Characters like Cody (and K' to rope this back into KOF) have to remain apathetic so that they don't break the story.
Though K' has been treated as marginally less and less apathetic as time goes on, thanks to how broad Heiden's decided to spread his operations- In XI, no less than three teams were assembled by him, including K's.
He's still not exactly huge- Or gameplay-impacting- but it's a thing.
edited 28th Jan '17 11:29:17 AM by Pulse
I sure said that!I think Dan is only as effective as he is through sheer stubbornness. If his throw animation is anything to go by, he really needs better training. While he has the strength, his form is very poor, which is weird since you would think his dad (and Gouken if that's canon) would have taught him better. Or maybe Dan is so stubborn he doesn't listen to good advice.
Back to KOF, a lot of weird powers mentioned before (claws and stretchy limbs) are due to Orochi blood, right? As for Benimaru, his electricity could be chalked up to creative ki manipulation, In Avatar lightning is created by (if I remember correctly) separting positive and negative energies, causing an imbalance which makes them come crashing back together. Like making static with a balloon, but the balloon is ki. Don't know about Ralf though.
Thunder, Thunder, Thunder...Ki that looks and sounds like small explosions?
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-AroundI like to think Ralf is just that strong that his punches explode.
There's some other wild stuff like Ron and his family's necromantic abilities and Lin having poisonous blood, though, and a lot of it has no real justification. It's harder to find someone who doesn't have some kind of ki or supernatural power related gimmick in this series.
edited 28th Jan '17 8:37:03 PM by Hashil
Maybe Ralf's mastered the art of lighting and dropping cherrybombs too fast for the eye to follow.
But yeah, it's not common for anyone to lack ki or supernatural abilities in KoF- Even Lucky could use ki.
It's interesting that it's mostly grapplers who are just really good at fighting, like Clark and Mary.
I sure said that!Hey now, even Mary could create blue ki around her arms or summon up a giant rose during her Supers. Hell, in RBFFS, she even outright generates ki energy when using her spinfall. So I guess that really just leaves Clark.
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-AroundRamon doesn't have any, either. There's really nothing supernatural about his moveset whatsoever.
Ack, right, right.
Yeah, it's basically Ramon and Clark at this stage.
I sure said that!And Jenet could create tornadoes.
"Please crush me with your heels Esdeath-sama!I think this might be better for the general SNK thread, but this one is more active and centered on fighting games.
I was playing the Cv S and Sv C games and was comparing how each company matches up their rivals. It seems as though neither can decide how to match up Ken, Terry, Guile, and Iori. I'm going by the general layout of the character select screens; they've matched Terry up against both Ken and Guile, and matched Iori with Ken and even Sagat. Guile's been matched against Leona and even Ryo in Cv S 2 EO, which seems a little odd at first, but makes as much sense as Terry. Terry vs. Ken seems to be what fans have settled on anyway. A general rule seems to be matching Darkstalkers against Sam Sho.
On a related note, how many people who loved Cv S 2 and want a third are actually SNK fans? Because I get the impression that most Cv S 2 fans are just Capcom fans and don't even care about SNK games despite taking so much inspiration from them. Doesn't help all the top tier characters are Capcom.
Thunder, Thunder, Thunder...So, seemingly this shows the only actual canon appearance of Jeff Bogard (the one on the DIG IT cap)
Strikingly similar to the mysterious guy on Team China's ending won't you think?
edited 15th Feb '17 9:20:15 AM by Tzitzimine
... The Japanese text reads "Mysterious Young Man — Aiming at Geese". Make of that as you will.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Actually they show Jeff in the opening of Fatal Fury Wild Ambition. He looks the way he does in the anime, wearing purple Chinese clothing. That artworks for Art of Fighting 2 is probably younger Jeff, so it looks like they had planned on putting Jeff in that game at some point. Maybe having Jeff there might have messed with the timeline, but it's possible. Terry and Andy would have been pretty young, so maybe if Jeff had been playable his ending would have had him adopting the two kids.
Thunder, Thunder, Thunder...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Was that the old train stage from Fatal Fury special?
Or was that Fatal Fury 2? I can never remember.
One Strip! One Strip!Special and Mark of the Wolves.
The other stage was Monaco from 97.
Curious about who the new characters will be.
A pretty popular guess is that the tall one on the right is Yamazaki. Other guesses are Vanessa, Blue Mary, Whip, Ash, and maybe Rock. Also, it seems there's probably four DLC characters, though hard to tell.
I have to wonder though, will this be a whole new team, or special edit characters?
Thunder, Thunder, Thunder...I legit hope its the American Sports team.
I'm quite confident in my shitposting you knowI mean, I like Lucky and D!, but Brian can stay in limbo where he belongs.
I sure said that!The silhouette on the right looks sort of like he's crouching in a way that reminds me of Lin.◊
It's unlikely, but I hope one of them is Krizalid. I don't think a boss character has ever returned as a regular playable character in a canon KoF title, and since none of them look like Rugal or Goenitz, Krizzy is the next to come to mind.
"If you think like a child, you will do a child's work."I've been playing 98 on my phone and I agree, I'd welcome both Lucky and Heavy D. I'm beasts with them.
La LALALALALALARAH!
The first of the four DCL'ers has been revealed, and it's none other than lil' ol' Whip, who honestly looks more awesome than ever. Still no clue who the other three are though.
Doctor Who — Long Way Around: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536044/1/Doctor-Who-Long-Way-Around
The closest you will ever get to Violent Cody is fucking Cody Death. Cody himself probably won't ever because he is an eternal state of "Meh."
I'm quite confident in my shitposting you know