The Story of Vanessa - KOF Lore
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- Vanessa, left an everlasting impression on the fans, both with her fists and charisma the moment she was added to the King Of Fighters franchise.
Vanessa was created alongside a number of middle aged characters like Maxima, Seth and Lin, to balance a bit the roster that was dominated mostly by teenagers. which makes her the oldest female figure in the series.
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"Secret Circumstances" from The King of Fighters XIV
"Crystal" from The King of Fighters 2000
"KD-0084 (Arranged)" from The King of Fighters 2000
"Undercover" from The King of Fighters 2002 UM
"Secret Circumstances" from The King of Fighters XI
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That's a grown ass woman in a fighting game!
There aren't nearly enough of them, especially in Japanese games.
Uhhhh, the most famous female fighting game character is a grown ass woman lol. Chun Li
Jezza
Thank u,Sometimes I wonder if people read the comment before they reply
Frax grown ass women can’t look young?
There are tons of them, wtf are you talking about *points at every woman in Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter*
Mai Shiranui is another good example
Best fighting milfu ever.
KOF 2000 may be my favorite entry in the series, and I love the main team from that game. You got K and Maxima, the boys, Ramon who is so much fun, and Vanessa who as this video has summed up is great. I'd love to see more done with her in-game.
Also cool that more obscure characters are getting the spotlight now.
Glad you enjoyed!
I miss the time when they used to give surnames to the characters! Anyway, she's awesome!!
Remember when we had Kyo Kusanagi, Terry Bogard, and Ryo Sakazaki, then after 97, SNK went full-Capcom with Chris, Shermie, Seth, Ramón, and Vanessa? Those were the days. DO YOU ALSO REMEMBER WHAT THIS CHANNEL OWNER SUDDENLY FORGOT EXISTED; GEESE HOWARD?
The best boxing animations in fighting games period. SNK performed amazing work conveying the speed and strength of Vanessa's punches. She is easily one of my favorite King of Fighter's characters in terms of fighting style next to Kim, Robert, Jhun, Luong, May Lee, and King. It also helps that she's a genuinely unique character as her personality helps her stand out among the female characters in the cast.
Agreed. Her animations were really good.
Honestly one of the most fun boxing characters to see in action
Ahem......Rick stroud
MR. KARATE who?
@@elbucho8867 I'll give you that. Rick Strowd definitely had some amazing boxing animations. No doubt Vanessa's animations were partially adapted from him. But given that Rick appeared in older games, I still hand it to Vanessa for having higher quality animations. It's all a matter of preference at this point, but Rick deserves some love for sure.
"Innocent-looking man" Yamazaki ah yes Shoryu right right.
Refers to Yamazaki with "an innocent looking man" I died at this one 😂😂😂
Being in my twenties , it scares me a lot that reaching one day the 30's means becoming an old boring woman with endless other responsibilities 👵😭 but Vanessa makes me think that being in your 30's isn't that bad and it might be even better ❤️😍 as long as one has a good positive vibe about it ☀️
I say life definitely gets better the older you get. Life becomes more stable and you become a more complete and better person with every year. I don't know why society and media tries to make us believe the apex of our life is 16-25. Far from it I say.
Don't be discourage! Life can get even better than your 20s if you put in the time and work and grow as a person.
@@Adidaas
I agree 😊 age is just a number , it's all about how you decide to use it to achieve and become better as a person .
Thank you
I'm in my 30's and life is better than ever! Don't even worry about it.
Rhichever Mostly because of the suffocating responsibilities that often come with age and the fact that your prime usually ends around your 30s so it’s associated with the ASSUMED idea you are likely to never see the same highs again. That’s my working theory
their's nothing to be to old for anything
Ah Vanessa, the one character ET likes to set as his team's anchor so that he can get the meter needed to perform her ToD combos. SNK did a good job with her model in XIV where you can "see" her age, and her voice actress did a great job too. She sounds really funny when she cancels an attack or when she gets hit by a CD.
I wonder if you are intentionally doing the lore of every character with a connection to Heidern before you do Heidern's lore video himself. That would be pretty cool actually. I can wait hehehe.
ngl, i was so obsessed of her, i started punching air and water (when im in the bath) imitating her punching style. nonetheless this is a great video, i got to know about my favourite female KOF fighter
I do the same. Actually, close enough to imitate her punch speed (ofc not the crossups and whatnot, those are impossible). It just, uhm, sprained my arm so badly.
If ur still interested, why not pick up actual boxing!
Her moves are real boxing moves (mostly). You can imitate her without looking stupid in real life.
@@willcoffarchives adding to this: you can look into shadow boxing as a way to exercise! then you can pick up some gloves and feel like Vanessa forreal B)
As a Boxer and Muay Thai kickboxer, i love the use of bobbing, weaving, head movement, footwork and angling of characters like Vanessa, Dudely, Heavy D , Rick and a certain degree Terry Bogard and Rock Howard(boxing is a large part of their arsenal).
Yeah and it makes sense. Boxing is in a really useful base for any fighter when you think about it
@@maxanderson3733 Boxing/Shootboxing, Muay Thai and Jiu-Jitsu(Traditional Japanese or Brazilian) are perfect bases on which any serious Martial Artist or MMA fighter/practicioner should base their style on.
Balrog and Steve Fox: No love for us?
Honestly I don’t see why her age is such a problem to her. With age can come wisdom and I’ll take that over young arrogance.
It's a groundless fear but i can relate to that since it could impact someone on a vulnerable level. I myself do not like to be called mister even in my own mid-20's. So i kinda relate to Vanessa here.
LoL she's not even that old.
The first female boxer, Queen of Fighters and one of the women in the minority of being adults. Always a favorite character of mine, in such a colorful roster that SNK presents.
Tiffany Lords from Rival schools was the first female boxer in fighting games.
5:09 when the final boss calls you SIMP.
We all love Vanessa but Rick Strowd is an incredible boxer design. It's absolutely criminal that he has been neglected so long. We need Rick in KOF.
I prefer Rick over Vanessa.
He wont just because Vanessa was meant to become the game's boxing waifu, which makes returning male boxing veterans less relevant. Just like Zarina, if she stays, will keep taking the chances (which are not high in first place) of Bob Wilson.
Darn... Just when I thought someone remembered Rick
Some of her moves are adopted from him, noted that?
@@exeedur451 we all know that
Only problem is that Rick was never in KOF officially. But yeah, she stole his moves, lol.
I had a theory that Vanessa's late husband was Rick.
@@NT35000 perhaps, or she either once dated Rick or was close friend to him, and she learned from him. I think i remember seeing a different version of Rick as one of the numerous strikers on KOF 2000. Plus Rick wasn't a secret agent nor mercenary. He was a boxer.
Who’s Rick?
Vanessa always been one of my favorite characters.
5:09 I cant believe Heidern is a simp.
I'm shocked
Ah Vanessa. I first saw her when she was cosplayed by a friend of mine years ago and with that information I am able to learn about her.
Great video as always and stay safe!
Thank you.
one of the BEST SNK girls
Yep.
Too bad she wasn't in SNK Heroines.
Wasted opportunity
Damn right
Vanessa came before C.Viper by a long shot, love her boxing style
I really love Vanessa as a character she's one of my favourite female chars in Kof alongside Vice Elisabeth Mary King and Chizuru her moveset is really awesome
Hopefully you'll do a lore of the Angel(Best NESTS Waifu) one day.
K9999's girl
@@meganinten0078 I think he talked about her being a clone of Kula in Nameless video. Unless you are referring to someone else
She’s named after a Mexican programmer!
Thanks for this video man! Love Vannesa, Her and Mary are my favorite female characters on fighting games
You're welcome.
Vanessa is amazing when I first saw her. I hope she’ll get more recognition and respect she deserves in future KOF games and tv.
0:48 Lmao look at Xiangfei's picture XD
Vanessa sticks out to me a lot. She’s older than what most fighting games will typically have their female characters at, she’s fairly attractive but not overly exposed nor developed, and I think to this day, she’s the only female boxer I know in the genre. She’s also fairly strong as well, since for a human, she’s can stand up to beings capable of manipulating fire, shooting energy projectiles, and wielding psychic abilities, so I wouldn’t worry too much about her encounter with Ryuji. He looks like a nice guy, anyway. XD Thanks for making a video for her. She is truly the canonical queen of fighters.
You're welcome.
Vanessa's husband was never dead. It's just an urban legend.
The following is from the from the KOF2000 Hero Team story (remember those stories that give background info about the participating teams? you can still find them on the internet), Vanessa replying to her driver:
" 'Yes, we have reservations for dinner. But it's okay. It looks like we can do this without having to cancel it.'
The woman finishes her preparations as she looks toward the hall from her car window."
She's referring to her family. There's no mention of a dead husband, and no reason to assume he is dead.
Her boxing is beautiful. If she worked on her sprawling and competed in UFC, she would be the women's featherweight champion.
She is one of my favs in KOF!
She has a charm to her that appeals to me. 😉👌
My recent favourite in KOF ALL STARS game... Love this girl.
She's so op there lol
@@AminKhan-yn7yw Meh, same quality as KOF 14 I guess
@@AminKhan-yn7yw but still I like her a lot and got all version of her in the game.
@@AminKhan-yn7yw I think that Netmarble did a great job with voice acting
@@AminKhan-yn7yw I'll agree with you on that one, Orochi Iori is... different. I really like Igniz, Goenitz, Orochi Leona, and Nameless though.
One of my favorite fighters in the series.
I started training boxing because of Vanessa
That's actually pretty badass
Thank you for making an awesome video of my Boxer Mommy lol good shit dude!
You're welcome.
One of my favorite female characters.
Personally, I never thought that Vanessa shaking her hands after a combo was a sign of pain. I saw it as a taunt - as if she was hitting someone so fast that she pretended her hands were on fire and got burnt.
I can't Believe Vabessa has a kid It's Really Hard for me Too accept She Look's like she's Still in Her teenage Years
Exercising helps with retaining some youth
Great video! Vanessa is one of my favorite KOF characters!
in the game kofas.... shes pretty much death incarnate to those who let their guard down
Purple border baseball Vanessa is even worse imagine Vanessa but with insane buffs and ability freeze you with her fists yes not joking purple border Vanessa is monstrous
@@GnosisZX almost everything will be wiped out
Great video as always. I've been always curious to know where the idea of Vanessa being a widow comes from, since, as one can check by going to the KOF anniversary site and looking at 00's Team stories, her husband has always been alive in the canon. I too, was under the idea she was a widow so I assumed that her husband revived after Ash's comic retcon since he's mentioned in her XIV bio, but nope, he has always been alive. And yet, nearly everyone familiar with the series will tell you about her being a widow. So weird.
Anyways, keep up the good work and I hope to see you tackle all the team members of Team Mexico whether be as a group as individually since they're my favorite KOF characters ever.
Thank you and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Yeah, that why I feel weird when they call Vanessa widow.. Milf yes.. Widow. No.. And Ramon never know that fact.. That why he keep been rejected.. She in secret service version after all.
5:09 kof was ahead of its time
Snk was right , the future IS now
there's a real life example to vanessa's primary fighting style of boxing called boxer puncher, a combination of a slugger, a swarmer & a out boxer, it's true dudley of street fighter does also fit within this category however when it comes down to the sub fighting styles of boxing (which both also use) is where they differ as dudley would be consider a counter puncher & as to vanessa using south paw. there other combinations of primary & sub styles of boxing that are used by other characters within the fighting game genre for example mickey rogers (a.o.f) [out boxer+southpaw], rick strowd (fatal fury) [swarmer+counter puncher], heavy d (the king of fighters) [out boxer+counter puncher], balrog (s.f) [slugger+counter puncher], shen woo (the king of fighters) [slugger+switch hitter], steve fox (tekken) [out boxer+switch hitter], nelson (the king of fighters) [swarmer+south paw] etc. what makes vanessa & dudley stood out among the rest is they use the least most utilize primary boxing style which not only makes them unique but also 1 of a kind within their respected franchises
Thank you for continuing to make these KOF Lore videos!
My pleasure!
Did well in kof 2000? I think you forgot to mention she handed benimaru his first official L.
Also, love the video. She's also 6ft tall and strong AF. Topped off with her speed, precision and technique. The fact that she's one of the only boxing characters I've seen in a fighting game who employs the dempsey roll is impressive and a staple of her mastery. On top of her age and her line of work, as well as winning her first tournament she entered, it might be fair to assume she's among the most skilled and formidable female fighters in the franchise (Heck, I'd argue in most of gaming and fiction, especially with regards to her being a standard, street level human, but that's just my opinion).
Genuinely one of my favorites, we need more fighters like her
Unpopular opinion.
I like Vanessa's team in KOF 2001
Sure, it was weird to have Iori with the agents but it was a nice change.
Also, I like the music for this theme.
KOF 2001 soundtrack is underrated.
I have to say, your thumbnails are top notch.
Thanks.
When she first playable in KOF:
"Pffftt.. just another female characters"
After using her as a main:
"Holy Crow, these character is very fluid and have unique gameplay"
SNK surely know how to make memorable characters 😁
Vanessa:that one attractive boxing mother who winces every time she does a big combo. Cute AND badass!
Aye my baby momma finally got her ep
One of the best boxers in game, I like her class and style.
Yeah, she may be a bit old compared to other girls, but she still has her charm, although she can't compare to Mai, Kula, Athena or Jennet 🥰
Zero was ahead of his time.
Calling people simps before we did.
Vanessa, Seth, and Ramon should be a team in KOF15
Lol that interaction she has with Rock in KOF14 is so awkward if Terry was there he’d give Rock a nudge on the shoulder and be like “look at my boy got ol hot momma hitting on you go get some” lol, nah but I never played as Vanessa much and funny how she draw enormous parallels with C Viper a character I actually really liked in SF4 and hope returns as future DLC for SFVCE and Dudley rocks too perhaps I should consider giving Vanessa a shot I did get the KOF DLC pack with Rock, Yamazaki, Vanessa and Whip. Lmao when you called Yamazaki an innocent looking man tbh it may not have ended well for her Yamazaki is no joke but we’ll find out in KOF 15!!!
Can you in the future do Tung Fu Rue, Heidern, Chin Gentsai, Elisabeth Blanctorche, Wolfgang Krauser, Goenitz, Mature & Vice, Geese and Rock Howard, and Shun Ei are my requests!!!
Don't know if it's too late to comment but she has a very unusual attractiveness in her. After seeing her baseball version in kofas I am obsessed with her character.
Rather than Dudley or Viper she resembles pretty much more of an older version of Mila from DOA : a shorted red hair boxing girl with a kind personality. No really she really is a 3D young version of Vanessa...
Really thanks for that fact.
You could say that her style is an orthodox way of Boxing unlike the southpaw style used by Heavy D.
In multiverse theory there are multiple versions of a person. C viper could be the capcom universe version of vanessa
Gr8 Video As Usual‼️ Your channel helped me brush up on some of my Lore, Helping My KoF AllStar Channel Grow‼️ So TY, Yzaaaah BeaaaSt ShoryuG 🍻😁🏴☠️
Oh shit Venessa was prototype C.Viper story wise as Ramon was prototype El flente moveset wise. So original Capcom
THE QUEEN IS BACK!!! 🎉🎉👑👑👊👊
Man, I can't remember if Vanessa appeared before Tiffany Lords from Rival Schools but it's either one of them to be the first female boxers in fighting games.
Vanessa came out in kof 1999 well as striker and she came out offical in kof 2000
Tiffany Lords from rival schools did appear first in 1997
5:09
Zero was wayy head of his time
Considering Vanessa fought *Yamazaki*, I doubt she's alright
Ah yes, Vanessa. Everything you'd want in a woman. Strong, mature, confident, rushdown
I Love this when I saw in kof 2000 her boxing style is great like real bout Rick
these videos are such a wonderful thing. especially since it's really hard to find KoF lore sometimes. and yeah, I remember reading Vanessa was still married myself. but her being widowed makes more sense to me and gives poor Ramon a shot lol.
if I'm correct the picture shown of her 2000 team fighting the American sports team is actually Canon, not fan art. they win which how heavy D! and crew get eliminated from the prelims that year.
I'm glad you enjoy them.
I feel sorry for Heavy D
Nothing against Vanessa but because of her, Rick and Heavy will never appear in a KOF again :(
Stupid retcon.
Poor Ramon :(
@@meganinten0078 yeah... Heavy D! is actually one of my favorite KoF characters from a gameplay stance. I loved using him in 98. and it sucks he'll probably never be back... and thanks to Nelson he REALLY probably isn't coming back lol. and Ramon I feel is also getting shafted in some way or another lol
@@zerobeatw2059 Stupid SNK with their retcons.
Also their hatred towards K9999
Awesome lore! ✌️She's one of my favorites to use in KOF 11. Can you please do Garrett from Garou Mark of the Wolves?
I’m now into Vanessa she is just so cool her style her fighting style
When it comes to female boxers in video games Vanessa isn't the first. I'm sure who is but Tiffany Lords was in Rival Schools on 1997.
Vanessa is defo my favourite KoF lady though.
It definitely is refreshing to see a woman stand out like this in fighting games, that isn't mainly sex appeal. She gives you the best of both worlds: She's wife material, and she can lay you out if you test her. Alot of people can't hang wit her. Definitely a top 5 boxer in any fighting game series.
I am sorry.
What is wrong with sex appeal?
You make it sound like it is a bad thing.
She good boob but in way of modest one. Opposite of Mai. Both great in own way..
@@ashchisalleh1454 'Both great in own way'
So true.
It is a shame people hate Mai these days.
@@meganinten0078 Nothing wrong with sex-appeal, but it is overdone with the female characters, especially female characters in fighting games. The hot "femme fatale" is overrated.
That's why Vanessa stands out from the rest of the fem cast, she's cool, bad-ass yet classy, wears a dapper suit and isn't afraid to be "masculine", yet wears make-up and has feminine appeal too.
Also she's a mature woman, not some sexualised teen/young woman.
She is one character i see being modified constantly in emulated games
good video, I think you should make an origin video on original zero.
if there is a video I'll check it out and if there isn't please make it, I'm so curious😆😆😆😆
Red head mother fighter. Maybe coincidentally she semi inspired Crimson Viper from street fighter IV. Maybe how she’s inspired was only shaping her after Angelina Jolie. And put some yellow shades, rocket heels, and electric gloves. Made the character. As well as be a western/ CIA counterpart to Chun Li. Who is a Chinese interpol agent.
Dang, i missed this video too. Hopefully reupping the bell will work. I liked this video. I never played with Vanessa, but she looks like a awesome character that i'll give a try in the next game since i used to have a ball using Heavy D back in the day.
Always looking forward to your videos mate.
Glad to hear it
Great job ShoryuGame
Thanks.
7:30 nobody messes with the redheaded freak lol
I always had a thing for boxers chars in fighting games (like Dudley) so when i started to play a bit a few months ago in KoF02um, i played her and feel in love, she got everything to me. style, grace, and being an attractive older woman (have a thing for older women) also an amazing theme in 14 she is easily my favorite char in KoF, then later got the dlc for her in 14 and enjoyed her even more, and also found Nelson who is also great to me. I wholeheartedly pray to the gods that these two make it in 15 as the base roster and strong. I dont know heavy D but if he plays like Dudley, Vanessa, or Nelson i would welcome him in too (but really want Vanessa if i have to make a choice).
More like The Queens of Fighters! Team Vice & Mature Ta 💀!
I just read from the official site of kof xiv, looks like kof retconned the event where her husband death, it's sad her deep lore get changed 😢😔
Good news, she's single now
@@John-Stark her lore get retconned to become her husband alive. If you check kof xiv website character profile she is a married women now and not a widow
More like people got her backstory wrong and spending misinformation lol. Vanessa's husband has always been alive since '99 lol
(After reading the title)
I don't know.
For me Mai is "the Queen of Fighters".
Just my opinion
She's the queen of fighters because she's the first female to win one.
What about Chizuru Kagura? She helped Kyo and Iori beat New Faces Orochi team and Orochi himself during KOF97.
Chizuru may have helped Kyo and Iori defeat Orochi but Kyo’s team already had the tournament won by that point
Vanessa is the queen because she's the first woman to win the tournament.
Vanessa vs Heavy D!
My dream KOF match!!!
Great character. One of my favorite.
Vanessa was the inspiration for C.Viper (Street Fighter)
Tiffany is the first female boxer in videogames before Vanessa arguable Tiffany is more of a kick boxer, but Vanessa also has kicks so yeah ends the argument there. Others probably on an RPG Ulala from Persona 2 does boxing, another contender is Bazett from Fate Unlimited Code and Tia from Breakers Revenge an SNK game but like Tifanny arguable she's a kick boxer since she uses kicks.
Tiffany from Rival Schools came first i think as a female boxer in a fighting game
When I saw her the first time in 2000, I oddly got attached to her almost immediately for how she coincidentally be so close to my original mascot character Milen Anessar (Yes, I still use that name and character to portray myself as you can see in my account name). Aside from just different hair color, she has striking similar hairstyle, lively personality, fight with bare fist (and gloves), has fairly large breasts, and is not a teenager that has kids (Well.... At the time my Milen was one but she is myself so she grew old with me now), so I kinda like to play as her for it's like my character is somehow in KOF. A weird reason, isn't it? XD
The ultimate Wife. She is the only Woman in KOF I will take to see my parents.
Hell Yeah I knew it!!!! She and Leona are me favorites
Vanessa is one of my favourite characters I never use
5:11 OH SHIT ZERO WAS THE FIRST ONE TO CALL PEOPLE SIMP
Great video, a question, where are you from??
great work as always
Appreciate that
WHOOOHOO! My favorite female character in KOF.
She would dominate women's division in boxing she is the kind of woman that will knock in middle next week wait for you to wake up and be ready knockout again
Great video Shoryu! Vanessa's awesome and It's got me hoping for Seth's reappearance in a future KOF game. Love that guy. He looks like my Dad 🙂.
Keep up the good work 😆👍!!
Thank you.
I started training boxing coz of Mike Tyson and Vanessa
Nice video! Always appreciate the vids
Glad you like them!
I think that this was an awesome video! One thing - is it possible that she shakes her hands at times as a kind of showmanship (or showpersonship would be the appropriate term, I suppose)? That is - the really great fighters also put on a show for the fans. This is especially true in pro boxing historically: Greats like Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roy Jones Jr., and sooooo many more would do different things to make the fight that much more exciting and entertaining. I am not saying you are wrong with your explanation. I am asking if showing off a little is a possibility?
And now she's in Guilty Gear Strive
Rip Ramon can’t have Vanessa and great video shoyrugaming
Thank you.