From the era of the infamous “Shaq Fu”, a game in which basketball player Shaquille O’Neal stars in what charitatively can qualify a bad copy of “Mortal Kombat”, athletes and fighting games have maintained a respectful distance. A truce that has been broken by Cristiano Ronaldowhich is announced to be incorporated into the title “Fatal Fury” in, perhaps, the most unexpected crossover of recent times.
His appearance in the quadrilateral will be April 24, when SNK lashes “Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves”, The first game in this pioneer fighting games franchise in 26 yearsprecursor with “Art of Fighting” of the most popular “King of Fighters” saga.
In total, there will be 15 fighters in the title, which in addition to Cristiano Ronaldo also includes popular characters such as Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui, characters who also made a recent leap between companies to join the “Street Fighter 6” of Capcom.
A video shared by SNK shows that, appropriate to his profession, Cristiano Ronaldo primarily fights his legs helped so he seems to be a football ball made of energy.
It is not yet known how the presence of the five -time Golden Ball winner in the game will be justified, although his description on the “Fatal Fury” website advances that “(Ronaldo) takes advantage of his free time to visit South Town and improve his new football skills. The various techniques he has developed playing football makes him an unstoppable force, even for veteran fighters.
It should be noted that this is not Cristiano Ronaldo’s first appearance in a non -football video game and in 2015 the athlete appeared in the title “Ronaldo & Hugo: Superstar Skaters” for mobiles.
“Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves” will be released on April 24 for PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series and PC (Steam and Epic).