Marco Rodrigues is Peak Shoto!- Hands On Fatal Fury CotW Character Gameplay Preview 

Alright so next up in line for the Fatal Fury City of the Wovles character previews is Marco Rodrigues. Didn't he used to be called Khushnood Butt? Yes he did, and we don't talk about that anymore. He is our KARATE MAN for cotw, and every fighting game needs a karate man, and luckily for us he's actually one hell of a karate man at that! So in the vid I kinda just breakdown everything he's capable of to help you see if he's your kinda guy, so give a watch and let me know what you think!

akuma had to abandon his humanity and turn into an ogre of olde to use the giant falling chop. marco simply had to learn it from a man's dad. the gulf in power here cannot be overstated

"95% of the people watching this video are barely even aware of AoF" - Rooflemonger And so, I officially declare this "Art of Fighting Awareness Month". Art of Fighting was the first fighting game: - to have camera zoom - to have taunts - to have battle damage - to allow you to chi up and build meter Put some respect on it's name!

It’s cool to have a Brazilian karate guy, cause in Brazil there’s a large amount of Brazilians who are of Japanese descent.

I love when they can make a character who takes themself and what they do seriously, but is still fun and charismatic. Not the easiest thing to do, and from what I've seen they've nailed it with Marco.

Fun fact Art of Fighting was the first FG with Super Special moves, Ryuuko Ranbu and Haoh Shoukouken were the first of their kind

Marco like preecha is frustrating(not in a bad way) because after I got home I realized like 4000 more things I could do with them combo wise that didn't initially pop up in my head while I was playing. Combo system is super free form and lets you do tons of stuff and Marco a bit more than most even. Also shoutout to the comments asking for the vid making me realizing not everyone is 40 years old like me and that a lot of you weren't even born last time Marco was playable, cause I was gonna skip this video thinking hes just as ubiquitous as Terry until that point lol.

Marco is here to kick some..Butt

Didn't knew Brazil's Black Dynamite was this hype, but I'm all here for it

1:51 The other way around, "Ryuuko Ranbu" was in AOF (1992), "Raging Demon" wasn't even a thing at the time.

Rooflemonger realizing he's old is an interesting development

insanely exited for this game

this game’s visual design is immaculate

count me in with the number of people who are happy you are doing a spotlight video for Marco... the irony of the statement "you werent born then" is that after years of looking up obscure fighting games on the internet back in the day, i finally have a chance to play as "Khushnood Butt" and for me that's absolutely worth the price of admission alone

Marco is honestly one of my favorite fighting characters ever. In Garou his animations were so good and the impact and feeling of his attacks were so satisfying. Played him and Gato like crazy. I'm surprised how well they carried over his 2d sprite feeling to 3d. I'm hyped about this game now.

Marco finally has his original name back cool.

1:10 Dont be intimidated by Marco, try to imagine him shirtless...

OSU!! 👊🏾🥋🇧🇷 Thank you VERY MUCH for the video my friend!! Marco looks insanely amazing in CoTW, and I can't wait to play as him! 🤩 One quick note, as for his Negative Edge moves, the EX versions of them are now like the ones in the past, that you had to hold an insanely amount of time to get them. Interesting enough, Marco's EX fireball works like Ryo's regular fireball in KOF games! And I believe that was changed, but Marco's Ryuuko Ranbu, in Mark of the Wolves, used to have different versions with depending on how many times you tapped the button during the beginning of the animation, but I believe they pretty much merged all of them in CoTW. Thanks A LOT again for it, Roofle, and fingers crossed so we can get Mr. Karate Ryo in CoTW too... 🤞👺

Thanks for doing Marco next 🙏. Marco is to badass to be old news

Marco looks dope. Thanks for the video.

rooflemonger you're making the best videos in the FGC. Please continue his series

Brazilian Karate Master...I'm getting some Francisco Filho vibes

They kept all of Marco’s intricacies and idiosyncrasies!!! I’m so hype, thank god they didn’t streamline the characters

Marco fthewolves.

The art direction of this game is some of the best SNK has had in years! Butt is gonna be my main again. Hopefully he has the orange gi. Is his Hidden Gear Mashable like in part one for extra hits/damage?

Thanks for doing a preview for this character! Marco looks cool as hell and as someone that enjoys playing Ryo, he looks like he'll be a great fit for me. Admittedly, I was alive when the Fatal Fury games came out but I was definitely not of an age where I was freely allowed to go to arcades. Many SNK games were merely legends and myths I would read about in gaming magazines. lol

Hearing you say that MotW is 25 years old made me collapse into a pile of bones and dust

Man he looks awesome!!!! Im hoping they bring back either Michael Max or Axel Hawk.

I was born 11 days before Garou was released, it's bizarre the fact that Marco Rodrigues haven't been in any other game for 25 years!

Glad to see Marco back i never played him but watch those play him is awestruck

Nice video as always rooflemonger. Also I see what you did there lol 8:22

Fun trivia for the young watchers: AFAIK the "Ryuuko Ranbu" and "Haoh Shoukou Ken" are the very fist supers ever in any Fighting Game. I still remember when I saw Art of Fighting in the arcade, it had so many new mechanics and innovations (at the time) that it really felt a game from another planet. Ok now I feel old...

Love that the three characters you covered are the three I’m most interested in Edit: I would actually love Ryo to come back as Mr Karate

God he looks cool!

Khushnood won't be the Butt of jokes anymore! Although I have to admit, now I want my fighting game characters a bit nerdy and with some glasses. Sorry Marco,...wait what, a parry you say,...hmmm...

Oof, we're getting old bud. I did not even consider that a lot of people playing this weren't born when the original was released.

I love this character 🕹️ Thanks for the lore video 🥃

I can already see him being extremely popular online

I knew nothing about this guy but he looks badass and I like me a basic shoto so I'll be checking him out once the game drops. Thanks for the info!

Rooflemonger you are the goat 🔥🐐🔥 🙌

You made me realize I'm old. I know about Marco😂😂😂😂

Praise the pompadour!!!

I do like some SHOTO's! I cant wait for this game! Day one for me!

Marco is Ryu with steroids. Thanks roofle for the updates

Mr karate II def feels like a pick

If ryo gets in the game it better be as Mr. Karate 🥋👺

Im just glad Marco's name is..well, Marco. Butt what do I know

About time!¡!!! 😊

this ain't Marco this is black dynamite ohhhh yea bb

>I'm old Look, man... You don't have to attack me like that... 😢

Looks AMAZING

I truly hope this game will be successful. Sam sho, as awesome as it is, has no one playing online. I hope it won't be the same fate for this one. It would be such a pain.

Khushnood Butt is NOT old news.

It’s a reference most people don’t know but back in the day Kyokushin karate in Brazil was really strong. So Mark of the Wolf did a nice tribute to that era of karate with Kyokugen’s fictional karate that Kyokushin is based on with a Brazilian kyokugen branch in The fatal fury lore

Oh ok So he got that lunging punch thing Ryo got in KoF 99 I think when they started that move. Looks like it's actually useful now

Rooflemonger advocating for some Buriki One action in Garou. :o

I suggest dive in like this for all characters man. While we may now them the character nuances might be missed and thus need to be walked through. That said this was great thank you.

marco is so goated he only has to use one hand for a fireball

He looks so fun

My Man Marco finaly playable after all these years .

I have always been a huge fan of the Kyokugen Karate characters in these games. I have probably had Ryo Sakazaki on almost ever single team in the KOF games since I got introduced to them in Capcom vs SNK 2 and KOF99.

Marco's so fkn cool

Can't wait to try this game game. Hopefully theres a beta this year

Just a correction: Raging Demon is the Ranbu of Capcom cause Art of Fighting introduced “Supers” to the FG genre. They came up with supers. So it only makes sense to pay respect to the 1st and original super RyuukoRanbu (Dragon and Tiger Dance) - Kyokuegenryu-Ougi (Secret Art of Kyokugen Karate)

KYOKUGEN IS ABSOLUTE!! ➡⬅↙⬇↘➡➕🔵

the pompadour, the sideburns, the chesthair ... so basically he's a gorilla's shoto ... bar commandgrab maybe have to be honest didn't think of him much, but yea the video made him a bit more appealing at least ... nice ultracombomove though (yea i know KoF inspired Killer Instinct in that regard) but still i'm not seeing a stand out character for me yet ... maybe if yamazaki comes back, think he's a FF and KoF mainstay

This game looks very nice to look at and play. Hope it does well. Wouldn’t be suprised if some SF characters guest as well

I hope they put shadows in for when you break like in Garou, and the levels of his neg edge moves

Best Shoto of all time, any fighting game.

Sounds like he's gonna be my main!!!

Glad he's not the Butt anymore. What was SNK thinking of giving him that name?

Might be a little silly question but can you link a light into a heavy into a heavy special in this new game? Like i can do 5A (3 frame) into 2C (5 frame) into 236D as Jae

I'm an old head and I didn't remember Marco!

My favorite character is gonna be a challenge to fight him

Jesus man, I did not need to know Garou was 25 years ago😅😢

Did you find a few minutes to try out vox? I thought at first he was a freeman replacement but im seeing grant stuff from him, hoping he lives up to the big button hype.

Of course Kyokugen Master Mr. Butt is gonna be in this. :)

If you're feeling lost in the City of Wolves... Just holler Marco "Polo" Rodrigues lol... and you'll surely find your way 🔥🥋🔥

I think this is my game...

What is the input for break cancel in COTW? Is it the same as garou?

Great video as always @rooflemonger. 😊 Just a comment on the "Shoto" archetype. As a 2nd dan Shotokan Karateka myself, I think I can give some explanations about how the "Shoto" word have been overused since it used with Ryu and Ken for bad reasons. Even if their moves are based on Karate at start, the archetype is more defined now by the hado/shoryu and Tatsu that are obviousely not really Shotokan Karate moves... That makes the "Shoto" archetype very annoying to hear when you really practice Shotokan Karate. I would admit that Kyokugen Karate from the AoF games is pretty close of real Shotokan Karate technics but the best representant of Shotokan Karate ever created for a fighting game is Lidia Sobieska from T7/8. Her fighting style is very close of what we practice in our Dojo for the simple fact that Tastuya Naka who made her motion capture is a JKA Shotokan Karate Sensei. 😉

He looks like James Kelly from Bruce Lee's enter the dragon

please SNK I need to see Tizoc vs Big Bear / Raiden.

Kyokugen-ryu wa muteki da!

Marco is more kyokushin on crack

did he gain ryo's non fireball move; wonder if its the light version of his fireball

Sometimes I imagine that Marcos can be like Paul phoenix tekken 3 style where Paul became the “champion” of tekken 3 but no

I’m maining him just because we have the same name🤭

Wasn’t his name Cushnood Butt or something like that

He looks like dan.

The im old hit to hard

I really want to get into both this and SF6 but put off trying to move lists, combos, match ups, and frame data. I watch SF6 more than I actually play.

Why this man has my boss full name?

I would say that Marco Rodriguez is an analog of Michael Jai White. Who's with me?! ✊🏿

You didn't make a Voix Reaper video?

So why did he use to be called "Butt"? Did he have a different name in old games?

I am glad they gave him back his real name than that stupid name ‘Krushnood Butt’ .Of all names to rename him for some reason: Butt? Really? Were they trying to make him a joke character? Only a Butthead could come up with that name for him. But I digress, he and Hotaru are interesting to me. I wonder if Hokutomaru will come back?

Is there any lore behind the name 'Khushnood Butt'?

Dude just say he that 70s karate man. You know you want to

An here I thought his name was Butt