a helping hand to Gies.
Terry lends a helping hand
But Gies refused Terry's rescue, and he threw Terry's hand away, and fell downstairs in a fit of laughter, completely dead.
Gies died
A generation of tyrants came to an end, his business was inherited by Billy, and Terry became the hero of South town.
summary
Due to space reasons, this article only introduces the game content of the first five "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" for the time being.
After the death of Gies, the story of "The Legend of the Hungry Wolf" is not over, but more exciting, interested friends, you can pay attention to it, tomorrow will update the "Legend of the Hungry Wolf" after the last five game plots.