Fatal Fury history book

Bitmap Books has opened preorders for a new Fatal Fury history book, with a standard hardback and a 2,000-copy Collector’s Edition due May 20, 2026. (bitmapbooks.com, bitmapbooks.com) The standard edition is priced at £34.99 and the Collector’s Edition at £54.99, with both listed as available at 9 a.m. GMT-7 on May 20. Bitmap Books says the project runs more than 460 pages and includes a free PDF edition. (bitmapbooks.com, bitmapbooks.com) Bitmap says the book draws on interviews with SNK staff including Yasuyuki Oda, Youichiro Soeda, Nobuyuki Kuroki, Takeshi Kimura, and Hitoshi Okamoto, and on access to SNK archive material such as concept sketches, promotional art, and cover illustrations. (bitmapbooks.com) The timing lines up with a fresh cycle for the series. SNK released Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves on April 24, 2025, calling it the first new mainline entry in 26 years after Garou: Mark of the Wolves in 1999. (snk-corp.co.jp, pressreleases.triplepointpr.com) That gap is part of why a series history now has an audience beyond retro collectors. Bitmap’s product page frames Fatal Fury as a pillar of SNK’s Neo Geo era, and the new book reaches from the early arcade games to City of the Wolves. (bitmapbooks.com, snk-corp.co.jp) The Collector’s Edition leans into the hardware-era nostalgia that still surrounds the franchise. Bitmap says it comes in an exclusive slipcase with built-in sound effects, plus A5 art cards and a postcard. (bitmapbooks.com) The standard edition is positioned as part of Bitmap’s existing SNK line, alongside books on The King of Fighters, Metal Slug, and Neo Geo. The company says both editions use special Pantone inks and high-quality paper for sprite sheets, screenshots, and artwork by artists including Shinkiro, TONKO, and Eiji Shiroi. (bitmapbooks.com, bitmapbooks.com) For readers who know Fatal Fury mainly through Terry Bogard, Mai Shiranui, or Garou: Mark of the Wolves, the pitch is a full-series record arriving just after SNK put the name back on store shelves. The book goes on sale May 20. (bitmapbooks.com, pressreleases.triplepointpr.com)