| Kizuna Encounter | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | SNK |
| Publisher(s) | SNK |
| Released |  09/20/96, 11/08/96 11/07/96 |
| Genre | 2D Tag team versus fighting |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Neo Geo |
| Input methods | 8-way Joystick, 4 Buttons |
| Arcade cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system | MVS |
| Arcade display | Raster, 304 x 224 (Horizontal), 4096 colors |
Kizuna Encounter (Fu'un Super Tag Battle in Japan) is a fighting game by SNK and is the sequel of Savage Reign.
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History
King Lion made the Battle of the Beast God Tournament, but was defeated by Sho Hayate. To seek revenge on him and all his enemies, King Lion organizes a second version of this tournament, but with a new rule: teams of 2 persons. Various returning characters and new challengers had enters to this new Battle of Beast God Tournament... Will King Lion realize his dark purposes this time?? And who is the King Lion's teammate?
System
The Kizuna Encounter system is similar to Real Bout system. Notable additions include the tag system. Players have the ability to switch characters in game by pressing a special button while standing in a special zone. If a player is to lose one character, regardless of their other character's hit point, he or she loses the match. A roll system similar to the one used in The King of Fighters is also present in Kizuna Encounter.
Returning Characters
New Characters
Trivia
- All the art from Fu'un series (Savage Reign and Kizuna Encounter) was made by the famous SNK artists Shinkiro and Eiji Shiroi.
- Some of the characters in both games have made a few cameo appearances in some of the later SNK games:
- Hayate, Rosa, Carol, King Lion, and Kim Sue Il all appear in both Card Fighters Clash games for the Neo Geo Pocket.
- An ancestor of Hayate's also appears in Kyoshiro's ending in Samurai Shodown V
- King Lion appeared as a striker in The King of Fighters 2000 and was even playable in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
- Kim Sue Il appeared in the background of one of the stages in The King of Fighters 2002. In addition, he was also Kim Kaphwan's Another Striker in The King of Fighters 2000.
- Hayate and Jyazu appear as bosses in The King of Fighters XI.
- Some of Chung's win animations, such as his throwing off his cap, or when his partner wins in this game bear resemblance to Terry Bogard and Kyo Kusanagi respectively.
- The Neo Geo AES European homecart version of Kizuna Encounter (Fu'un Super Tag Battle) is one of the most expensive and rare video games of all time, there is rumored to be no more than 10 copies, three confirmed circulating in Europe and the US, and the last one sold for around 12,000 USD.
- Several rumors as to the scarcity of European cartridges make the rounds among fans but it is widely believed that the game's poor sales in Europe led to cartridges getting sent back to Japan. It is likely their ROM chips were deleted and used for other games or that the cartridges were simply outfitted with Japanese labels and sold again since the Japanese versions as such were identical to the European ones.
- A third game in the Fu'un series, Kizuna Encounter Special Edition, was being planned, but was eventually cancelled. The reasons why and information on the product are currently unknown.
