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POSTED: Wednesday,
May 25th, 2022
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(7-9-2022)
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New
Images of Character Sprites from Canceled Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Sequel Surface Online
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 For
old school fighting game fans, there's nothing like discovering new
information or content regarding classic or even canceled games from past
decades. Previously, SNK confirmed a Garou: Mark of the Wolves
sequel was in fact planned after the release of the first game, but
unfortunately was canceled before development finished. A Japanese account
on Twitter recently shared what appear to be never-before-seen images
of character sprites from Garou: MOTW 2 for both existing
characters and the new designs that were planned. In the past, we shared a
similar image to the one below, but this version is much clearer
and crisper than the earlier image and even includes new character
sprites! 
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What makes this
particularly interesting is the inclusion of Fatal Fury / Garou series
veteran Joe
Higashi, who appears to be injured during the timeline of MOTW 2. According to sources and some
early Garou: MOTW 2 concept artwork (below), Joe Higashi was going to
make a cameo appearance in MOTW 2 to support his female Muay Thai
student named Kuan / Kuwan — one of the game's planned newcomers.
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Additionally, below
are the sprite sheets for several of Kuan's animations, including her
default stance, walking
/ running cycles, guard break, and even her alternate colors (uncovered by
@2021kduck on Twitter). Scroll
through to check them out! There's even a full animation of these sprite
sheets further down.
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[UPDATE]
 On Twitter,
@JSevion took the time to put together ALL of Kuan's animations (and
alternate colors) that you see above. So now... we can enjoy this
work-in-progress SNK character sprite in full motion. Honestly, she
looks great! Hit play within the tweet (below) to see her animations.
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Additional Garou: MOTW 2 assets were uncovered in July
of 2022. As a fan of Garou:
Mark of the Wolves since its debut in 1999, it's definitely
saddening to see such beautiful 2D sprites go to waste. 
Kuan looks like she would've made an excellent addition to the cast.
Unfortunately, there's not much additional information regarding any other
canceled characters at this time.
On a related note, last year,
artists from Lizardcube Games (Streets of Rage 4) brought back
another one of Garou: MOTW 2's canceled characters to create a
modern mock-up of the game. Check out the article directly below to learn
more. Keep it here on Fighters Generation for more SNK news
and history.
~TFG Webmaster, Frank Joseph
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@2021kduck,
@JSevion:
Related Tweet: @Fighters_Gen:
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