What If Capcom Made King of Fighters? - Build the Roster

It's time once again for our Anniversary Build the Roster, and this year we're going above and beyond with our biggest episode yet. We're looking back at King of Fighters, and wondering what it could have looked like if it was made by SNK's cross town rivals, Capcom.
Big thanks to Kirby for the incredible thumbnail. Go support them over at x.com/DKIRBYJ
Want an early look at upcoming videos and bonus content? Head on over to our Patreon at
/ thorgisarcade
And you can find me around the web at
Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/thorgisarcad...
Twitter - / thorgisarcade
Twitch - / thorgisarcade
0:00 - Intro
3:30 - What If?
7:25 - The Roster
24:09 - Okay Now the Roster
40:12 - No Wait, NOW the Roster
1:04:11 - For Real This Time, The Roster
1:37:34 - DLC
1:49:54 - Outro

[@rickdaniel7341]

Thorgi: “Capcom now wants to bury the older Marvel Vs. series.” Capcom: Reveals a Marvel Vs. series collection for Switch and PC the same day as this episode. Oh hello, Poorly-Aged Things Twitter.

[@erichthegraham]

The type of statement we secretly hope will age poorly, and the sooner the better. "Street fighter will never have guest characters, and there will never be another CvS game. " - me, not that long ago. Now I think another CvS is highly likely a few years down the road.

[@frenchfriesfan2005]

Tastiest spoiled milk I've ever drank

[@GamingDreamer]

And DMC 2D games

[@maxxpower3d6]

Nobody saw this coming. We saw Max almost die of a heart attack live on stream when the announcement dropped. What a bewildering, wonderful surprise.

[@alleycatgaming5433]

First MvC returns, Now Thorgi posts, truly a good day for fighting game fans.

[@seansilv25]

Looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys!

[@lostmediadetective2590]

🥂🎉🍾

[@bobby2bend]

Seconded

[@mkayrose6070]

YES! This is delicious! Seriously, it's a miracle MvC is back!

[@robertlafrance9974]

Yeeeeeesssss

[@UltimaShadowX]

HELL OF A DAY FOR FIGHTING GAMES! MVC wasn't enough so now we're blessed with Thorgi too!

[@menhirmike]

That also means that a Capcom vs SNK Classics Compilation became 10x more likely!

[@Rockstingray790]

Unless you have Xbox. 😑

[@dnmstarsi]

@@Rockstingray790 Have you considered PC?

[@boop0122]

Don’t you have lame jokes to make on Twitter?

[@TheMonkePrince]

Mack the Knife was a song before Mac Tonight, they didn't name him after Moonman, they named him after the song.

[@rockyjmoon3]

Yep

[@injuringchip3161]

The song originated in a musical (or a "play with music") called The Threepenny Opera, a critique of capitalism which has influences of jazz and German dance music

[@Tirgo69]

"Moonman" is an explicitly antisemitic hate symbol

[@TMNTfever]

Good thing this comment was near the top, because I was gonna say the same thing lol. I love that song, especially when Bobby Darin sings it.

[@Zetact_]

@@injuringchip3161 You mean The Beggar's Opera, a work from the 18th century that was considered a critique of big state Whigs.

[@darth124]

“Let’s also build the roster for KOF 1999” ah, he wants to fit rival schools in here.

[@glacierwolf2155]

It's Thogi. Of course he will try to fit Rival Schools and Project Justice in a video.

[@dnmstarsi]

@@glacierwolf2155 He's gonna cash in his "just for me" pick in a roster like this and there is some justification to him putting some Rival Schools in this, complaint free.

[@lucynyu98]

kof 99 was just cool as hell for giving 4 person teams too, that and the other nests games are some of my favs for that reason

[@dnmstarsi]

@@lucynyu98 Kinda wish he did 2000's roster so he'd cover the Additional Strikers since let's be real, he was never gonna make a KOF roster that will please every Capcom fan. And by that I mean, even for 2000, he could've squeezed in more Capcom characters that didn't make the cut in this video like Saki Omokane and Dan Hibiki.

[@glacierwolf2155]

This video is basically "What if Capcom Fighting Evolution was good and there were four of them?"

[@dnmstarsi]

Also what if the roster wasn't limited to just our fighting game characters?

[@Xzeihoranth]

"The best kind of easter egg: The legally distinct kind." The SNK specialty.

[@chiefbawor_thegr8966]

This "Totally not that dude from that one popular Manga/Anime" is totally not that dude from that one populat Manga/Anime. Its the new Character, Naburo the Ninja! who trains under Andy Bogard!

[@marplatense31]

@@chiefbawor_thegr8966 That's way too on the nose. It's not like SNK named Benimaru "Bolnareff" or something. lol

[@chiefbawor_thegr8966]

@@marplatense31 Whatever do you mean my man? There is nothing that is so called "On the Nose" here, no sir!

[@vandagylon2885]

What the hell are you talking about!?

[@epsyblue7714]

​@vandagylon2885 If you mean the comments in general, there are a lot SNK (mainly King of Fighters) characters that are based on other fictional characters. Blue Mary -> Android 18 Choi Bounge -> Freddy Kruger Benimaru -> Polnareff K9999 -> Tetsuo Heavy D!'s name being a reference to Heavy D the rapper.

[@kylereece5511]

“Maybe we should do a Godzilla Build The Roster at some point” SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.

[@xavierortega6846]

Doesn’t a Kaiju fighting game already exist?

[@MariaGonzalez-sd6ey]

I agree with a godzilla bulid the roster

[@MariaGonzalez-sd6ey]

A kaiju fighting game did came out but I don't think it's godzilla

[@lucynyu98]

@@xavierortega6846 there's been different kaiju 3d brawlers to come out but nothing that's really truing to be a technically engaging fighting game

[@666slateran666]

I mean gigabash literally has Godzilla and friends in it lol

[@oreotaku4017]

Bison and Elena return to Street Fighter! Terry and Mai crossing over to SF6! MVC2 returning! And a new BtR from Professor Thorgi! A hell of a month for Fighting game fans.

[@thetruej7872]

Facts bro

[@thetruej7872]

What a time to be a Capcom fan

[@dnmstarsi]

Also KOF 15 has a special character DLC in development!

[@crashy918]

And the indie fighting game with no jumping, Arcus Chroma, officially being released.

[@arthurpprado]

"I know some people are going to argue that we shouldn't have both him and Guile on a team together because they share a moveset" [MEANWHILE, ME LOOKING NERVOUSLY AT TEAM FOUR SHOTOS]

[@dnmstarsi]

LOL Maybe someone's getting the Robert Garcia treatment for The Shotosons.

[@ChrisMS0815]

Team Art of Fighting was always that way lol, Robert was changed into a charge character at one point at least.

[@dnmstarsi]

@@ChrisMS0815 Granted they were a school who practiced the art but they had a legit reason to be all Shotos though I guess all four who played identical may have been pushing it over three. LMAO

[@sabbathjackal]

A better team shoto would be Sakura Sean Dan and Akuma. We'll say Akuma wants to fight the final boss but he needs a team to do it Or We go comedy and say he tried to train students and found just the worst ones

[@dnmstarsi]

@@sabbathjackal Neither stories would work even for the sake of alternate universe given how KOF made more sense with their teams and gameplay potential. Akuma isn't someone who joins KOF teams and Sean doesn't like Dan or being compared to him so having TWO jokes in your main Street Fighter team isn't a good idea on paper when you're doing Main Teams as opposed to Special Edits.

[@GmNdWtchr96]

1:29:43 In a meta sense, Axl is honestly kinda the "Silver the Hedgehog" of the Mega Man X series. The third wheel of an established duo introduced in what is their series' most infamous game. They both have their fans, but they certainly didn't give the best first impressions.

[@Zetact_]

Making it Ashe from ZX Advent could fill in the role with a more well-received character and make the game that is supposedly meant to celebrate all of Capcom's history have more Megaman than just the reps being from X, X, X, and X.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

@@Zetact_ if you're referring to that specific section being the 99 roster, then Ashe wouldn't have existed for this hypothetical anyway.

[@FoolsGil]

Chun in Mai's outfit: something I never knew I longed for until this moment.

[@liamwhittaker8691]

You'd be surprised by how much fanart there is of their outfit swaps 🤭

[@dee_dee4640]

@@liamwhittaker8691ur not wrong lol

[@erdood3235]

​@@liamwhittaker8691I don't think they will be surprised

[@TKG785]

​@@liamwhittaker8691 I'm not and based.

[@PersonaX337]

R34 Artists Be Like

[@enemychaser6487]

Team World Warriors 99' being "The Shoto Gauntlet" sounds so funny for me

[@dnmstarsi]

More like "Whoops, All Shotos!" Unless they made Ken a Charge character like Robert Garcia or his brother-in-law.

[@powerprotoman]

"if we had dante nero and vergil on a team it would be to similar" *hard cuts to WW99*

[@GenericProtagonist118]

My god, you've done it! You've made a justifiable Capcom Universe game! A series where every Capcom property exists in a (somewhat) cohesive timeline! That way nobody would question why Capcom is treated like it's own universe in MvC despite none of the properties being connected!

[@Kusotario]

One of the things i like most about this is the implications of this capcom world. Like, besides havung to deal with Bison, there are zombies and different zombie viruses to deal with, there are succubus and all types of monsters, there are demons and demon hunters, there are futuristic robots who act like humans, there are interdimensional and intertemporal travellers, being a simple human in this world must be crazy

[@grifomitadas]

There were SEVERAL points in this video that I just raised my hands up and screamed "ABSOLUTE CINEMA" In particular, the Team Bosses Intro was just peak fiction

[@menhirmike]

Maya is going to spirit channel Jack Hammer and become the Evil Magistrate in her own personal episode of the Steel Samurai.

[@arcuslux516]

As someone who wasn't really interested in fighting games this channel has been such a banger, I have binged a lot of the retrospectives, build the roster and the some other vids. Can't wait for more. Bro's got me more interested in fighting games than Juri's fee-

[@justinn8541]

Team Fatale will be memed into "Team Fetish" if this actually happened.

[@MrFutago87]

Team Step on me, Mommy.

[@kylereece5511]

“Team Writer’s Barely-Disguised Fetish”, more likely. This is the internet after all.

[@maxxpower3d6]

"Team Foot Clan"

[@ericf.a8623]

I like that capcom and snk are the definition of friendly rivals

[@adamtheenderborn198]

Something I desperately need is a new Jump Force roster, building on the Weekly Shōnen Jump Series' for something better than what we originally got.

[@Mariobro4]

Yes. This.

[@LORDUnLuCkY13]

He mentioned it before, but apparently JUMP is very heavy handed when it comes to copyright and could easily claim all the ad revenue.

[@dnmstarsi]

​@@LORDUnLuCkY13Too bad that won't stop people from asking unless they're genuinely willing to give Thorgi their money so he can cover more Anime Fighters.

[@ManlyPlant]

Funny thing is is that team of Maya, Nina, and Menat. Could work with most of the Nina's actually. Nina 1's hobby is literally eating, and while she can absolutely be serious, hard not to imagine her and Maya getting excited at the idea of travel to have whatever locales have on offer Nina 2 fits very much into the big sister position. (mostly because she is) where she would be reigning in the antics of the other 2 if things ever get too far. Nina 3 is a bit more adventurous and wants to find her own place as a person, why not try a bit of a fun tournament to really spread her wings... even if shes the Nina that can't really fly. Nina 4 is a sheltered gal but shes so friendly and sweet that it's hard not to imagine her just traveling along with a bunch of friends to just experience things she never has before!.

[@Sheldon-senpai]

Man, I loved playing as Akuma, M. Bison and Pyron in Street Fighter '96, too bad they didn't show up in '98.

[@UncomfortableShoes]

Same for me with my team of Remy, Guile and Nash

[@dnmstarsi]

@@UncomfortableShoes At least that was fixed in 2002 Unlimited Match.

[@dnmstarsi]

I always stuck with Mega Man, Ken and Haggar when it came to the Satsui no Hado Saga.

[@emperormegaman3856]

New Build the roster, MVC collection announcement, and this week episode of Triple KO. This tuesday hit harder than the one where Bison graced Chun-Li's village.

[@nicksrandomreviews]

Chun-Li's dad would disagree.

[@Lightspeeds]

But not as hard as Chun-Li getting her vengeance in the last Yujiro Honma Booty Warrior episode!

[@themysteriousstrangerthatd8508]

Hoping we get an MVC2 team with Amingo, Ruby Heart and Sonson

[@glacierwolf2155]

Well, you're in for a surprise, then.

[@ericm215]

Amingo should be on a Darkstalker team.

[@DragoSonicMile]

You play me Jon Talbain's howl and then leave him out. I am so disappointed. ... But my shattered dreams aside, your teams make sense. Well done, sir.

[@dnmstarsi]

Trust me, if Thorgi went all out and made rosters based on all of the main KOF games, Jonathan would've made it in at some point.

[@GmNdWtchr96]

Just like how Capcom handles Darkstalker rep, lol.

[@LORDUnLuCkY13]

Who is Jon's natural trio. Himself, Felicia and ?

[@dnmstarsi]

@@LORDUnLuCkY13 Given the American Darkstalkers cartoon, you got Rikuo, Sasquatch and Victor for KOF since Felicia could lead that team of good guys along with Donovan and Hsien-Ko.

[@wdcain1]

I wish you talked about the bosses. Capcom has so many great villains to use. KoF94: Bison. Round one, he's a pushover but round two is Bison II and he is a beast. KoF99: Birkin. He starts out as a slow grappler but round two he bulks up to giant slime monster like Final Abyss from mvc2. KoF'09: Yami from _Ōkami._ You can just reuse his model and moveset from TvC. KoF'24: Akuma! But each round he shifts to a stronger form from vanilla Akuma, Shin Akuma, then Oni.

[@dnmstarsi]

KOF 95: Ken and Shin Bison. Phase 1, Ken is a stronger version of himself from 94 with some new moves. Phase 2, Bison fights similar to his Alpha 3 look. Side note, Team WW would be Ryu, Chun-Li and Guile. And one of the teams would be replaced by Team Alpha/Zero based of SF Alpha (someone has to be the American Sports team...)

[@pedrojosebellobelen3824]

I feel like Akuma would be better saved for DLC

[@wdcain1]

@@pedrojosebellobelen3824 I was torn for the phase 4 boss. I almost picked Dr. Wily with him bring in a giant flying mech like Onslaught from mvc1 but Akuma having so many forms felt more fitting.

[@maxxpower3d6]

vanilla Akuma -> Shin Akuma -> CYBER AKUMA

[@KryptikM3]

KoF'24 would have to have Violent Ken as the midboss, since we already have the hook for World Warriors that they'd be looking for Ken.

[@damienlarson4145]

With Terry and Mai appearing in SF6 soon, City of the Wolves coming out next year and Capcom announcing a MVC collection, Capcom and SNK fans are gonna be eating good tonight.

[@freddyalejo1657]

This has been an eventful Tuesday. First, a Nintendo Direct featuring the reveals of a new Mario & Luigi game years after Alpha Dream shut down, a collection of Marvel vs Capcom fighting games, a new Legend of Zelda game with ZELDA as the main protagonist for the first time in the entire series, and the first trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond since its E3 2017 announcement. Then, a new episode of Build the Roster with the most creative premise ever is posted. Yes, a very eventful Tuesday indeed.

[@PhineasMoeller]

It's. Not the first time Zelda has been the main protagonist of a Zelda game... I'll shut up.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@PhineasMoeller. Mainline games. We don't talk about the CDI titles.

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

​@@PhineasMoeller It's the first NINTENDO made game with Zelda as the protagonist. You don't want to count the other times she's been playable.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@Hijiri_MIRACHION. Except for Hyrule Warriors. Those games kick ass.

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 I was mainly talking about the CD-i games, but I've heard great things about Hyrule Warriors. Since we're bringing that up, does Spirit Tracks also technically count due to Phantom Zelda?

[@mariofausto42]

Here's a suggestion - a Build the Roster video transforming Twisted Metal into a fighting game.

[@hobobeard]

Mack the Knife is a song from 1959. 27 years before McDonald’s mascot Max Tonight.

[@XxLast__BossxX]

Also the character in Captain Commando.

[@hobobeard]

@@XxLast__BossxX That’s what I am replying to. He knows the captain commando character but not the actual origin of the name.

[@jackmcslay]

Interestingly, that boss team is an analog for 3 of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse: Bison - war, Wesker - pestilence, Vergil - death; so the final boss could be a new character as a representation of famine

[@oreotaku4017]

Dope idea

[@novameowww]

dr. wily because mega man fans are starving

[@SuperByakhee]

@@novameowww Oof oww. you didn't have to do them like that.

[@personalover249]

​@@novameowwwPyron would be better for that (PLEASE CAPCOM WE NEED A NEW DARKSTALKERS GAME)

[@jaderabbit898]

@@personalover249 That actually works, maybe as the Boss Challenge like how KOF XV has Rugal.

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

Making roster has become a fun hobby for me now because of this channel.

[@injuringchip3161]

Morrigan is kind of The Joker of Darkstalkers: she is cool, yeah, but if she shows up then oh its going to be all about her again. ok, cool I guess...

[@CrossTrash]

I think we can dub this episode "most hilariously timed episode of BTR" at this point, right?

[@personalover249]

If we can dub the Playstation All-Stars 2 roster the most poorly aged, then sure

[@lionscave5256]

Appropriate considering Terry and Mai are coming to SF6. Funny how life works out sometimes.

[@typerider5305]

If I had a nickel for all of the funny timing that happened with this video (Terry and Mai in SF6, MVC Fighting Collection), I would have two nickels. Which isn't much, but it's strange that it happened twice.

[@BrawlSnorlax]

Mac tonight was actually named after a song Mac the Knife. It’s a groovy song it’s about gang violence, but still swings.

[@The4thSnake]

Team World Warrior '99 is sick.

[@fluffy14sweet]

Claiming the title of "Vocal Sengoku Basara Fan" to say the obvious three person team is Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, and Maeda Keiji. They were the three face protagonists of Sengoku Basara 2 and doing this can give us Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a boss character.

[@SnipingIsFun]

Exactly

[@thugaterathanatou4015]

Mack the Knife is from a play by Bertold Brecht. Louis Armstrong covered the song in the play about Mack the Knife (making the character popular).

[@ZappBranniglenn]

49:46 Y'know, with Ruby Heart's first playable appearance in a while coming this year, let's see it Capcom

[@ARDIZsq]

"If you saw our Street Fighter Retrospective..." It's almost like Throgi knows exactly what I've been binging recently... Also as SOON as I saw this concept, I just knew, "Team Night Warriors/Darkstalkers" is a must. I'm gonna be SO real though, I expected Morrigan, Demitri, and Jon Talbain, but you know what, I was pleasantly surprised by the actual third pick.

[@curry94400]

That Thumbnail art is too hot to handle.

[@yawbyss981]

Speaking of a Godzilla build the roster, PLEASE DO A KAIJU CROSSOVER BUILD THE ROSTER. Like Godzilla, King Kong, Ultraman, Gamera, hell throw a Gundam in there. Get wacky

[@LORDUnLuCkY13]

Gypsy Danger from Pacific Rim.

[@yawbyss981]

@@LORDUnLuCkY13 absolutely. And Eva Unit 1 considering that it’s crossed over with Godzilla and Ultraman multiple times. I personally think it would be really funny to put Sharknado in the game, but that's more of a personal thing.

[@pedrojosebellobelen3824]

So for the potential DLC Season 2 of Capcom KOF Modern, which are 6 Characters and 2 Free Bosses for a total of 8: -Bass.EXE (Megaman Battle Network) -AKI (Street Fighter 6) -BB Hood (Darkstalkers) -Strider Hiryu (Strider) -Pure the Mage (Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2) -Jotaro Kujo (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future) Bosses: -Devilotte (Cyberbots) -Oni (Street Fighter 4)

[@dnmstarsi]

And given the special DLC character for KOF XV and assuming that it's from Street Fighter, maybe throw in Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury. I know we have Jotaro as a possibility as it is but given JoJo's history with Capcom and their various collaborations nowadays, I'd say it's possible plus Shonen Jump characters existing in Capcom wouldn't be out there. Hell, Yu Yu Hakusho has Street Fighter cameos in their anime. LOL

[@millythompsonfromtrigun98anime]

I GASPED This is the greatest day

[@SILENTANIMELOVER]

THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!! You really put a lot of thought and work into this one!

[@iamtamashii4184]

I can see the photographer from Rival Schools bein in the crossover, and before each fight, her opponents pose for the pic before the fight starts.

[@alexlovehall7796]

Y’all use this as a “Marvel Vs Capcom Retrospective” in celebration of MVC collection!! We won!

[@kingxd3ath]

As someone who always picture kof 3 person teams for different fighting games I'm so glad this video was made

[@dnmstarsi]

Teams in fighting games are interesting and we need more BTR stuff like that. Imagine a horror themed KOF but with everything on the table that way teams like The Walking Dead get to switch up their guys every Halloween fight. LOL

[@austinfletchermusic]

When you talked about Maya's Level 3, I just imagined her turning into Susato from Great Ace Attorney. Just a $10,000 idea right there

[@dnmstarsi]

Honestly, she should have a Resurrection special but instead she channels Dahlia Hawthorne. Also, the Susato Toss has to be a cinematic along with her outfit for Maya to wear as an alternate costume.

[@arkdetective]

I'm amazed you didn't go with "team biohazard" instead of "team umbrella" in the 3rd roster, but your logic for choosing team umbrella instead of team tricell would still stand there, so I'll let that go. Just want to say that your videos are awesome! Appreciate your work, dood!

[@thisisasupersayin376]

WE'RE SO BUILDTHEROBACK

[@Drickkcird]

I loved this video. A team "guest characters" would've been a good idea. Spider-Man, Kyo Kusanagi, and Jin Kazama. Each guest character represents the franchises that Capcom crossover with over the years.

[@matthewtimmerman6432]

This might be the most timely video of all time with the kof announcement and Mahvel coming back today

[@CharlieWolfi]

I know I say this often. But I REALLY want write the story line for this. With all of what thorgi said essentially as rules to work by.

[@devonbocka226]

94 to the end the first storyline. The shadowlo Saga.

[@jalapenoofjustice4682]

maybe our Ace Attorney representation could come from putting Shelly De Killer on the agents team

[@dnmstarsi]

Or Franziska von Karma or Shi-Long Lang given their involvement with Interpol. Though you can definitely make a legit Kof team based on Ace Attorney since we have Simon Blackquill as well.

[@WilfredCthulu]

This coming out soon after Terry and Mai being announced for sf6 then on the sameday mvc is revealed to be returning is amazing lol. Thank you Thorgi keep on making these dream games that I will never have.

[@hitmanmonaghan6633]

Playing all three guys in Final Fight makes me happy.

[@Nrad2005]

When the world needed him most Thorgi uploaded another banger !

[@ThorG-mg2yx]

Congrats on the longest one of these to date! ANd Props for giving more love to Powerstone and Rival Schools!

[@rafaferreira6937]

I'll get the popcorn, cause this is one of the BTRs I've been waiting for Thorgi to launch🎉

[@ohdeasu]

Somewhere bobby darrin is like "am I a fuckin joke to you?"

[@AngryDragon0]

You had a missed opportunity for Team Corruption with Evil Ryu, Violent Ken, Shadow Lady or Decapre

[@dnmstarsi]

Yeah, not really. Especially when he's doing just four rosters. You CAN'T cram every possible counterpart team in just four rosters.

[@AngryDragon0]

@@dnmstarsi I know I know I just was hoping for a 'Team Orochi' stand in

[@dnmstarsi]

@@AngryDragon0 Still though especially when a Team Awakened Orochi isn't a popular idea to cover if Thorgi had to choose which teams to cover. But if he did a roster for every game, we WOULD have a Team Shadow or alike for them especially when they can make Nash the leader of it given his history.

[@smargio]

For capcom kof 99 team world warriors when i realized your plan i gasped and said that's so smart. I dig that team.

[@marche800]

Mack the Knife is actually named after an old song. Look it up, it's a fun time

[@oreotaku4017]

1:23:10 Hey if you want someone from RE7 that could fit. We could use Joe as a single entry fighter. He’s a fan favorite, a bit of a weird pick and he’s got a move set tailor made for a fighting game.

[@Tetjaku]

SENGOKU BASARA MENTIONED!!!!

[@D3athL1vin]

perfectly timed video, the stars are aligning

[@TMNTfever]

Happy anniversary! Thanks for giving everyone what they asked for, a real Capcom Fighting Jam/Evolution! And I would seriously die happy if we ever got a Team Clover! While I absolutely love what you did with these rosters, there's just one thought that was lingering in my mind. SNK not only crossed over their other franchises in KOF, but they also created KOF-specific characters, like Team Japan and Team Orochi. And luckily, Capcom already gave us 4 unique fighters in Capcom Fighting All-Stars. We can have Team Code Holder: Ingrid, DD, and Rook. With Death as the boss of the series, similar to Rugal. I know nowadays people have some disdain for Ingrid, but I think that's mostly due to Capcom Fighting Jam. If not for that game, I think she might have gotten a better reception. So have the 3 Card Holders as the main characters of this crossover franchise, and I feel that would take this video full circle. Again, I just wanna thank you for all of your entertaining videos, especially Build the Roster. You never disappoint!

[@WelcometoEarth-ss3qw]

Happy fourth anniversary. I love this episode and each episode is fantastic. I am now seeing the what if Capcom did KOF, but I was thinking the hypothetical of DC vs SNK. That will be an interesting build the roster episode

[@bless1984]

I missed you, man!!! 😅

[@elgordobondiola]

If Ethan winters was on the roster they could just do what Capcom did in heritage for the future with shadow dio. Bro really does have a shadow, covering his face, at all times.

[@borahbros1664]

Why did it take 9 days to recommend me this!? Why must you torture me KZbin! On another note, I’ve loved this series since day 1! So glad it’s remained such a joy to watch for 4 years!

[@kailidis103]

The only thing that missing is... The BOSS. 94' Dr. Wily Robo Ryu, 99' Psycho Power Sigma, 2009 Yami Wesker, and 2024 T-Virus Bison :D

[@dnmstarsi]

That would require him to talk about the story and who their villains would be and KOF had different arcs and bosses and he wasn't gonna spend two hours building rosters AND making fun stories in one video. Though in terms of bosses, Thorgi kinda confirmed that the first roster boss would be Bison while the second roster boss would be from Umbrella given them being like NESTS. Though I'd replace Wesker and Bison with a Mega Man boss and someone else like Pyron.

[@xavierortega6846]

1. Man yesterday Wyatt Sick6 debut. Today a new build the roster is released, not to mention the MvC collection is getting released. We eating good this week so far 2. This man created 4 different KOF rosters with Capcom, that is dedication and creativity at its finest. Now you should go one step further and do the entire KOF timeline, but with Capcom. Complete with every single saga, as well as all the random behind-the-scenes nonsense with every game…. i’m just kidding I don’t want you to hurt yourself. 3. Wait, if Nishiyama would’ve stayed with Capcom and pitched the idea of King Of Fighters to them. Does that mean Fatal Fury and Art Of Fighting would’ve never existed? 4. I feel like Team Commando would be the 1994 rosters equivalent to the American Sports Team, they got that only show up own this game and this game only feel. Although you did bring back Commando for the 2024 roster so, SNK? There’s still some time before KOF 16 5. Two of the teams I was hoping for it on this roster was Ruby Heart, Amingo, and SonSon. And Luke, Jamie, and Kimberly. And man, Aaron, you definitely delivered. Never change

[@ShenronsStrongestSoldier]

I was on my hands and knees for either gene or a Killer7 character and I’m glad one of my prayers was answered with that last team

[@alexandreturcotte6411]

PO3 lady and Hank (RE4 version) so we can have Team Capcom 5?

[@ShenronsStrongestSoldier]

@@alexandreturcotte6411 That’d be sick

[@kaemonbonet4931]

Another great dlc team Team animal companion: Ed's talking gorilla, sagats tiger, and bisons horse.

[@retrodoodmanx7161]

I dont know if you will see this message of mine or even reply to it, but BIG THANK YOU for including Rival Schools characters in the roster and yes, Team Justice is a good idea for a crossover team. From a fan of Shinritsu Justice Gakkuen/Rival Schools/Project Justice. Thank you Thorgi

[@Consaibot1]

Just a couple of things Pretty sure Iori was a Solo Entry in '97. So was Shingo. C KoF 13: For Team Samurai Heroes, if we were going with faces method I'd put the team as Masamune (Face of the Series), Yukimura (His Rival) and Ieyasu (The New Face) and give the Solo Entry Spot to Mitsunari (Ieyasu's Rival), or you could go Masamune, Yukimura and Oichi if you were unsure whether the new faces would make it into the team. Also, Saga Idea - Shadaloo Saga, Umbrella Saga, Demon King Saga. For third saga, you could have people trying to revive Basara Nobunaga and could even have him pull a God Rugal and beat Shin Akuma, claiming the Satsui no Hado, to become the True Demon King.

[@dnmstarsi]

Shadaloo Saga- Bison is looking to rule the entire Capcom universe going from conquering the worlds or remaking it in his own image in a somewhat Doomsday manor like A Shadow Falls or Street Fighter TAS's finale. Umbrella Saga- Thorgi had a simple plot for that. Not gonna change much other than I could see Tyrant, Nemesis and Wesker as final bosses. Wily Saga- Personally I feel like we need an saga dedicated to Mega Man given their series of characters and popularity but given how Thorgi went for Battle Network, let's incorporate Wily from Battle Network (with shades of classic Wily since this is an alternate universe) who could serve as the Ash of the saga but with Team Netnavis or Netopia or ACDC serving as Team Elisabeth. I could see Wily trying to create robots or invent some form of extraction device similar to Ash's ability to steal powers. Although the more I think about it, maybe Zero could be the Ash of the third arc but it's Awakened Zero or something. The Fourth arc would probably be the same as XIV.

[@xKOSATx]

Here is my Roster for a "What if Nintendo made KoF" concept 1994 Team Mushroom Kingdom: Mario, Luigi, Peach Team Hyrule: Link, Zelda, Sahasrahla (really struggled with a Zelda team before Ocarina of Time) Team Dream Land: Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede Team Space Hunter: Fox, Samus, Captain Falcon Team Brawler: Little Mac, Kung Fu Master, Urban Champion (had to resort to Nintendo's arcade fighters for a team, they're really aren't many options in 1994) Team Anti Mario: Bowser, Donkey Kong, Wario (couldn't create a Kong team yet, so this is the best I could do) Team Villains: Ganon, Ridley, Medusa Team Sports: Golfer, Batter, Goalie (paying homage to KoF '94's Team American Sports, plus it references the various NES sports games) 1999 Team Mushroom Kingdom: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad Team Hyrule: Link, Zelda, Impa, Rauru (didn't make sense to also add Sheik here, since she's this Zelda, so I had to go with the old man sage again) Team Dream Land: Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede, Gooey Team Space Hunter: Fox, Falco, Samus, Captain Falcon Team Kong: Donkey Kong, Diddy, Dixie, Kiddy Team Pokémon: Pikachu, Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charizard Team Villains: Bowser, Ganondorf, Ridley, King K. Rool Single Entrees: Yoshi, Wario 2003 Team Mushroom Kingdom: Mario, Luigi, Peach Team Hyrule: Link, Zelda, Impa Team Dream Land: Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede Team Star Fox: Fox, Falco, Slippy Team Space Explorer: Samus, Captain Falcon, Olimar Team Pokémon: Charizard, Totodile, Grovyle Team Kong: DK, Diddy, Dixie Team Mischief: Wario, Waluigi, Captain Syrup Team Time Travel: Mike, Takamaru, Mach Rider (another NES team, but this time with the theme of past, present and future, thanks to Mike's time machine) Team Villains: Bowser, Ganondorf, Ridley Single Entrees: Pikachu, Ness, Yoshi Modern Day Team Mushroom Kingdom: Mario, Luigi, Peach Team Rivals: Wario, Waluigi, Madame Grape (a reference to team rivals in KoF, made up of the 3 "rivals" of Team Mushroom Kingdom) Team Kong: DK, Diddy, Dixie Team Hyrule: Link, Zelda, Impa Team Dream Land: Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede Team Space Hunter: Fox, Samus, Captain Falcon Team Pokémon: Pikachu, Lucario, Greninja Team Fire Emblem: Marth, Ike, Robin Team Xenoblade: Shulk, Rex, Noah Team Defender: Pit, Saki, Officer Howard (essentially a team of characters who fight against invading supernatural armies) Team Knockout: Little Mac, Karate Joe, Min Min (a modern form of Team Brawler from 1994) Team Youth: Inkling, Ness, Villager Team Villains: Bowser, Ganondorf, Ridley DLC Team Robo: Chibi Robo, Ray MK III, R.O.B. Team Fitness: Wii Fit Trainer, Ring Fit Trainee, Matt (from Wii Sports) Team Elemental: Isaac, Lucas, Mage (from Magical Starsign) Team Extreme Sports: Ryota Hayami (Wave Race), Ricky Stern (Excitebike), Rob Haywood (1080° Snowboarding)

[@elgordobondiola]

Love how only a few feature Akuma considering he has SOLO colabs and references, one of these jumpstarting Marvel vs Capcom, while also appearing in every MvC game excluding infinite. Also him being cannon to Tekken, with no sign that anyone else from street fighter is. How many characters can you say that about? That theyre canon characters in two different series? Bro is the definition of a boss battle.

[@AjayESharma]

48:39 badly aged in the best way possible

[@gokuthehedgehog100]

Definitely watching while at work

[@artofchang]

Thorgi should do a build the roster for a Koei Tecmo cross over fighter. Yeah they do crossovers and themed games in the Musuo series but what if they made a fighter using the concept?

[@livingcorpse5664]

Thorgi: "I saw that new Godzilla movie." King Kong: "It's a crossover...I'm not a Godzilla monster, remember?"

[@PhineasMoeller]

NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOU KING KONG!

[@zettovii1367]

@@PhineasMoeller PLenty of people love the Kong! The Skull island wouldnt have gotten so many adaptions if that wasnt the case.

[@PhineasMoeller]

@@zettovii1367 It's A Joke

[@OneTrueBelmont]

I don't even play any of the games they're from, but man did I cheer when I saw team bosses at the end. That's just so COOL. And then I just kinda realize why you do what you do. Just because it IS that cool to think about. So thank you, Thorgi, for all your hard work.

[@dabatninjah64]

Imagine if this released earlier. Getting a ton of stuff on the Poorly Aged Twitter today, aren't 'cha AND IT'S FOR THE BEST REASONS 😂😂 But nah happy anniversary BTR, great vid m8!

[@crazymumbo]

I thought our wrestling team was going to be Gief, Mika, and El Fuerte lol.

[@akilcharles3473]

I woulda have thought so too, they all have like some kinda connection with each other and having that in ring WWE wrestlers feel to them.

[@dnmstarsi]

Same. I feel like if he did a roster for every major KOF game, he would've made that a team along with Gief, Mika and Honda.

[@SnipingIsFun]

I would say El Stingray, The Scorpion, or Gunloc

[@ChurroDoughnut]

Even with the edit at the beginning of the video, this video is somehow dated by the minute it released, but in the best way possible.

[@natethebad]

I was honestly shocked to see so few rules or weird caveats when this video started, but by the end of this video I realized that it was business as usual for this hard-working dude. Also, good job sneakily educating us about the history of Capcom. Great video, happy 4th anniversary for Build the Roster!

[@FringedHorizon]

Since the One Piece FighterZ episode, I've wanted to see your take on a Bleach FighterZ style game.

[@dnmstarsi]

If you recall, Anime rosters tend to result in demonization so that ain't happening unless we pay him for that.

[@SnipingIsFun]

Sailor Moon FighterZ

[@The4thSnake]

The tricky thing with Sengoku Basara is that you HAVE to have Yukimura and Masamune. But the third slot is difficult. You could have Keiji, the third face of SB2, but they'd want to promote SB3 and its new faces, Ieyasu and Mitsunari. But Masamune hates Mitsunari and Yukimura dislikes Ieyasu. The best option would probably be Ieyasu, since he and Yukimura's differences are reconcilable, and they'd probably put their differences aside to deal with being trapped in another time period. But after this point, Mitsunari shot up popularity polls, so he'd be the one you'd have to make work in later games and that fundamentally would not work with Masamune.

[@heavynorse7746]

It feels SO GOOD to be a fighting game fan lately! ♥♥♥

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

I guess this is the closest we’ll get to him doing a Capcom all stars roster for a bit, though I imagine this will be focused on fighting game characters that could fit in the same universe. Still hoping that your Smash Bros video next year will be for Capcom.

[@Jebbtube]

Build the Roster for a Shonen Jump Fighting game that isn't garbage.

[@SnipingIsFun]

I would say an all-around anime fighter. No specific companies.

[@dragonlord564]

I feel like the Bison/Wesker/Vergil team would make more sense with Gill instead of Bison. God complexes all round. Call it Team Deity

[@dnmstarsi]

Except that Gill is sort of less of a team player compared to Bison. Too many God complexes doesn't scream a team unless it's a dream match/special edit team.

[@jbpiano5313]

Godzilla build the roster is something i need now

[@MagillanicaLouM]

As someone who recently has been on a Sengoku Basara hyperfixation (and watched some of the anime as a teenager), the "um akshually" team id recommend is; Masamune (actual protagonist) Maeda protagonist of SB2) and Ieyasu (protagonist of SB3, also comes with a mecha samurai buddy to include in his moveset). But your idea does work nicely still, Yukimura, Sasuke and Shingen are probably the most recurring and definitely most iconic trio in the series and Yukimura being Masamune's main rival is effectively the 2nd face of the franchise.