The brothers, Andy & Terry Bogard, along with Joe Higashi and Mai Shiranui, try to help Sulia Gaudeamus stop her ambitious brother Laocorn from finding the magical armor of Mars.
Terry Bogard is badly defeated by a much stronger foe, and falls into a deep pit of self doubt and alcoholism, but he must overcome his inner demons, and rise to the occasion.
After their father is killed by his arch rival, his two sons, Terry and Andy Bogard, return from 10 years of training to learn a secret technique their father's master promised to teach them, in order to avenge their father's murder.