Honestly, I don't mind the new look. We're used to it, but Terry's Garou look is pretty different to his normal one, so why would Billy look the same? The stuff he's wearing isn't all that far from his other outfits, it's just the lack of bandana throwing people off. This just makes me more excited for other original Fatal Fury characters to appear, because it's clear SNK isn't hesitating to revamp their designs in fun new ways.
Personally, I wasn't expecting Billy without the bandana but I'm glad they didn't play it too safe and just used the same design. There's a huge gap between real bout and MotW/CotW they have to do something different. Though they're probably going to have a challenge redesigning May. Some of her fans probably wouldn't like a change too drastic.
That’s not saying much considering all of their modern games have been desperate mediocre attempts from a company that had to claw its way out of bankruptcy for years by making pachinko games. Sure this will be better than kof14 and 15 but that’s a very low bar to clear for one of the (most formerly) prestigious fighting game companies of all time. Still a long way to go still to reach their former glory let alone surpass it
@@georgehernandez2156 I know right, it's also what defined Billy being Billy, he just sounds normal here, does the director even know what Fatal Fury is?
@@nick_woow Indeed, this is Billy 12 years later. Terry had to raise Rock, but Billy had to raise Geese's other orphan: His crime syndicate. Being a (god)father changes a man.
@@alekijr.777Kain exist in fatal fury bruh garou is literally call fatal fury and this new game is final game for fatal fury saga plus Kain has his own company
@@michaelbullen3104 Actually, here's the correct timeline: Fatal Fury 1, 2, 3, Real Bout 1 is the Fatal Fury 4, Real Bout 2 is the Fatal Fury 5 (yes, that game is canon, for whatever reason), Mark of the Wolves is the Fatal Fury 6, and City of the Wolves is Fatal Fury 7. You're welcome! 👍
Literally yesterday I randomly thought about what Billy would look like in the Garou era. This trailer was the first thing I saw when I opened UA-cam this morning.
Talk about a wild glow up for Billy. If he didn't have his staff with him I would've thought that this was a brand new character. Billy's story is going to be interesting since he's the new boss of Howard connection now that Geese is dead.
Can't wait for Andy's and Joe's redesigns... Billy's here is way different than in the promotional artwork, and Andy's was already surprising in his with Joe and Terry. Can't wait 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Props on them for using N.D.R. as Billy's theme instead of just using London March again, not that LM is bad or anything but N.D.R. is such a underrated theme
Rizzy has a reaction vid and the English VA is actually in the comments which is pretty wild lol, also Billy's new VA is actually born and raised in the UK, he moved to the states.
I love the artstyle of this game - not only does it have a distinctive, appealing comicbook aesthetic, but I think it might also have the most visual clarity in motion of any fighting game I've seen to date.
Rome's reaction video shows Freeman's stage and i had forgotten how amazing the pixel art for that stage was with the light from the train reflecting on the buildings and ground just before it passes overhead and as it goes by. it's incredible.
The artstyle is cool, but I feel like modern SNK has a problem with bland stages with poor composition/cinematography(or whatever you want to call it). They're not really as tight as you'd want them to be or do they really look like lived in places. If you compare city street stages like this to that from Street Fighter for example, SF's stages are really tight with no dead space and in general they're just more interesting to look at. I felt like this was the biggest flaw in KOF 15 and the same seems to carry over to Garou.
Can't wait for this game. So awesome to see SNK get into the groove with the 3d art style. As great as this looks to be, I can't wait to see what the eventual KoF16 will look like!
The fact that they are making re design to old characters is probably one of my favourite parts, i can't wait to look how Andy, Mary or Joe would look like in a Garou-style Also, why this didn't show up at evo? I'm actually confused
That's the question I asked myself at first but a comment on the trailer brought up a possible explanation. My first guess is that he wasn't quite ready on time. While Billy is clearly the bigger reveal, the people who care about Kevin are mostly the competitive MoTW players, while Billy is a famous SnK character that even casual KoF players would know. As such, revealing Kevin to the big competitive fighting game event, that his people are likely to be/Attending and Billy at the Chinajoy, a general gaming audience convention where more casual fans are, make some sense. Or to put it differently, more people would have cared about Billy than Kevin, regardless of where he was revealed, but only the FGC would have cared about Kevin while many Chinajoy visitors wouldn't even know him. 3rd possibility is that they didn't want to overshadow Mature and Vice KoF return.
So I’ve noticed that the recent thumbnails have been making Max’s eye color a very bright blue. But only sometimes, the Heihachi trailer reaction is untouched. I really don’t know what to do with this information, other than say it makes him look like he’s been possessed by Loki’s Scepter from the first Avengers lol
I would change the wording for the Rev Gauge. Revved up is usually a good thing. They should have a different terminology for basically being burned out. That's my only criticism at the moment.
It's funny to see how art of fighting comes to be made more timeless than ever because this idea of giving resoues right from the beginning of burnout already existed since the first
Billy really did drop out of nowhere, didn't he? I mean, we just go through EVO and already had a character reveal so I don't think any of us were expecting another character reveal within a week of the last one (and it isn't like this is like the lead up to KOF15's release either). Still, nice to see Billy back and being a fusion of all his other appearances apparently.
I am so curious on who else will be getting aged up redesigns. Im already guessing Andy, Mai, Joe, and Blue Mary but I also am going to throw a big prediction out and say we are going to see old man Geese Howard.
Thing is, Billy is 11 years older than "literally every other iteration of Billy so far" so him having a new look isn't too shocking. I mean we were able to adapt to Garou Terry didn't we?
This is Mister Willian Kane thank you very much, from the evo matches this game is very combo heavy, the damage must be tweaked a bit for longer rounds
This is not even close to KO of 13 and I would take guilty gears strives art style over this. Sf6 is also 2D. This ain’t better looking than street fighter 6 by a longshot.
2:49 "...single-line cross hatching, or whatever the heck this is called." The word you're looking for is just plain old "hatching." I could go for it being even more prominent. I'm not sure entirely how I feel about it being used also on the highlights, rather than just the shadows, but it's a cool effect. I also like how they're varying the direction of the hatching in places.
No Billy does look like that if you look at his KOF-15 model. You add some face hair and then give him some hair that he has had in the past when he's taking his bandana off and he actually looks like he would if he did get older.
I'm telling you the way fighting games have just come out with a massive boom, Sega and Koei Tecmo really are missing out with not bringing out Virtual Fighter and Dead or Alive a new bloody roar would also be amazing
I think the only thing i don't like about his new design is the beard, I don't mind him not having his bandana, it's not like removing core stuff never worked, Terry is right there to prove it can work beautifully but to me Billy ain't working that much cause it doesn't really looks like him, i think removing the beard would help tho, I don't think the beard fit Billy's style, everything else looks great tho i like it a lot
Garou is old so we dont remember our reaction to seeing Terry without the cap and its the same thing here, pretty cool they're not afraid to change characters
The stage reminds me of Freeman's stage in GAROU so yeah he's also probably in. Also, Billy is usually a Fatal Fury character... So I hope we'll have much more Fatal Fury characters in it.
4:29 - Yes, thank you. Everyone is wanting CvS3, but like you, I'd like SNK to get another shot at the crossover. Not to mention, SvC's roster I also felt blew CvS2's out of the water.
Rev blow only crumples/groundbounces/wallbounces on counterhit, the case where max was in overheat was on counterhit as seen on the right side of the screen.
Billy giving Lilly he's Banda would to be perfect Chef's kisses!!! I don't care if Lilly is DLC or just story character, it would be perfection for their story arc!
This time in perfectly timed donations:
Max: "Whats the stage?"
Donation sound: "The stage of history!"
Honestly, I don't mind the new look. We're used to it, but Terry's Garou look is pretty different to his normal one, so why would Billy look the same?
The stuff he's wearing isn't all that far from his other outfits, it's just the lack of bandana throwing people off. This just makes me more excited for other original Fatal Fury characters to appear, because it's clear SNK isn't hesitating to revamp their designs in fun new ways.
That’s pretty much a valid point to me. I liked his outfit in City of Wolves too.
I just didn't expect him to have hair, I thought he was bald.
@@MeatOfJustice Its been years since Fatal Fury, he should have grown hairs during Fatal Fury to Mark of the wolves
Personally, I wasn't expecting Billy without the bandana but I'm glad they didn't play it too safe and just used the same design. There's a huge gap between real bout and MotW/CotW they have to do something different.
Though they're probably going to have a challenge redesigning May. Some of her fans probably wouldn't like a change too drastic.
@@MeatOfJustice you can see his hair on KOF97 and 98
Billy in fatal fury used clothes from rock bands in the 90's but now it's the 2000's and he is rocking the boyband look lol
I think they were going for a Bono/Sting flamboyant rocker look but didn't quite nail it
@@Inojin67 Oh shit, now that you mention i can't unsee it! That's totally something i can see Bono using it... lmao
@@Inojin67 Nah, more like Chester Bennington
Dude if this game legit turns out as good as it looks, it might just be modern SNK's biggest game yet, and I'm all for it.
THE SNK COMEBACK IS SO REAL
Feels good coming from EVO at least… hoping for the best!
@@mc3941 yeah dude I was there too! I really loved Rock finally getting some serious attention. I can’t wait to play Billy or Tizoc!
That’s not saying much considering all of their modern games have been desperate mediocre attempts from a company that had to claw its way out of bankruptcy for years by making pachinko games. Sure this will be better than kof14 and 15 but that’s a very low bar to clear for one of the (most formerly) prestigious fighting game companies of all time.
Still a long way to go still to reach their former glory let alone surpass it
Hoping so. I've bought everything so far and enjoying it all!!! This is just icing on the cake
Fun fact: Billy's new makeover is a combination of all his previous looks from Fatal Fury and KOF
fun fact ur mom is fat
Didn't he have a bandana back in the old looking FF games?
@@AL_EVOz yes but there's a sprite where he takes it off.
@@idioticeskimoe5149 Yup, and there's also Fatal Fury Wild Ambition art where he has that same haircut and shades.
@@Schweinstein-b3l yeah I didn't specify but Wild Ambition was part of the "Fatal Fury" part
Bandanaless Bearded Billy isn’t real he can’t hurt you
A.K.A. 2000s Eurodance Billy
Or can he? 😎
This is exactly what I wanted from City of the Wolves. I'm looking forward to more redesigned classic characters!
I like the accent of his VA, he nailed it 👌
@@georgehernandez2156You mean Billy's Japanese voice?
@@georgehernandez2156 I know right, it's also what defined Billy being Billy, he just sounds normal here, does the director even know what Fatal Fury is?
@@HanDaimond you can just go to the settings and switch to Japanese voice. Problem solved.
@@HanDaimond I mean, JP Billy also sounds markedly less insane here so it seems it's an actual character thing rather than just a VO thing
@@nick_woow Indeed, this is Billy 12 years later. Terry had to raise Rock, but Billy had to raise Geese's other orphan: His crime syndicate. Being a (god)father changes a man.
If max was to get a buzz cut, you get Billy Kane
No lies told here, that's why he's so flabbergasted 😂
And a shaved beard
and his horrible british accent GUVNAH
Facts
multiverse max
Billy is in charge of HOWARD CONECTION? Holy S.
Yea, I thought it was Kain. Seems like they oppose each other?
@@hafirenggayudakain does not exist in Fatal Fury universe,Geese does not survive the tower drop.
@@alekijr.777Kain exist in fatal fury bruh garou is literally call fatal fury and this new game is final game for fatal fury saga plus Kain has his own company
@@alekijr.777MOTW was literally Fatal Fury 4 technically and this is Fatal Fury 5… Dawg Kain is canon af….
@@michaelbullen3104
Actually, here's the correct timeline: Fatal Fury 1, 2, 3, Real Bout 1 is the Fatal Fury 4, Real Bout 2 is the Fatal Fury 5 (yes, that game is canon, for whatever reason), Mark of the Wolves is the Fatal Fury 6, and City of the Wolves is Fatal Fury 7.
You're welcome!
👍
Sir William Kane, ready to polish the royal scepter.
Bono as a guest character was something I wasnt expecting.
That Billy is JUST JEFF JARRETT
Jeff Jarrett guitar mod when? 🤣🤣
@@91drumfreak 100%. NWO Style.
Wee woo wee woo wee woo woo! 😂😂😂😂
@@91drumfreak 100% the New World Order Guitar.
A wild slapnuts appears!
Looks like Billy, Axl and Steve went to the same clothing store
All the FGBs shop at the same place
Also Cammy as well.
You must have never been to the UK, you can't buy clothes without the Union Jack on them
Damn. Now I need to see fan art of this. Cammy and the guys getting clothes.
Average UK fit + Cammy as well
Literally yesterday I randomly thought about what Billy would look like in the Garou era. This trailer was the first thing I saw when I opened UA-cam this morning.
Billys hair has always looked like that under the bandana he just rarely takes the bandana off
Actually it seems its Lee's Art of Fighting 2 stage, even you can see his clinic there
If you look closely you can see him peering out tye window by the pharmacy logo.
@IrishKyokushin Lee must be getting up there in years as AoF predates Fatal Fury which predates _otW
@@Fishman465 it's a mantle that's passed on, similar to Mr. Karate. So this might be a student of the original Lee.
@@IrishKyokushinor his son
Now it's Billy Maximilian Kane
Talk about a wild glow up for Billy. If he didn't have his staff with him I would've thought that this was a brand new character. Billy's story is going to be interesting since he's the new boss of Howard connection now that Geese is dead.
Looking forward to this. Billy was strongly defined by his loyalty to Geese.
@@emperormegaman3856That’s why I’m looking forward to Billy’s interactions with Rock.
Billy Kane hopping on MySpace to drop his new mixtape.
I like how they finally remixed his Real Bout 1 theme 30 years later
Can't wait for Andy's and Joe's redesigns... Billy's here is way different than in the promotional artwork, and Andy's was already surprising in his with Joe and Terry. Can't wait 🙌🏼🙌🏼
It still annoys me that we dont have a name if the music playing while the super is going on
Props on them for using N.D.R. as Billy's theme instead of just using London March again, not that LM is bad or anything but N.D.R. is such a underrated theme
A reminder: SNK also made Match of the Millenium. THAT'S the SNK vs Capcom 3 they should aim at, and not an SVC Chaos sequel
When Billy struck that pose at the end of his super I realized his hairstyle might be a Billy Idol reference
OG character returns hope got alternate costume with his bandana
That's not Billy. That's William Constantine. 😂
That stage is from the first FF: MoTW. Freeman was usually on this stage. Glad it's back.
so freeman is coming back
@@chidaluokoro9104 I'd be shocked if he wasn't. Kevin is seemingly still after him, according to his bio?
It's similar but its' not the same stage. Freeman's stage was in second south town, this one is right near china town.
It's more Chinatown from AoF2, even Lee makes a cameo there
@beethovenlivesupstairs4182 sorry, it just looked familiar
I can already see the insane Billy combos when this game comes out! Also, the art style is gonna be absolutely INSANE
Rizzy has a reaction vid and the English VA is actually in the comments which is pretty wild lol, also Billy's new VA is actually born and raised in the UK, he moved to the states.
I love the artstyle of this game - not only does it have a distinctive, appealing comicbook aesthetic, but I think it might also have the most visual clarity in motion of any fighting game I've seen to date.
Rome's reaction video shows Freeman's stage and i had forgotten how amazing the pixel art for that stage was with the light from the train reflecting on the buildings and ground just before it passes overhead and as it goes by. it's incredible.
The stage looks like they're about to join a Mayor to fight some gangs.
Damn. Now I want Haggar to crossover. Piledrive everyone in sight.
This feels like PS2 era Tekken meets sf6 mechanics wise with the modern art styles of recent fighting games. Already a great game to watch tbh
Man i hope we get to see yamazaki as an updated Yakuza boss now
Forget the Howard Connection in South Town, Billy looks like he's going to be the next mayor of Flavortown.
The artstyle is cool, but I feel like modern SNK has a problem with bland stages with poor composition/cinematography(or whatever you want to call it). They're not really as tight as you'd want them to be or do they really look like lived in places. If you compare city street stages like this to that from Street Fighter for example, SF's stages are really tight with no dead space and in general they're just more interesting to look at. I felt like this was the biggest flaw in KOF 15 and the same seems to carry over to Garou.
0:45 Billy is the Man in the Box.
Man in the Box, GET BACK IN THAT BOX!
@@LinkinMark1994 you like Alice in Chains?
Can't wait for this game. So awesome to see SNK get into the groove with the 3d art style. As great as this looks to be, I can't wait to see what the eventual KoF16 will look like!
This artstyle that they chose really reminds me of MvC3 approach. Really cool seeing SNK slowly coming back to the spotlight
The fact that they are making re design to old characters is probably one of my favourite parts, i can't wait to look how Andy, Mary or Joe would look like in a Garou-style
Also, why this didn't show up at evo? I'm actually confused
That's the question I asked myself at first but a comment on the trailer brought up a possible explanation.
My first guess is that he wasn't quite ready on time.
While Billy is clearly the bigger reveal, the people who care about Kevin are mostly the competitive MoTW players, while Billy is a famous SnK character that even casual KoF players would know.
As such, revealing Kevin to the big competitive fighting game event, that his people are likely to be/Attending and Billy at the Chinajoy, a general gaming audience convention where more casual fans are, make some sense.
Or to put it differently, more people would have cared about Billy than Kevin, regardless of where he was revealed, but only the FGC would have cared about Kevin while many Chinajoy visitors wouldn't even know him.
3rd possibility is that they didn't want to overshadow Mature and Vice KoF return.
@@emperormegaman3856many characters in garou clearly be popular now when the game come out
So I’ve noticed that the recent thumbnails have been making Max’s eye color a very bright blue. But only sometimes, the Heihachi trailer reaction is untouched.
I really don’t know what to do with this information, other than say it makes him look like he’s been possessed by Loki’s Scepter from the first Avengers lol
Literally the meme of the figure with the extremely blue eyes
I summon BLUE EYES WHITE MAXIMILIAN DOOD!
Anyone know the name of the theme at the end for the super? It gets stuck in my head every trailer 😂
Chances are they will reveal it just before the release date approaches, like they did for KOF XV's main theme (Now Or Never).
This game is absolutely stunning. I can not wait.
I would change the wording for the Rev Gauge. Revved up is usually a good thing. They should have a different terminology for basically being burned out.
That's my only criticism at the moment.
Like shift up/red line?
@@Fishman465 Yeah! Red line would be better!
"Overheat" is the official term.
Why does he look like Luxord from Kingdom Hearts cosplaying as Guy Fieri?
And they're both British, funnily enough.
Wow like yes the best visuals to date they need to keep this style and go to the moon with the rest of the franchise
It's funny to see how art of fighting comes to be made more timeless than ever because this idea of giving resoues right from the beginning of burnout already existed since the first
The Billy's presence gives the idea of soon or later Geese back in this new Fatal Fury for retrieve his empire
What a time to be an SNK fan… it’s beautiful…
Billy really did drop out of nowhere, didn't he? I mean, we just go through EVO and already had a character reveal so I don't think any of us were expecting another character reveal within a week of the last one (and it isn't like this is like the lead up to KOF15's release either).
Still, nice to see Billy back and being a fusion of all his other appearances apparently.
Wow Billy looks like an 80s cocaine riddled club goer.
I am so curious on who else will be getting aged up redesigns. Im already guessing Andy, Mai, Joe, and Blue Mary but I also am going to throw a big prediction out and say we are going to see old man Geese Howard.
He needs his bandana. It’s his look!
He looking kinda crazy. Like the red dragon ball staff he has
The fact that the EN voice had accent knowing that Billy from UK was such a nice detail
I genuinely want Marvel Vs Capcom 4 to look like this.
Looking forward to this one!
Cid Highwind mod incoming
Yooooo that’s exactly who he looks like. Cid!!!!! Drink your G** Da** 🍵
It seems with this and the MK reveal today…EVO isn’t over apparently💀 fighting games are going crazy!
It wouldn't be City of the Wolves without Billy. Lookin sharp without the bandana tbh.
I think the REV gauge would make a lot more sense if they called it Overheat, or Redline
Thing is, Billy is 11 years older than "literally every other iteration of Billy so far" so him having a new look isn't too shocking.
I mean we were able to adapt to Garou Terry didn't we?
I love this Billy Kain redesign!
I usually don’t care, but after the goofy ass voice Axl Low had, I’m just happy Billy has an actual English voice actor lol.
Man I hope they add duck king 🐥
“Up next here on Dinners, Drive-inns and Dives “
This is Mister Willian Kane thank you very much, from the evo matches this game is very combo heavy, the damage must be tweaked a bit for longer rounds
Best 2D Fighting Art style since Capcom vs Snk
This is not even close to KO of 13 and I would take guilty gears strives art style over this. Sf6 is also 2D. This ain’t better looking than street fighter 6 by a longshot.
Featuring Dante using Cerberus from Devil May Cry V
2:49 "...single-line cross hatching, or whatever the heck this is called." The word you're looking for is just plain old "hatching."
I could go for it being even more prominent. I'm not sure entirely how I feel about it being used also on the highlights, rather than just the shadows, but it's a cool effect. I also like how they're varying the direction of the hatching in places.
No Billy does look like that if you look at his KOF-15 model. You add some face hair and then give him some hair that he has had in the past when he's taking his bandana off and he actually looks like he would if he did get older.
This games art will live forever
I'm telling you the way fighting games have just come out with a massive boom, Sega and Koei Tecmo really are missing out with not bringing out Virtual Fighter and Dead or Alive a new bloody roar would also be amazing
Billy looking smoooth AF.
Cant wait to play this
I think the only thing i don't like about his new design is the beard, I don't mind him not having his bandana, it's not like removing core stuff never worked, Terry is right there to prove it can work beautifully but to me Billy ain't working that much cause it doesn't really looks like him, i think removing the beard would help tho, I don't think the beard fit Billy's style, everything else looks great tho i like it a lot
Still missing some of the coolest characters the taekwondo brothers and gato
I'd be surprised if they didn't come back.
New MK Khaos Reigns Official Announcement Trailer reaction 👀
Garou is old so we dont remember our reaction to seeing Terry without the cap and its the same thing here, pretty cool they're not afraid to change characters
@@tita4359this is Billy who just let go of his bandana bruh his not wannabe punk anymore and embrace the real punk rock style in 2000s
Needs more bandanna. Hopefully there is an alternate costume thats closer to his old look. Other than that, his gameplay looks awesome.
I hope they bring one of the Kim's back. They are all so fun.
Why did I think that was captain commando in the thumbnail?
Need that MK reaction post haste
The stage reminds me of Freeman's stage in GAROU so yeah he's also probably in.
Also, Billy is usually a Fatal Fury character... So I hope we'll have much more Fatal Fury characters in it.
4:29 - Yes, thank you. Everyone is wanting CvS3, but like you, I'd like SNK to get another shot at the crossover. Not to mention, SvC's roster I also felt blew CvS2's out of the water.
Rev blow only crumples/groundbounces/wallbounces on counterhit, the case where max was in overheat was on counterhit as seen on the right side of the screen.
Layne Staley is back!
just want to point out the "herbal pharmacy" in the background u know what they be selling there 😎😎😎
So I'ma need modders to change the Revving up text to Fk'd up. That should help with the confusion and is more to the point.
I think it's "overheat", IIRC.
My guess is snk and Capcom were in contact when designing sf6 and CotW.. so when cvs3 comes out, grooves from each company will compliment the other.
Give Billy back his Du rag
Ah, Billy with his ability to hit from a postcode away. Never change.
Billy giving Lilly he's Banda would to be perfect Chef's kisses!!! I don't care if Lilly is DLC or just story character, it would be perfection for their story arc!
Now not even his mother will recognize him.
His voice is so different now, dude sounds like Gordon Ramsey now
MK1 JUST DROPPED A NEW STORY MODE TRAILER AND NEW DLC
Slowdown highlighting punishes is the most satisfying mechanic in fighting games
There's a dispensary in the back lol. The "Herbal Pharmacy"