He's enough of a Final Boss to just drop in to other games and be legit. Just drop him in Tekken and his ambitions don't seem as insane as the Mishima Zaibatsu.
I love how every KOF tournament, shit goes down, something/someone tries to sabotage the event, yet, all the fighters attend! Priceless, best plot ever!
The fact that Igniz calls himself the lovable Igniz is the best thing ever. That and the fact that his theme is called "I am the strongest" makes me believe he was just Cirno.
Ironically, Igniz theme, Save the universe from KoF 2002UM, fits me the fight that is suppsoed to happen, not just music wise, but music title wise too.
The reason for the push with K' was because he was the protagonist of the NESTS arc, just as Kyo was the protagonist of the Rugal and Orochi arcs. Edit: Igniz is genuinely the cheapest character in all of KoF. That whip attack thing? It can forever juggle and its his POW gauge charger. Meaning, even if you block it, he's going to be ready to spam supers
And Ash was the protagonist of... whatever the Arc up to XIII was called, pity he kind of... doesn't exist anymore. As for the current, new KoF Arc... the protag is the OC DONUT STEEL dude from the chinese team, the one with pillow kid... not that you'd be able to tell, with him not being the focus of any of the promotional material, box art or the like, at most showing up in the background. He's also apparently the new disciple of terry's master (tung fu rue) and maybe his adoptive son or some stuff like that... Also, literally every villain that died is back alive now. What I am trying to get at is that the plot finds a way to get even more insane and messy after the nests arc somehow)
That's probably why I love the Fatal Fury boys and girls. They're like a ragtag bunch of people from Southtown who keep getting wrapped up in KOF conspiracies and boss battles. Like, Geese and his lackeys were one thing, but now they have to deal with the result of all these different King of Fighters arcs.
@loafhero it would since they beat a god Orochi, non perfect form but still. Anyway what could have made him god is the absorption of the energy of the top class fighters the nests old dude who he sucked up and who knows how many peolle were sucked up by him
Fun fact if Max had played it on higher difficulties he would have been subject to one of the most damaging supers in KOF history: Brutal God Project. If Igniz hit you with that one (it was more like WHEN since the move had INSANELY quick startup speed), you were a goner.
Does this special move only appear on higher difficulties? Cuz I wondered about one of those specials o Igniz, actually two since he has this blackhole attack too which he never used agaisnt Max, and the other one doing a barrage of attacks followed by energy projectiles all in one command grab(?). Also, Igniz didnt try to juggle Terry once, which is something I know about Igniz likes doing if he feels liek it.
You know, as cheap as NESTS bosses were - they were stylish: 1. Krizalid feather coat. 2. Zero/Clone Zero - Bladed Sarong. 3. Igniz - weird hooded robes with nerve linked blades and lasers (what.)
I live in Mexico and man, I have this game's UI, sound effects, announcer, boss, etc engraved into the back of my mind. I remember one of my grandmother's neighbors had an small, mostly improvised, arcade and EVERYONE was always playing this KOF (Or snowbrothers, w/e). You could hear the announcer a mile away. I also remember everyone raging on Igniz and just leaving the machine once he puts 0-1 on the scoreboard.
I can’t wait for him to get 2002, CvS2, XIII, & XIV. Also, I always found it adorable how Rock follows you around. I guess he likes watching his dad fight.
And since he liked KoF 2002 UM so much, we might get a boss rage one day, or he returns to that game later on, I mean he trained over an hour just to get some combos with Terry on May Lee. And found it as good or at least on par with the KoFXIV system/feeling of playing.
@@eruza_7716 if he does i hope the twitch chat does not make him choose characters of different teams, he should choose the characters of the protagonists of those arcs like kyo team, k' team, ash team and the new Chinese team.
It seems that in the end Max decided to play KOF 2001, one of the only 2 KOFs that weren’t made by SNK... It has never been clear to me that SNK thinks of this era because the 5 characters that weren’t made by them, but by Eolith, has treated them differently to each one: -K9999 was erased from the canon because SNK directly said they hate that character, and before you tell me that it was only because it's a clone of Tetsuo from Akira, that is part of the motives, but he was not the only one. And he was replaced for Nameless. -Angel who was missing for a long time suddenly appeared in KOF XIV out of nowhere (besides she was the partner of K9999). -May Lee hasn’t been mentioned at all (which had hurt me because she is the only one of these 5 that I really liked), until, like Angel, she came back out of nowhere as a playable character, but in KOF All Star. -Kusanagi went from being one more clone of Kyo without history (because his debut was in KOF 2002 which is a Dream Match) to return in KOF 2003 (which is canon), but instead of being a clone created by NESTS, he now it was created by Chizuru's mirror, but after that he has never been mentioned again. -And finally Igniz, I had read that if SNK had never gone bankrupt Igniz would never have existed and the final battle of the NESTS saga was going to be against NESTS itself. I thought SNK didn't like Igniz because he killed in a cinematic the character who was going to be the original final boss, and one thing that supported my theory is that Goodman (one of the 4 possible bosses of Neo Geo Battle Colisseum) was created as a parody of Igniz, but in KOF XIV it appears as one of the souls trapped in Verse, and in KOF All Star as a playable character, I’m seriously confused if SNK ends up liking Igniz or they just can't get rid of him, because although SNK never planned his creation, in the end he was an important part of the climax of the NESTS saga because of Eolith. I know that May Lee, Angel and Kusanagi appear in KOF Neo Wave, also that there were remains that indicated that K9999 was going to be included in that game, but that game was a rare SNK experiment and has no weight on the history of KOF, that's why I don't take it into account. Finally I would like to say that please stop irrational hatred of Playmore, the director of that company was the founder of SNK Eikichi Kawasaki, he created Playmore with other members of the old SNK to be able to stabilize things economically and then recover the rights of SNK IPs, also bothered to gather several of the old SNK staff members that had to leave. All this effort was made because they really cared about their games, but they got a lot of hate just for having Playmore in the name when it was always SNK. PS: Although in the end Max decided not to skip KOF 2001, now he wants to skip KOF 2003 and Twitch chat, as always not helping to make the right decision, support his decision. I hope he doesn‘t skip that game although it is not the best, marked the return of SNK, the beginning of a new saga and is very different from the previous ones. We'll see what happens at the end, at least he said he will return to play Fatal Fury Wild Ambition.
K9999 was actually a Akira reference, which they feared returning him in any game, could cuz a lawsuit, thus repalcing him and his background story withNameless, the KoF 2002UM exclusive character. May Lee was also only reappearing in KoF2002UM, but sadly never returned (besides beign a costume in KoF 2006/MI2). This whole Goodman and WAREZ parody in Neo Geo Coloseum was for SNK to mock a statement of themselves that they have gone to bankruptcy and blaming software piracy fo that (instead of you know releasing every year a game, or more, of some more or less higher quality, esp in a time when 3D was more being asked for then 2D, and SamSho and Fatal Fury's 3D attempt didnt do so well, to say the least). There is hate against Playmore? I can see some "hate" or distaste against Eolith for some wacky choices while they were in charge/control of 2001 & 2002, but I dont think Playmore has really hurt SNK, besides them laying down that additional title since KoFXIV, I believe. And yes, that confused me too, and makes it worse that we both staretd to spread the statement of Max saying he wanted(did) skip 2001, and now playing it has to do with the fact that he self reflected upon that and gave 2001 a try, esp cuz people are wacthing the Terry legacy and wants to entertain people, etc.. Poor Max needs to deal with Wild Ambition now, aka 3D and fatal Fury gone wrong (which actually killed Fatal Fury, Mark of the Wolves came around the same time afaik, the latter one also didnt sell that well). :/
K9999 was removed because he is freaking Tetsuo, they don't want a lawsuit. Funny fact: K9999 is voiced by the same VA that voiced Kaneda and Kusanagi is voiced by the same VA that voiced Tetsuo hence why they have a special intro in KOF 02
2001 is interesting to me mainly because of the striker system and how you can just go with a single character with all strikers. Your meter gain is INSANE with only one character, and the combo potential is equally insane. It's the epitome of high risk high reward.
honestly it was such a good system i wish they used it more it opened up a lot of options and made you think more about should i try use just one member of my team and all strikers or mix it up with any number of team members and strikers it was mad fun
@@ravaniphoenix5431 For not knowing the name of awesomeness and badassery that is Johnny, I hereby declare you guilty of heresy. You will absolve your sins through never being allowed to play with cats under the threat of death.
@@ismaelhiza4423 The attack animation for that super lasted SO long. It was the first time a super made me ask out loud, "Hey...is this move over yet?"
@@rampant1apart It also did 80% of your life bar, and with how long the animation was, you could feel the light fade out of your eyes slowly while it happened. Fun times.
@@sladejosephwilson23002002 Rugal is a pain in the ass but can be beaten 2002 UM Rugal however is insane, also Magaki is so cheap that he deserves a Boss Rage of his own.
17:34 "They could have made a whole game around that dude" And every Die Hard Kof fan let out a sigh in unison. 20:11 You joke Max but terry's defeated a god before.
12:30 News: “Martial artist Joe known for King of Fighters fame is under Fire for kicking the shit out of local little person. More on that story at 9.”
He is only a Terry fan because of Cvs, where he actually got to know Snk chars directly (or indirectly in a way). And to make It worse, he never checked the Snk games back then. So he doesnt know Snk lore.
@@carlosaugusto9821 max doesnt care to know. He doesnt like snk. He only tolerates it because he likes cvs. Its a shame. Snk games have so much more to them. Yuri has a raging demon on this one
I have the PS2 version of this game and it's awesome. They added 3D backgrounds and updated all character artwork. The bosses are also playable after going thru survival mode.
Conrado Javier It took me years to unlock the bosses and get 200 wins. BRUTAL AF. Ended up using Heidern and using his super to regain life to survive til the end.
Igniz DOES use his SDM on level 1 though. Could be based on how he used the team, or maybe he lucked out. The juggles... With damage like that, it's not like it really needs it
@@KuroNoTenno Krizalid as well. He worries about his employees and generally chill guy unless its time to kick ass. Its kind of funny that 2 bosses out of 4 in the NESTS saga are decent guys, while another one is traitor and another is a psychopath.
17:35 is Ron. Since SNK wants to work with NRS in a MK Crossover, him or Lin are who I think they should use as the representative. Both ninjas and deadly. Ron is the father of Duo Lon and friend of Lin. Ron used to be the leader of the Hizoku clan alongside Lin. I totally agree the Hizoka clan needs a full adventure rpg game based around them.
@@josealcantar8729 never heard that SNK wanted their beloved character to be brutally murdered for dumb spectacle Besides, Samsho pulls off the violence and death way better
Probably because he could use the strikers, Terry Solo AND get the Fatal Fury ending. Other than that, people have strange tastes. I'm glad he got to fight Original Zero and see his Lvl 1. Super.
Igniz also didnt juggle him, so we assume it was the difficulty setting. Lucky for him, otherwise Igniz could have one shoted Max basically every time he feels like it... also juddling to death when Igniz felt like it, which fits to the "god analogy", but geez, SNK didnt do itself a favor with such pattern.
17:35 Funnily enough, that dude, Ron, was to have more relevance to the story alongside Max' "favorite" character Kensou, as he was interested in his burgeoning Dragon power, but that plot line has been on hold for more than a decade. All to make way for the current arc's protags, chuunibyou: the character and a sleepy boi.
@@Mondragora99 jsut that Omega Rugal from KoF2002UM forces you to reset the run once you lose against him, which is insanely frustrating from SNKs part. I mean you need to do a perfect run to even fight him, and then that? Yikes.
@@gluesniffer2 yeah that was pretty much the whole nests saga for me, I didn't like how snk were trying to move on so much from the previous saga, them trying to not include kyo and iori in new games and then realizing fuck that's gonna piss off fans so much, and then the strikers and assists weird shit that snk had no idea how to do, the new story, almost everything about the nests saga leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, the only plus side is we got the K' maxima and kula team from the nests saga and nest kyo was so fucking cool
So here's a fun fact: Zero and Igniz do NOT have infinite meter. They have the 1 fighter/3 strikers super gauge. However, just like Krizalid and Clone Zero before them, their specials recharge their super gauge very fast and given that 1F/3S has a tiny meter and 4 stocks max, they'll pretty much max out their meter from any special making it look like they have infinite meter. And because I'm feeling generous here's another fun fact: The PS2 version of 2001 has a different set of art made for it. Some of the characters that didn't have good art were done justice. Unfortunately, that goes rather vice versa for other characters. Still, it's worth checking it out, Zero and Igniz definitely get an upgrade in this new art.
@@DarkflareEX I think you're right but it's hard to tell cause they don't always attack enough. It's their whip and capes that give them a fuckload of meter and they don't always use it. I don't think zero has infinite meter like Igniz but he does have infinite Strikers as special moves
This may be the black sheep of Kof because of many reasons, but i still kinda like it. Had fun playing and seeing my oldest brother play this game on max level and beating it with every team. One of the cheapest bosses in SNK Zero, and Igniz if you don't put it in goo goo ga ga baby lvl like how Chat tells Max to play in. Still a shame tho, in which we can't tell our man, Max to play on normal to atleast have a challenge and having fun. Also to atleast let him figure out to do shit in the game. The music aint the best, but my favorites are K' team, Athena's, The Women's, and the bosses. Also Shingo and Kensou are completely different characters. One is Japanese and a kickass fanboy like Sakura from Street Fighter. The other is Chinese and likes his waifu Athena and is in a band i believe.
Friendly reminder that igniz never made his desperate move. That thing is so ridiculous it would look right at home in one of those crazyass mugen games.
I just wish May Lee returns one day, she and K9999/Nameless are one KoF title only characters, and esp Nameless has quite some potential with its background story.
I just imagine Terry running away from the maternity ward with baby Rock in his hands, disguised as a nurse (but still with the hat on) going "Wubba wubba, I'm in the pink today!"
where is the King of Fighers game where you have to select half the roster for your team then fight the other half before fighting the last boss. King of Fighers : _War of Attrition_ *2020*
There's some okay tracks, yeah. But this game did come after two games with stellar soundtracks, so it was bound to invite some unfavorable comparisons.
Terry finally got a girlfriend that didn't die the day he met her.
Its funny that its sad and hilarious
He will never lose Mary because she's not a damsel. She's a badass like him and can watch his back.
Sulia didn't die the same day... also Mary is still distinctly not Terry's Girlfriend
@@rwg6357 she's also not dead.
@@oneyeseesin3D ...yet
I like how the Terry Legacy is basically the "SNK Final Boss" Legacy, too.
Until he played Capcom vs SNK and faced Capcom's Bison.
He's enough of a Final Boss to just drop in to other games and be legit. Just drop him in Tekken and his ambitions don't seem as insane as the Mishima Zaibatsu.
Funny thing is, if you brainwashed me into thinking Bison was an SNK boss, I probably wouldn't question it.
Pretty much.
Bison wasn't as hard as Shin Akuma
Krizalid: is fought underground
Clone Zero: is fought on surface
Original Zero: is fought in the sky
Igniz: is fought in outer space.
And they just keep ascending!!!
Magaki: *I fought you in a different dImEnSiOn*
Rugal was fought in the sea and below the sea.
Orochi was fought on the lava.
@@unholydanger And Geese was fought on top of Geese Tower.
@@Chilling_Chilling as a matter of fact you do fight Dark Ash in another dimention :D
RIP
The end of lovable Igniz makes me cry everytime.
I love how every KOF tournament, shit goes down, something/someone tries to sabotage the event, yet, all the fighters attend! Priceless, best plot ever!
They gotta get that tournament clout somehow lmao
If They Ever Go to A Kof Tournament And Nothing Happens They Would Be dissapointed
Yeah, an entire city was destroyed the year before.
Dood, it's like their only source of income. Those hot dogs in Southtown ain't free.
Yeah its like the people who still attend Tenkaishi after picolo, cell, buu, etc.
I love how anything that looks like a silhouette it HAS to be Gonuts
aren't we all just gonuts?
GTE
Gonuts traumatic experience
The real Gonuts are the friends we something something along the way.
In our universe... we call ourself goenutz
Max with any KOF XV Silhouette: "This is Rock!"
>every time a boss character appears, Max asks, "Is it Gonutz?"
Nam flashbacks, huh?
_You can never escape the Trash Head_
*[ Koko desu ka Intensifies ]*
It's basically the new iteration of "IS THAT SMOKE?!?!"
@@Dragonfly77films lol I was thinking the same thing 😂
Kokuduska
Kokuduska
Kokuduska
Flashbacks be like.....
SOU DESU NE
Max: "He's the coolest looking final boss since Omega Rugal."
it's the long blonde hair isn't it max?
Yeah if it's not blonde it's not "cool" i guess
So? What's your point, not the fault of the luscious blonde hair that its considered universally aesthetically pleasing lol
@@Kain_R_Heinlein and to thinking you know anything
@@Kain_R_Heinlein I hate blondes prefer ginger
@@Kain_R_Heinlein What do you mean by universal? You've never read Leviticus 13:30.
The fact that Igniz calls himself the lovable Igniz is the best thing ever. That and the fact that his theme is called "I am the strongest" makes me believe he was just Cirno.
Ironically, Igniz theme, Save the universe from KoF 2002UM, fits me the fight that is suppsoed to happen, not just music wise, but music title wise too.
Dudes hilarious, he literally says "God" in every sentence
Oh fuck, now I wanna see Cirno as cheap SNK boss.
He was her relative. ))
Cirno standing over Igniz's mangled and frozen corpse going "WHO'S THE STRONGEST NOW"
The reason for the push with K' was because he was the protagonist of the NESTS arc, just as Kyo was the protagonist of the Rugal and Orochi arcs.
Edit: Igniz is genuinely the cheapest character in all of KoF. That whip attack thing? It can forever juggle and its his POW gauge charger. Meaning, even if you block it, he's going to be ready to spam supers
And Ash was the protagonist of... whatever the Arc up to XIII was called, pity he kind of... doesn't exist anymore.
As for the current, new KoF Arc...
the protag is the OC DONUT STEEL dude from the chinese team, the one with pillow kid... not that you'd be able to tell, with him not being the focus of any of the promotional material, box art or the like, at most showing up in the background.
He's also apparently the new disciple of terry's master (tung fu rue) and maybe his adoptive son or some stuff like that...
Also, literally every villain that died is back alive now.
What I am trying to get at is that the plot finds a way to get even more insane and messy after the nests arc somehow)
Igniz is the cheapest? are u sure? how about the f*ckin gay named Magaki in XI?
@@ChrisVanDeJoel magaki is easily the most hated boss in all SNK man
@@MitchJustChill So true, he shares the spot with Mizuchi (Neogeo Battle Coliseum)
Actually all SNK bosses can either jungle with the same move or ToD with a SDM after a simple combo
The ending of this game is basically: a couple of Southtown kids beat up a wanna be god.
That's probably why I love the Fatal Fury boys and girls. They're like a ragtag bunch of people from Southtown who keep getting wrapped up in KOF conspiracies and boss battles. Like, Geese and his lackeys were one thing, but now they have to deal with the result of all these different King of Fighters arcs.
now imagine if that was Kim's team... a taekwondo master and two "reformed" thugs trashed a god
@loafhero bunch of the strongest misfits in the world.
The best kind of ending!
@loafhero it would since they beat a god Orochi, non perfect form but still. Anyway what could have made him god is the absorption of the energy of the top class fighters the nests old dude who he sucked up and who knows how many peolle were sucked up by him
Fun fact about Igniz: despite his appearance, he’s actually 56 years old
wait, really? dayum. that's some anti-aging cream
You sure u didnt mix that age data with his dad, NESTS?
@@evilriku1336 Josh Miller is right, that is Igniz's official age.
56 or just 50 ?
@@ChrisVanDeJoel 56
Fun fact if Max had played it on higher difficulties he would have been subject to one of the most damaging supers in KOF history: Brutal God Project. If Igniz hit you with that one (it was more like WHEN since the move had INSANELY quick startup speed), you were a goner.
Does this special move only appear on higher difficulties? Cuz I wondered about one of those specials o Igniz, actually two since he has this blackhole attack too which he never used agaisnt Max, and the other one doing a barrage of attacks followed by energy projectiles all in one command grab(?).
Also, Igniz didnt try to juggle Terry once, which is something I know about Igniz likes doing if he feels liek it.
@@evilriku1336 Pretty sure, because when I fought him and later on one of my friends he spammed it a lot on 50% hp and lower.
His defense increases as you put more people against him
Igniz does it when he feels like it, sometimes you on level 1 and he punishes your forward walk with a 85-90% SDM. Yeah, this boss is THIS nuts
I sense a Boss Rage in the future
You know, as cheap as NESTS bosses were - they were stylish:
1. Krizalid feather coat.
2. Zero/Clone Zero - Bladed Sarong.
3. Igniz - weird hooded robes with nerve linked blades and lasers (what.)
he was playing at level 2 or 3 and also fighting the boss with the choices
"I prefer to think of it as my Devastation Ensemble. I only wear it for special occasions. Y'know, Weddings, Armageddons..."
"This is where they seem to have added a lot of the beloved characters."
*shot of K9999*
Pretty dope 😎
I am not going to lie....
I like K9999.
He is my favorite character in the NESTS saga
Too bad SNK hates him
@@meganinten0078 SNK does not hate him, it was copyright problems, that's why Nameless was added in KoF 2002
@@Ova_is_Better_than_Anime he’s not wrong, he was hated so much that even mentioning his name is outright forbidden within SNKs building.
K9999 is fucking rad, if you’re a fan of off-brand Tetsuo from Akira, like I am.
I live in Mexico and man, I have this game's UI, sound effects, announcer, boss, etc engraved into the back of my mind. I remember one of my grandmother's neighbors had an small, mostly improvised, arcade and EVERYONE was always playing this KOF (Or snowbrothers, w/e). You could hear the announcer a mile away. I also remember everyone raging on Igniz and just leaving the machine once he puts 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Developers were Mexican. That's how they got angel. Same team that developed Rage of the Dragons later
Fun fact about Igniz. He can cancel ALL of his moves into EVERYTHING. And three of his attacks have an infinite juggle combo.
yeah, add to that that was the level 3 or 4 igniz not even level 8 lol
I can’t wait for him to get 2002, CvS2, XIII, & XIV.
Also, I always found it adorable how Rock follows you around. I guess he likes watching his dad fight.
Max already played Capcom vs. SNK 2 last Wednesday night, and he played The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match last night after beating 2001.
He had so much fun with 2002 um
And since he liked KoF 2002 UM so much, we might get a boss rage one day, or he returns to that game later on, I mean he trained over an hour just to get some combos with Terry on May Lee. And found it as good or at least on par with the KoFXIV system/feeling of playing.
@@evilriku1336 he did say he might do a kof legacy when XV gets a release date so crossing fingers
@@eruza_7716 if he does i hope the twitch chat does not make him choose characters of different teams, he should choose the characters of the protagonists of those arcs like kyo team, k' team, ash team and the new Chinese team.
It seems that in the end Max decided to play KOF 2001, one of the only 2 KOFs that weren’t made by SNK...
It has never been clear to me that SNK thinks of this era because the 5 characters that weren’t made by them, but by Eolith, has treated them differently to each one:
-K9999 was erased from the canon because SNK directly said they hate that character, and before you tell me that it was only because it's a clone of Tetsuo from Akira, that is part of the motives, but he was not the only one. And he was replaced for Nameless.
-Angel who was missing for a long time suddenly appeared in KOF XIV out of nowhere (besides she was the partner of K9999).
-May Lee hasn’t been mentioned at all (which had hurt me because she is the only one of these 5 that I really liked), until, like Angel, she came back out of nowhere as a playable character, but in KOF All Star.
-Kusanagi went from being one more clone of Kyo without history (because his debut was in KOF 2002 which is a Dream Match) to return in KOF 2003 (which is canon), but instead of being a clone created by NESTS, he now it was created by Chizuru's mirror, but after that he has never been mentioned again.
-And finally Igniz, I had read that if SNK had never gone bankrupt Igniz would never have existed and the final battle of the NESTS saga was going to be against NESTS itself. I thought SNK didn't like Igniz because he killed in a cinematic the character who was going to be the original final boss, and one thing that supported my theory is that Goodman (one of the 4 possible bosses of Neo Geo Battle Colisseum) was created as a parody of Igniz, but in KOF XIV it appears as one of the souls trapped in Verse, and in KOF All Star as a playable character, I’m seriously confused if SNK ends up liking Igniz or they just can't get rid of him, because although SNK never planned his creation, in the end he was an important part of the climax of the NESTS saga because of Eolith.
I know that May Lee, Angel and Kusanagi appear in KOF Neo Wave, also that there were remains that indicated that K9999 was going to be included in that game, but that game was a rare SNK experiment and has no weight on the history of KOF, that's why I don't take it into account.
Finally I would like to say that please stop irrational hatred of Playmore, the director of that company was the founder of SNK Eikichi Kawasaki, he created Playmore with other members of the old SNK to be able to stabilize things economically and then recover the rights of SNK IPs, also bothered to gather several of the old SNK staff members that had to leave. All this effort was made because they really cared about their games, but they got a lot of hate just for having Playmore in the name when it was always SNK.
PS: Although in the end Max decided not to skip KOF 2001, now he wants to skip KOF 2003 and Twitch chat, as always not helping to make the right decision, support his decision. I hope he doesn‘t skip that game although it is not the best, marked the return of SNK, the beginning of a new saga and is very different from the previous ones. We'll see what happens at the end, at least he said he will return to play Fatal Fury Wild Ambition.
I had heard K9999 was removed because he closely resembled Final Form Tetsuo from Akira too much.
Woah
K9999 was actually a Akira reference, which they feared returning him in any game, could cuz a lawsuit, thus repalcing him and his background story withNameless, the KoF 2002UM exclusive character.
May Lee was also only reappearing in KoF2002UM, but sadly never returned (besides beign a costume in KoF 2006/MI2).
This whole Goodman and WAREZ parody in Neo Geo Coloseum was for SNK to mock a statement of themselves that they have gone to bankruptcy and blaming software piracy fo that (instead of you know releasing every year a game, or more, of some more or less higher quality, esp in a time when 3D was more being asked for then 2D, and SamSho and Fatal Fury's 3D attempt didnt do so well, to say the least).
There is hate against Playmore? I can see some "hate" or distaste against Eolith for some wacky choices while they were in charge/control of 2001 & 2002, but I dont think Playmore has really hurt SNK, besides them laying down that additional title since KoFXIV, I believe.
And yes, that confused me too, and makes it worse that we both staretd to spread the statement of Max saying he wanted(did) skip 2001, and now playing it has to do with the fact that he self reflected upon that and gave 2001 a try, esp cuz people are wacthing the Terry legacy and wants to entertain people, etc..
Poor Max needs to deal with Wild Ambition now, aka 3D and fatal Fury gone wrong (which actually killed Fatal Fury, Mark of the Wolves came around the same time afaik, the latter one also didnt sell that well). :/
He will atleast play KOFXI right
K9999 was removed because he is freaking Tetsuo, they don't want a lawsuit.
Funny fact: K9999 is voiced by the same VA that voiced Kaneda and Kusanagi is voiced by the same VA that voiced Tetsuo hence why they have a special intro in KOF 02
2001 is interesting to me mainly because of the striker system and how you can just go with a single character with all strikers. Your meter gain is INSANE with only one character, and the combo potential is equally insane. It's the epitome of high risk high reward.
honestly it was such a good system i wish they used it more it opened up a lot of options and made you think more about should i try use just one member of my team and all strikers or mix it up with any number of team members and strikers it was mad fun
Fun fact: Igniz has the same voice as Perfect Cell, Dracula and M. Bison
Norio Wakamoto is the real god.
And rugal '02
And the guy from Guilty Gear. That one with the hat, the cards and stuff. I don't remember his name
@@ravaniphoenix5431 Johnny!
@@ravaniphoenix5431 For not knowing the name of awesomeness and badassery that is Johnny, I hereby declare you guilty of heresy. You will absolve your sins through never being allowed to play with cats under the threat of death.
Here's to the real hero: Troy Eigmann.
He shall never be forgotten in how Andy honors him in his moves.
Ah yes, Angel. One of the few characters who simultaneously manages to wear more and less than Cammy.
One of the few characters who fucked you over with an infinite combo at the arcades T-T
The Shadow of God Rugal looms over Max... a rematch years in the making...
@@andrako748 He's talking about Capcom Vs Snk 2 Mark of the Millennium.
@@zoroarkdx4491 Thats God Rugal not Omega.
@@llamadelreyii3369 I know that.
@@zoroarkdx4491 MARK of the millennium.
@@joshualowe959 Fixing it now.
18:00 It took me this long to notice that Terry turns his hat backwards during Power Dunk
Igniz is the "Gill" of King of Fighters. Igniz & Gill view themselves as gods.
Gill is way easier
Ha ha hahaha
They're both tied on cheapness, Gill with his damn *_Resurrection_* and Igniz with his Brutal God Project.
@@djpegao at least Gill has a meter
Wrong. Gill is more like Orochi. I mean Mizuchi.
22:24 Press F to pay respects to loveable Igniz
Max should definitely do a *Boss Rage* of this game !!!!
Why do you hate Max so much?
@@lilwyvern4 , I love Max !!
*I hate Igniz*
Yeah, Max would have to beat the game on normal or maximum difficulty using any characters he wants.
@@mr.kool97 igniz is a pain cuz of his animation, its like its expecting you to go ultra instinct.
@@lungaro2187, I agree.
Igniz follows a pattern after reading inputs.
For example :- Dp, Projectile, Projectile, Super, Throw, Super...etc
And we didn't even get to see Brutal God Project.
Is that Igniz' super?
God, that name brings me ptsd flashbacks of me smashing my head against the arcade machine raging and crying.
@@ismaelhiza4423 The attack animation for that super lasted SO long. It was the first time a super made me ask out loud, "Hey...is this move over yet?"
@@rampant1apart It also did 80% of your life bar, and with how long the animation was, you could feel the light fade out of your eyes slowly while it happened. Fun times.
@@vulcan422 Yep that's exactly the one I'm thinking of. It's the move where you know you're toast.
TROY AIKMAN! (Andy Striker) - Maximilian Dood 2019
''He has four shoes. He now has two shoes.''
Finally Max is fighting "Lovable" Igniz
Joe's portrait makes it look like he got stung on his lips
Joe's portrait looks like a DeviantArt or Tumblr Redraw.
The Eloith-era of KOF was the worst, IMO. It wasn't really "SNK" at the time.
He look like he let out a damaging fart.
@@pjomayo for some reason i absolutely love these portaits, they just flood personality to me
Portraits from home version of KOF01 were much worse.
4:39 I GET IT! She's a skinny lil' sumo wrestler! That stance, the throwing sand, the grapples, it gives it away!
She is.
This legacy just makes me wanna watch Max do a Boss Rage against every KOF boss on level 8.
'94 Rugal, Goetniz, '98 Rugal and Igniz would crush Max spirit.
@@djpegao 2002 rugal is worse then 98 rugal. Also try magaki
@@sladejosephwilson23002002 Rugal is a pain in the ass but can be beaten 2002 UM Rugal however is insane, also Magaki is so cheap that he deserves a Boss Rage of his own.
Seeing Mary and Terry together make me so happy ❤️
Just wait till you fight Magaki. He will make you BEG for Igniz to come back.
Yeah,the most hated boss on KOF series.
@@Mondragora99 He's the only boss I've yet to beat, outside of Dark Ash, though that's due to the fact I don't actually have XIII yet.
Magaki was one of the most irritated fighting game bosses ever
@@omegadragoon1544 I only best him by sheer luck, that fucker will always be a pain.
More like wait til he faces Mukai.
17:33 that animation was so sick God damn!!!
Blue Mary is my favorite KOF character.
Igniz:"Is this the end of zombie Shakespear?"
Mary and Terry, the ultimate KoF ass kicking power couple.
Igniz is my favorite KOF boss, I love his design.
Me too. But moves and voice are great too.
Isn’t he so “lovable”
17:34 "They could have made a whole game around that dude"
And every Die Hard Kof fan let out a sigh in unison.
20:11 You joke Max but terry's defeated a god before.
Isn't The Motion Picture non-canon?
12:30
News: “Martial artist Joe known for King of Fighters fame is under Fire for kicking the shit out of local little person. More on that story at 9.”
Definitely not first lets go also his reaction to young rock makes me laugh everytime
timestamp for his rock reaction in this video?
Banjo Kazooie 2:23
@@themilkman5004 thanks a ton
Mary is always Terry's love interest, every Terry fans know that, you failed as a Terry fans Max.
He is only a Terry fan because of Cvs, where he actually got to know Snk chars directly (or indirectly in a way). And to make It worse, he never checked the Snk games back then. So he doesnt know Snk lore.
laz kar but aren't KOF games a separate timeline from FF and AOF seems pretty simple to me
@@carlosaugusto9821 max doesnt care to know. He doesnt like snk. He only tolerates it because he likes cvs. Its a shame. Snk games have so much more to them. Yuri has a raging demon on this one
@@georgehernandez2156 but he loves KOF 14 too.
@@anonymous-sb1hl He said that because a lot of SNK fanboy is watching his channel.
The difference between Kensou and Shingo is that Shingo is funny,whereas Kensou is just... Kensou... 😅
Nooo, Max... Shingo is also voiced by Takehito Koyasu... I mean DIO !
@@benilinshingoseth2086 ZA WARUDO !!!
Shingo is also legitimately badass.
@@KuroNoTenno those critical hits hurt in the soul.
Kensou is friend zone
I'm glad he didn't skip this afterall, showcasing history doesn't just mean the good. Also, Igniz.
"Don't do it dolt!" Joe always has the best lines.
But... But "Wubba Wubba"!
Loved, LOVED the art style in this game.
Falcoon i believe was the SNK artists/designer at the time.
Man, and that soundtrack....!!!
Nostalgia baby!
It was actually an artist by the name of "Nona" that did the art for this game.
@@majortom331 word? Thanks for that. Very unique.
Falcoon does the art for KOF 14 and maximum impact. His designs for KOF 14 are great. It's too bad that the models did not reflect his art.
Now I can't wait to Max fight against Shion and Magaki.
The most cheap duo on KOF history.
dark ash is so cheap. he does the fucking "ouurragh ura" projectile every time. so shion magaki and dark ash is the cheap bosses of ash saga.
@@reku1emu Dark Ash is easy peasy compared to Magaki, or even Saiki who comes right before him.
@@KuroNoTenno dark ash spams the fuck out of his projectiles. and saiki can freeze u. so idk whos the cheapest
Dark Ash is not cheap compared to Magaki or Mukai.
Magaki's death rave is so frustrating lmao. So many lights'll kill ya
my friends and I always laughed at "lovable igniz"
I have the PS2 version of this game and it's awesome. They added 3D backgrounds and updated all character artwork. The bosses are also playable after going thru survival mode.
That Survival Mode had No Pause Menu, Which is Under the Gitgud Category.
@@eliasnicolasmiranda4940 & Later Ignition was bought by UTV, Which is owned by Disney, & which Later Shutdown.
Conrado Javier It took me years to unlock the bosses and get 200 wins. BRUTAL AF. Ended up using Heidern and using his super to regain life to survive til the end.
The PS2 version of KOF 2001 is a more definitive way to play the game and what it should've been on the Neo Geo
You missed Terry and Blue Mary hitting it off in a previous game cuz u didn’t choose only Fatal Fury characters to get Terry’s true ending :(
Twitch chat failed Max yet again....
@@budgiecat2885 They always do.
@@budgiecat2885 WE TRIED PepeHands
@@PhantasyStarved 'Do or Do not. There is no try' - Master Budgiecat
This is the same idiotic chat that told him to skip KOF 95 which arguably has the best AST out of all the KOFs.
Super glad he did not skip this game, if Igniz did that 85% SDM, this video would be a lot longer tho
we assume that due to lower difficulty, Max didnt come to face Brutal God Project, nor the nearly infinite juggle of Igniz's whips
Igniz DOES use his SDM on level 1 though. Could be based on how he used the team, or maybe he lucked out. The juggles... With damage like that, it's not like it really needs it
@@evilriku1336 not nearly it's a true infinite
I discovered why Igniz did not used the SDM. If you go 1 on 1 against him (with 3 strikers) he straight up does not use it.
Weird.
The boss from 2000 was a clone. Original Zero is harder than his clone. He was ashamed of his clone's betrayal. He's an honorable warrior
@Ballbust He betrayed NESTS for his own agenda. The real zero was disgusted after what the clone did
2000*
@@andrako748 glad you corrected me. I type pretty fast
Original Zero is actually a decent person lore-wise.
@@KuroNoTenno Krizalid as well. He worries about his employees and generally chill guy unless its time to kick ass.
Its kind of funny that 2 bosses out of 4 in the NESTS saga are decent guys, while another one is traitor and another is a psychopath.
17:35 is Ron. Since SNK wants to work with NRS in a MK Crossover, him or Lin are who I think they should use as the representative. Both ninjas and deadly.
Ron is the father of Duo Lon and friend of Lin. Ron used to be the leader of the Hizoku clan alongside Lin. I totally agree the Hizoka clan needs a full adventure rpg game based around them.
Wat, SNK wants a crossover with Mortal Kombat?
@@josealcantar8729 never heard that SNK wanted their beloved character to be brutally murdered for dumb spectacle
Besides, Samsho pulls off the violence and death way better
Is this the end of lovable Igniz? Most memorable line in the game.
Fun Fact If I remember correctly, Yuri has a Shun Goku Satsu in this game.
Yes loool
Poor lion got dead on space ship, will be remembered, he was a cool red eyes lion
16:30 the real me implies that he is the real Zero the one in 2000 who was the final boss is a clone
@Romàn Nauwelaers yeah
2002 UM proves it,2000s zero is called C-Zero in that game which stands for Clone Zero
Aaaaaah Kof 2001, My favorite of the series. Full arcade nostalgia feels ❤️❤️
KoF2001 is your favorite? Man, that's weird.
KuroNoTenno What if he said cvs2 is his favorite?
@@aaronclayton8958 Does CvS2 have losts and lots of problems?
@@KuroNoTenno maybe it's not perfect but, as a kid, it was the one that I played the most, so... Pure nostalgia here, man.
@@DaftPunked3811 Nostalgia is hell of a drug.
Game: "The real me shall see how mighty you really are!"
Existential Max: "The real me... The real me? The... real...me?"
Oh, he ended up playing this one after all. Kinda funny that it's the black sheep of the NESTS saga Max seemed to enjoy the most.
He enjoyed the animations and well igniz is lovable other than that kof 01 can die
Probably because he could use the strikers, Terry Solo AND get the Fatal Fury ending.
Other than that, people have strange tastes. I'm glad he got to fight Original Zero and see his Lvl 1. Super.
How to create a New God-
1. Start a drug Cartel
2. Have Norio Wakamoto's voice'
3. ???
4. PROFIT!!!
People shit on KOF 2001 but it's personally one of my favorites. Especially the PS2 version.
Maximilian don't forget to play Terry in "KOF Heroines".
It ain't a KOF without Andy saying "TROY AIKMAN!!!" 💥💪
"He has four shoes!"... "He now has two shoes"
"he stole Geese's son"......lol Max is just too much fun
K’ has a pretty cool character design in my opinion. 👍🏾
The fighting game I grew up with playing for 3 years. Robert and Clark in this game was too OP
You lucky to have avoided Brutal God Project super special from Igniz. Maybe difficulty was not high enough.
Igniz also didnt juggle him, so we assume it was the difficulty setting. Lucky for him, otherwise Igniz could have one shoted Max basically every time he feels like it... also juddling to death when Igniz felt like it, which fits to the "god analogy", but geez, SNK didnt do itself a favor with such pattern.
@@evilriku1336 Max was playing on level 2 or 3 that's an easy igniz to pick up and beat him, even level 4 is not diddicult for kof begginers.
17:35 Funnily enough, that dude, Ron, was to have more relevance to the story alongside Max' "favorite" character Kensou, as he was interested in his burgeoning Dragon power, but that plot line has been on hold for more than a decade. All to make way for the current arc's protags, chuunibyou: the character and a sleepy boi.
Igniz is *easily the hardest* of all SNK Bosses.
besides liek Rugal, Omega Rugal & that pink chewgum of a boss character from XI
Yeah, he deserves his reputation.
It's debatable, I think Magaki,Omega Rugal and Igniz are on the same level.
let me fix that for you: the cheapest spammer boss XD
@@Mondragora99 jsut that Omega Rugal from KoF2002UM forces you to reset the run once you lose against him, which is insanely frustrating from SNKs part. I mean you need to do a perfect run to even fight him, and then that? Yikes.
22:22 Maximilian dood the Pirate
"he has 4 shoes, now he has 2 shoes"
Just fucking lost it there for some reason
Awww, Terry and Mary! Their names even rhyme!
God, 2001 is such a weird game.
ya it was such a change from the previous ones it was almost a deal breaker for me.
personally besides 2003, it's the two i don't like.
@@gluesniffer2 yeah that was pretty much the whole nests saga for me, I didn't like how snk were trying to move on so much from the previous saga, them trying to not include kyo and iori in new games and then realizing fuck that's gonna piss off fans so much, and then the strikers and assists weird shit that snk had no idea how to do, the new story, almost everything about the nests saga leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, the only plus side is we got the K' maxima and kula team from the nests saga and nest kyo was so fucking cool
@@Lighthalzen I like 2003 because of how different it is, but I can't get past 2001's jank.
lol, it's my most played kof.
19:05
"That signed my shorties"
-Maximilian Dood 2019
So here's a fun fact: Zero and Igniz do NOT have infinite meter. They have the 1 fighter/3 strikers super gauge. However, just like Krizalid and Clone Zero before them, their specials recharge their super gauge very fast and given that 1F/3S has a tiny meter and 4 stocks max, they'll pretty much max out their meter from any special making it look like they have infinite meter.
And because I'm feeling generous here's another fun fact: The PS2 version of 2001 has a different set of art made for it. Some of the characters that didn't have good art were done justice. Unfortunately, that goes rather vice versa for other characters. Still, it's worth checking it out, Zero and Igniz definitely get an upgrade in this new art.
Incorrect. When you play Igniz in 2001 after you unlock him he has infinite meter
@@Kain_R_Heinlein Igniz and Zero follow meter rules in the arcade version.
@@DarkflareEX I think you're right but it's hard to tell cause they don't always attack enough. It's their whip and capes that give them a fuckload of meter and they don't always use it. I don't think zero has infinite meter like Igniz but he does have infinite Strikers as special moves
@@Kain_R_Heinlein you can confirm it through Mame cheats. But yes, Zero's strikers are free for him.
@@DarkflareEX yeah I know. I've spammed supers and 4 is the limit
Omega Rugal will come...
It is inevitable...
Max didn't fight Omega Rugal, juice KOF 2002 UM, not vanilla because it is garbage, but did not meet the requirements to face it.
@@andrako748 Even IF he did meet the requirements, he only has ONE shot at beating him or it's back to the beginning.
@@andrako748 Original 2002 is not garbage, though.
Oh I love those NESTS bosses
Me too.
The NESTS saga is my favorite
It wasn't shown here but Igniz has this insane special that just depletes your entire life bar.
"OH NOOO.....HE'S GONNA HIT ME WITH HIS FU&?!% BIRD CLOAK! HE'S GOT A TIGER AND A CRAZY ASSHOLE?!???!!!!"
-MAXIMILIAN 2019
Say what you will about the bird cloak...it's pretty damn well animated.
It's a sarong actually.
You don't tell Max who's the same character. His dad works at KOF, he's already played the new one.
This may be the black sheep of Kof because of many reasons, but i still kinda like it. Had fun playing and seeing my oldest brother play this game on max level and beating it with every team. One of the cheapest bosses in SNK Zero, and Igniz if you don't put it in goo goo ga ga baby lvl like how Chat tells Max to play in. Still a shame tho, in which we can't tell our man, Max to play on normal to atleast have a challenge and having fun. Also to atleast let him figure out to do shit in the game. The music aint the best, but my favorites are K' team, Athena's, The Women's, and the bosses.
Also Shingo and Kensou are completely different characters. One is Japanese and a kickass fanboy like Sakura from Street Fighter. The other is Chinese and likes his waifu Athena and is in a band i believe.
Friendly reminder that igniz never made his desperate move. That thing is so ridiculous it would look right at home in one of those crazyass mugen games.
I’ve seen a couple mugen chars use his BGP,but only those that are based of Igniz (such as Igniz Scarlet.)
2001 has an awesome character selection roster. For me a favorite that most people look over.
I just wish May Lee returns one day, she and K9999/Nameless are one KoF title only characters, and esp Nameless has quite some potential with its background story.
HE DID IT.
HE TOTES DID IT!!!!
HAHA I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!
There's a reason why terry is scared of having a relationship
18:00 just noticed Terry turns his cap backwards for the special move, it's a nice touch.
Kof bosses are very stylish.
Don't think I've ever been early for Max. This is a first for me.
This is a great series though. Great channel
12:54
Nothing:
Max: "Rising taco"
I just imagine Terry running away from the maternity ward with baby Rock in his hands, disguised as a nurse (but still with the hat on) going "Wubba wubba, I'm in the pink today!"
where is the King of Fighers game where you have to select half the roster for your team then fight the other half before fighting the last boss.
King of Fighers : _War of Attrition_ *2020*
I never have any problem with the music in this game. Everyone hates the soundtrack but there some are pretty banging tracks in this game.
There's some okay tracks, yeah. But this game did come after two games with stellar soundtracks, so it was bound to invite some unfavorable comparisons.
At least is better than the music from KOF 97
I mean the lack of music in KOF 97
"Fighting is brutal. You can only bet on yourself."
Two games I'd love to see Max play through, Bloody Roar and Rival Schools
Would love for him to do it