When it comes to shonen manga, anime and games, there are few with as much knowledge and love as the Shonen Otaku. Join me as we look at the settings and characters that give us our favorite stories in both anime and gaming.
When a new fighting game comes out, and especially a King of
Fighters game, it’s inevitable that comparisons will be drawn to The King of
Fighters 13. I used to give the title of
“Best Fighting Game of All Time” to a tie between KOF 11 and 13, but after years
of thinking I’ve tipped the scales onto 13’s side, even if it’s not as good
without 11 and 2003 to establish its story.
No fighting game since it came out has come close to its presentation,
music, story and flowing, perfected gameplay.
Not Guilty Gear Xrd, not Street Fighter 5 and not The King of Fighters
14.
The King of Fighters 15, however, comes close.
I would post the game’s opening here, but there isn’t one
for some reason.The closest thing is a
short animated music video from the guy who directed those crappy Fatal Fury
anime specials in the 90s.It's pretty good.
In preparation for The King of Fighters XV, Youtube user
NeogeoNow collaborated with SNK to create a trilogy of videos recapping the
story of the games in the mainline KOF series, presumably to give possible
newer players some background and older players a refresher.
The videos get the job done and the guy has played KOF even
longer than I have so he knows what he’s talking about.That said, it’s clear that he was trying to
be concise.Obviously he wasn’t going to
go through every little plot thread, but even focusing on the important stuff he
really sped through the story of those 10 games.As a result, I think there are points in the
videos in which casual viewers not in the know might do a double take and/or there
is some context that’s skipped over I feel is necessary to understand the story
better.I also have a little criticism
about the videos and some insights of my own, including a few parts in which I
don’t want to claim the guy with decades of KOF experience working with the
company itself is wrong, but it seems at odds with the official material.
I will go over NeogeoNow’s plot recap of each game from his
videos in order.I won’t be going over
every little thing, because they’re largely fine and the majority of my
reaction is nodding my head saying “yep.”It’s not exactly bad enough to clown on.There are other videos for that.
When I reach a particular part in which I have something to
say, the quotation will be highlighted in bold followed by my comment. Occasionally, such as for the first one, I
will comment on certain parts wholesale instead of on a single line. I hope this will at least partially act as a little
supplementary piece to his videos for more comprehension into the KOF story
because I too love it and want people to enjoy it.
