The game also features biplane pilot Alfred Airhawk (who would later be the protagonist of Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind, the PlayStation version of Real Bout Special) as a secret final boss.

Real Bout 2 is also included in the compilation Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol.

The Neo-Geo version was ported to the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on June 19, 2012 and in Europe on October 4.

Fatal Fury: First Contact, a game loosely based on Real Bout 2, was released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color in 1999.

[4] According to Famitsu, the Neo Geo CD version sold over 11,821 copies in its first week on the market.