Fatal Fury book announced

Bitmap Books has announced a new hardcover history of SNK’s Fatal Fury series, with release set for May 20. (bitmapbooks.com) The book is titled *Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History* and Bitmap says it was produced in collaboration with SNK. The publisher’s store lists a standard edition at £34.99 and a collector’s edition at £54.99. (bitmapbooks.com) Bitmap says the volume is a large hardback and that the standard edition matches the format of its earlier SNK books on *The King of Fighters*, *Metal Slug*, and *NEOGEO*. Its bibliography page lists separate 2026 ISBNs for the hardback and collector’s edition. (bitmapbooks.com, bitmapbooks.com) The timing lines up with a fresh push around Fatal Fury as a series, not just a nostalgia label. Bitmap says the book covers every game from the early NEOGEO arcade releases through *Garou: Mark of the Wolves* and *Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves*. (bitmapbooks.com) That matters for collectors because Fatal Fury has a split identity: it is sold under that name in the West and as *Garou Densetsu* in Japan. Bitmap uses both names in the title, signaling that the book is aimed at fans who follow the series across regions and hardware generations. (bitmapbooks.com) Bitmap says the book draws on interviews with SNK staff including Yasuyuki Oda, Youichiro Soeda, Nobuyuki Kuroki, Takeshi Kimura, and Hitoshi Okamoto. Oda, listed by Bitmap as chief producer of SNK fighting games, also wrote the foreword. (bitmapbooks.com) The publisher also says SNK opened its archive for the project, giving Bitmap access to concept sketches, promotional illustrations, and cover art. That archive material is central to the sales pitch for readers who already own game ports, art books, or emulation collections. (bitmapbooks.com) Outside coverage has pegged the book at 468 pages, while Bitmap’s own product copy describes a volume of more than 460 pages. Those reports also frame it as the latest entry in Bitmap’s premium line of retro game history books. (retronews.com, timeextension.com) For now, the next date is simple: May 20. Bitmap has already moved the project onto its coming-soon list, turning a long-running fighting game series into its next shelf-sized history. (bitmapbooks.com)