![]() Yashiro Nanakase (wtf is a nanakase? I don't care that name is cool) I did play Street Fighter II on my SEGA Mega Drive but the characters in this game were something else: for one thing you were given their full name. Gotta say the character portraits in KoF '97 are still impressive to me. I much liked his mercenary/guerilla colored attire from the earlier KoFs. I honestly don't like how they changed Ralf's defaul color pallete to a military-like one. What exactly was about it that gripped me I cannot say for certain but after playing it the first time I was hooked. One day as I look around the arcade for a game to play I chance upon this game. With 2017 ending soon I figured I should quit slacking and just write what comes to mind. I've gotten way ahead of myself, but throughout this year I've been thinking about how to get this thread written and slacked off big time due to work and other stuff. The ambiance that then builds up to that short musical beat has stuck with me to this day. THIS is what the Bali theme sounds to me to this day Now maybe SNK had to rush some stuff to get the game out in time, maybe that would explain why the stages don't exactly have their own tracks and only certain themes would play depending on the characters that are fighting during a round, but I don't give a shit. This is a game that has its own personality and presentation: From the stages, to the freakin' UI and in-game messages, to the character portraits and the character sprites and their animations (hell the characters themselves were a treat to a first timer to SNK games in general at the time), to that goddamn brilliant announcer. To this day I still enjoy it despite any glaring flaws it has, or how unbalanced it is. Not Street Fighter II ST, not Double Dragon Neo Geo, surely not KoF '94 nor Power Instinct 2. It was the game that got me more interested in fighting games, like no other at that good old arcade I played at. in 1998, man that game just blew my mind as a kid. King of Fighters '97 on the other hand, looking back at it now, having played it prob. Nowadays FF7 doesn't really grip me much, it is a game that I should someday go back and see if I can enjoy it with the recent fan mods and hacks etc. Funnily enough they all released in 1997, though I cannot in full confidence say that 10 year old me played all of them for the first time in 1997. Kensou cameos in his classic Psycho Soldier outfit where he stars together with Athena.Everybody has that one (mainstream accepted) game or two that changed their view of gaming and/or made them more interested in them.įor this optimistic, crazed, loud Spanish obscenities spouting luchador fan of a Birdman, there were at least 2 games that were this to me:įinal Fantasy VII and King of Fighters '97.and Megaman X4, make that 3 games. SNK goes nostalgic as Athena dons her red bikini costume in the classic game Athena while Ralf and Clark pose shirtless as Paul and Vince from another SNK classic Ikari Warriors. Mai eggs on Jan as King smiles on the scene. We can see Jan running around with Yuri's bikini top as Yuri chases him while clutching her chest. Reviving old times, Yuri, Mai and King spend a day in the beach with King's little brother, Jan. When these three forces of good but giant egos combine and argue, mayhem ensues. Though being the heroes and main men of SNK's most successful fighting franchises, they just go trash talking and cracking some senseless jokes.īenimaru has a high sense of narcissism, Joe has a huge superiority complex and Kim has a hyperbolic sense of justice. Shingo will then be seen wearing the gloves throughout the series. ![]() Highly ecstatic, Shingo wears the gloves and imitates Kyo's win pose. The last Kushinada, Yuki gives a short message at the end.Īctually a sub-plot of the canon that is apart from the official ending, Kyo gives his Kusanagi gloves to his dedicated fan, Shingo. With Orochi at bay, Kyo and Iori relive the events of 1800 years ago: Kusanagi defeats, Yagami disposes and Kagura seals back Orochi. But in a turn of events, Iori grabs hold of Orochi himself as Kyo goes under a reflection with the Yasakani ancestry. Divine Trinity) by killing Kusanagi and Kagura. He has Iori go berserk under the Blood Riot and orders Iori to break the Shingi Troica (lit. Though defeated, Orochi still stands as long as one of the bloodline still remains. The official ending of the game and the climactic battle of the Orochi saga. Meet the world-celebrated warriors! Click on a team portrait to view the member profiles and movelists! ![]()
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