The typical win condition for most traditional fighting games requires a player to fully deplete the opponent’s health bar by hitting them with attacks. Of course, there are alternative methods in which a player can achieve victory, such as through time over.
However, there are some games where it’s possible to lose a match specifically due to landing the wrong move at the wrong time. Needless to say, Smug had a pretty good laugh when the CPU initiated this situation against itself.
Smug recently decided to try out Real Bout Fatal Fury, likely due to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves releasing in April 2025. The game is certainly looking interesting, especially after the announcement that Capcom’s Ken and Chun-Li will be joining the fight.
During the match in question, Smug was playing as Terry against Blue Mary. By this point in the fight, Terry had the life lead, but was still at a positional disadvantage due to being near the corner.
However, Terry’s life lead would be forfeited to Blue Mary as she successfully landed a single attack. Fortunately for Smug, the health bars of the two characters no longer mattered after this hit connected.
Upon hitting with this move, Blue Mary automatically side switches with the opponent. Following this, she’ll jump away, resulting in a neutral reset due to the amount of space she travels when doing this.
Funnily enough, Blue Mary ended up moving too far to the left side of the stage. For successfully landing this attack against Smug, Blue Mary lost via an “out of bounds.”
While this is certainly a funny scenario, it feels like there’s actually a lesson that can be applied to most fighting games even without the out of bounds win condition. Regardless of the damage a move can deal, it’s sometimes better to not use a move that would position your character in the corner should it connect.
While this is clearly more punishing in Real Bout Fatal Fury than most other fighting games, the usage of these type of moves can carry consequences if the proper planning isn’t also applied. Check it all out below:
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— SMUG (@SmugDaBeast) November 22, 2024