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According to the SNK team in an Neo Geo Freak Magazine interview, 'Hon Fu' was originally going to be a legendary karate master, but the team wanted him to use nunchuks, so they decided to use Chinese martial arts (Kung-Fu) for him instead.
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The series is know as Garō Densetsu (餓狼伝説, "Legend of the Hungry Wolf") in Japan.