Ok well this has to be then certainly debunked. along with all the previous info there is no way a japanese dev would take a photo of the prototype in his American looking house with a Louis Armstrong knick knack on top of his tv. Would be cool to see the guy who made this to come out and say its fake.
I’m still not totally convinced that the screenshots have been 100% debunked. But I have to admit that the analysis and comparison has certainly brought them into question.
However, I don’t think a Japanese developer took those pictures. And I don’t believe it’s an American house either. The only thing that is however certain (and suspect) is that the game is running in US mode because it has the fixed layer credit displays on both sides of the screen. (And the character Marco Rodriguez being named as such)
As for the guy who took the actual pictures, I don’t know if I can trace them that far back to the original source, but, and in case it interests anyone, here is the actual text (translated) that was posted along with the pictures way back then:
“…There were several images spread regarding the supposed continuation
of Garou MOW some time ago. More or less in the period after the bankruptcy of SNK, alleged images circulated on the Internet that it would possibly be a beta version of the continuation of Garou Mark Of Wolves, from the series Garou Densetsu (Fatal Fury). Garou 2 or Garou: Legacy Of Might, would have been produced by SNK itself had it not gone bankrupt. Will it be?
As far as we know, there is an Alpha version, albeit with a lot of errors. This version does not have Introduction sequences or final illustrations. But over
the victory screen, there is a single dialogue between Terry Bogard and Rock Howard, which Rock holds some sort of grudge against Terry for not telling the whole truth
about his father (Geese).
You can also see the return of Andy Bogard with a new look and style similar to Eiji Kisaragi from Art Of Fighting 2. In one of these two images, Ryo Sakazaki dressed as Mr. Karate as in Fatal Fury Wild Ambtion.
It was initially unknown if Kain and Grant
would be in the game…”