City of the Wolves Characters Leaked Online

Information on 12 unannounced Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves characters has surfaced online, originating from a thorough datamine. The leak also offers some indirect hints at previously unreported details, suggesting Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will receive at least five DLC seasons.

Veteran fighting game developer SNK launched Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves in April 2025, marking its return to the series for the first time since Garou: Mark of the Wolves in 1999. The game’s latest content rolled out just a few days back, April 24, arriving in the form of a first anniversary update kicking off Season 2 with Wolfgang Krauser. However, the patch appears to have included more than initially advertised.

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City of the Wolves Reportedly Getting a Dozen New Characters

Numerous unreleased character references have been uncovered in the latest version of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves on April 25. Thanks to some timely and avid datamining efforts, build 2.0.1 was found to include mentions of 12 new fighters spanning character ID entries PL038 through PL049. Reddit user Cednym interpreted the info dump as an indicator of SNK planning at least five post-launch seasons overall.

Of the 12 new slots, two carry tentative character identifications: PL047 is read as Mr. Karate and the previously skipped PL036 as Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star. The remaining ten entries are unnamed in the files, suggesting their release order may be subject to change. The findings extend two earlier Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves datamines from February and May 2025, both of which flagged character IDs that have since been confirmed in-game, as most recently exemplified by Krauser. Fighters named in those earlier passes, including Duck King, Blue Mary, and Ryo Sakazaki, reappear in Cednym’s expanded grouping as well. The datamine does not address who occupies the ten unnamed slots or when each season begins.

All Character References from Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves 2.0.1 Datamine

Season 2 (2026)
- Mr. Karate (PL047)
- Kenshiro (PL036)
Season 3 (~2027)
- Rick (PL026)
- Duck (PL033)
- ❓ (PL039)
- ❓ (PL040)
- ❓ (PL048)
- ❓ (PL049)
Season 4 (~2028)
- ❓ (PL041)
- Franz (PL017)
- Gao (PL016)
- Alfred (PL028)
- ❓ (PL046)
- ❓ (PL043)
Season 5 (~2029)
- ❓ (PL042)
- ❓ (PL045)
- Ryo (PL029)
- Kasumi (PL027)
- ❓ (PL038)
- ❓ (PL044)

All season estimates are tentative; the release order could still change, especially for unidentified characters.

Based on the limited sample size currently on offer, five seasons would push SNK’s character action game into 2029 and onto a multi-year DLC trajectory in the vein of Street Fighter 6. The two titles have even more things in common, considering less than a year has passed since Street Fighter‘s Ken Masters crossed into Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Season 1.

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The mysterious dozen leaked online shortly after SNK permanently discounted its stylish brawler from $59.99 to $19.99 as part of its one-year anniversary celebrations. Much like the references to fighters yet to come, the price cut can be interpreted as a signal that the Japanese developer may be planning an extended post-launch content cycle. After all, a lower base-game price could help expand the game’s audience, making a multi-year pursuit of extensive paid DLC more viable. Either way, SNK has yet to officially commit to any Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves plans beyond the recently introduced second season.