Krauser is one of the MOST IMPRESSIVE BOSSES from the SNK Universe (Instead of the eternally tired Zombie Geese)....even in KOF 98 UM he was able to fight hand to hand alone against Orochi, Omega Rugal and Goenitz!!! Krauser DESERVES to be included in More games!!
Wolfgang Krauser: Birthdate: 1954 Birthplace: Germany Height: 6'7" ((200 cm)) Weight: 320 lbs ((145 kg)) Background: About forty years before Fatal Fury takes place, Michael, the present head of the Stroheim family, lost his son and wife in an aerial accident. His granddaughter, Elza, was the only living descendant and no male heirs were available to them. Sometime later, Elza fell in love with a man named Rudolph, who won a martial arts tournament. As she was expecting a child, Elza asked her grandfather to approve of her marriage with Rudolph. Left with no say in the matter, Michael begrudgingly agreed. Since he became a part of the Stroheim family, Rudolph was forced to leave his wife and child in America, Maria and Geese. When Krauser was nine years old, a boy tried to assassinate his father. This boy was Geese who blamed Rudolph for leaving his mother to die from sickness. Surprisingly, Krauser defeated the would-be assassin and would have killed him if he wasn't restrained by Rudolph. Since then, Geese has always feared his younger half-brother. When Krauser was older, his great-grandfather died and Rudolph became head of the family. Elza also passed away around the same time. Learning that her husband still loved his old wife over her, Elza had drunk her sorrows away with liquor and died with a frail body. On his sixteenth birthday, Wolfgang challenged his father to a duel a day after Elza's funeral. Although observers were in favor of Rudolph's victory, Krauser killed him in one blow. Thus, Krauser became the undisputed and strongest Earl of Stroheim in the family's history, ruling Stroheim Castle. Sometime after this event, he fought with Jeff Bogard and Hanzo Shiranui, Mai's grandfather. The two fighters were able to strike Krauser's forehead, which left a cross scar that refused to completely heal. He returned to his country and continued to attend to his family's legacy.
Cool thing about Krauser is that he's not your typical villain, instead, he's an honorable fighter looking for the greatest challenges. Also, the "Kaiser Wave" shout in this game is the best ever, in his subsequent appearances, it never had the same power.
If SNK brought Krauser back along with Vice and Mature for KOF 15, I would've fell out my recliner. Back in 93 we were mindblown seeing this in the arcade. Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury 2 Special and Samurai Shodown rocked the fighting scene in 92 and 93. Then KOF94 and Samsho 2 the following year was just beyond epic! These games coupled with the Fatal Fury animated movies had SNK running the 2d fighting scene from 1993-1995.
14:07 Billy said "If I'm about to go down this round in less than 25 secs, then I might as well deny you a Perfect!" Wolfgang Krauser. Honestly my favorite SNK villain (yes, even more than *Geese* himself) who I wish he and his right hand man Lawrence Blood would be in more games. Maybe they'll show up in the next Garou?
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Impressive looking projectile that actually is unimpressive in function. But gladly these big projectiles in early SNK games dont always work that way. Even the own Kaiser Wave in KOF 96 isnt as much weak (though it loses to some super projectiles that it wasnt supposed to).
