The first time I came in contact with the game was when I was 17, when King of Fighters '95 was released for the European market on the Playstation. I was hooked, by the fighting style, the art work and the characters. The game contained characters from two previous fighting games Fatal Fury and the Art of Fighting but the story line was the thing that blew me away.
The first game of the series KOF '94, centres on a black arms dealer called Rugal Bernstein, who hosts a tournament to lure fighters in his trap to kill them and turn them in stone statues to add to his collection of defeated martial artists. You can play with the veterans of the previous franchises like Andy and Terry Bogard but also a new array of fresh fighters like Kyo Kusanagi.
My most favoured fighter would be Iori Yagami introduced in KOF '94. He is part of one of the clans that helped the Kusanagi clan seal the demon Orochi from the world. Jealous of the power the Kusanagi clan hold, the Yagami clan made a pact with the demon for ultimate power. But this power comes at a price as their heirs all die young. Iori is the tragic rival of Kyo, obsessed with destroying him.
Iori Yagami
I like playing with Iori, he is seen as one of the most powerful characters in the game, albeit a bit crazy as his additional curse is - 'The Riot of the Blood', which makes him become faster, more powerful, wilder, and tends to attack anyone near him indiscriminately. Who doesn't love an insane bastard like him. ;) His voice is done by Kunihiko Yasui, and it can melt butter.
The earlier versions had some hilarious text while in Japanese it sounds all awesome, in English it's cringe worthy. As you can see in the vid above during the cut scenes.
After a long silence since 2010 a new King of Fighters is coming to the PS4. What makes this game different is that it is the first full 3D version of the KOF franchise. While I am totally in love with 2D, I am willing to give it a chance.
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