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A short series of two fighting games made by [[SNK]] for the [[Neo Geo]].
The first installment, ''Savage Reign'' (1995), was an hotchpotch of pretty much every popular fighting game series on the [[Neo Geo]], featuring [[Samurai Shodown|weapon-based combat]], [[Art of Fighting|large scaling sprites]], [[Fatal Fury|the ability to switch between the background and foreground]], [[World Heroes|gimmicky and booby-trapped arenas]] along with a much bigger emphasis on ranged attacks. However, the game's stiff controls and dated graphics did not compare favorably to other fighters released around the same time, leading to it being ignored by many.
Just a year later, the sequel ''Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle'' came out. It ditched the plane-switching and gimmicky stage design in favor of a [[Tag Team]] battle system (indeed, one of the very first fighters to feature one), and a much more [[Combo]]-friendly system than its predecessor. It is by far the more popular of the two games.
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* [[Ass Kicks You]]: Carol's background entrance has her smacking her opponents with her butt.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Chung
* [[Battle Boomerang]]: Hayate is the sole practitioner of the "Fu'un-Ken" fighting style, which combines karate with the use of a boomerang. Yeah.
* [[Body Double]]: King Lion to King Leo. As it turns out, [[The Starscream|he is looking to replace his boss.]]
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Jyazu in ''Kizuna Encounter''.
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* [[Cool Shades]]: Kim Sue Il
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''Kizuna Encounter'', somewhat. The ridiculous character design hasn't been toned down but the silly pre-fight conversations have been removed, the backgrounds are grittier and less colorful and some of the endings are quite dark.
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: Gozu and Mezu's motivations for entering the tournament is to avenge their dead brother.
* [[Donut Mess with a Cop]]: Gordon. Nearly all of his pre-fight conversations in ''Savage Reign'' involve donuts.
{{quote|'''Hayate''': I can't believe my taxes pay for your donuts!}}
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* [[Game Breaker]]: The two [[SNK Boss|SNK Bosses]] of ''Kizuna Encounter'' are playable with a cheat code. They are predictably this.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: Hayate and Jyazu show up in [[The King of Fighters|The King of Fighters XI]] as mid-bosses/playable characters while King Leo (and King Lion) appear in ''[[Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]''.
* [[Hairy Hammerspace]]: Carol has seemingly an unlimited supply of Olympic gym balls from within her own hair.
* [[Head Swap]]: Mezu, Gozu and Jyazu.
* [[Ill Girl]]: Gordon's daughter, Canbee.
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* [[She's Got Legs]]: Carol
* [[Shout-Out]]: So there's a crazy criminal clown called Joker and the local police officer is called "Gordon"... where the hell is [[Batman]] when you need him?
** Nicola's "Power Frisbee" looks exactly like a scaled-down version of [[Captain America (comics)]]'s shield.
* [[SNK Boss]]: Well duh.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The uneven translation of ''Savage Reign'' switch between romanizing the ninja organization's name "Jaga" (邪呀, "evil fang") as "Jaguar" and "Jagger".
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