In the isekai spin off manga "The King of Fantasy" which is about Iori who gets sent to a fantasy world, Iori actually explains why he fights even though he hates violence. In that when one of the characters questions his philosophy he answers with "Would you say that a sword itself is violent? Of course not. It's the same idea. A fight by itself isn't violence - defending yourself, or exchanging blows with another driven opponent, isn't what I call violence. To me violence, is when you use your strength in a cowardly way, against someone who can't defend themselves or bears no hostility."
I kind of view fighting in a similar way. Kind of like Goku. Enjoying fighting is like loving movement. Fighting is like a twisted form of dance. At the end of the day, most fighters aren't trying to kill each other.
Yo just wanna show my appreciation to you. I recently got into KOF back in April. Ever since I've become a KOF fanatic. I love your videos bro. 99 and 97 are my personal favorites.
@@ShoryuGame Do you think Wolfgang Krauser would return? Judging by the decrease of fighters from XIV to XV, and the multiple newcomer team endings that say that they will return to the next competition, it is likely that they were beaten up similarly to Fatal Fury 2. Also, it could be likely that K’ ‘s partners would be completely different, as Nelson and Sylvie Paula Paula have ties to NESTS (Nelson being that his mechanical arm is likely from NESTS due to his team ending).
@@ShoryuGame I see. But there had to be some in-game reason for why teams like Official Invitation, Another World, South Town, and South America won’t return. Their endings give them a reason to return, especially Another World. Also with the Orochi Team, the American Sports team might not make it, but then again, their return would make an interesting plot when facing the Orochi team, Vanessa, and Ramon (the later two was said to stolen their invitations from 2001, and I wish they would tell who was going to be their 4th member/striker).
> "Out of all these characters, who would you share a room with?" 10. Safest, but when he says to train him in Muay Thai, stay out 9. His only motto is "Don't get in my way" if your name isn't Kyo 8. Just straight up kills you 7. Tetsuo still has some sense. He does not. 6. Will just break your bones until she's satisfied, you know those kind of people popping bubble wraps all the time for fidget reasons? 5. After searching it up, he just kills for no reason 4. If you ain't part of his cult, you're dead. 3. A weirder J-pop artist, but she's a crazy and a weirdo, just don't get on her bad side; another safest option 2. See number 1 1. I would pick Yamazaki to kill me with his HSDM in 2002/UM than squabbling shit to him
For me, these are the list: 10. Safest, but when he trains Muay Thai, prepare for broken bones, alot of broken stuff and most definitely a ton of broken alcohol bottles 9. Ironically, he’s one of the safer character to be with as well, he can live with Kyo for some reason (and in lore, I guess Esaka’s average paid is also shite as well), he isn’t the type to attempt violent on random people as the drama CD shown him having a childhood friend talk in the past... he’s very quiet and passive actually, it’s kinda cute... she’s dead by-the-way, he has a girlfriend, a band and ironically, only fight when antagonized or... anything related to Kyo... or his Orochi blood is acting up 8. Unless you’re one of his suppliers, off spring (Adelheid and Rose) or employee (like Vice and Mature), you’ll at least make a good metal statue 7. He’s Tetsuo Shima... and like Tetsuo Shima, his is VERY out of control, either he’s going to destroy the entire apartment or YOU, he also has an inferiority complex which GREAT, that’s even better 6. That Pikachu shirt is a fucking lie, she’s the type to torture you and leave you alive just so she can hear those bone cracking sounds again... or eat you 5. His reasoning is unknown to everyone... but after playing Kizuna Encounter, he’ll kill you for some reason 4. You’re human... ask Shion 3. A strange J-pop artist, she seems to be one of the NEST sleeper agent but unlike Angel, it seems to activate erratically, due to her being a “failure”, so her mental state is VERY deep in the gutter but overall? She’s probably the second safest option 2. Unless you’re his some sort lost childhood friend, a friend of his mentor then he ain’t killing you... he’ll just attempt to throw you through the roof, and if he’s paid to do anything to you, better pray for Orochi to bring you to heaven 1. Honestly? Considering he’s Delusional, insane, a superior intellectual AND a leader of some sort of prison cult, you better hope this guy is from the SNK heroine manga version So the list of safe people to live with: 1. Hwa Jai (don’t train with him) 2. Iori Yagami (don’t be Kyo or be with him when his Orochi blood starts to act up) 3. Sylvie Paula Paula (Get some rubber... Durex doesn’t count) 4. Tetsuo Shima (try to please him as much as you can... or be as close to him as you can) 5. Vice (get some painkillers and hope) 6. Rugal Berstein (run) 7. Jyazu (run) 8. Magaki (fuck) 9. Ryuji Yamazaki (your head worth 10 dollars) 10. Xanadu (I don’t fucking know) I know me KOF lore alot and I don’t have a life... Iori is a legitimate nice guy to live with if the lore suggest anything, especially since he LIVES with Kyo (those 800-2000 yen earning ain’t doing much ok?)
@@James-oj6ru What Iori considers as violence is when strong people hurt the weaker one. He doesn't mind hurting others when it is in KOF tournaments. As K' say after defeating K9999 in his special win pose in KOF2002: 'A man's hysteria is uncontrollable...' Similar to Tetsuo, K9999 has inferiority complex that's why he hates K' so much. Vice's win pose in KOF98: "HURRY UP AND KILL ME!!" Also, she likes american comic books.
Xanadu also has very interesting win quotes against other fighters, even though most of the roster just mocks him for his ramblings, he immediately figured out Mature and Vice aren't alive, apparently knows about Verse, calling it "Time, integrated vertically!", and says to Shun 'Ei that he has to "destroy symmetry to avoid annihilation". Also, Oswald knows Xanadu and for some reason wants to kill him, but the latter just laughs at him because he doesn't know him. I feel like SNK wanted to do a lot more with Xanadu than just "weird crazy guy", he knows things...
Yeah even in the beginning he always came across as a crazy because he knows to much type of character to me but the problem was that they released him in a game with bare bones storytelling and didn't give him enough moments to alert the player that there was more to him
In manga the guy is able see supernatural phenomenons that aren’t seen by normals. While also being able possibly see future or cannulate possibilities.
@@ShoryuGame You forgot several other honorable mentions, like Geese Howard, Wolfgang Krauser, KUSANAGI, Kukri, Mr. Karate, Chin Gentsai, and Choi Bounge.
For me, there are 5 crazy characters that I like. Yamazaki, Vice, Rugal, Sylvie and Iori Yagami (especially him). Not because of his Orochi version, is because I like his fighting style that he uses Slashing Hands and pure instinct.
I seriously love Vice such a cool character design and she's so fun to play. I also miss Hwa Jai from Kof XIII one of the best characters in that games he was so much hype and had crazy combos.
Out of all these guys, Sylvie would propably be the easiest to hang out with. Then maybe Iori. Yamazaki is absolutetly the most dangerous one. And Xanadu is....potatoes
5:32 And that's also because most of his techniques are named after Tetsuo's dialogue and shouts. Some are named after the lines muttered by other characters from AKIRA, like Kei and Akira himself in the manga. What I like about the *manhua adaptation* of KOF2001, is how K9999 calls himself the 'perfect fighter'. He hates the fact that he is a clone. He knows he can't change his fate so that's why he wants to destroy the strongest fighters (especially K') He wants to show everyone why he is the perfect clone. *"If I can't destroy all of you... ...then 'How would I be perfect?"* - K9999
Your KOF top 10 topics are getting more interesting and creative, love it!! I totally even forgot about Xanadu, I'm going to cry if he makes it into XV but not Kim :( Sylvie on the other hand is great! Would mind it at all to be stuck in a room with her
I think Jivatma, the final boss from KOF Maximum Impact 2 is also a weird character. Because of his design, weird attacks, the way he moves and his loud scream during his Desperation Move in KOFMIA His another costume is a big WTF Also, he is an alien 👽 Hyena has also weird moves but he is a joke character so he is suppose to not being taken seriously. I like how one of his Desperation Moves (JOKE) is similar to Oswald's JOKER but it does less damage and doesn't look as stylish as Oswald's version because Hyena is so clumsy and incompetent. Also, Hyena has the most powerful Supers in the MI games, the Hyena Punch. That super can make over 75% of damage.
K9999's inferiority complex may be because, unlike other Kyo clones, he is an imperfect one, that's why he doesn't look like Kyo and also explains his poor control of the Kusanagi flames. Instead, K9999 got unique powers like his shapeshifting abilities, psychic powers and the ability to transform his arm in anything he wants. That is the reason why NESTS didn't discard him. K9999's didn't have full control of his powers however that's why NESTS gave him a special glove.
Great job with the video, Shoryugaming. I’m actually have a similar experience with Sylvie. At first, she was too much of an oddball for me. (Seriously, the outfit freaked me out.) But after hearing her origins, seeing her ending in SNK Heroines, and her fear of being rejected, I actually felt sorry for her and I find her interaction with the established cast really charming. Thanks so much for putting her on the list!
I first played Kof XI last year and inmediately became my favourite KOF so far. I still haven't been able to defeat Magaki though. I really like his design, soundtrack and stage.
Man still no announcement of Yamazaki for the latest game. I really hope they include him. Not goin to lie Shoryu, when you didn't put him #1 you really had to knock it out of the park with #1, and I have to say, you delivered. Never heard of or played Xanadu, but he was definitely out there. Thanks for the list!
The reason why iori laughs after defeating his opponent is because he hates violence so the laugh is like "look what you made me do" . Seeing a person dressed the way he is, people would quite often try to bully or mess with him, to their own detriment.
And to add the meta of K9999 and Tetsuo they also share the same VA and also has a special intro with Kusanagi whom VA also voiced Kaneda on Akira his prior best friend and nemesis
K9999's design looks more like Chirico Cuvie from the anime Armored Trooper Votoms. You can see that in his pants and short blue hair. Also, the name K9999 is based on a character from the same anime.
Yamazaki for me is a nightmare i remember when i play Kof 97 and Fatal Fury 3 he was really hard to beat and because of his madness he scared me a lot and made me very angry (why the hell Blue Mary team up with him ? X) ) and Xanadu , no commentary pretty nice list shoryugame :) a another cool video to like (this video remind me how much Vice can be weird sometimes but i still like her)
He and Angel were basically the NESTS saga’s secondary rivals, with the Orochi saga having Yashiro, Shermie, and Chris, the Ash saga having Adelheid, and the Verse saga having Kukri. Of course K9999 had to return.
As K' say after defeating K9999, in his special win pose in KOF2002: *A man's hysteria is uncontrollable...* *Napolitan Trance* (K9999's theme in 2002) is one of my favorites tracks. That theme feels aggressive and uncontrollable. It fits with the character. I really miss K9999. I like his rivalry with K' and friendship with Angel, in my opinion those two punks work better together.
K999 actually had to go for legal reasons. SNK plagiarized his design from another artist, then got permission afterward. After that I believe some kind of agreement was made to never use K999 again. That’s why Nameless popped up in 2002UM
@@OTHERMRBABCOCK Actually K9999 was made by Eolith not SNK. After KOF2002, K9999 was still present in other games making cameos in KOF2003 (PS2 port), KOF94 Rebout, Days of Memories. Both K9999 and Nameless appeared in *KOF X GAROU DENSETSU* , an official mobile game from 2013
I liked how the devs were self-aware of how ridiculous an idol character would be, and didn't try to present Sylvie as cute, just weird. And they added a subtle tragedy to her, tying her well into the game's lore. Basically, they did everything that Lucky Chloe lacked, but Sylvie still got called the bad one.
Omg when I saw the title for most crazy and weird Characters of KOF, immediately I thought of Xanadu, that pose he does after he wins a match is So HIP HOP lol. Reminds me of the late ODB from Wu-Tang 🤣🤣🤣🤣. R.I.P. ODB
Nice list!! And spot on with # 1 and 2 spots its either one of those I’m slightly putting Yamazaki as my #1 spot simply cause he embodies and crazy deranged character, Xanadu isn’t far guy is creepy as it gets also I coined the Criminally Insane Team consisting of Mr Big(Leader), Yamazaki, and Xanadu. 1. Yamazaki 2. Xanadu 3. Magaki 4. Shion(character is pretty strange to me) 5. Sylvie Paula Paula(over the top personality but I love her really want her back in KOF15) 6. Kukri(in SNK Heroines bring him back in KOF15 too) 7. Vice 8. Choi(just look at this guy Freddy Krueger and Mini Me from Austin Powers were to fused) 9. Rugal Bernstein 10. Ash Crimson(over the top personality and the fact he’s willing to erase his ancestor thus making him vanquish too)
This channel deserves more attention,as the kof and snk games.you can tell this games are made with passion.too bad they will always be eclipsed by capcom,nether realms and bandai..
Yanks and their admitted tribalist close-mindedness, crummy tastes and questionable consoom "culture" This is why SNK actually waited for the newer, more numerous demographic to recognize their efforts: the Mainland Chinese (gamers, investors, whoever else interested into the KoF and Metal Slug libraries).
I have my bells on for your videos and I didn’t get notified on your recent few videos. I’m liking and commenting now though. Appreciate the awesome content you put out for the series we all enjoy hearing you talk about!
At first I was going to go off on why Yamazaki wasn't #1, but yeah. Xanadu. I think I blocked him from my memory for some reason 😅 Also that K'9999 thing didn't age well, but I think we're all glad it didn't! Krohnen manage to bring himself back while severing the too obvious Tetsuo connection that left SNK in hot water after his first appearance. Just hope this wasn't a last appearance haha
I read a very inspiring quote from late singer John Lennon, saying that as a person of violent nature, he was aspiring to a more non-violent behaviour, for the sake of his sanity.... he wrote Give Peace A Chance....That fits with our favorite bass player-cat lover red head lunatic ; the ending of iori team in 96 is still one of the most shocking thing I've seen in my teenage years... I like to live dangerously but even if I should leave in a bag, id choose a room with Vice xD love her animality and savagery, that would be consider like autism today lol
I really hope they bring Xanadu back in the future. He was such a cool design. I'd say the same about Yamazaki but I'm sure they'll bring him back as DLC due to demand.
And people said weirdo character doesn't fit kof I just like wtf like when shun ei has bad design they said it's not fit kof series some people are pretty stupid man I don't need another edgy badass looking guy or girl cool looking just character that has bad design but good looking like shun ei his face is good just design is bad Gameplay his fun and slyvie love that crazy girl lmao she's weird and have weird playstyle as long it's not ugly ass face like Street fighter character iam fine with the character
Yamazaki will always be my favorite and paula I kinda have a shocking crush on her, just cause she's a reference to kyary pamyu pamyu, I would not be stuck in a room with yamazaki, vice or xandu, but maybe Paula.
Just a heads up, in case I heard wrong. Iori’s first appearance is KOF95, O.Iori’s first appearance is 97. Either way, love your videos. Keep up the hard work.
Yeah, I never got the whole Iori not liking violence despite seeming sadistic in how he fights Maybe he's slow to anger, doesn't look for fights, but when he does he just goes all in till it's finished
The reason he fight sadistic because he already said prepare to die lol well his not bad guy at all he act like one too make people stay away from him he afraid of being control by orochi
Yamazaki is craziest to me when he laughs and then screams in rage. He's a cooler badass than most final bosses (In Capcom Vs SNK 2, I make a villain team with him as a leader and Geese and Rugal as 2nd and 3rd). SNK has better charismatic villains. In most of their fighters. Other companies make a villain badass by power, but generic in personality. Not exactly boring but, meh - we get it their powerful and will rule the world or the city or some shit. If they make CVS 3 they need Krauser in there. He just wanted to kick ass while his orchestra played in his debut. That took me by surprise, and made him one of my faves apart from his abilities.
Iori's original clothes were actually functional. As a tall person, he needs to keeps his legs together for balance. If his design was dumb, Capcom wouldn't have copied it (Remy) or responded to it (SF Alpha Cody's handcuffed hands).
Hello Jose. What I like about the manhua adaptation of KOF2001, is how K9999 calls himself the 'perfect fighter'. He hates the fact that he is a clone. He knows he can't change his fate so that's why he wants to destroy the strongest fighters (especially K') He wants to show everyone why he is the perfect clone. *"If I can't destroy all of you... ...then 'How would I be perfect?"*
@@meganinten0078 Hey there Ninten, Perfect Clone, where have I heard that Story before? (COUGH *Solidus Snake* from "Metal Gear" COUGH) I do like how the KOF 2001 Manhua did a really Great Job of it's Interpretation of K9999 in the Story, despite all that *Tetsuo Shima* from "Akira" Vibe, it was a pretty Cool.
@@joseurbina3835 Yeah. The manhua did better work with K9999's introduction than the game. K9999 had no mercy against the Psycho Soldier Team. He defeated them all by himself. Also, I like how the manhua shows K9999's inferiority complex. He hates when people look down on him.
No need to because, depending on the adaptation, the Joker will just ham up his cray-cray factor (even the Jared Leto take), also his Multiple Choice Past excuse by DC's mandate after how highly received the Bat's arch-antag was and is.
a really awesome video that remind me how Vice traumatised me with her secret desperation move in kof 2002um when i fight my friend X) and why not make a top 10 video on the best ships in kof it can be interesting 👀
I'm sorry my dude but usually I agree with you as far as all your content. But I grew up with Yamazaki type of crazy. Besides he's one of my favorite gangster archetype characters.
That's a nice list. Hwa Jai also displays quite a sociopathic, gratuitous hatred towards Ash over his appearance alone. Of course he isn't alone in that, there are several reasons to dislike Ash and it's fine if people aren't into feminine-presenting boys, but the way Hwa Jai comes across is ridiculous. Ash doesn't even taunt or talk down towards him to promt such behavior, so I assume Jai is just a bigot and one of the crazy ones.
Young "Innocent" Yakuza hahahaha don't stop making videos SG. This is one of your best videos and on totally fresh idea. Agree with your list with switching 4 with 3. Top 2 are the best.
Jazu is a reference to the Karasu Tengu of Japanese mythology which makes sense considering he is a ninja. Ninja tend to be sorta lumped with the tengu mythology via the idea that ninja were descendants of the Tengu. Karasu Tengu are also refereed to as Crow Tengu.
"HURRY UP AND KILL ME!!"- Vice's during her win pose in KOF98 Vice may be crazy (and a cannibal) but she likes american comic books at least. Also she is hot 😍 I love her artwork in vanilla 2002 and 2002UM I wasn't a fan of Sylvie Paula Paula in XIV. SNK Heroines made me like her. I like her wacky and friendly personality. She is now one of my favorites. I like her theme in SNK Heroines (Venator Ballade - SNK HEROINES Sylvie Edit) It sounds dark which makes sense if you know her tragic past. I hope she returns for XV Nice list Shoryugame.
@@ShoryuGame Since Shermie was hinted to come back due to SNK heroines, do you think all of the fighters from that game will return? I ask this since Love Heart is almost put in the same situation as K9999, except unlike him, she has an important mission along with Nakoruru and Mui Mui that isn’t finished yet.
In the isekai spin off manga "The King of Fantasy" which is about Iori who gets sent to a fantasy world, Iori actually explains why he fights even though he hates violence.
In that when one of the characters questions his philosophy he answers with "Would you say that a sword itself is violent? Of course not. It's the same idea. A fight by itself isn't violence - defending yourself, or exchanging blows with another driven opponent, isn't what I call violence.
To me violence, is when you use your strength in a cowardly way, against someone who can't defend themselves or bears no hostility."
I have read that manga.
It is a good story.
Yeah.
That was one of Iori's best lines.
He has a good sense of honor imo.
I kind of view fighting in a similar way. Kind of like Goku. Enjoying fighting is like loving movement. Fighting is like a twisted form of dance. At the end of the day, most fighters aren't trying to kill each other.
Sorry I didn’t read all the comment. I stop at « Iori who gets sent to a fantasy world » and start laughing.
God I love all the silly thing about kof
I love how Yamazaki is so crazy that he's immune to Orochi's control.
Yo just wanna show my appreciation to you. I recently got into KOF back in April. Ever since I've become a KOF fanatic. I love your videos bro. 99 and 97 are my personal favorites.
Thank you so much. I'm glad to hear that!
@@ShoryuGame Do you think Wolfgang Krauser would return? Judging by the decrease of fighters from XIV to XV, and the multiple newcomer team endings that say that they will return to the next competition, it is likely that they were beaten up similarly to Fatal Fury 2. Also, it could be likely that K’ ‘s partners would be completely different, as Nelson and Sylvie Paula Paula have ties to NESTS (Nelson being that his mechanical arm is likely from NESTS due to his team ending).
Krauser? I don't think he's gonna return. I do think that the American Sports team will be back though as a DLC.
Glad to see people getting more into KOF as of recent, what's your team and your favorite arc so far?
@@ShoryuGame I see. But there had to be some in-game reason for why teams like Official Invitation, Another World, South Town, and South America won’t return. Their endings give them a reason to return, especially Another World. Also with the Orochi Team, the American Sports team might not make it, but then again, their return would make an interesting plot when facing the Orochi team, Vanessa, and Ramon (the later two was said to stolen their invitations from 2001, and I wish they would tell who was going to be their 4th member/striker).
> "Out of all these characters, who would you share a room with?"
10. Safest, but when he says to train him in Muay Thai, stay out
9. His only motto is "Don't get in my way" if your name isn't Kyo
8. Just straight up kills you
7. Tetsuo still has some sense. He does not.
6. Will just break your bones until she's satisfied, you know those kind of people popping bubble wraps all the time for fidget reasons?
5. After searching it up, he just kills for no reason
4. If you ain't part of his cult, you're dead.
3. A weirder J-pop artist, but she's a crazy and a weirdo, just don't get on her bad side; another safest option
2. See number 1
1. I would pick Yamazaki to kill me with his HSDM in 2002/UM than squabbling shit to him
For me, these are the list:
10. Safest, but when he trains Muay Thai, prepare for broken bones, alot of broken stuff and most definitely a ton of broken alcohol bottles
9. Ironically, he’s one of the safer character to be with as well, he can live with Kyo for some reason (and in lore, I guess Esaka’s average paid is also shite as well), he isn’t the type to attempt violent on random people as the drama CD shown him having a childhood friend talk in the past... he’s very quiet and passive actually, it’s kinda cute... she’s dead by-the-way, he has a girlfriend, a band and ironically, only fight when antagonized or... anything related to Kyo... or his Orochi blood is acting up
8. Unless you’re one of his suppliers, off spring (Adelheid and Rose) or employee (like Vice and Mature), you’ll at least make a good metal statue
7. He’s Tetsuo Shima... and like Tetsuo Shima, his is VERY out of control, either he’s going to destroy the entire apartment or YOU, he also has an inferiority complex which GREAT, that’s even better
6. That Pikachu shirt is a fucking lie, she’s the type to torture you and leave you alive just so she can hear those bone cracking sounds again... or eat you
5. His reasoning is unknown to everyone... but after playing Kizuna Encounter, he’ll kill you for some reason
4. You’re human... ask Shion
3. A strange J-pop artist, she seems to be one of the NEST sleeper agent but unlike Angel, it seems to activate erratically, due to her being a “failure”, so her mental state is VERY deep in the gutter but overall? She’s probably the second safest option
2. Unless you’re his some sort lost childhood friend, a friend of his mentor then he ain’t killing you... he’ll just attempt to throw you through the roof, and if he’s paid to do anything to you, better pray for Orochi to bring you to heaven
1. Honestly? Considering he’s Delusional, insane, a superior intellectual AND a leader of some sort of prison cult, you better hope this guy is from the SNK heroine manga version
So the list of safe people to live with:
1. Hwa Jai (don’t train with him)
2. Iori Yagami (don’t be Kyo or be with him when his Orochi blood starts to act up)
3. Sylvie Paula Paula (Get some rubber... Durex doesn’t count)
4. Tetsuo Shima (try to please him as much as you can... or be as close to him as you can)
5. Vice (get some painkillers and hope)
6. Rugal Berstein (run)
7. Jyazu (run)
8. Magaki (fuck)
9. Ryuji Yamazaki (your head worth 10 dollars)
10. Xanadu (I don’t fucking know)
I know me KOF lore alot and I don’t have a life... Iori is a legitimate nice guy to live with if the lore suggest anything, especially since he LIVES with Kyo (those 800-2000 yen earning ain’t doing much ok?)
@@James-oj6ru What Iori considers as violence is when strong people hurt the weaker one.
He doesn't mind hurting others when it is in KOF tournaments.
As K' say after defeating K9999 in his special win pose in KOF2002:
'A man's hysteria is uncontrollable...'
Similar to Tetsuo, K9999 has inferiority complex that's why he hates K' so much.
Vice's win pose in KOF98: "HURRY UP AND KILL ME!!"
Also, she likes american comic books.
#3 waifu
PIN THIS GEM
Xanadu also has very interesting win quotes against other fighters, even though most of the roster just mocks him for his ramblings, he immediately figured out Mature and Vice aren't alive, apparently knows about Verse, calling it "Time, integrated vertically!", and says to Shun 'Ei that he has to "destroy symmetry to avoid annihilation".
Also, Oswald knows Xanadu and for some reason wants to kill him, but the latter just laughs at him because he doesn't know him.
I feel like SNK wanted to do a lot more with Xanadu than just "weird crazy guy", he knows things...
Yeah even in the beginning he always came across as a crazy because he knows to much type of character to me but the problem was that they released him in a game with bare bones storytelling and didn't give him enough moments to alert the player that there was more to him
Knowing about Verse is probably just following the trope of having the wacky insane character show random moments of super-perceptive intelligence.
In manga the guy is able see supernatural phenomenons that aren’t seen by normals. While also being able possibly see future or cannulate possibilities.
I think those are quotes from Lewis Carroll poem Hunting of the Snark
The true craziest character is Kim. There’s something unwell about that man…
His fighting for justice
May I should've gave him an Honorable mention!
Heh.
Kim can be as scary as Rugal.
Just look at his victory portrait in KOF 2001 (arcade version) 😅
@@ShoryuGame You forgot several other honorable mentions, like Geese Howard, Wolfgang Krauser, KUSANAGI, Kukri, Mr. Karate, Chin Gentsai, and Choi Bounge.
@@juanca2567 Im not crazy, I just like to fight worthy opponents.
For me, there are 5 crazy characters that I like. Yamazaki, Vice, Rugal, Sylvie and Iori Yagami (especially him). Not because of his Orochi version, is because I like his fighting style that he uses Slashing Hands and pure instinct.
Great list, I was laughing hard when you called out Iori's clothes as a reason why he's crazy.
I seriously love Vice such a cool character design and she's so fun to play.
I also miss Hwa Jai from Kof XIII one of the best characters in that games he was so much hype and had crazy combos.
Shoryu: we'll most likely never gonna see K9999 again
SNK: your sure about that?
"Burned the prize money in front of them because of the Universe and potatoes." LOL
KOF characters are so charismatic and unique.
Some more than others
Is this a meme
Man I love Ryuji. So glad he at least made top 2. I hope so hard that he isn't dlc again..... Dammit
Yamazaki needs to be a guest character in yakuza
That would be awesome!
A battle between Kazama Kiryu and Yamazaki is gunna be both bloody and legendary
@@patcatzgames9792 facts
@@thebloodedge284
Until Majima comes inn and well....it's gunna be chaotic, lemme tell ya
He shares majima's love for knives and kiryu's love for punching the hell out of people and giving them the old headbutt command grab.
Out of all these guys, Sylvie would propably be the easiest to hang out with. Then maybe Iori. Yamazaki is absolutetly the most dangerous one. And Xanadu is....potatoes
5:32 And that's also because most of his techniques are named after Tetsuo's dialogue and shouts. Some are named after the lines muttered by other characters from AKIRA, like Kei and Akira himself in the manga.
What I like about the *manhua adaptation* of KOF2001, is how K9999 calls himself the 'perfect fighter'.
He hates the fact that he is a clone.
He knows he can't change his fate so that's why he wants to destroy the strongest fighters (especially K')
He wants to show everyone why he is the perfect clone.
*"If I can't destroy all of you... ...then 'How would I be perfect?"* - K9999
6:10
"never going to see k9999 again"
Your KOF top 10 topics are getting more interesting and creative, love it!!
I totally even forgot about Xanadu, I'm going to cry if he makes it into XV but not Kim :(
Sylvie on the other hand is great! Would mind it at all to be stuck in a room with her
"A loud and angry fella" is the best descriptor of a character I've ever heard.
I think Jivatma, the final boss from KOF Maximum Impact 2 is also a weird character.
Because of his design, weird attacks, the way he moves and his loud scream during his Desperation Move in KOFMIA
His another costume is a big WTF
Also, he is an alien 👽
Hyena has also weird moves but he is a joke character so he is suppose to not being taken seriously.
I like how one of his Desperation Moves (JOKE) is similar to Oswald's JOKER but it does less damage and doesn't look as stylish as Oswald's version because Hyena is so clumsy and incompetent.
Also, Hyena has the most powerful Supers in the MI games, the Hyena Punch.
That super can make over 75% of damage.
I don't mind hanging around Sylvie. She's got a vibrant sense of appeal and a clashing pallete is strangely a great place of inspiration
K9999's inferiority complex may be because, unlike other Kyo clones, he is an imperfect one, that's why he doesn't look like Kyo and also explains his poor control of the Kusanagi flames.
Instead, K9999 got unique powers like his shapeshifting abilities, psychic powers and the ability to transform his arm in anything he wants.
That is the reason why NESTS didn't discard him.
K9999's didn't have full control of his powers however that's why NESTS gave him a special glove.
Vice's 98 stance should come back to XV. And her powerbombs.
I agree.
That is her best stance.
My second favorite is her stance from 2002
She's my fav character but I highly doubt she will be in KoF XV, not even as a DLC.
@@vinigmoura Nah man she and Mature are coming back with Rugal just you wait
@@PDubbler I hope you're right man!!
I miss her rapid-kick special.
Yamazaki is the coolest.
Great job with the video, Shoryugaming. I’m actually have a similar experience with Sylvie. At first, she was too much of an oddball for me. (Seriously, the outfit freaked me out.) But after hearing her origins, seeing her ending in SNK Heroines, and her fear of being rejected, I actually felt sorry for her and I find her interaction with the established cast really charming. Thanks so much for putting her on the list!
Thank you too for the kind comment!
I just came here to say that k'9999 is back, good video anyway.
“We’re never gonna see K9999 again.” Yeah… ha ha… about that….
I love me some Vice. One of favourite female fighters in KOF. So gorgeous too.
I first played Kof XI last year and inmediately became my favourite KOF so far. I still haven't been able to defeat Magaki though. I really like his design, soundtrack and stage.
Man still no announcement of Yamazaki for the latest game. I really hope they include him. Not goin to lie Shoryu, when you didn't put him #1 you really had to knock it out of the park with #1, and I have to say, you delivered. Never heard of or played Xanadu, but he was definitely out there. Thanks for the list!
Glad you liked it!
Yay for more justice for Xanadu. He's such an underrated character.
Event though it is unlikely, I'd love to see him again in XV down the line.
He should come back. We have no idea what he is.
If I really need to be stuck in a room with any of these, Sylvie seems to have the highest chance of survival. Then Hwa Jai.
The reason why iori laughs after defeating his opponent is because he hates violence so the laugh is like "look what you made me do" . Seeing a person dressed the way he is, people would quite often try to bully or mess with him, to their own detriment.
And to add the meta of K9999 and Tetsuo they also share the same VA and also has a special intro with Kusanagi whom VA also voiced Kaneda on Akira his prior best friend and nemesis
K9999's design looks more like Chirico Cuvie from the anime Armored Trooper Votoms.
You can see that in his pants and short blue hair.
Also, the name K9999 is based on a character from the same anime.
Ryujin Yamasaki is one of my favorites crazies! I love his moveset! So sadistic! I love it!
Yamazaki for me is a nightmare i remember when i play Kof 97 and Fatal Fury 3 he was really hard to beat and because of his madness he scared me a lot and made me very angry (why the hell Blue Mary team up with him ? X) ) and Xanadu , no commentary pretty nice list shoryugame :) a another cool video to like (this video remind me how much Vice can be weird sometimes but i still like her)
"Rest assured, we'll most likely never gonna see K9999 again."
Yeah, sure. Uhuh.
At least his super isn't grotesque anymore.
He and Angel were basically the NESTS saga’s secondary rivals, with the Orochi saga having Yashiro, Shermie, and Chris, the Ash saga having Adelheid, and the Verse saga having Kukri. Of course K9999 had to return.
As K' say after defeating K9999, in his special win pose in KOF2002:
*A man's hysteria is uncontrollable...*
*Napolitan Trance* (K9999's theme in 2002) is one of my favorites tracks.
That theme feels aggressive and uncontrollable.
It fits with the character.
I really miss K9999.
I like his rivalry with K' and friendship with Angel, in my opinion those two punks work better together.
K999 actually had to go for legal reasons. SNK plagiarized his design from another artist, then got permission afterward. After that I believe some kind of agreement was made to never use K999 again. That’s why Nameless popped up in 2002UM
@@OTHERMRBABCOCK Actually K9999 was made by Eolith not SNK.
After KOF2002, K9999 was still present in other games making cameos in KOF2003 (PS2 port), KOF94 Rebout, Days of Memories.
Both K9999 and Nameless appeared in *KOF X GAROU DENSETSU* , an official mobile game from 2013
Rugal is just wild dog, always blows himself up, always back in time for the next appearance
I liked how the devs were self-aware of how ridiculous an idol character would be, and didn't try to present Sylvie as cute, just weird. And they added a subtle tragedy to her, tying her well into the game's lore. Basically, they did everything that Lucky Chloe lacked, but Sylvie still got called the bad one.
Omg when I saw the title for most crazy and weird Characters of KOF, immediately I thought of Xanadu, that pose he does after he wins a match is So HIP HOP lol. Reminds me of the late ODB from Wu-Tang 🤣🤣🤣🤣. R.I.P. ODB
You forgot to mention Choi. That guy is just weird and creepy. Especially when he talk about the youth...
"We'll most likely never gonna see K9999 again"
Krohnen: Wazzup.
Nice list!! And spot on with # 1 and 2 spots its either one of those I’m slightly putting Yamazaki as my #1 spot simply cause he embodies and crazy deranged character, Xanadu isn’t far guy is creepy as it gets also I coined the Criminally Insane Team consisting of Mr Big(Leader), Yamazaki, and Xanadu.
1. Yamazaki
2. Xanadu
3. Magaki
4. Shion(character is pretty strange to me)
5. Sylvie Paula Paula(over the top personality but I love her really want her back in KOF15)
6. Kukri(in SNK Heroines bring him back in KOF15 too)
7. Vice
8. Choi(just look at this guy Freddy Krueger and Mini Me from Austin Powers were to fused)
9. Rugal Bernstein
10. Ash Crimson(over the top personality and the fact he’s willing to erase his ancestor thus making him vanquish too)
The K9999 bit hasn't aged well
Aha, that's right!
This channel deserves more attention,as the kof and snk games.you can tell this games are made with passion.too bad they will always be eclipsed by capcom,nether realms and bandai..
Yanks and their admitted tribalist close-mindedness, crummy tastes and questionable consoom "culture"
This is why SNK actually waited for the newer, more numerous demographic to recognize their efforts: the Mainland Chinese (gamers, investors, whoever else interested into the KoF and Metal Slug libraries).
I have my bells on for your videos and I didn’t get notified on your recent few videos. I’m liking and commenting now though. Appreciate the awesome content you put out for the series we all enjoy hearing you talk about!
I don't know what's going on with UA-cam algorithm. Thank you very much for the support!
Funny thing is yamazaki is the character that got me into crazy characters
At first I was going to go off on why Yamazaki wasn't #1, but yeah. Xanadu. I think I blocked him from my memory for some reason 😅
Also that K'9999 thing didn't age well, but I think we're all glad it didn't! Krohnen manage to bring himself back while severing the too obvious Tetsuo connection that left SNK in hot water after his first appearance. Just hope this wasn't a last appearance haha
I read a very inspiring quote from late singer John Lennon, saying that as a person of violent nature, he was aspiring to a more non-violent behaviour, for the sake of his sanity.... he wrote Give Peace A Chance....That fits with our favorite bass player-cat lover red head lunatic ; the ending of iori team in 96 is still one of the most shocking thing I've seen in my teenage years... I like to live dangerously but even if I should leave in a bag, id choose a room with Vice xD love her animality and savagery, that would be consider like autism today lol
Yeah...never going anywhere near that Xanadu guy. Awesome video!
Wise decision.
6:09
this aged great
I really hope they bring Xanadu back in the future. He was such a cool design. I'd say the same about Yamazaki but I'm sure they'll bring him back as DLC due to demand.
And he is confirmed.
My favorite KOF wierdo is definitely going to be Sylvie, u can be sure that everything about her is perfection! ✨✨✨
And people said weirdo character doesn't fit kof I just like wtf like when shun ei has bad design they said it's not fit kof series some people are pretty stupid man I don't need another edgy badass looking guy or girl cool looking just character that has bad design but good looking like shun ei his face is good just design is bad Gameplay his fun and slyvie love that crazy girl lmao she's weird and have weird playstyle as long it's not ugly ass face like Street fighter character iam fine with the character
@@ameernurhaqeem9738 I'm glad I'm not the only one! ✨🙃
Yesss, another Sylvie supporter. I'm so happy that i'm not alone in this.
@@aiquangat8620 I'm with u bro! ✨🤧🤚
@@iqielokie6649
Likewise 👍
I want a part 2 of easy to master and hard to learn 🤩
Fantastic countdown! This was great. Can't wait for the next video.
Thanks so much!
KOF deserved more like than SF!
“is she trying to include every colour in the universe or what?"
Lol I love you yours joke are always surprising!
“Well never see K49 again” fast forward to KOF15
Xanadu made that cringy thing you did as kid the best moments of your life.
I always though that short little old man with wolverine claws was wired
Yamazaki will always be my favorite and paula I kinda have a shocking crush on her, just cause she's a reference to kyary pamyu pamyu, I would not be stuck in a room with yamazaki, vice or xandu, but maybe Paula.
2:32 Ahem, it is "el yori loco".
It's funny you say here we won't get K9999 again... He's back, under the name Krohnen, for KoF XV.
Dunno why, but I think Sylvie is cute.
And yes, I also think Xanadu is the weirdest of 'em all xD
Just a heads up, in case I heard wrong.
Iori’s first appearance is KOF95, O.Iori’s first appearance is 97.
Either way, love your videos. Keep up the hard work.
Yes I meant the appearance of Orochi Iori, and thank you!
Yeah, I never got the whole Iori not liking violence despite seeming sadistic in how he fights
Maybe he's slow to anger, doesn't look for fights, but when he does he just goes all in till it's finished
The reason he fight sadistic because he already said prepare to die lol well his not bad guy at all he act like one too make people stay away from him he afraid of being control by orochi
What Iori considers as violence is when strong people hurts the weaker one.
He doesn't mind hurting people when it is in KOF tournaments.
@@meganinten0078 That makes. So he has a sense of fairness and honor
For me it's always Yamazaki. Dude is an absolute psycho when he laughs haha
Also great video as always, Shoryu!
He always a psycho gangster psycho
Yamazaki is craziest to me when he laughs and then screams in rage. He's a cooler badass than most final bosses (In Capcom Vs SNK 2, I make a villain team with him as a leader and Geese and Rugal as 2nd and 3rd). SNK has better charismatic villains. In most of their fighters. Other companies make a villain badass by power, but generic in personality. Not exactly boring but, meh - we get it their powerful and will rule the world or the city or some shit. If they make CVS 3 they need Krauser in there. He just wanted to kick ass while his orchestra played in his debut. That took me by surprise, and made him one of my faves apart from his abilities.
This channel is the public treasure of KOF fans
I’m surprised that you don’t have a Top Ten best grapplers.
Well, k9999 came back last week
I was expecting our boy Yamazaki be the number 1, but then I remembered there is Xanadu lol. I agree with this top 10.
"Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?"
Iori's original clothes were actually functional. As a tall person, he needs to keeps his legs together for balance.
If his design was dumb, Capcom wouldn't have copied it (Remy) or responded to it (SF Alpha Cody's handcuffed hands).
Hwa Jai definitely looks to be inspired by Adon from Street Fighter Alpha.
I get so much excited with every of your uploads brother. Thanks for you great work i can not appreciate enough
Thank you so much for the kind comment!
Bro wtf...Xanadu burnt money and finds more value in potatoes!? Truly a masochist
I still use yamazaki to troll people during some online contest haha
cant lie you made me interested in kof thats why i watch ya lore vids and top 10
Glad to hear that!
Because of you "shoryugame" I can get my snk character fix. Thank you for the time you put into your videos bless up
Glad I could help.
Well i'm happy that you upload a new video but why you didn't make reveal trailer analysis for Ash Crimson, I just wondering.
Top 10 NPC Characters In The King Of Fighters Series
Top 10 SNK Characters that not in The King Of Fighters Series but should
Mileena and Juri * exists *
Me: baby girl, baby
Vice * exists *
Me: Evil
6:16 Vice🤘🏽
Also 12:19 Gets me every time😆
Jazu reminds me of Tengu, Japanese mythological creature with avian attributes including wings
None of these Characters will never reach the level of the most ever Massacrely Insane as *The Joker* from "DC Comics."
Hello Jose.
What I like about the manhua adaptation of KOF2001, is how K9999 calls himself the 'perfect fighter'.
He hates the fact that he is a clone.
He knows he can't change his fate so that's why he wants to destroy the strongest fighters (especially K')
He wants to show everyone why he is the perfect clone.
*"If I can't destroy all of you... ...then 'How would I be perfect?"*
@@meganinten0078 Hey there Ninten,
Perfect Clone, where have I heard that Story before?
(COUGH *Solidus Snake* from "Metal Gear" COUGH)
I do like how the KOF 2001 Manhua did a really Great Job of it's Interpretation of K9999 in the Story, despite all that *Tetsuo Shima* from "Akira" Vibe, it was a pretty Cool.
@@joseurbina3835 Yeah.
The manhua did better work with K9999's introduction than the game.
K9999 had no mercy against the Psycho Soldier Team. He defeated them all by himself.
Also, I like how the manhua shows K9999's inferiority complex.
He hates when people look down on him.
Yamazaki and Xanadu:lul
No need to because, depending on the adaptation, the Joker will just ham up his cray-cray factor (even the Jared Leto take), also his Multiple Choice Past excuse by DC's mandate after how highly received the Bat's arch-antag was and is.
Aye! This is a cold assed video, man. I smoked a joint and put my headphones on, then watched. Congrats
a really awesome video that remind me how Vice traumatised me with her secret desperation move in kof 2002um when i fight my friend X) and why not make a top 10 video on the best ships in kof it can be interesting 👀
I'm sorry my dude but usually I agree with you as far as all your content. But I grew up with Yamazaki type of crazy. Besides he's one of my favorite gangster archetype characters.
That's fine. Yamazaki is my favorite character overall, but in terms of pure madness, Xanadu wins.
@@ShoryuGame Xanadu was only in one game right?
That's a nice list. Hwa Jai also displays quite a sociopathic, gratuitous hatred towards Ash over his appearance alone. Of course he isn't alone in that, there are several reasons to dislike Ash and it's fine if people aren't into feminine-presenting boys, but the way Hwa Jai comes across is ridiculous. Ash doesn't even taunt or talk down towards him to promt such behavior, so I assume Jai is just a bigot and one of the crazy ones.
"Waaaa Waaaaaa HwA jAi iZ a BiGoT! REEEEEEEEEEEEE!" - you
Basically, WTF was going on KOF XI, now that's and oddball of an entry id there's one, damn. Good video tho.
Yamazaki is a classic crazy man
Young "Innocent" Yakuza hahahaha don't stop making videos SG. This is one of your best videos and on totally fresh idea. Agree with your list with switching 4 with 3. Top 2 are the best.
Much appreciated!
@@ShoryuGame You deserve it.
Xanadu just crazy, Yamazaki is pure madness. The rest well. It work.
Do you take also those PS2 3D KOF games?
Jazu is a reference to the Karasu Tengu of Japanese mythology which makes sense considering he is a ninja. Ninja tend to be sorta lumped with the tengu mythology via the idea that ninja were descendants of the Tengu. Karasu Tengu are also refereed to as Crow Tengu.
Love your videos, always very interested to watch those
Glad to hear it!
Vice is a cannibal?!
yes
Iori it's not weird it's just "alternative"
"HURRY UP AND KILL ME!!"- Vice's during her win pose in KOF98
Vice may be crazy (and a cannibal) but she likes american comic books at least. Also she is hot 😍
I love her artwork in vanilla 2002 and 2002UM
I wasn't a fan of Sylvie Paula Paula in XIV.
SNK Heroines made me like her.
I like her wacky and friendly personality.
She is now one of my favorites.
I like her theme in SNK Heroines (Venator Ballade - SNK HEROINES Sylvie Edit)
It sounds dark which makes sense if you know her tragic past.
I hope she returns for XV
Nice list Shoryugame.
Thank you!
@@ShoryuGame Since Shermie was hinted to come back due to SNK heroines, do you think all of the fighters from that game will return? I ask this since Love Heart is almost put in the same situation as K9999, except unlike him, she has an important mission along with Nakoruru and Mui Mui that isn’t finished yet.