"Terry Bogard is the guy everybody in South Town calls when they need help moving a couch." Just a regular guy by circumstance who got wrapped into a major situation. That's what appealed me to SNK from the beginning...
Terry is highly relatable. Seems like that cool dude that will take you under his wing and teach you better lessons than what you'd pay hundreds to thousands for in classes.
@@realamericannegro977 The kind of dude that can slay gods and demons, but can also be spotted hanging out playing beer pong at your local bar. So many reasons to love this character, and I'm glad he's finally getting the mainstream attention he deserved for a long time now that he's in Smash Ultimate.
When the WWE characters were added to the KOF Mobile online game. What was easily one of the best interactions that properly conveyed how much of a down-to-earth dude Terry is, would have to be John Cena's story mode. (I'm not kidding, It's actually worth checking out.)
@@striderreborn1467 I got curious and decided to look it up. Indeed, it is very wholesome. They both really care about the children and want to put up a good show for them. John deciding to donate his winnings was a nice gesture too.
Ya know, Geese’s death in Real Bout 1 actually has to be one of the most ominous deaths I’ve ever seen because just imagine it, you didn’t intend to kill the guy who killed your father but in the end, he ends up killing himself just to spite you… leaving you there wondering if you should’ve ended him earlier or right then and there. Instead going out in his own way… damn *•~•*
Sakurai might have said more around the lines of "I couldn't get Mai in Smash Bros. because CERO would raise the rating of this game, and since I want to represent every character with their original design I prefer to not have her at all if they force me to tone her down".
The summary of Terry Bogard's appeal is a good explanation for why I consider him the best fighting game protagonist. He's the cool guy in the neighborhood that everyone likes and fends off psychotic gangsters and crimelords to keep the streets clean.
Mai’s new design in the pachinko games is so amazing and fresh. I’m still mad SNK hasn’t used that design for her, and insists on the same kunoichi costume. Or at least include it as an alt costume. Look at Chun Li’s dress in SFV and how popular it became, despite being an alt costume.
if are more costumes in kofxv would be great if some characters recive redesing like kyo and iori or if bring other clasic costumes like mr karate 2 or garou terry
@@ramirezserranodanielaaron5724 they can really make money off those costumes you mention and more. Now with 3D models it’s easier. The skins they made for XIV while some were classic ones (Iori, Kyo, Athena), others were so weird. People would pay for Terry Garou or Ryo Mr Karate or Mai with pachinko dress.
@@mthsdcs unfortunately there aren’t many HQ images of Mai in that outfit. Type in google “Mai Shiranui fatal fury premium”. There’s a lot of screenshots of Mai in different poses from the game.
One of the things that appealed to me with both Terry and Ryu (despite being two different personalities) is that they were true to themselves. None of them tried to impress others or bragging about what they did or their legacy. They just wanted to live, Ryu despite being the wandering warrior, he at the end just tried to prove himself and following his own path to the meaning of fight. As for Terry despite being the "i'm going to avenge my father/master" type of character at the beginning, he just wanted to live a normal life, just training for the unnavoidable fight with geese and when he felt like his intervention was needed. Comparison between the two characters seems rather wrong from the personality perspective, because more than comparison to me are more than an analogy of each other. Relatable goals but totally different paths.
Terry's angry "👊🏼GEESE😤" at the begin of the fight against his nr.1 enemy is hilarious. I love all those many eastereggs and secrets in the SNK games. You can tell the developers had fun and they were really motivated to bring out outstanding stuff!
Fun fact, Geese isn’t Terry’s rival. Andy is. In several extra fatal fury and Terry focused stuff, he considers Andy his rival since he always pushes himself to new heights and Terry wants to keep up.
Terry Bogard is my favorite fighting game character, and one of my favorite videogame characters overall, right next to Cloud Strife and Dante. I know it sounds very silly to say one finds a fictional character to be an inspiration, especially as an adult, but I really find Terry to be a role model. Resilient and fearless in the face of challenge, yet kind and warm to those he loves. A true gentleman.
Who's watching this after Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves dropped its first gameplay and character trailer? Can't wait to see Thorgi's reaction to Fatal Fury coming back.
Damn, never knew Ken Ishikawa made manga other than the Getter Robo series. His art style just doesn't scream 'Fatal Fury' cause he tend to make the character rather plump but the way he draws action and storyline was the best Might look it up later
Not too long ago SNK had a stream revealing content from Garou’s cancelled sequel. Idk but I feel like that’s a sign we may see more from it in the future, or heck even seeing it completed
@@MoriyaMug Even if it wasn't lost, I can't imagine they'd be keen on completing and releasing a game that was developed for hardware from over 20 years ago. They'd probably re-do everything anyway. But they already have the basis for modern fighting games in their more recent releases, so a few tweaks to gameplay and the facelift that would already be necessary and it wouldn't be all that much more work either way- and when I say 'that much more' I mean in comparison of the 'lost data' vs 'not lost data' scenarios, not that it wouldn't be work at all. The biggest loss would be the story elements that they had nailed down already.
I recently discovered your channel and boy howdy it's been fun learning about all of these fighting games that I've never picked up out of intimidation, mechanics and "cancelling" moves always boggles my mind and I can't wrap my head around it, but I think this video's got me convinced to pick up King of Fighters 15 next month. I wouldn't mind seeing a continuation to the Fatal Fury story.
That's great to hear. Don't be too intimidated by fighting game mechanics, all you need to do is practice them and you'll get it. And I agree, I'd love to see a new Fatal Fury installment. And unlike Capcom, with SNK there's actually a little bit hope that it might actually happen.
Just wanted to say that even if you're not a hardcore fighting game player, if you enjoy these character designs and lore and haven't played _Garou: Mark of the Wolves_ , you totally need that in your life... like yesterday. It holds up amazingly well (at least in my opinion) even nearly 20 years after its initial release. Even if you can't do all the fancy cancelling, the buttons and specials feel incredible (the first time you land Buster Wolf or Neo Deadly Rave... 🤌), and the character sprites and stages are bursting with personality.
Terry Bogard is one of my favorite videogame characters ever, because no matter how much he suffered and much he sacrifies to get his goal, he's just a chill dude with a very positive outlook of life, he's really a role model for kids, at least that's why I always liked him. I've also bought Garou MOTW for so many platforms, I only wish we'll finally get a new entry. BTW now that I know about that japanese PS1 exclusive Real Bout game, guess I'll have to hunt a copy for it, I knew Alfred but didn't knew his game was region locked.
56:17 Imagine being that kid and learning such an iconic phrase was because you just checked up on a man who got completely soaked at something other than a strip club.
If I had to guess, it's probably the backstory they went with later on in the series. It's just they couldn't put it in Street Fighter I, but around the time of Street Fighter Alpha Capcom probably felt like they could afford to include more story.
Imagine it being a copy and paste job (kinda) like Ryu and Ken track down their master’s killer, Sagat. Lol it’s crazy to contemplate what could’ve been
Yeah he was going to be in 13 too but due to time limits they waited till KOF 14 to bring him in. Story wise it literally was "oh yeah Geese was planning on joining but the scrolls he was looking for were more important so he skipped the kof 13 tournament" lmao
Wish he had some of Vader's lines like "What time is it? What time is it?!", "I fear no man. I feel no pain", and best of all "It's time, it's time, it's Raiden time!!"
I'm loving this series. Still hoping for a Bloody Roar-Retrospective as that series is highly underrated, And for series ranking it's the first game known in arcades as Beastorizer was decent not an awful game but still pretty good, 2 is considered one of the 2 high-points of the series as not only did the graphics, gameplay, and story/plot improved it also introduced into the series the popular mainstays of Kenji aka Bakuryu 2 Yugo's adopted kid brother, Shina adopted Leopard Zoanthrope daughter of ally Gado and childhood friend of Yugo, Jenny the mysterious British Bat Zoanthrope spy who seems to have her own agenda at times, Uriko now playable with a new beast-form of partially transformed into a Cat, Stun the Hercules Beetle Zoanthrope who was once human but was turned into his current form after his partner betrayed him, Shenlong the villainous later turned anti-hero clone of Long, and Busuzima the Chameleon Zoanthrope who was the one who backstabbed Stun and turned him into what he is now, who after losing to Yugo in the canon becomes a comical villain, 3 is considered the 2nd of the 2 high-points in the series though it is were the series starts to go off tracks with it's plot by going into the sci-fi/supernatural genre but still consider one of the best games in the series improving the aspects of graphics, and gameplay and reintroducing Bakuryu 1 as the robotic Khoryu, and the concept of Uriko as a Chimera Zoanthrope via her clone Uranus as unlockable characters, and introducing fan-favorite villain Xion the Unborn, Primal Fury/Extreme a canonical filler-side plot set after 3 is in the same boat as the first game not as good as 2 and 3 but still a good game and introduced the characters of Chronos the Penguin Zoanthrope who was a prince of a Zoanthrope kingdom, and turned into a Phoenix in Hyper-Beast state, and his bodyguard/caretaker Genesha a Elephant Zoanthrope, and for the Xbox version Extreme a exclusive character in the form of Fang the lead protagonist of the manga Bloody Roar: The Fang, and then later on after Primal Fury/Extreme's release Konami buys Hudson Soft and the rights to their properties including Bomberman, and Bloody Roar and this results in Bloody Roar 4 being the first title under the Konami banner and it's the worst title in the series taking massive step backs in every direction with one of the worst features being "Career Mode" basically in Career Mode you pick a fighter and go around fighting random fights and earning what's called DNA points in order to purchase special abilities, and special moves used by the characters on the roster in order to create your own custom fighter now before you say Career Mode is a CaZ mode a Create A Zoanthrope mode I wish as with how Career Mode works it would've been perfect as a fully realized Create A Zoanthrope mode but nope your custom fighter is one of the established characters on the roster, but to pour even more salt into the wound Career Mode is also how you unlock Shina, Long, Kohryu, Uranus and the final boss Dragon Ryoho as playable characters with Shina, Long, Kohryu, and Uranus costing 50,000 DNA Points each to unlock, and Dragon Ryoho costing a whopping one-million DNA Points to unlock now this wouldn't be so bad if it was just Kohryu, and Uranus costing the 50,000 DNA Points to unlock as they've been unlockable characters since their debut in 3, and Dragon Ryoho costing one-million DNA Points to unlock as he is the final boss so yeah it's going to take some grinding to unlock him but to cut Shina, and Long series protagonists who have been series main-stays since the 1st 2 games from the base roster and essentally forcing you to grind through the Career Mode just to unlock them is BS.
Fatal Fury 3 is my favorite game in the series since it's the one I grew up with (I still have the disk) but I plan on buying all the games with my tax return so I'll get to play them all for the first time. Thank you for making this retrospective. This is the second time I'm watching it.
39:00 Well... you must know this info by now but for anyone watching this video for the first time. "City of the Wolves" producer confirmed the lattest Fatal Fury Game is the 7th canon entry. All the canon games are the numbered ones without "Special" in their titles. The 3 first FF, the 2 Real Bout, Garou and CotW.
Geese just never died in the kof universe. The universe mumbo jumbo brought back villains at the end of kof 14. Geese was unrelated to that in kof 14. Oh and he still has the scrolls
Since he's based off if a Super Sentai character, Joe Higashi should get a Super Sentai skin as dlc. As for Blue Mary, there a naughty part for her if she gets knocked into the water in the fourth title Real Bout.
So here's my question: if Fatal Fury does return, is SNK going to continue the Fatal Fury timeline? Or are they going to retcon it to take place in the same timeline as KOF? Something tells me they might do the ladder, but who knows? Also, I just want to get this out there; if Terry returns for the next Smash, I want Geese Howard as a boss fight! Also Rock and Nakoruru as playable characters.
I'd personally want something either revamping the FF series, Somewhat of a prequel like Samurai Shodown 2019, or a series of games between Real Bout and MOTW. I hated how they got rid of the rest of the cast without any explanation as to why they went missing.
I kind of want them to meld both somehow. I want to see Mr Karate II / Ryo Sakazaki in the KOF timeline, as well as the return of Rick Strowd, Li Xiangfei, Alfred, Tsugumi Sendo, and Toji Sakata as playable characters in KOF someday.. As I said in my own comment in this video... Ryo, in my humble opinion as a fan of his and a fellow Karate practicioner, just looks more badass as Mr Karate II.
@@KamenRider1 I understand you, but I respectful disagree. I actually don't want any more FF/AOF characters thrown into "KOF" because they will be somehow overshadowed with very little importance by the KOF main characters. I would rather have another Fatal Fury, another Garou and another AOF where Terry, Rock, Ryo and the rest can have the time to shine.
Coming back here after City of the Wolves was announced two weeks ago to the general gaming public and boy am I so hyped to see where they take the story in this sequel to Garou 🔥🔥😆
Terry has always been one of my favorite videogame characters. Probably for that very reason you point out; he's an everyman. He's just a guy. He loves to fight. He works when he can but is happy-go-lucky and just enjoys life however it comes at him. He's also a master trash talker when in the ring, and nowhere is this more evident than KOF XIII. Still, he's been stagnant and frozen in time ever since Garou. His KOF appearances have him locked, frozen in age, importance, and development. He can't affect the story in any great degree. He can't be the hero, and he can't change. This is evident in that almost every 'Fatal Fury' team ending since 2003 has been some kind of variation of the same idea played over and over again. For all his popularity may be greater today than it has been at any point... he's still 'frozen' as the mascot of SNK. And until they decide to continue his story in the next Fatal Fury game- SHOULD they ever decide to do so- he will only ever be locked in that frame. But... maybe that's not such a bad thing. With the way franchises and characters are being killed, characteristically assassinated, or subverted (just look what they did to poor Ken Masters in SF6) maybe be frozen in time while he was on top is the better outcome.
43:08 I'd like to point out something here: fatal fury and KOF are 2 separate timelines since Real Bout and KOF 96 devs didn't communicate Geese AND Krauser show up on the same team, but Geese's legacy in KOF starts from 95 actually, other RU-vidrs like ShoryuGame have more on it but basically all you need to know is in KOF Geese is alive and works more from the shadows as opposed to fighting in battle in every tournament, he sends Billy to investigate and choose teammates (Eiji and Iori in 95, Mary and Yamazaki in 97, Gato and Yamazaki in 03, Solo Billy in XIII)
More. We absolutely, ABSOLUTELY need more. You could literally be the definitive fighting game retrospective RU-vidr. Man, incredible quality, you just earned a sub!
Great retrospective on one of my all time favorite fighting game series. Ever since I first played Fatal Fury 2 at a local grocery store back in the early 90’s I’ve been hooked on SNK and it’s characters. Like you mentioned Terry and the gang just seem so much more like “normal people” with real personalities than characters from SF, MK, etc. They are a lot more relatable and down to earth. I grew up loving both, but I’ve always liked Fatal Fury more than SF simply because the games and characters were so much more unique and had more personality and “flavor” to them. Terry is my favorite fighting game character of all time just because he’s such a cool down to earth easy going guy who actually has a real personality.
playing these games as a kid, and being a fanboy of Terry Bogard, i allways felt like the minority. but once i found out he was the literal MASCOT? no amount of SWAT could stop the amount of hype that i expressed.
I know sometimes we often view pachinko machines as slot machines (which they are) they hype them up on the same level as an arcade cabinet. Let that sink in.
From what I've heard (take it with a grain of salt), Garou Densetsu Premium was supposed to be a re-telling of the first Fatal Fury but with a more realistic setting and characters, like if it was some sort of "real-life action movie", hence why characters have more realistic designs (like Yamazaki actually looking like a Yakuza).
Too bad it's wasted by being a pachinko game. It would have been great if they retell the first Fatal Fury as a 3d beat'em up just like the Yakuza/Ryū no Gotoku games.
Dude, your editing has GROWN throughout the years. Started watching back in 2016 and your opening graphic with your drawn caricature speaks volumes. Keep it up!
This is a really cool and well-made video. I've played a few of these games like Garou and the Real Bout games with a friend, but I really didn't know much about the over arching story and history behind them. I hope this series and your channel get more attention!
Wow. Just wow. This is now my new favorite video on the internet. Thorgi, this was absolutely amazing! Please never ever give up on making amazing content like this!
"This is Southtown, Their our know roolz." - My interpretation of what you said, factoring in the fact that there are no rules, including those governing grammar and syntax.
Fatal Fury has been my favorite fighting franchise since it first released, and Terry has been my all time favorite fighting game character ever. I watched pretty much all the anime I could find, all the books, the wikis, etc... And wow god dang I have NEVER heard of Real about Dominated Mind, White, or Alfred. WOW!
A few notes on the translation stuff: The dialogue is NOT that weird in Japanese. While it's similar to what their original dialogue is, the translation/localization they went with was bizarre and overly 90's. Geese's "pin-headed son of an ice-cream maker" in Japanese is just some generic insults about being pathetic scum, while "wubba wubba, I'm in the pink today" was originally just along the lines of "all right! Things are going my way!". SNK themselves do not know why Marco Rodriguez was called Kushnood Butt overseas and have even asked fans if they'd like to see his name changed back.
From what i remember hearing it was because there was an MMA fighter named Ricco Rodriguez who was out around that time and they didn't want to get sued so they changed his name.
@@dragonbornexpress5650 The US localization of their games was done entirely separately from SNK in Japan. According to the dev team on the Kaiserwave stream, they were completely removed from localization decisions, and don't even remember who was responsible for their English translations back then or why they made the decisions they did. Hence why they asked, on that stream, if Marco should get his name back, and when everyone said yes, they went and reverted it back in KOF XV. The MMA fighter thing is just a guess; no one knows the real reason why.
44:00 This whole 'what power up do you want' did so much to make it cross boundaries with home gaming, like okay we want your quarters but we know you're going to be here everyday until you beat it. SNK was so good at what they did to be different in this era.
People say SNK ripped off Capcom... The plot twist is, the guy who made Street Fighter was involved from the get go and then Capcom actually stole all the more elements from SNK after. But as such companies should be able to borrow such things. Progression should go on.
honestly, i wouldnt be shocked if they made garou 2. crazier sequels have happened, and theres clearly a demand for it among snk fans, it could totally happened
Alfred and White are so cool! And I actually like that end game mechanic where you have to jump over that last shot. It’s unique. They gotta release that one of these days
This channel is absolutely goated, the passion and effort out into these videos is top tier and videos like these make me go out of my way to find as many fighting games as I can. I may be trash, and won't likely get many online achievements, but I still always have a blast. Channels like this have reminded me not only that fighting games are an old favorite of mine but also why. I'm mostly into RPGs these days but I've been loving going back through fighting game history
Fatal Fury and King of Fighters were the franchises that introduced me to games. My earliest memories are seeing my brother play Real Bout and KOF 99 on the PS1. And if I was to bet, a Garou 2 is pretty close to becoming reality, is just a matter of time.
i like to see terry's character change in real bout as less of a retcon or them "finally getting the appeal, "and more of an actual, in-universe character development. he spent so much of his lift filled with rage and vengeance, but now through all this fighting and all the friends he's made, he realizes he doesn't *want* to be a killer, even if it's someone as horrible as geese. he just wants to be able to enjoy his life. that's why he tries to save geese. he wants to stop geese's plans, but he doesn't want blood on his hands. geese already died once, this is terry's chance at redemption. and it's a chance that geese tears from terry's hands, laughing all the way down. which makes terry adopting geese's son all the more meaningful-- geese stole terry's redemption, so now he's taking it back not through anger but through caring and love.
You, sir, are beginning to be my go to for fighting games retrospective I like the depth presentation but most importantly love and passion you show for fighting games when presenting this, keep up the good work!
Theory about nightmare Geese. He used the phoenix scrolls prior to his official death where he does die from a skyscraper fall. Just that he’s more undead looking and that the reason why he appears alive and stable despite being dead was because the scrolls also allowed him to appear like he’s alive. That version helped him from avoiding ever going to work and used his will to give it to a “distant relative”. Which in reality. It’s Geese himself. Maybe he thought of giving the money to Rock Howard to make up for not appearing in his life.
Ever since I discovered SvC Chaos (thanks to Zero being a playable character), I've loved SNK. Metal Slug, KoF, Top Hunter, The Last Blade, Art of Fighting, and, of course Fatal Fury. RBFF2 and MotW are two of my favorite games in the genre
Terry does just feel like a real guy. He’s the local guy on the street who’s willing to help out with anything or play a couple games of basketball with you, and at night he’s the guy you see at the bar hanging out with his best friends and girlfriend. He’s such a normal dude for fighting games and that’s amazing. I think we all know a person in our lives who’s just like Terry, and hell some of us might be the Terry of our towns.
I'm way more of a Capcom/Street Fighter person but the Fatal Fury series is second for me. I actually think it's a better SNK series that KOF and Samurai Showdown.
About Marco Rodriguez becoming Khushnood Butt, it may very likely also be because at the time, SNK had a huge fanbase in the Middle East (namely Saudi Arabia and Pakistan). So, as a homage to their fans, they decided to put a hybrid of an arab/pakistani name on the character (and yes, Butt is an actual Pakistani surname)
