FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves launched with 17 base fighters and has been growing steadily ever since. Between two Season Passes and a string of high-profile DLC additions, the roster has now climbed to 28 confirmed characters. Whether you are picking up the game fresh or tracking down the latest additions, here is everything you need to know about who is playable right now and what is still coming.
How many characters are in FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves?
The base game shipped with 17 fighters. SNK has since expanded that count through two Season Passes, pushing the total to 28 confirmed characters as of May 2026. The most recent addition is Mr. Karate, who arrived alongside patch Ver.2.1.2 on May 25, 2026. Kenshiro, the final Season Pass 2 fighter, has a confirmed June 2026 release date, which means the full 28-character count will be complete within weeks.
Mr. Karate joins Ver.2.1.2
Mr. Karate fights beneath a tengu mask and is described by SNK as a warrior who has reached the pinnacle of the art of fighting. His Arcade and EOST Mode storylines are the best place to understand his role in the City of the Wolves narrative.
Full base roster: all 17 launch fighters
These are the characters available to every player without any additional purchase:
The roster mixes long-running Fatal Fury veterans like Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui with newer faces such as Vox Reaper and Preecha. The two celebrity additions, Cristiano Ronaldo and Salvatore Ganacci, round out the launch lineup in a way that raised eyebrows but gave the game some serious mainstream visibility.
What fighters does Season Pass 1 include?
Season Pass 1 delivered five fighters across 2025, all of them legacy picks that fans had been requesting since the game was announced:
- Andy Bogard
- Ken
- Joe Higashi
- Chun-Li
- Mr. Big
Getting Chun-Li into a Fatal Fury game is a notable crossover, and Ken alongside her makes this pass feel like a deliberate nod to Street Fighter's biggest names. Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi filling out the Bogard crew was essentially mandatory for series completionists.
What fighters does Season Pass 2 include?
Season Pass 2 goes six characters deep and leans harder into Fatal Fury's own legacy while also pulling in a major guest from outside the SNK universe:
- Kim Jae Hoon
- Nightmare Geese
- Blue Mary
- Wolfgang Krauser
- Mr. Karate (arrived May 2026 with patch Ver.2.1.2)
- Kenshiro (confirmed for June 2026)
Nightmare Geese is the standout here. A darker, more powerful version of Geese Howard is the kind of addition that competitive players immediately start theorycrafting around. Wolfgang Krauser and Mr. Karate add two more heavyweight presences to a pass that is clearly targeting players who want high-damage, high-commitment playstyles.
Kenshiro, from Fist of the North Star, is the guest character slot for Season Pass 2. SNK confirmed his June 2026 release at an earlier event, and the announcement generated significant attention given how well his brutal, pressure-based style fits the game's design philosophy.
Season Pass 2 full character slate
Season Pass 2 characters are being released sequentially, not all at once. Kenshiro is the final fighter in the pass and will not be available until June 2026. Do not expect the full 28-character count until that release lands.
What changed in patch Ver.2.1.2?
Beyond Mr. Karate's arrival, patch Ver.2.1.2 (released May 25, 2026) introduced a new stage called Buona Vista Dojo "Kyokugen", a oceanside training ground tied to Mr. Karate's Kyokugen Karate discipline. The stage features a luxury cruise ship visible in the background, which is a nice detail.
On the quality-of-life side, SNK added a stream-safe music filter option. Streamers can apply this setting to prevent copyrighted music from triggering during broadcasts. Given how often fighting game streams get muted for background music, this is a genuinely useful addition.
The patch also resolved several bugs:
- Room Match: winners were incorrectly losing their spot after the maximum consecutive battle count was reached
- Training Mode: startup data failed to display correctly for some actions
- Training Mode: pressing pause during a KO flourish would interrupt opponent searches
- Opponent connection type (wired or wireless) was not showing at match confirmation
- KO'd characters could still act under certain edge-case conditions
- Stage backgrounds disappeared during Training Mode after specific Hidden Gear cinematics for Jae Hoon and Tizoc
Battle adjustments in Ver.2.1.2 touched Marco Rodrigues, Preecha, Hokutomaru, and Wolfgang Krauser. The patch notes do not detail the exact nature of each change beyond identifying these four as the affected characters.
If you main any of the four adjusted characters, spend time in Training Mode after updating. Balance changes in fighting games can shift combo routes and optimal spacing even when the patch notes are light on specifics.
Complete confirmed roster at a glance
For more character breakdowns, tier lists, and matchup guides, the FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves strategy guides collection has everything you need to get deeper into the game.