Cristiano Ronaldo is playable in fatal fury, because reality was no longer absurd enough

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They did it actually. After irritation Mysterious cooperation Last year with Cristiano Ronaldo, SNK announced that the footballer will be not only a spokesman of the skin or a promotional, but also a playable character in the upcoming Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. The fight game starts in April.

Ronaldo is widely considered one of the greatest – and the most controversial stories, because of many accusations of rape against him over the years – players, both at club level in teams such as Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus, and for international from Portugal the National Football Team. Although strange on paper, his appearance Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves You can probably attribute its popularity in Saudi Arabia, playing at the Al-Nassr football club since 2023, because SNK is currently the property of the non-profit foundation of Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Ronaldo was also known in recent years because of the rape allegation, which was first made public in 2017, when the German website of Der Spiegel published settlement Between the footballer and the prosecutor who claimed that Ronaldo raped her in Las Vegas in 2009. Ronaldo reportedly paid a woman in the amount of USD 375,000 for signing a confidentiality agreement.

In 2018, the victim filed a civil lawsuit against Ronaldo in Nevada, accusing the athlete team of violating the previous confidentiality agreement, refusing the allegations publicly in accordance with the DER SPIEGEL report and asking for compensation of $ 25 million. Her case was released In 2022, due to the “behavior of the bad Litur” her lawyer, and then appealed negative The following year.

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves It is the first novel entry in the Fighters pre -king series in almost 25 years. Other playable characters are Andy Bogard, Mai Shiranui and Joe Higashi, as well as crossover performances from the members of the cast Street Fighter Chun-Li and Ken Masters. It starts on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC on April 24.

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