Funny you mention that, cause Iori's rivalry for Kyo is a thing BECAUSE, Kyo exists, as a descendant of the clan that ruined Iori's clan - or so they think, you know the lore i guess - so is not him just being edgy, he has a good reason to hate him.
Except KYO isn't edgy at all... wtc, get your psychological attitudes lore straight, internet. You're not kids - you're all easily older than 12, i just know it - anymore
@@nymphadoratonks9553 It was in that Challenge Mode in KOFXI where ShoryuGame did not know that he could've Easily cancel King's Fireballs with Roberts Flash Kick. Edit: But he did manage to finally Conquer King's Fireball Spam with Shen Woo's Deflector Hand.
Honorable mentions: Terry and Ryo (it was shown a lot in older Kof) Joe and King (he always likes to brag about his champion title when he sees her) American sports team and New face team (because of what happened in 97) Kyo and Benimaru Mai and B.Jenet Billy and Yamazaki
Mai and B. Jenet... the latter you have to unlock in MI2 to witness their pre-fight interaction, and vanilla XI had only Jenet (PS2 version has a bonus Mai, but the two has no pre-fight interaction) Jenet for KoFXV or BUST!
Nah, the American Sports Team's greatest Rival is the *"KOF Invitation,"* because they always let it get stolen throughout the KOF series, it was a complete Running Gag but all that stopped after the Events of KOF 97.
@@royasturias1784 I like that special intro they have in MI2 and Regulation A 😁 Mai, Jenet and Lien are ladies with the biggest cup size in the MI series. I hope Lien returns
@@joseurbina3835 I miss the American Sports Team. Heavy D. and Lucky are my favorites. I don't like Brian but it is very charming to play as a American Football Player in a fighting game ^_^
@@meganinten0078 I would like to see "Heavy D" return, without "D" there would be no "Rick Strowed" in RB:FF 2, and without "Rick" there would be no "Vanessa" in KOF 2000 and so on.
Only reason is cuz of marketing and the cinematics, otherwise its bland cuz there is legit no reason that they gave us as to why they hate each other? Thats the part that bothers me, its pretty dumb
@@kaibaman9651 I’m sorry what? Iori hates kyo due to their clans being bitter rivals, and kyo hates iori because he keeps trying to frickin kill himC it’s been stated multiple times in multiple pieces of KOF content bro.
@@bruhyougotthebeef3525 I kinda agree though . The reason for their rivalry is mad silly. " They allowed the orichi seal to weaken...we are now bitter rivals "
That would mean that Terry is Rock's big brother which would in turn make everything Terry did for Rock even more wholesome, Terry, Andy and Rock should all be part of the same team nick named Team Blondes
IORI and KYO rivalry feels strangely enough even more interesting and iconic than Goku and Vegeta itself... it also makes more sense given the ancient lore, that's what makes Iori and Kyo beef really interesting. It's also deeply symbolic.
Well considering goku and vegeta have more of a one sided obsession on vegetas part; it would make sense that you would be more invested in kyo and iori.
Bizarro KOF Alternate timeline: Iori has just added Kyo as a close friend shortly before asking him to be his best man at his wedding with Mai... Wait that's just the movie again.
I always appreciated Geese as a (evil) character and is probably my favorite SNK boss. He didn't just rely on supernatural/godlike powers. From AOF to Fatal Fury, he was a true badass and it was worth fighting him. Not a lot of KOF bosses really ever made me feel like that. Though Rugal and Goenitz were cool. Also, again, Chizuru seems to not get a lot of credit and recognition from the common public (I'm glad you do in fact highlight her, Shoryu!), especially for the fact that she's dealing with two of the biggest heavyweights in the entire franchise. She's on the same team with them this time (and not a hidden team like the other installments though in KOF R1, they were on the same team) and is their glue. Iori doesn't seem to hate her and Kyo seems to care for her. The fact she can stand between the fiercest rivalry and get them to work together deems a lot of respect in my book. I hope when KOF XV comes out, she gets at least as popular as Kyo and Iori. I always kinda thought she is to KOF as Rose is to Street Fighter.
@Reyan Mahir No no no no I wasn't talking about Shoryugamer I was talking about you! You said Overrated! Kim Vs Jhun is definitely DEFINITELY NOT NOTTTTT Overrated! DEFINITELY!!!! NOTTT!
@@crimsonmantis27 What I'm basically saying is that he could've easily Canceled King's Fireball Spam with Robert's Flash Kick on the Challenge Mode in KOF XI, Just like how I could've Easily killed the 2 *Sharks* with the "Shaman Bone" in the "Fishing Hamlet Well" in "Bloodborne" on the "Hunter's Nightmare" DLC.
First one: They both fight each other in the end of KOF 1997 and 2003 Second one: Ash pretend to worked with Saiki company and he defeated him in KOF XIII Third one: KOF 1994+1995 story, where Rugal beat and brainwashed Saisyu Fourth one: KOF 1999 rival Fifth one: Ralf always say something not nice to Whip
Heidern's another character that I respect. He wasn't in a lot of the games playable, but he was in the background a lot and has ties with a lot of the cast and story. His losing of family because of Rugal and his gaining of Leona as a daughter. I think that's why it makes his rivalry with Rugal more impactful for me. Billy and Eiji's rivalry against Iori, especially when they were a rivalry team to begin with! And then Eiji was on another rivalry team with Kasumi and Malin! I think that's cool about KOF that even though there's big beefs, there's also petty beefs and that adds a lot of character to the characters.
Great Video Shoryu! At first I thought it was about those little hidden interactions you would get when you matched up certain characters that you didn't know had rivalries. But then I realized that's not really a rivalry since not all interactions were bad. For example when Blue Mary would see her crush Terry and she would said said "Hi, handsome boy." I guess that could be another video! Thanks for the vid Shoryu!
Malin vs Yuri really took me by surprised. I didn't know they had a rivalry. Another honorable mention is Ryo and Kazumi Todoh since their fathers are rivals and ever since Todoh losing Ryo, Kazumi is wanting to take revenge and honor his father that's her story in AOF2. Terry and Yamazaki also had a fierce rivalry in FF and KOF franchise, but isn't really dwelled into. Robert and King had draw in their kicking contest another honorable mention.
I SWEAR TO GOD SHORYU, YOU MAKE A VID ABOUT RIVALRIES AND ONE OF THEM IS YASHIRO AND IORI, AND GUESS WHO LITERALLY JUST SHOWED UP WITH DIALOGUE WITH IORI!
@Reyan Mahir only Terry passed MoTW And nobody can beat Athena, in KoFXIV she wears her 14th costume (including Maximum Impact, excluding strikers, alts and goddess) The only times she wears twice the same costume are KoF12-KoF13, 2002-NeoWave and Maximum Impact games)
Due to the thumbnail I can only assume it's iori and kyo. I also wanna bring up who the hell is reiji or miu from kof howling blood? They are also apparently have sacred treasures like kyo and iori and were both only in that game.
In the GBA games the lore is a bit different as there's 10 Sacred Treasures instead of 3. All we know about Reiji is he married into the same clan as Chizuru and that he has one of the 10 treasures in his possesion. You've got Miu who has one and she's a childhood friend of Sinobu who has one as well. Then there's Jun and Moe who are also holders of their own sacred treasures. And then you got Kyo, Iori, and Chizuru bringing the total of 8/10 with the other two never being revealed. Since none of the characters have been mentioned for about 18 years it's very unlikely that any of it is canon. Which sucks cause Reiji was actually kinda dope lmao
Duo Lon and Luan (the kung fu girl wearing orange in Lin's victory animation) are childhood friends and rivals. They use similar Hizoku techniques, but Luan also uses fire and some kind of thread weapon according to her wiki. Maybe her design was the basis for Shion? Anyway, obviously she wasn't playable yet (or ever will be) but I would really like to see that.
This was a great video and quite an unspoken aspect of King of Fighters lore. One of the things I appreciate the most out of King of Fighters in comparison to Street Fighter is that we get more canon interactions between the cast. XIII had a boatload of fun dialogue between each and every character. XIV continued this but at a limited capacity. My personal favorite rivalries are Joe Higashi & Hwa Jai, Jhun Hoon and Kim Kaphwan, Robert Garcia and Ryo Sakazaki, as well as Yuri and Malin. Joe Higashi and Hwa Jai have an interesting relationship for the reasons you mentioned. Their relationship is appealing especially considering how Hwa Jai has changed as a character. Jhun Hoon and Kim are pretty entertaining due to their contrasting philosophies. Robert Garcia and Ryo Sakazaki are an interesting duo due to their rivalry. Again, it's the dichotomy of tradition as opposed to innovation. Robert Garcia interprets his teachings differently and thus has a very distinct style compared to Ryo's more traditional techniques. And if I recall the canon correctly, Robert was actually the one who demonstrated the most talent of the duo initially. He was the ace in Kyokugen whereas Ryo took longer to master the same techniques. Overtime, it's implied that Ryo is the only one who really exceeds within the pair due to his ability to become the next Mr. Karate. I think a rivalry that is rather underrated is the one between Joe and King. King is an innovative and flashy Muay Thai practitioner whereas Joe tends to focus on more traditional forms. Joe has declared King's style as a fake form of Muay Thai. This is actually reflected somewhat in reality as many Muay Thai champions will say that the medium is stagnating due to the corruption of gambling. There is currently a clash between the Old style and the New style of Muay Thai. The new style places greater emphasis on power and clinching, while the old-style allowed competitors to use a wider array of diverse techniques. While this isn't quite the same as the conflict between Joe and King, it still does reflect on the reality of competitive Muay Thai today. So I really do appreciate their rivalry a lot.
@Reyan Mahir Oooo that's a good one I forgot about Rugal and Goenitz. I enjoyed their rivalry too. K and Krizalid is also another one that I liked. I honestly hope Krizalid reappears one day.
My Personal favorite Rivalry is K' (Dash) vs Krizalid in KOF 99, it was short lived but that was a really Cool way to Fight over of who is the Clone and the Original. (Also, here's a ***Spoiler*** but who cares, Krizalid is the Clone and K' (Dash) is the Original) But in they're Chinese Manhua Counterparts, it makes their Rivalry even more Awesome. (It's not Canon but it's still a good Read nonetheless)
@@joseurbina3835 Krizalid does need to return imo. If I recall correctly, Krizalid died before Original Zero's introduction. Yet we see Krizalid in some of OG Zero's moves. More than likely Krizalid was cloned shortly after his death. So he could return. Then there's that whole thing about XIV's boss containing the souls of all the defeated bosses. So we may see Nest characters return in some way. As much as I hated fighting them, I loved the Nests characters
MOST DEFINITELY fraking enjoyed watching this one right here!!!!! Iori vs. Kyo is ABSOLUTELY my MOST DEFINITE favorite rivaly. Though, I am surprised by MOST of these rivalries, probrably forgot the rivaly between Terry vs. Ryo, just saying.
Me: sees video about KOF rivals Also me: 500 bucks say Kyo Vs Iori is No.1. But let's be real the most fiercest rivalry is KOF gamers vs SNK Boss syndrome I played KOF 96 reached Goenitz without losing and i automaticly wanted to throw my controller because he was so annoying. I was never the same at that time i didn't even realise i almost threw my controller. Great vid Shoryu
I didn't know about some of these, like the 'Yashiro / Iori' story and the whole rock band conflict. Heck, I didn't even really know Iori was a musician. Lemme guess, he plays the sax? Also I was always curious about the 'anti-Kyokugen' team and it's foundation, so I learned about that today. I also wasn't aware that Hwa Jai and Joe had patched up their differences, as KOF XIII still seems to portray Hwa as a villain (being 'reformed' by Kim) as well as still holding a general antagonistic air between the two. Honestly though I'm interested to learn about some of those honorable mention rivalries a bit more. Especially Benimaru / Shermie and Mature / Chizuru. Another rivalry I'd like to know more about is King/Joe. Joe's just a zany character, and in older games he would always flash his title belt at King to brag about the fact that she wasn't allowed to enter the tournament because she was a woman. And then there's Robert / Sie. They seem to be pals and I have no idea why aside from the vague excuse that they apparently speak with a similar Japanese Dialogue.
Fun fact: Terry and Ryo is actually a proxy war between Ken and Ryu. Ryo being a clone of Ryu (but having the same game creator, Takashi Nishiyama) and Terry acknowledging Ken as having the "same smell" as him in one of their dialogues in SVC Chaos. In the Capcom Vs. SNK, Ken even picks up Terry's cap before a matchup
Wolfgang?! And why is there is no real controversy with Geese Howard. Ryo was attempting to execute and kill Geese, in AOF2. I think that's pretty serious in our first KOF, the very first King of Fighters. tournament.
Kyo and Iori's hatred for each other has evolved and changed throughout the games. Now they dislike each other and they just enjoy fighting one another. At least Iori does. SNK heroines is canon and Iori's dream confirmed that his rivalry with Kyo is the closest relationship he has with any person. Even if it is dislike for one another. Iori doesn't have any friends, family, or relationships(anymore) besides the rivalry with Kyo.
First of all. I don't get it Second, I would like to see 'Rival Cutscenes' in KOF XV Maximum Impact 2 did that in the arcade ladders of a few characters like Terry vs. Billy, Lien vs. Alba, Lien vs. Duke, Kula vs. Nagase and Nagase vs. Mai. I would like to see those kind of cutscenes in KOF XV
@@meganinten0078 Here's my Big Smoke (GTA: San Andreas) Impression: *"All he had to do, was to just use the Damn Robert Flash Kick to cancel King's Fireballs, Shoryu."* 😂 I would take "Rival Cutscenes" for KOFXV, just like how Tekken 5, Street Fighter 4 and KOF: Maximum Impact 2 use to have "Rival Cutscenes" with Cinematic Quality over Dialogue Interactions in KOF XIII and XIV. (Even "Street Fighter X Tekken" has some pretty good "Rival Cutscenes")
@@meganinten0078 Also, why didn't you tell me that KOF Fan-Fic had a lot of swearing, Malin calling Kasumi a B***h, Yuri calling Mr. Big a P***s Head, Bonne Janet telling Gato to shove a Bo Staff in his A**, I'm not complaining, this is Crazy that I just Love it, XD But I do like the part where Kasumi Broke the 4th Wall, saying, She'll make her Pops (Todo) stop hiding and making obscure Cameo appearances, that was Funny and so True. 😂👌
@@joseurbina3835 Ah! You are talking about that video where Shoryugame tried the trials of KOF XI Poor guy 😅 Also, yeah I would like rival cutscenes in KOF XV instead of dialogues. It will depend of the budget.
@@joseurbina3835 Heh Yeah. I should have warned you 😅 Sorry. The author of the fic took some liberties. Also, that line was hilarious 😆😂🤣 I would like more jokes like that in the official games. Have a nice day Jose. I am at work at this moment
Bless you for covering the lore of these games. I hate how people sleep on SNK storylines in favor MK. What do you think of XI and the backpedaling on the Garou progression with older Terry, Gato, etc. I think it's a shame they went back to basics. Old Ryo was badass too.
Great video, ShoryuGame! I was surprised by some of them, thanks for touching up on the history of KOF. I was wondering could you give ur thoughts about the KOF 15 character trailers for the next video. Im just curious of how u feel for the upcoming game
Honorable Mentions the video missed: - Billy and Eiji vs Iori - Vice vs Saisyu As for King vs Ryo, it has morphed into some sort of "Shy Josei vs Dense MC-kun" sort of situation now.
@Reyan Mahir Not really. The only real rivalries Ryu has are are against: Sagat, Ken, Bison, and maybe Akuma, I don’t really count Akuma tho since it’s not really a “rivalry”. Akuma is far stronger than him.
Actually no surprise for us for the kyo and lori rivalry. It started from kof95 which didn't really indicate. But, from kof 96 onwards there are always special intros for them.
Eh, Kensou is never going to Confess his love for Athena, Andy is still going to keep rejecting Mai's Proposal. They're all nothing but Complete Jokes now. Edit: But hey, it's probably for the Best that will never happen anyway, Romance is Banned in Fighting Games, because we don't want one of our favorite Characters force to Retire.
@@joseurbina3835 Want to know why love lives and fighting games don't mix like how they do in Rocky films? Because game developers are worried that their plots might be as poorly developed as my endings. Don't get me wrong, MY LIFE RULES!!! :-D But the problem is that Capcom focused too much on my personal life that has nothing to do with Street Fighter's lore in general.
I am glad you put the rivalry between K' and K9999 in the Honorable Mentions. Their special intros and win quotes in KOF 2001 and 2002 are cool. Too bad we never see more of their rivalry because of obvious reasons Still, the little we saw was awesome. K9999 was like the Iori for K' The manhua adaptation of KOF 2001 explains the reason why K9999 hates K' much better The writers of that manhua did an excellent job introducing K9999
Of course Kyo Kusanagi vs Iori Yagami is on the Number 1 Spot, They're like *"The Rock"* (Kyo) vs *"Stone Cold Steve Austin"* (Iori) of the KOF series.
@Reyan Mahir You Watch the Beyblade Franchise? Ah that's Awesome Man, that was actually part of my Childhood, "Beyblade: Metal Masters" was Cool but the 1st "Beyblade (2001)" Series will always be the Best. (Only because I'm being too Nostalgic XD)
Wait with k and controlling his flames, is it only for one arm? Like lets just say that the arm he controls his flames with is cut off, will he still be able to control fire?
Hey bro I just got into to SNK Fighting game's and I love it u downloaded all of. The king of fighters arcade games, Samurai shodown, Snk vs capcom svc chaos super ultra but sad can't find a rom. Of Art of fighting series and fatal fury series that work properly
It's a one sided Rivalry. Mature hates Chizuru for being able to reunite the three clans against Orochi (I talked about it in Mature and Vice's video).
Great list and vid as always but it would’ve been kool if you done an SNK one as a whole not limited to KOF to include SamSho, Fatal Fury, World Heroes, AOF, Last Blade etc you could easily do a top 20!! My list be like 1. Kyo Kusanagi vs Iori Yagami 2. Terry Bogard vs Geese Howard 3. K Dash vs Krizalid 4. Sacred Treasures Team vs New Faces Team/Orochi 5. Ash Crimson vs Saiki 6. Ryo Sakazaki vs Eiji Kisaragi 7. Kula Diamond vs Sylvie Paula Paula 8. Tung Fu Rue vs Chin Gentsai 9. Joe Higashi vs King 10. Rugal Bernstein/Omega Rugal vs Goenitz
Can you PLEASE do a video on Mai? I just discovered your channel. I recently bought the MVSX, and am discovering many of these games for the first time. I ma in LOVE with Mai, I want to know more about her!!!
@@ShoryuGame I understand your not a big fan of hers. Having said that, she is the 2nd most recognizable character from KOF and FF. So showing her some more love on your channel, might bring in more viewers. I'm new to these games (and I'm having a blast with them), and Mai HAS helped get me into these games. She is a really unique and interesting character. Yes she is hot. But most females in fighting games are hot, but they are also "tough" and "strong." Mai embraces her feminity, all while kicking butt with a giggle and a smile.
Well Unlike Netherrealm Studio's Toilet take on the "Mortal Kombat" Story Mode (MK9 Story is still pretty Good, MKX Story was a Mess, MK11 Story did something really Weird and Stupid), SNK actully does care about the Story and Lore in their Games, so it should be no Big Deal, I'm not expecting KOFXV's Story to be Perfect, but I'm more interested of seeing one of the Characters Interacting with each other instead of just Fighting each other.
Kyo:*exists*
Iori:And i took that personally
🤣 KOF fans knows
#Dead
I swear, Iori needs to get a life, fr.
...He really did😂😂
Funny you mention that, cause Iori's rivalry for Kyo is a thing BECAUSE, Kyo exists, as a descendant of the clan that ruined Iori's clan - or so they think, you know the lore i guess - so is not him just being edgy, he has a good reason to hate him.
"It's just impossible for two edgy teenagers with fire powers to cool down."
- you absolutely nailed this description for Kyo and K' xD
except kyo hmmm idont know if i can call him edgy xD
Kyo definitely isn't edgy
Except KYO isn't edgy at all... wtc, get your psychological attitudes lore straight, internet. You're not kids - you're all easily older than 12, i just know it - anymore
They are teenagers?
KYO isn't edgy at all... lol whe will people stop confuding being edgy with being cool and serious
Honorable mention: ShoryuGame and King
Now that is a true love hate rivalry
XD
Facts lol
I agree with that statement lol.
@@nymphadoratonks9553 It was in that Challenge Mode in KOFXI where ShoryuGame did not know that he could've Easily cancel King's Fireballs with Roberts Flash Kick.
Edit: But he did manage to finally Conquer King's Fireball Spam with Shen Woo's Deflector Hand.
Kyo: *Exists*
Iori: so anyways I started blasting.
Honorable mentions:
Terry and Ryo (it was shown a lot in older Kof)
Joe and King (he always likes to brag about his champion title when he sees her)
American sports team and New face team (because of what happened in 97)
Kyo and Benimaru
Mai and B.Jenet
Billy and Yamazaki
Mai and B. Jenet... the latter you have to unlock in MI2 to witness their pre-fight interaction, and vanilla XI had only Jenet (PS2 version has a bonus Mai, but the two has no pre-fight interaction)
Jenet for KoFXV or BUST!
Nah, the American Sports Team's greatest Rival is the *"KOF Invitation,"* because they always let it get stolen throughout the KOF series, it was a complete Running Gag but all that stopped after the Events of KOF 97.
@@royasturias1784 I like that special intro they have in MI2 and Regulation A 😁
Mai, Jenet and Lien are ladies with the biggest cup size in the MI series.
I hope Lien returns
@@joseurbina3835 I miss the American Sports Team.
Heavy D. and Lucky are my favorites.
I don't like Brian but it is very charming to play as a American Football Player in a fighting game ^_^
@@meganinten0078 I would like to see "Heavy D" return, without "D" there would be no "Rick Strowed" in RB:FF 2, and without "Rick" there would be no "Vanessa" in KOF 2000 and so on.
We all know who would be number one in this one, kyo and iori’s rivalry is truly iconic
Yeah boy😍
Only reason is cuz of marketing and the cinematics, otherwise its bland cuz there is legit no reason that they gave us as to why they hate each other? Thats the part that bothers me, its pretty dumb
@@kaibaman9651 I’m sorry what? Iori hates kyo due to their clans being bitter rivals, and kyo hates iori because he keeps trying to frickin kill himC it’s been stated multiple times in multiple pieces of KOF content bro.
@@kaibaman9651 you know nothing about the KOF story
@@bruhyougotthebeef3525 I kinda agree though . The reason for their rivalry is mad silly. " They allowed the orichi seal to weaken...we are now bitter rivals "
Man the reference to the Terry being Geese's son theory was gold
That would be way too Tekken-ish
or Star Wars-ish if that were true.
Man, I so want SNK to reveal that.
I feel like it would be better if Andy is Geese's biological son instead of Terry. Andy resembles a young version of Geese.
Initially, SNK was GOING to reveal Andy as Geese's biological son... but they decided against it.
That would mean that Terry is Rock's big brother which would in turn make everything Terry did for Rock even more wholesome, Terry, Andy and Rock should all be part of the same team nick named Team Blondes
IORI and KYO rivalry feels strangely enough even more interesting and iconic than Goku and Vegeta itself... it also makes more sense given the ancient lore, that's what makes Iori and Kyo beef really interesting. It's also deeply symbolic.
Well considering goku and vegeta have more of a one sided obsession on vegetas part; it would make sense that you would be more invested in kyo and iori.
"... but strive towards a goal..."
*shows GGStrive footage
Well played, Shoryu
The good young wolf and the mean old Goose that got me
"The angel with the heart of gold: Rugal Bernstein" AJAJAJAJAJAJAJA!!!
I swear to god that laugh is making me crazy
Bizarro KOF Alternate timeline:
Iori has just added Kyo as a close friend shortly before asking him to be his best man at his wedding with Mai...
Wait that's just the movie again.
Oh fuck, that's what happened?
@@alehernandez4373 Pretty much.
So many female characters and they went with Mai?!?!
@@priscillam.t.6215 Mai is extremely popular
@@marche800 I get it on the business side but what the actual f**ck happened to Andy in story?
Haha "strive towards a goal" as you cut to Strive footage. I see you.
I always appreciated Geese as a (evil) character and is probably my favorite SNK boss. He didn't just rely on supernatural/godlike powers. From AOF to Fatal Fury, he was a true badass and it was worth fighting him. Not a lot of KOF bosses really ever made me feel like that. Though Rugal and Goenitz were cool.
Also, again, Chizuru seems to not get a lot of credit and recognition from the common public (I'm glad you do in fact highlight her, Shoryu!), especially for the fact that she's dealing with two of the biggest heavyweights in the entire franchise. She's on the same team with them this time (and not a hidden team like the other installments though in KOF R1, they were on the same team) and is their glue. Iori doesn't seem to hate her and Kyo seems to care for her. The fact she can stand between the fiercest rivalry and get them to work together deems a lot of respect in my book. I hope when KOF XV comes out, she gets at least as popular as Kyo and Iori. I always kinda thought she is to KOF as Rose is to Street Fighter.
You're not wrong about the comparison between Chizuru and Rose. Also, it's hard to hate Chizuru, unless you're a Hakkesshu member.
How's ROSE that important to SF though
Underrated rivalry in KOF
Kim Kaphwan and Jhun Hoon
@Reyan Mahir are you high?
We barely saw that?
@Reyan Mahir No no no no
I wasn't talking about Shoryugamer
I was talking about you!
You said Overrated! Kim Vs Jhun is definitely DEFINITELY NOT
NOTTTTT Overrated!
DEFINITELY!!!! NOTTT!
@Reyan Mahir yes!
I did lol because that's what overrated means
Kensou vs Unriquited love
Damn I was waiting for a comment like this
Fiercest rivalry for almost all Men.
Wait, there’s a KOF movie? The hell? Another good list, mate. Great to see the rivalries of old and new, as well as, famous and not-so-famous.
Shoryu and king true rivals
thats so true
Big Smoke Impression: *"All he had to do, was just using the Damn Robert Flash Kick on those Fire Balls, Shoryu!"*
@@joseurbina3835 uhhh
@@joseurbina3835 I kinda not understand but ok
@@crimsonmantis27 What I'm basically saying is that he could've easily Canceled King's Fireball Spam with Robert's Flash Kick on the Challenge Mode in KOF XI,
Just like how I could've Easily killed the 2 *Sharks* with the "Shaman Bone" in the "Fishing Hamlet Well" in "Bloodborne" on the "Hunter's Nightmare" DLC.
Honorable mention:
Yamazaki and Billy
Ash and Saiki
Rugal and Saisyu Kusanagi
K’ and Krizalid
Whip and Ralf
First one: They both fight each other in the end of KOF 1997 and 2003
Second one: Ash pretend to worked with Saiki company and he defeated him in KOF XIII
Third one: KOF 1994+1995 story, where Rugal beat and brainwashed Saisyu
Fourth one: KOF 1999 rival
Fifth one: Ralf always say something not nice to Whip
ultimate frick
@@crimsonmantis27 i hate you
@@whip1703 bruh
@@whip1703
i thought you're going to simp jail
Heidern's another character that I respect. He wasn't in a lot of the games playable, but he was in the background a lot and has ties with a lot of the cast and story. His losing of family because of Rugal and his gaining of Leona as a daughter. I think that's why it makes his rivalry with Rugal more impactful for me.
Billy and Eiji's rivalry against Iori, especially when they were a rivalry team to begin with!
And then Eiji was on another rivalry team with Kasumi and Malin!
I think that's cool about KOF that even though there's big beefs, there's also petty beefs and that adds a lot of character to the characters.
Great Video Shoryu! At first I thought it was about those little hidden interactions you would get when you matched up certain characters that you didn't know had rivalries. But then I realized that's not really a rivalry since not all interactions were bad. For example when Blue Mary would see her crush Terry and she would said said "Hi, handsome boy." I guess that could be another video! Thanks for the vid Shoryu!
Great video, always a pleasure when Angel shows up on your top tens.
Malin vs Yuri really took me by surprised. I didn't know they had a rivalry. Another honorable mention is Ryo and Kazumi Todoh since their fathers are rivals and ever since Todoh losing Ryo, Kazumi is wanting to take revenge and honor his father that's her story in AOF2. Terry and Yamazaki also had a fierce rivalry in FF and KOF franchise, but isn't really dwelled into. Robert and King had draw in their kicking contest another honorable mention.
Kasumi only wants to defeat Ryo to get her dad out of hiding really.
I SWEAR TO GOD SHORYU, YOU MAKE A VID ABOUT RIVALRIES AND ONE OF THEM IS YASHIRO AND IORI, AND GUESS WHO LITERALLY JUST SHOWED UP WITH DIALOGUE WITH IORI!
Ikr? And he is still holding a grudge against Iori. Totally deserving the 3rd place.
Yashiro Nanakase is back! Let’s GO!!! This means Chris and Shermie are pretty much confirmed.
Kyo VS Wearing the same jacket for 2 games straight
We fighters almost always wear
the same sh!t in every game.
Athena beats kyo at this rilvalry
@Reyan Mahir only Terry passed MoTW
And nobody can beat Athena, in KoFXIV she wears her 14th costume (including Maximum Impact, excluding strikers, alts and goddess)
The only times she wears twice the same costume are KoF12-KoF13, 2002-NeoWave and Maximum Impact games)
Ryu left the chat
The movie doesn't count
- ShoryuGame
This alone is enough to give this video an instant like
12:33, that’s more a lover’s squabble than a rivalry
my personal favorite:
K' vs. Krizalid
Due to the thumbnail I can only assume it's iori and kyo.
I also wanna bring up who the hell is reiji or miu from kof howling blood?
They are also apparently have sacred treasures like kyo and iori and were both only in that game.
In the GBA games the lore is a bit different as there's 10 Sacred Treasures instead of 3. All we know about Reiji is he married into the same clan as Chizuru and that he has one of the 10 treasures in his possesion. You've got Miu who has one and she's a childhood friend of Sinobu who has one as well. Then there's Jun and Moe who are also holders of their own sacred treasures. And then you got Kyo, Iori, and Chizuru bringing the total of 8/10 with the other two never being revealed. Since none of the characters have been mentioned for about 18 years it's very unlikely that any of it is canon. Which sucks cause Reiji was actually kinda dope lmao
@@PoemsEverybody i think they are from different universe?
@@eddys9311 Yeah its an AU where NESTS and Ash sagas don't happen
or Jin
3 honourable mentions:
Iori vs Billy
Iori vs Eiji
K9999 vs Kusanagi
Honorable mention: Terry and Ryo, the first two Kings of Fighters.
The OGs
Duo Lon and Luan (the kung fu girl wearing orange in Lin's victory animation) are childhood friends and rivals. They use similar Hizoku techniques, but Luan also uses fire and some kind of thread weapon according to her wiki. Maybe her design was the basis for Shion? Anyway, obviously she wasn't playable yet (or ever will be) but I would really like to see that.
Knew the no 1 spot from the beginning but was still waiting to hear it 😂
Amazing review!
Thanks!
This was a great video and quite an unspoken aspect of King of Fighters lore. One of the things I appreciate the most out of King of Fighters in comparison to Street Fighter is that we get more canon interactions between the cast. XIII had a boatload of fun dialogue between each and every character. XIV continued this but at a limited capacity.
My personal favorite rivalries are Joe Higashi & Hwa Jai, Jhun Hoon and Kim Kaphwan, Robert Garcia and Ryo Sakazaki, as well as Yuri and Malin. Joe Higashi and Hwa Jai have an interesting relationship for the reasons you mentioned. Their relationship is appealing especially considering how Hwa Jai has changed as a character. Jhun Hoon and Kim are pretty entertaining due to their contrasting philosophies.
Robert Garcia and Ryo Sakazaki are an interesting duo due to their rivalry. Again, it's the dichotomy of tradition as opposed to innovation. Robert Garcia interprets his teachings differently and thus has a very distinct style compared to Ryo's more traditional techniques. And if I recall the canon correctly, Robert was actually the one who demonstrated the most talent of the duo initially. He was the ace in Kyokugen whereas Ryo took longer to master the same techniques. Overtime, it's implied that Ryo is the only one who really exceeds within the pair due to his ability to become the next Mr. Karate.
I think a rivalry that is rather underrated is the one between Joe and King. King is an innovative and flashy Muay Thai practitioner whereas Joe tends to focus on more traditional forms. Joe has declared King's style as a fake form of Muay Thai. This is actually reflected somewhat in reality as many Muay Thai champions will say that the medium is stagnating due to the corruption of gambling. There is currently a clash between the Old style and the New style of Muay Thai. The new style places greater emphasis on power and clinching, while the old-style allowed competitors to use a wider array of diverse techniques. While this isn't quite the same as the conflict between Joe and King, it still does reflect on the reality of competitive Muay Thai today. So I really do appreciate their rivalry a lot.
@Reyan Mahir Oooo that's a good one
I forgot about Rugal and Goenitz. I enjoyed their rivalry too. K and Krizalid is also another one that I liked. I honestly hope Krizalid reappears one day.
My Personal favorite Rivalry is K' (Dash) vs Krizalid in KOF 99, it was short lived but that was a really Cool way to Fight over of who is the Clone and the Original. (Also, here's a ***Spoiler*** but who cares, Krizalid is the Clone and K' (Dash) is the Original)
But in they're Chinese Manhua Counterparts, it makes their Rivalry even more Awesome. (It's not Canon but it's still a good Read nonetheless)
@@joseurbina3835 Krizalid does need to return imo. If I recall correctly, Krizalid died before Original Zero's introduction. Yet we see Krizalid in some of OG Zero's moves. More than likely Krizalid was cloned shortly after his death. So he could return.
Then there's that whole thing about XIV's boss containing the souls of all the defeated bosses. So we may see Nest characters return in some way. As much as I hated fighting them, I loved the Nests characters
Joe and Hwa Jai rivalry is great
I'm not too familiar of SNK but I do find some of the characters lore interesting. Especially Terry Bogard. I really like these videos.
You should play all of the Fatal Fury/Garō Densetsu games.
Ryo Vs Terry should've been on here. The idea of "Ryo Vs Terry" is practically the reason KoF was created in the first place.
MOST DEFINITELY fraking enjoyed watching this one right here!!!!!
Iori vs. Kyo is ABSOLUTELY my MOST DEFINITE favorite rivaly.
Though, I am surprised by MOST of these rivalries, probrably forgot the rivaly between Terry vs. Ryo, just saying.
The angel with the heart of gold, Rugal Bernstein
I love Mature and Vice's dynamic rivalry and they're fun to play as.
I think Kuia and K and K9999 and K are worth a mention too.
Everyone knows the Top 1, you're just watching for 9 previous entries
I love how all CYS and Kyo want out of life is "punch the readhead."
*Looks at title*
"Alright! Place your bets! Kyo vs Iori at #1!"
Spoiler: *It's them!*
Does it really count as a spoiler though
Quality over quantity videos absolute G O L D!
9:04 When Yashiro punch Iori with several time in his KOF XV trailer! I know anyone can watch that! We glad that Yashiro have a comeback!
Another great vid! I didn't know Yuri and Malin were rivals.
well the thumbnail not really suprising xD
but yeah
kyo vs iori will always be one of iconic fighting game rivalry
Angel: Has Foxy been finished off yet?
Kula: How's K9999?
I think we all know where that conversation went
Comeback of the century! 😆
Poor K9999
Angel lost her friend :(
You forgot Ryo vs Terry. They even talk about how many matches they've done after how many years they fought each other.
I like how every other character are friends with their rivals, then you got Iori and Kyo. And then you got Heidern and Rugal
Great video man! Surprised no Billy vs Yamazaki
Iori and kyo just need to get a room and they’re done
poor Chizuru, she is stuck babysitting 2 grown man that cant stop trying to kill each other...
5:42 "the angel with a heart of gold, Rugal Bernstein" made me spit out my coffee 😁😁😁
Is it hot?
Me: sees video about KOF rivals
Also me: 500 bucks say Kyo Vs Iori is No.1.
But let's be real the most fiercest rivalry is
KOF gamers vs SNK Boss syndrome
I played KOF 96 reached Goenitz without losing and i automaticly wanted to throw my controller because he was so annoying. I was never the same at that time i didn't even realise i almost threw my controller. Great vid Shoryu
Never been early in each video you uploaded dude but I really really enjoy your content!
Glad you like them!
I didn't know about some of these, like the 'Yashiro / Iori' story and the whole rock band conflict. Heck, I didn't even really know Iori was a musician. Lemme guess, he plays the sax? Also I was always curious about the 'anti-Kyokugen' team and it's foundation, so I learned about that today. I also wasn't aware that Hwa Jai and Joe had patched up their differences, as KOF XIII still seems to portray Hwa as a villain (being 'reformed' by Kim) as well as still holding a general antagonistic air between the two. Honestly though I'm interested to learn about some of those honorable mention rivalries a bit more. Especially Benimaru / Shermie and Mature / Chizuru.
Another rivalry I'd like to know more about is King/Joe. Joe's just a zany character, and in older games he would always flash his title belt at King to brag about the fact that she wasn't allowed to enter the tournament because she was a woman.
And then there's Robert / Sie. They seem to be pals and I have no idea why aside from the vague excuse that they apparently speak with a similar Japanese Dialogue.
Fun fact: Terry and Ryo is actually a proxy war between Ken and Ryu.
Ryo being a clone of Ryu (but having the same game creator, Takashi Nishiyama) and Terry acknowledging Ken as having the "same smell" as him in one of their dialogues in SVC Chaos. In the Capcom Vs. SNK, Ken even picks up Terry's cap before a matchup
Man this video was so much fun t0 watch and y0u are getting better with y0ur sense 0f hum0r with every vide0. Keep making great vide0 SG :).
Much appreciated!
@@ShoryuGame U Deserve it.
Wolfgang?! And why is there is no real controversy with Geese Howard.
Ryo was attempting to execute and kill Geese, in AOF2. I think that's pretty serious in our first KOF, the very first King of Fighters. tournament.
Even before I would start the video, I knew that Kyo and Iori will be in the 1st position.
Vice vs Mature: fight to prove who's the strongest
Iori: and i took that personality
Kyo and Iori's hatred for each other has evolved and changed throughout the games. Now they dislike each other and they just enjoy fighting one another. At least Iori does. SNK heroines is canon and Iori's dream confirmed that his rivalry with Kyo is the closest relationship he has with any person. Even if it is dislike for one another.
Iori doesn't have any friends, family, or relationships(anymore) besides the rivalry with Kyo.
I used to say this to describe Kyo & Iori they are SNK's version of Bloods Vs Crips
What a cute relationship,
Another great video as always, awesome
Thanks again!
There should be "Rival Cutscene" of ShoryuGame vs King in the Arcade Mode of KOFXV,
Just like how "Street Fighter 4" did with it's "Rival Cutscenes."
First of all.
I don't get it
Second, I would like to see 'Rival Cutscenes' in KOF XV
Maximum Impact 2 did that in the arcade ladders of a few characters like Terry vs. Billy, Lien vs. Alba, Lien vs. Duke, Kula vs. Nagase and Nagase vs. Mai.
I would like to see those kind of cutscenes in KOF XV
@@meganinten0078 Here's my Big Smoke (GTA: San Andreas) Impression: *"All he had to do, was to just use the Damn Robert Flash Kick to cancel King's Fireballs, Shoryu."* 😂
I would take "Rival Cutscenes" for KOFXV, just like how Tekken 5, Street Fighter 4 and KOF: Maximum Impact 2 use to have "Rival Cutscenes" with Cinematic Quality over Dialogue Interactions in KOF XIII and XIV.
(Even "Street Fighter X Tekken" has some pretty good "Rival Cutscenes")
@@meganinten0078 Also, why didn't you tell me that KOF Fan-Fic had a lot of swearing,
Malin calling Kasumi a B***h, Yuri calling Mr. Big a P***s Head, Bonne Janet telling Gato to shove a Bo Staff in his A**, I'm not complaining, this is Crazy that I just Love it, XD
But I do like the part where Kasumi Broke the 4th Wall, saying, She'll make her Pops (Todo) stop hiding and making obscure Cameo appearances, that was Funny and so True. 😂👌
@@joseurbina3835 Ah!
You are talking about that video where Shoryugame tried the trials of KOF XI
Poor guy 😅
Also, yeah I would like rival cutscenes in KOF XV instead of dialogues.
It will depend of the budget.
@@joseurbina3835 Heh
Yeah.
I should have warned you 😅
Sorry.
The author of the fic took some liberties.
Also, that line was hilarious 😆😂🤣
I would like more jokes like that in the official games.
Have a nice day Jose.
I am at work at this moment
great video. I always liked Ralf and Clark
How he put Kyo and Iori above Terry vs Geese is beyond me
The irony is that Angel and Kula will be on the same team in KOFXV
Bless you for covering the lore of these games. I hate how people sleep on SNK storylines in favor MK.
What do you think of XI and the backpedaling on the Garou progression with older Terry, Gato, etc. I think it's a shame they went back to basics. Old Ryo was badass too.
Honorable mention: Kensou vs getting friend-zoned
I don't know who my fav is, but Geese vs Yamazaki is a pretty underrated one.
Great video, ShoryuGame! I was surprised by some of them, thanks for touching up on the history of KOF. I was wondering could you give ur thoughts about the KOF 15 character trailers for the next video. Im just curious of how u feel for the upcoming game
I talk about the trailers in the let's play videos.
@@ShoryuGame ok thank u! Will go for a watch. Also my fav rivalry is definitely Iori vs Kyo
Honorable Mentions the video missed:
- Billy and Eiji vs Iori
- Vice vs Saisyu
As for King vs Ryo, it has morphed into some sort of "Shy Josei vs Dense MC-kun" sort of situation now.
I love Ralph and K’’s rivalry lol. It always humored me how K’ (who’s presumed to be around 18-20) can piss off a man who’s pushing 40
It's actually the other way around
@@ALI_872K Still fun either way. Love those two
Crazy to know that Ralf Jones is 5 years older than his Bro, Clark Still. 😂
I like the Rugal video you did and Rugal may have been the big bad of the first two games but he was just a pawn to Goenitz to revive Orochi
"Angel with the heart of gold" that made me laugh so hard🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The old rivality between Terry and Geese, and Terry and Ryo, or Terry and Billy, Terry with Andy, Terry and Yamazaki, Terry and Kyo or Terry and Kim.
Terry has a lot of rivalries when you think about it
Yea i'm surprised Terry vs Ryo didn't at least get an honorable mention.
@Reyan Mahir good for him
@Reyan Mahir Not really. The only real rivalries Ryu has are are against: Sagat, Ken, Bison, and maybe Akuma, I don’t really count Akuma tho since it’s not really a “rivalry”. Akuma is far stronger than him.
0:19 I saw what you did there... you cheeky cheeky man you!!!
Actually no surprise for us for the kyo and lori rivalry. It started from kof95 which didn't really indicate. But, from kof 96 onwards there are always special intros for them.
You forgot Kensou vs The Friendzone.
Andy VS The Stalking Ninja Babe
Eh, Kensou is never going to Confess his love for Athena, Andy is still going to keep rejecting Mai's Proposal.
They're all nothing but Complete Jokes now.
Edit: But hey, it's probably for the Best that will never happen anyway, Romance is Banned in Fighting Games, because we don't want one of our favorite Characters force to Retire.
@@joseurbina3835
Want to know why love lives and fighting games don't mix like how they do in Rocky films?
Because game developers are worried that their plots might be as poorly developed as my endings.
Don't get me wrong, MY LIFE RULES!!! :-D
But the problem is that Capcom focused too much on my personal life that has nothing to do with Street Fighter's lore in general.
@Reyan Mahir
They did?!
Did Garou: Mark of the Wolves ever mentioned that between the two?
@Reyan Mahir
Oh, thanks for the info.
I am glad you put the rivalry between K' and K9999 in the Honorable Mentions.
Their special intros and win quotes in KOF 2001 and 2002 are cool.
Too bad we never see more of their rivalry because of obvious reasons
Still, the little we saw was awesome.
K9999 was like the Iori for K'
The manhua adaptation of KOF 2001 explains the reason why K9999 hates K' much better
The writers of that manhua did an excellent job introducing K9999
Ryo an terry, king an mai, billy an iori, kyo an ash, ash an elizabeth,iori an ash, the three tigers joe ,ramon ,an robert
Kyo: **Exists**
Iori: and That was his big mistake
Of course Kyo Kusanagi vs Iori Yagami is on the Number 1 Spot,
They're like *"The Rock"* (Kyo) vs *"Stone Cold Steve Austin"* (Iori) of the KOF series.
@Reyan Mahir You Watch the Beyblade Franchise?
Ah that's Awesome Man, that was actually part of my Childhood,
"Beyblade: Metal Masters" was Cool but the 1st "Beyblade (2001)" Series will always be the Best. (Only because I'm being too Nostalgic XD)
Nah they are like Goku (Kyo) vs Vegeta (Iori)
Iori is closer to Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho) in terms of personality.
Wait with k and controlling his flames, is it only for one arm?
Like lets just say that the arm he controls his flames with is cut off, will he still be able to control fire?
Good countdown.
I like the rivalry between
Lien vs Duke,
Nagase vs. Kula,
Mai vs. Nagase,
Mignon vs Ninon
Luise vs. Jivatma
If there's 1 thing that Video Games, Comic Books, Anime, TV shows, Sports, etc; all have in common:
They always have a buttload of great rivalries.
Hey bro I just got into to SNK Fighting game's and I love it u downloaded all of. The king of fighters arcade games, Samurai shodown, Snk vs capcom svc chaos super ultra but sad can't find a rom. Of Art of fighting series and fatal fury series that work properly
Now we can see Yashiro and Iori duke it once again in KOF 15, now that the New Faces Team is returning!
Great video! But can you quickly explain the Mature Vs Chizuru rivalry from the honorable mentions?
It's a one sided Rivalry. Mature hates Chizuru for being able to reunite the three clans against Orochi (I talked about it in Mature and Vice's video).
billy and iori would be a great one as well as vice vs literally any old man but specifically saisyu
I love and appreciate your chanel :)
Thank you so much 😊
At 7:58 if you look closely to the background you can see Chizuru
Great list and vid as always but it would’ve been kool if you done an SNK one as a whole not limited to KOF to include SamSho, Fatal Fury, World Heroes, AOF, Last Blade etc you could easily do a top 20!! My list be like
1. Kyo Kusanagi vs Iori Yagami
2. Terry Bogard vs Geese Howard
3. K Dash vs Krizalid
4. Sacred Treasures Team vs New Faces Team/Orochi
5. Ash Crimson vs Saiki
6. Ryo Sakazaki vs Eiji Kisaragi
7. Kula Diamond vs Sylvie Paula Paula
8. Tung Fu Rue vs Chin Gentsai
9. Joe Higashi vs King
10. Rugal Bernstein/Omega Rugal vs Goenitz
Can you PLEASE do a video on Mai? I just discovered your channel. I recently bought the MVSX, and am discovering many of these games for the first time. I ma in LOVE with Mai, I want to know more about her!!!
I talked about her a bit in my top 10 fire users.
@@ShoryuGame I understand your not a big fan of hers. Having said that, she is the 2nd most recognizable character from KOF and FF. So showing her some more love on your channel, might bring in more viewers.
I'm new to these games (and I'm having a blast with them), and Mai HAS helped get me into these games. She is a really unique and interesting character. Yes she is hot. But most females in fighting games are hot, but they are also "tough" and "strong." Mai embraces her feminity, all while kicking butt with a giggle and a smile.
That's not too unique for female fighters Mikey.
Story mode for KOF XV gonna be awesome i hope
Well Unlike Netherrealm Studio's Toilet take on the "Mortal Kombat" Story Mode (MK9 Story is still pretty Good, MKX Story was a Mess, MK11 Story did something really Weird and Stupid),
SNK actully does care about the Story and Lore in their Games, so it should be no Big Deal, I'm not expecting KOFXV's Story to be Perfect, but I'm more interested of seeing one of the Characters Interacting with each other instead of just Fighting each other.
Thank you so much 👍❤
You're welcome 😊