Kenshiro From Fist of the North Star Joins Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

The addition of Kenshiro as a final Season 2 DLC character and the immediate announcement of Season 3 signal SNK is maintaining a steady post-launch content pipeline for the 2025 fighting game.

Reporting from 2 sources: ASCII.jp, Denfaminicogamer.

Kenshiro From Fist of the North Star Joins Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

SNK announced on June 29 that Kenshiro, voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi, is now available as a Season 2 DLC character in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. The collaboration character from Fist of the North Star brings fast, heavy strikes and pressure point attacks. SNK also confirmed Season 3 will begin in July 2026.

SNK released Kenshiro as a Season 2 DLC character for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves on June 29. The character is a collaboration with the anime Fist of the North Star and is voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi in Japanese and Clayton Alexander in English. Kenshiro uses Hokuto Shinken techniques, with fast and heavy strikes, state changes via pressure point attacks, and combo potential. SNK described his playstyle as a tense battle where split-second reads and distance decide the outcome. The character also has his own stories in the game's EOST Mode and Arcade Mode. SNK further announced that Season 3 will begin in July 2026.

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