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POSTED: Tuesday,
July 12th, 2022
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(7-13-2022)
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Character
Animations from Garou:
MOTW Sequel
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 Following
recent news from last week,
some very interesting Garou: MOTW 2 content has surfaced
online, including nearly-finished character animations from SNK's
canceled sequel to Garou: Mark of the Wolves!
This comes in continuation to our previous article reporting on the
newly-discovered assets found on CD-ROMs — which include character sprite sheets of
planned newcomers and returning characters, in addition to early
development backgrounds. Thanks to several members on FGC Twitter, we can
now view some of the actual animations from the uncovered character
sprites, including new moves for returning characters like Terry
Bogard, Jae Hoon,
and Dong Hwan.
Hit
the play button in the tweets below to watch the animations (you can
repeat the animation by clicking again on the GIF image). 
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For those who don't immediately recognize the newness of these animations,
that airborne kick technique by Terry
Bogard
(above) is a completely new attack that
he did not have in the original Garou: Mark of the Wolves. Once
again, the revealed sprites also seem to confirm that Terry would've had
an all new "diagonal" Rising Tackle in MOTW 2. Next up are some new moves from Jae Hoon and Dong Hwan...
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New moves for the Tae Kwon Do
brothers, Kim Jae Hoon, and Kim Dong Hwan, were also
discovered. While Jae Hoon
was going to get a new aerial kick
ender in
MOTW 2, Dong Hwan
is seen showboating (something he's known for) with some kind of
"surfing" technique!
In true Garou: MOTW fashion, the animation is super smooth
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Dong Hwan's new animation essentially being a full 3D pan around the
character, brilliantly done using hand-drawn pixels alone (and
looking practically complete). 
No
doubt a beautiful "3D pixel art" study from SNK's heyday!
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Above, we can see Terry Bogard executing his diagonal Rising Tackle,
animated over one of the early Garou: MOTW 2 stages (unfinished). There's no
indication that Terry's airborne kick would've been a follow-up to his new
diagonal-angle Rising Tackle... but it's cool to see both moves fully
animated, nonetheless.
Just yesterday, @JSevion on Twitter took the time to put together ALL of
Kuan's animations (and
alternate colors) from her sprite sheets uncovered back in May. Once again, this
series newcomer was meant
to be Joe
Higashi's apprentice, as Joe was apparently injured during the
timeline of MOTW 2. I wonder if we'll ever see her again in a
future SNK fighting game? One can hope.
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We're not done yet!
Below, have a look at the clean sprite rips
of all of the new attack animations we shared above (originally posted
by @2021kduck on Twitter). In the first Garou: MOTW 2 character sprite sheet, we
can see a brand new air attack by Gato,
in addition to what appears to be Gato's new pre-fight intro animation. Groundbreaking
stuff!!!
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Just to state the obvious (one more time), it really is a shame that Garou:
Mark of the Wolves 2 development never completed. The title was sadly canceled in the early
2000s. In any case, it's pretty amazing
that we finally get to see content from SNK's scrapped project over
2 decades later. You can check out more character sprite sheets as well as
early-development stage designs in the previous
article.
*This article may be updated with additional content in the coming days.
Stay tuned on The Fighters Generation for continued
coverage!
~Frank Joseph,
FightersGeneration.com | @Fighters_Gen
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@2021kduck,
@DonTropo,
@JSevion:
Related Tweets: @Fighters_Gen,
#2:
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Continue
scrolling to see new moves for Marco (Khushnood), B. Jenet, Freeman,
Hokutomaru, Kevin Rian, Tizoc, Grant, Kain R. Heinlein, and even a
"wave" animation by cameo character, Andy
Bogard. This might as well be a convenient place to find all unused
character sprites for Garou: MOTW2. 
Have a nice long scroll downward to see the rest of this incredibly rare
and amazing SNK pixel art
