Garou: Mark of the Wolves (XBLA) - Hokutomaru gameplay

The Xbox LIVE Arcade version of the 1999 Fatal Fury spinoff, Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
Here I'm playing using my favourite character, Hokutomaru, heir of the Shiranui ninja arts.
The game keeps away from the usual Fatal Fury controls and acts as a future view of the characters, such as Geese's son, Rock Howard, or Terry Bogard, older and more serious than the usual wild wolf he used to be.

Yes, I know, I got beaten in the middle of the game, but at least I can play it again and again without wasting quarters (and I know this killed arcade venues).

Garou: MOTW belongs to SNK Playmore.

Character Trivia:
Hokutomaru's voice actor is named Junko Takeuchi, who is known for her role as, for example, Rainbow Mika on Street Fighter Alpha 3 and, of course, Naruto Uzumaki in Naruto (Strange coincidence).

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[dusperz]

I was thinking of buying this off arcade just today. Played the demo---loved it. However, I was reading on the xbox forums that the online is laggy and now that NO ONE plays online.

Can you find games without a problem and if so how laggy are they ?

[Mikels2000]

The problem is that they added a lag measure on the online games: if the counter passes 200 ms (miliseconds) that's where lag will start, so most players when they see a number upper than 200, they will leave.

[dusperz]

Well that's not too bad. No point in staying IF lag does start up.

What about finding games,(can you find a match after match) and how often do you run into 200MS+ games where people leave ?

[Mikels2000]

Like 4 lagged ones for each 10 games I used to play.

[dusperz]

That's about as good as Street Fighter 4's online lol, so no problem for me.

Do you recommend people buy it for 800 MS points or pass?(Sorry for the buncha questions... I'm just really on the fence on to get it or not. Don't want to regret it)

[Mikels2000]

If you really like the game or miss it since your Arcade closed down: Yes.

[UzumakiSonic619]

Do you really need an Xbox 360 hard drive to store this if you buy it?

[marktrade88]

@dusperz Worth it, even if you never play online.

[HectorAlanJr]

@dusperz Hard achievements, no one plays online. Get it if you want but I'd recommend just getting an emulator if you really want to play it.