THE KING OF FIGHTERS OPENING HISTORY 1994-2013

[@SwirlyCub]

“GO RED! GET IT RED!”

[@sterlingattaway5225]

That's what he's saying??? 🤣

[@fbezza]

It made me remember my childhood ( love the 2001 music ) .. Oh dear KOF !

[@jcgaming1058]

The king Of Fighters me recuerda cuando tenia mi infancia, cada tres horas jugaba saliendo de la escuela

[@SagaSagaVGM]

'96 will always be the best, gives all the characters a brief moment in the spotlight, and that shot of Leona unsheathing her knife is hype as fuck. Music is great too.

[@neosparda4897]

+Saga Saga You're Right!

[@reyzcoseiun]

SMAAAAAAASH BROOOOTHERRRRRS

[@davidsaldana9345]

ME ENCANTA TODOS LO KOFS DESDE 1994-2013 GRACIAS POR ESTE GRAN ENFUERZO Y DEDICACION

[@grimsclip]

18:22 ah my dad was so fucking obsessed with this game that when i was 5 he made me play everyday with him, i don’t regret it at all

[@josephkerr7820]

Aside from having a greater stable of superior technical fighters (i.e. KOF 98, FFS, RBFF, SS2, LB2), SNK was way, way ahead of Capcom in terms of characterization. Its characters had tons of depth, manifested through exceptional story modes, exceptional backstories, exceptional spritework (in terms of animation), and exceptional evolution (in terms of both design and fighting style). In particular, because of the spritework, it was exceptionally easy to figure out which characters had history with whom, as well as what the nature of that history was. The same is true for the customized quotations SNK gave its characters, which were far more meaningful than the oft-generic ones that Capcom used. It's true that SNK had less classic designs for its fighting characters than Capcom, but that may have enabled them to take greater risks with changing the design of the characters. Simply put, unlike with Capcom, the design did not play nearly as strong a role in informing about the character. That meant that SNK characters were less likely to come across as caricatures. Because SNK put so much effort into each individual character, each character was interesting enough and had enough depth to have fully-fleshed stories based entirely upon him/her. The same could not be said of Capcom who had many, many dependent characters that could never stand alone. Street Fighter II and the Alpha series are good examples in that they were held together almost entirely by Bison and Akuma. If not for the existence of those characters, many of the cast would have nothing holding them to their respective series at all. In contrast to the KOF series, characters had multiple relationships with other characters such that the absence of one didn't result in an absence of motivation for the others. SNK characters even had complete profiles and their design, quotes, animations, story modes and even their official artwork all reference details such as favorite hobbies, favorite colors, favorite foods, and so on. Terry repeated the adoption theme that had been present throughout the Fatal Fury saga. King went through a long and subtle character evolution from awkward masculinity to a graceful femininity. Blue Mary even got her own music video (who does that)! And Geese Howard was (and still is) probably the most fully-realized villain in a fighting game ever. In every way. From backstory right down to his official artwork by Shinkiro. SNK fighters are clearly more than just fighting games and that's what has made them so timeless. They are full of humorous details and references that make it obvious that they were made with love. Yes, in terms of characterization, SNK was far, far ahead of it's time compared to Capcom. Fact is, the company created better fighters _and_ better characters.

[@NOMNOM81]

Joseph Kerr Exactly, that's what I've always felt which is why I loved SNK fighters a bit more growing up. One of the designers had even stated that they wanted the characters to seem as if they really exist. That's how they basically viewed and treated their characters. I'm helping some people design 3 beat-em-up games, and a straight up fighter, and we're treating our characters the very same way- along with everything that we loved (which has inspired us greatly) from the fighters of the 90's.. Except crap like Pit Fighter, and yes Mortal Kombat (never got into that sorry, never got into western games really back then in general lol).

[@mr559]

The SNK/NeoGeo arcade cabinets always felt more exciting than the street fighter ones

[@NOMNOM81]

mr559 Yup

[@VixXstazosJOB]

omg ikr, imo KOF in general even feels like a more realisitc mix of DragonBall itself and OnePiece itself - while also using the Orochi japanese real life legend or mythos -.... each arc resolves in a Tenkaichi like tournament - except with plenty more chars in teams - like in DB, and it has arguably the same kind of interaction between chars, backhisories and personal development like in OP...... it's also intersting how Iori would be the " Vegeta " while there's like 2 main " Gokus " and even them won't get all the spotlight with each new season

[@sterlingattaway5225]

Joseph Kerr I'm sure you are backing up your claims but I'm not reading all that

[@willfomes406]

My favourite KOF game is KOF EX Neoblood. It's mainly because it's the only one I own, but I really like it as well because it has excellent gameplay, a brilliant roster of characters and I really love that if you play as Kyo or have Kyo in your team (Kyo is my favourite character) your team fight Lori Yagami who is a worthy adversary if I do say so myself. I also like it because it's just an all-around epic fighting game on the Game Boy Advance.

[@gafefoxZ]

I love KOF '97 & KOF '99. I want to get back in time hehe.

[@Chingaez]

Ah yes,it is nostalgic to remember these opening.

[@SylvainThuret]

I wonder what is yelled in the intro of KOF 94? Whatever it is, it sounds and look badass with the enveloppe.

[@jdhvkcjc7692]

The the best Kof openings

[@pierreaugustevinluan]

That was so cool!

[@kuljeetsingh8395]

Kof 94, 95, 96, 97 and 98 was originally oldskool and classic. After that nothing much was left. I will always be KOF fan for whole of my life. This game gave fucking crazy music and combos.

[@xbox8300]

You will add KOF14 in 2016

[@greatobi]

Que diferencia tan enorme hay del 98 al 99 en cuanto a música y diseño

[@Dirty_Noob_X]

98 UM is the best!

[@AdrianBigyes]

SMASH!!!!

[@boboboboty]

my favorite opening is kof 94 re-bout

[@TheBakaoBakao]

f**king love kof 2000 opening

[@draxler.a]

yeeeeeh memoriz my fav kof was 97 98 after that kof is dead

[@Noctsranun]

XIII Arcade opening is missing....

[@LeoKingdom101]

My fav intros are: *KOF 98 *KOF 2002 *KOF 94 re-bout

[@koutakrauser1009]

el 98 es el mejor juego

[@jezuz30]

faltaron los kof 95 (GB) kof EX 1 y 2 (GBA)

[@draxler.a]

94 96 |97 98 99| after that kof is dead

[@TheDieselFury]

Made me reach inside my pockets for quarters

[@talita20sv]

wheres the opening 'the orochi saga'?

[@CarlosGarcia-wm5pe]

You can find it on PS2 disc version

[@sterlingattaway5225]

Too souzand too. Un rimited match

[@TheEternalmangekyo]

I wish i had 2002

[@Ryuza111]

aren`t you missing the King of Fighter Kyo?

[@ikutop1590]

+Arie Anggara check 29:35

[@uglify1325]

@@ikutop1590 FUCK u

[@fabiangonzalezsalazar4904]

2006 :v

[@juansalinas8552]

You miss the kof dream match #dreamcast intro: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3amXmN-mLuLj7s

[@chikhnakof1985]

Nice i hope you enjoy my COMBOS in my channel

[@kevinwan2547]

What the hell happened at SNK in 2001? The opening is devoid of any charm or quality. Art style is amateur and frankly unlikable, production is obviously on budget and music is as generic as they come.

[@NigzBlackman]

Kevin Wan It wasn't SNK that made that game is why, it was another company

[@nacho4395]

soy de los que piensan que la serie debió temrinar en el 97, con la muerte de Orochi. el 98 era tan solo un Fanservice y de ahí en Adelante se fue a la mierda... por qué? porque salieron con su jalada de los Kyos Clones, de una organización que destruyó Southtown, que es la ciudad donde la mayoría de los Personajes de AOF vivían, aunque digan que es un spin off o como sea que se llame. después del 98 ya no volvió a ser el mismo juego...

[@ponchorenteria2996]

La 97 es la mejor. El resto es solo relleno

[@CarlosGarcia-wm5pe]

Excepto el mejor KOF, me refiero al 98