The Story Of K' - KOF Lore
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- K' (K dash) was introduced to the KOF series as the main protagonist of the Nests saga.
SNK was so confident about his eventual popularity among the fans that they initially intended to remove both Kyo and Iori.
Believing that his more than just a clone, K' is always looking for a way to escape his fate as the second Kusanagi flame.
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"Heroes Team Theme" from The King of Fighters 99
"K' Team Theme" from The King of Fighters XI
"K' Team Theme" from The King of Fighters 2000
"Theme of K' Team" from The King of Fighters XIII
"K' Team Theme" from The King of Fighters 2002 UM
"Who Likes To Party" by Kevin MacLeod
• Royalty Free Music - W...
"Aurea Carmina" by Kevin MacLeod
• Kevin MacLeod ~ Aurea ...
K' can honestly be given the same description Maximilian Dood gave Trunks:
"This character was designed to be cool"
He literally said the same thing about K when he played 2k2 a few months back bro
Wait, whip was a clone all along?? Where's the original then?
Six feet under falcon.
K Dash, the man who created the most epic, most iconic and most bad-ass ultimate move ever in a fighting game; the "Chain Drive".
Indeed. My jaw dropped when I first saw that hit counter go past 30.
rey lionel sun yeah and heat drive
Ora ora ra , Ora Ora Oraaaaa , Doshta ? huh ?
Chain drive is like "Here, hold my glasses while i beat the crap out of you."
"Most iconic" you're kidding right?
Originally Kyo was my favorite character but when Kof 99 happened K' became my all time favorite. And still is his look,style,moves all of it is just pure badass.
True
My dream team consist of kyo k' and saisyu
Yup, me too. He's more powerful than Kyo due to his mobility and JKD techniques
@@ThaProd1gy mines k, kyo and iori
@@ThaProd1gy me kyo iori kensou
Kof really needs it's own full on anime lol
We already have that in he form of KoF Destiny, but we're still stuck in 94 though... it was allright but they skipped Takuma for some reason 😑😆
Yeah watch KOF Destiny its a CGI anime UA-cam has the entire season 1 about 3 1/2 hrs its really good there also are anime to Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting from the early 90s on here check em out good watches.
@@corpsedesecrator2612 don't forget about kof another day
@Genexolev Ashtiani Fatal Fury movies
they already have lol
All these.. fire hands clones.. while Shingo is still learning to make fire lol
LMAO
Don’t tell Shingo tho 🤫
LMAO
Shingo can produce flames in KOF 2K3. But only under strict conditions. No joke.
The ending of KOF 2K1 of Japan Team showed him being taken in by Saisyu himself.
Kyo :hold my flame
K' : hold my glasses
Rugal : hold my ..GENOCIDE CUTTAH
K' and Kula rivalry turning into friendship emanates the same energy of Okuyasu and Josuke rivalry-friendship
Weeb
I agree.
Now they are friends.
Too bad K9999 never reappears again
He could be a great rival for K'
" Friends" = even in some artwork made for newer installments they seem more than that at times.
@@meganinten0078 i think it wsa due to some copyright issue
@@blackchase6732 SNK has confirmed they hate the character.
I have always loved "K dash " because he stands out from other KOF characters
I biker suit, starts up his special by asking you to hold my glasses , and I mean anybody with white hair is automatically a bad ass
k' is my absolute favorite character in all kof series 😍
Mine too l LOVE K'
Mine is iori
@@mzamomahlangabeza Me to. Iori is the man
He's my childhood crush 🤣🤣🤣
1 Iori
2Terry
3 K'
K' is one my most favorite character in KOF, and I really like his cold and rude attitude along with his hidden caring side within him. He also does have a playful attitude too, as evident by his encounter scene with Chin in KOF 14, so you can say among the protagonists of KOF, he has at least some growth within him compare to the others.
Fun Fact: in later games , anime and manga(especially KOF Maxium Impact series) K' personality is more in line with Sterling Archer.
Really ? K' hit the sauce ?
K-Dash is one of those characters that makes me feel like he had a book dedicated to his backstory that I never found.
Everyone subscribe to him cause he is the only yiutuber who speaks English about kof
Absolutely love k-dash. I used to walk around with the red shades on. All black clothes just looking badass. Thank you thank you so much for making this ♥️. Also I even have the Red glove LOL 😂
where did you get it ?
the same as his ?
@@qwzxhskexn9467 to do the entire ensemble you would have to go to a bikers store. For the clothes and the glasses. That's the easy part , now getting your hair white on the other hand is the hard part
Bout time KOF got some in depth love (pause) on UA-cam lol
Aditional things i noticed you didnt mention:
K removes his glove at the end of 2000, signaling he has gained control over his flames not needing the special glove anymore, he wearing one seems more of a personal taste now that for practical uses.
In the fight with Igniz hes the one giving the final blow using his secret super desperation move "Crimson Star Road" (a move he would use first at KOF 2002)
Another nickname he has its "The second sun".
At KOF 2002 (the unofficial manga) he fights rugal being also the one giving the final blow in tandem with Maxima, here its shown he actually feels remorse at what he has to do ( in KOF 2003 comic K explisitly states " i gave my best punch to my best friend", its also revelead he grows deep feelings for Kula (altought its not explicitly stated if this are feelings of "love" or just corncern for her safety") (as shes captured by Rugal and used as a source of power for his kaiser wave atack).
K has two of the most badass moves on the entire rooster, the Chain Drive (full powered) and the Crimson Star Road. (this tough its a personal opinion)
But Kof 2002 is not canon, it's a dream match, just like kof 98 and kof XII. It would be worthless to mention it if it doesn't add something to k's story
@@Akairos gameplaywise no, but it has a graphic novel adaptation, also at the 10th aniversary comic adaptation from 2003 (wich i have a phisical copy of and it has the SNK official comic logo) K has a flashback of the fight with rugal in wich he punches Maxima as i mentioned, so for all intense and purpouses said event IS cannon, so i wouldnt say its worthless
That Kula fact intrests me since alot of the fanbase just settles their relationship as a brother-and-sister deal but something that suggests it's romantic IN CANON is new and brings alot of discussion.
I love crimson star road and how freaking obscure it is. In fact 2002 was amazing, but Maximum impact had the greatest example of Crimson Star Road (counter and all). But anything unofficial kinda remains unofficial. What we do know is he did defeat Mukai, and He fought Aldehied and won in the next tournament. It's just kinda hard to list some of the other facts you mentioned as "facts" if they stay in non-canon territory. But on a personal note, It's seriously nice for my favorite character to get some recognition and you sure as hell know your stuff.
@@Ktetsumaru K' didn't fight Adelheid, the Ikari team did, who were officially labeled the champions of 2003. K' did end up going on to fight Mukai, who then triggered an uncontrollable flame within K', a power that ends up surfacing as Hyper Chain Drive in XIII and XIV.
@PiscesAustrinus
so yeah he doesn't tear the glove because he gained control of it his fire, he still needed it and even then his power went out of his control in 2003. In XIII you can see him specifically put it on to fight too.
Love what you're doing for the KOF series! It's criminally underrated, like soul calibur. Any chance for a Mai video?
I'm not even playing KOF but the series interest me a lot
and this kind of explanation really helps me to get into it
thanks, ill looking forward to seeing more character's lore content
Glad I could help!
This channel is life...Fatal Fury/KOF character lore is so much better than Street Fighter's which has a lot of truly stupid character motivations
They didn’t mordan their lore
Keep up the good work! I love lore videos ! I always wonder about the backstory of all KOF fighters and learned so much that I go back and play all of the games you are awesome
@@ShoryuGame I wonder how are you going to handle the Terry and Ryo videos, considering that the canonicity of their respective games in the KOF universe is unclear?
K' is a fun character gameplay-wise, but I can't do that fireball kick thing to save my life so seeing gameplay of him doing it makes me irrationally angry
I know, man.
As so as you do the first bit of the fire ring just hit the fwd -light kick together
Up - heavy kick is the up kick
It's easy I can able do that and I play on Mobile
Just do ⬇️↘️➡️ + Light Punch or Heavy Punch, then press Light Kick or Heavy Kick while holding ➡️. Easy
@@MrTheil I have been doing that since KOF99 too :)
I never realised K' uses jeet kun do!
Well, he only uses a few moves of JKD, like Kula.
泌ゑ舞 The majority of his attacks are JKD moves, especially his normal attacks
Most Characters in Fighting Games with Jeet Kune Do Style are the ones who look like Bruce Lee himself (Tekken's Marshall Law, Mortal Kombat's Liu Kang, Street Fighter's Fei Long etc), but I don't know how K' in the KOF series is qualified to be a Bruce Lee Influence/Tribute.
@@joseurbina3835 Just because a character uses Jeet Kune Do doesn't mean they HAVE to be a tribute to Bruce Lee or even influence. Jacky Bryant from Virtua Fighter has the closest moveset to JKD than the other clones. I don't see it either in K Dash, but if he does use JKD, it's his own way of JKD.
@@blackwyvern106 Exactly. A character doesn't have to be a Bruce homage to use JKD. And JKD doesn't always have to look like Bruce Lee's, since he never crystalized it into one style. K' and Jacky are breaths of fresh air in that regard.
That being said, I can point out some Bruce Lee traits from K'. They're subtle but that's what makes them special.
The beginning of his idle stance looks similar to Bruce's hand gestures in G.o.D.
His normals are moves you see Bruce do frequently: finger jab, back fist, body-blow, low kicks, round kick, one inch punch. Though they have this rough unrefined twist to them to make them more K'-like.
His shades are also a thing to consider, especially in KOF XIII since they look more like aviator sunglasses.
Let's also not forget K's rebellious attitude and temper, things Bruce himself and his characters were famous for.
If they make a full anime series (beside maximum impact / Die another day) about its story from 94 to present it will be badass
Yes it would
I mean, KOF Destiny is a thing, though season 2 is on hold for some reason.
kof destiny
It's canceled
@@VISC3RA You know the drill, Link or Lies....
- don't lie good sir -
Truly K dash is a good protagonist. Even the change of protagonist of one series had to reach the levels of JoJo bizarre adventures of protagonist change.
i understand if it was just iori who left when kyo fainted but damn chizuru too....they really didnt think much did they
Good point.
Who didn't think much
NEST or Iori, Chizuru
Great as always you should be offered a job at NEO GEO,really I thought I knew the storylines but you blow me away Whip is his sister's clone? Must have fell asleep congrats too,you're getting pretty popular it's so good to see I'm not alone in my love for SNK
With KOF XV now released, this video was perfect! Thank you for sharing your love for the series, these videos are helping a new KOF player bond with the cast!
Glad to help!
One of my favorite characters and has one of the best themes in the game
K' and Maxima were based on Cool and Harry from Daraku Tenshi fallen angels. Check em they look near the same.
According to their creators they are one and the same
In 2001 Whip fought and beat the lion, Maxima beat Krizalid's clone because he had an establish data base to easily defeat him, and Lin fought Ron
I played this game when I was just 6 years old, I miss playing KOF
They'll have a 15th edition one day. They are working on it.
K' & maxima design were taken from
An obscure game called daruku tenshi or fallen angels. Two characters named cool & harry ness.
Tetsuo shima I mean chirico cuvie
I mean k9999 was meant to be
K's rival but due to lawsuits and
Copyrights he was replaced with nameless for dream matches such as
Kof 2002 um
They should keep K9999 but change his design in order to avoid law-bullshit. Maybe longer hair in a different color (I recall him changing to white in some special moves) and a perfected restriction for his arm allow him new powers and moveset so he doesn't looks THAT much like Tetsuo.
@@Qlipphoth
I say
1 keep the gun arm and the moon,
2 make his supers easier to use
3 in the mugen games players
Gave him dual/duel gun arms
4 maybe he could run people over
Or use a chain to drag them with
His motorcycle
He also looks like a character from
VOTOMS CALLED CHIRICO CUVIE.
Message from the future, they did bring him back with a new design and new name: Kronen
KOF Destiny needs to continue SPECIALLY for This Guy..... and Ash too.
This channel deserves more subscribers.
Whenever I watch these, it makes me wanna play some KOF!!
That's food to hear.
@@ShoryuGame good*
Me too
Loved the video, I'm surprised you didn't use any footage of K' from the anime movie but maybe cuz of copyright reasons. Regardless this video made my day
Is that series canon?
SNK must hire you as story mode role
Nice one. I enjoyed this episode
please do a story of rock howard
Yeah he is looks cool
Lol it starts off with him being the song of geese and being trained by geese sworn enemy lol
Yeah the beta male needs all the help he can get
they should make an anime out of these stories
Iori will be forever my fav. His design and the savagery of his moves are kind of a perfect storm.
And he isn’t a “bad guy” for the sake of being bad.
@@spamatorarmston He'snot even a bad guy either - Goenitz, Gesse, Rugal.. etc -, just an antagonist - antihero
Why Akihiko Ureshino is no longer working and writing for KOF series? Who's the main writer and story developer of KOFXIV arc? what happened to Akihiko Ureshino? is he gonna return to KOF series? and what's your best alternative writer to Akihiko Ureshino for KOF series?
My favortie and my Main character in KOF, ilove Kyo but ifind K' so unique and can still be developed, his Kof XIV version is really good 'gameplaywise', ihope they will make him shine again in future kof game, ifeel like Kyo and K' have been quite put aside in latest games for newer protagonists 'ash,shunn'ei', it's time for their comeback
But kyo is MC of KOF right?
@@eylagregorio6180 no Kyo is one of the four protagonists
Your accent is perfect for telling the Nest saga story lol.
Your one of the only Youtoubers that are able to do the KOF series some justice, you get a subscription from me.
The kof 2001 intro song was awesome ... you should add that...
I agree.
It is my favorite intro of the NESTS saga.
Too bad SNK hates K9999
As an eastern european you dont think you will find anything that relates to you in any way outside if eastern europe but my god , my last name is Kaydash
What tha shit
snk is just good at designing some GDM cool characters
I started King Of Fighters with KOF99, on the PS1. Falling in love with the series after that, I own them all now. K Dash has been my favorite character of any fighting game, I even have him as my picture here on UA-cam, since joining back in 09.
Nice video man! K dash is one of my fave character in kof.
Ever since his first appearance, SNK designed K' to be a fashionable antihero: the text on his biker jacket looked like it read "ABERCROMBIE & FITCH"
It actually reads "A BEAST OF PREY."
8:54 Zero using the word ''simp'' before it became popular XD
It's kinda awkward to have so much intricate plot all compressed in a tournament fighter given so many parties involved who aren't the more iconic cast of SNK heroes. Can you imagine the NESTS saga retold in the form of a MetalGear style action/espionage game which stars the Ikari team beginning with their war with Rugal involving his criminal enterprises and trying to stop it while his '94 tournament is happening in the background, stopping to fight one of the OG teams in the ladder? If the new holders of the IP were bold enough (and had good programmers) they could pull this off and hopefully not land on its face like Midway tried to do in the MK universe with Special Forces, or that Tekken spinoff starring Nina Williams.
Going through all the KOF's in anticipation to KOF XV. The arcade endings scroll text like crazy. Glad to see these videos to fully understand the lore better!
you should do a video about Chizuru Kagura and the yata mirror so that way you can cover all the 3 sacred treasures...keep up the good work love your vids
This channel is so under rated
Oh, and great video, it's nice to see KOF receiving some love :)
terry!
The NESTS experimentations made him an introverted, cold, aggressive, ruthless young man who's aspire a only thing : Live his life as he want.
I remember my first time seeing K'... his famous catchphrase:
"I HATE the King of Fighters' Tournament!"
I laughed out loud...
Now K' Dash joined the 'Welcome to Mobile Legends' heroes.
fire falls for ice
Fantastic upload! Thank you for the content
K9999 is literally Tetsuo Shima lol
Am I the only one who thinks that these game's lore is fucking awesome? Gosh, compared to modern-day game writing, these game's lore is solid gold... for fuck sake, F.E.A.R. 3 devs didn't even gave their protagonist a name to keep keep the game as loreless as possible... what in the shit? There's a place in hell for those who don't write good lore for their games.
k was soppsosed to have a glove like nameless but left early the glove gives him powers in his right hand whip is a clone of sara not sara the original died during the cloning process
The clone of zero tells her that she is a nest product before she kills him
Whip was a clone 0_o
I know right. This guy's research is insane
@Xian I'm just saying that as someone who has known and played KoF for more than 10 years and didn't know. Glad someone is doing the reading for me haha
@Xian I know that the video creator gets his reference from the wiki, but I am just curious where the wiki contributor got it from. Is there perhaps a KOF novel/manga/game manual which mentions all these information like what team won the tournament this year, etc?
@@MegamanNova I think it's on an ending in kof 2001 that Zero states that she's a clone. You've gotta read the endings you know lol.
I know this guy really did do his homework on KOF
Loved the video thanx
But can you make a KOF Ryo video
Ryo is a filler character in the KOF universe along with Terry and the other Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury characters. His backstory comes from the original timeline, but it's been slightly changed in the kof timeline. He's supposed to be much older than Terry, but in kof they're around the same age. One story angle that reoccurred since KOF2000 is that Takuma wants Ryo to wed with King so that they can have a kid to be an heir for kyokugen karate. King seems interested in Ryo, but Ryo is uncomfortable about it.
I remmember back in the day i terrorized whole kof games and my friends with k' thats why i love him as a character (no homo)
Thank you so much for all the information about K'. Much appreciated! 😍
You're welcome.
My favourite character of the entire series
Argeed
K' never really defeated Kula in a 1on1 fight. In KOF2000 they didn't get to finish their fight because Kula was ordered to stop it and turn her full attention towards destroying the Zero cannon. In KOF2001 they don't meet at the finals because the NESTS team was there to make sure K' team gets to the finals and face the "NESTS" (a white-bearded man with a sword sitting in the throne aka Igniz's father), so they basically took the other half of the bracket and let K' team pass. In pre- Igniz fight you can see Kula and Foxy staring into the sky, realizing that their mission is completed. After that K9999 stabs Foxy and declares that Kula, Foxy, and Diana are no longer needed and that NESTS ordered their execution. They attacked Kula 2 on 1 but failed to defeat her as she turned out to be stronger. Foxy couldn't believe what K9999 and Angel said, that the person that they deemed as a Father would order them to be killed, so she asked Diana and Kula to find out the truth before she died (yes, originally Foxy dies here, it gets retconned in 2003 though as she survived somehow). When they appeared at the NESTS base they saw K' team being defeated and K' struggling against Igniz while the "NESTS" was laying on the floor dead. Kula instantly rushed towards K's aid and together they overpowered the mighty Igniz. After his defeat, Igniz activated the self destruct mechanism of his base which engulfed it in flames. Kula used her ice powers to stop the fire and land the space station safely. She almost succeeded perfectly in this task but after a fight against K9999 and Angel and the fight against Igniz and now that she has to use her ice powers to the full extent she got completely exhausted, so she fainted and fell into the ocean after which K' jumped to her rescue.
There is no official info as to who is more powerful K' or Kula, but at the end of KOF2001 K' himself says she is as powerful as he, ua-cam.com/video/mEWcbMfP0uc/v-deo.html so I would just assume they are equals. Just like Kyo and Iori.
Well there is one more good thing K' has over Kyo, is that he can make peace with his enemies. He already made peace with the Ikari Warriors and Kula, and Kyo till today cannot in the life of him make peace with Iori. Kyo and Iori are just that incompatible to each other.
neptuniafan heh, yeah Kyo and Iori rivalry is like a meme at this point. It's funny, but I think Kyo is actually the best friend Iori has :D
@@terrybogard8482 Heh, yeah. I can actually see Iori being Kyo's very best friend.
@@ShoryuGame some details can be found in NEO GEO freaks magazines from 2000's, but tbh most of it is just common sense. For example right after her fight against K' you can see her aboard the Zero cannon the next instant. If she would have got beaten by K' then how did she manage to do that? :D KOF 2001 wasn't made by SNK themselves so the story is a mess, but there are enough details to figure things out. It's obvious that Kula beats K9999 and Angel because you clearly see them committing to kill her and I doubt they just suddenly decided to let her go. At the very end you see Kula fall deep into the ocean, obviously exhausted...that and some hints from other team endings where they say "Who saved us?" "Idk but I think I saw someone fall into the ocean" (or smth like that) makes me think that Kula was the one who saved everyone. I mean she knows how to swim, not only she knows, but in KOF XIV she even says she loves swimming, so the lack of swimming skills wasn't the reason she was drowning :D
I think K9999 is as powerful as K' and Kula
K and Terry Board! My tow all time favorites B)
Hey I am a fan of your channel and a fan of KoF. It's been awhile since I've played, but your channel has inspired me to get back into it. I currently have a PS4 and was wondering what KoF game out of the series would you recommend for me to get?
98 UM. You can easily find it on PS4.
Thanks so much. I'll look out for this one. Can't wait to play
A Beast Of Prey. K'!
Something I think to like, Idk if this is used in any other notations, ' is known in the cubing community as a prime, since k' is an improved version over the original k, the name k prime is kinda fitting
Makes sense. I always thought dash referred to his teleport ability. The name K prime is cooler though
I always found the N.E.S.T. story line as a pretty weak followup to the orochi saga, but this video helped to make it more digestible. Thanks Shoryu! Kepp it up!
That background music at the beginning of this video is all for me... And then we have K', he's one of my favorite characters ever on KOF... Doitsumo koitsumo!!! PS: i need a Benimaru story, thanks.
Lol i Love how many people on these videos are like
- woooooow - blown away by basic KOF lore. when LatinAmerica was fan of these histories and background lores ever since the mid and late 90's.
KOF is a really great thing isn't it.
K Dash.. my favorite character... both looks and skills
1:20 from the manga: Shamo. Amazing series
K' is my most liked character in all KOF
Let's GOOOOOO!!! MY BOIIII K' DASH Goes for Serious Action of KOF XV. Make the Analysis for K' Dash in KOF XV.
K' is my favorite KOF character. I feel like a Dark Hero more than a normal hero.
About the 2001 ending...didn't Ron of the Hizoku prevent the shuttle from doing heavy damage to Earth?
That gets me to my next point: speculation of the Dragon Spirit storyline involving Sie Kensou, Bao and the Hizoku when?
K is my favorite especially from the nest saga
My fav kof character 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
You sound Moroccan. Thanks for the video, I was really getting into the kof lore.
Think you can do a lore video on Terri or Athena they have anything to add to the story?
I run into them often in KOF 14.
Also I'm kind of new to this series so this videos are very helpful.
Excellent videos as always.
@@ShoryuGame You are most welcome.
'K' is fucking iconic...
Thank you for the video! Really interesting.
You're welcome.
as another guy who started on KoF with 99, K' is hugely influential to my young life. He's such a cliche and i couldn't care less. I almost hate how much i love K' lol
He's not cliché
I remember using Ralf and Clark In of the metal slugs lol
Yeah, MS 6 was the first one to include them (and one of the coolest games on the series, at least in my opinion).
because of you I have a whole new appreciation for this KOF franchise, this story is fucking NUUUUTS! what a fleshed out story.
Take Kyo, put him Cool's clothes from Darakutenshi - Fallen Angel, reverse Kyo's colors (hair and skin), put to him messy hair (like in KOF XIV) and you have K' , a cool video which reminds me how much K' doesn't like KOF but likes to win considering the 3 times he won
I was always intrigued by the King of Fighter series, and wanted more information on the storyline. Thank you for these videos! Love em’
Thanks for this channel. Didn’t knew kof has such lore in it after all these years.
Correction: the glove is to help him control the fire, no to not ger burn by it
KOF: Attack of the clones
I really wanted k to get with kula.
This dude need more fanart