Ryu Vs. Iori

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
Thank God, Snk lacks developed hierarchy... Strong fighters always appear out of the blue and get no play later on in the plot. Saying ryo strong doesn't really mean much, since there are several fighters who should be listed as powerful as well. A good example is characters from the nest arc.

I stated that Ryo was no weakling. Who might I ask are the fighters that you say from the nest Arch? I like K' and I think it sucks how he has kind of been thrown in the backburner so the orochi saga could be rivived again.

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
Who sleeps on iori, the dude is a beast. Too bad playmore felt they had to let him be jobbed by ash crimson just to raise ash to main character status 🙁

As for ryo, well, I dislike alot. I prefer takuma. I think geese get's slept on, hard.

Originally posted by P-Geyser
I stated that Ryo was no weakling. Who might I ask are the fighters that you say from the nest Arch? I like K' and I think it sucks how he has kind of been thrown in the backburner so the orochi saga could be rivived again.

All the nest agents, I mean they were just shoved aside so playmore can revive the orochi arc. 🙁

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
All the nest agents, I mean they were just shoved aside so playmore can revive the orochi arc. 🙁

Yeah it sucks. Since the Orochi story is rivived it will probably be the same crap such as both Kyo and Iori taking out Ash or probably Kyo,Iori,Chizuru and probably Ash taking out the newer threat. 😮

How is taking away what SF base their supernatural prowess off of fair, but defending how it's not fanboyish? 🤨

It's not. 'Rang should keep that argument in a thread that has something to do w/Tekken

I'm probably not alone on this, but 90% of the NESTS saga characters sucked IMO. K' was good, K9999 was funny as hell, Angel was interesting, Whip was a nice change of pace, Original Zero was cool despite having SNK boss syndrome. That being said, the rest were serious garbage. Especially that ****ing rat bastard Igniz. God damn Brutal God Project, taking out 80% life. He wasn't even that tough, he was only so powerful because of technology and the battle data. I have no respect for the NESTS guys, they only got in because Playmore ran out of ideas and decided to please the Kyo fanboys. *cough* Krizalid *cough* . I'm glad they went back to the Orochi saga, it was the best part of KOF storywise. Yes, it sucks that Ash Crimson is getting so much face time, but look at it this way, what goes up, must come down. Sooner or later, Ash is going to have to face down everyone he pissed off, including Iori. I'm not expecting him to survive the story arc. punk I don't really like Ryo Sakazaki, as Brain said, he is basically a Ryu clone. However, the older version of him in Buriki-1 and NGBC was pretty badass, especially the new Mr. Karate. Younger one still sucks ass. Geese does get slept on abit here, people seem to forget he's not only a boss character, but he's 2nd only to Rugal and the Orochi guys IMO. It's true that Ryo gets no respect here, but maybe someone needs to try the older Ryo and see what happens. Takuma.....no. Just no. He's a worse clone than Ryo ever was. Mr. Karate is fairly cool, but Takuma is crap. He deserves to get slept on.

Takuma is a clone of who?

The nest characters were okay, the arc itself just plained sucked. It was one huge kyo wank fest and now, once again the plot follow's kyo :: SIGH ::

It's pretty much required nowadays for a KOF game to be a Kyo wankfest. sweatdrop I like Kyo alright as a fighter, but story and personality wise, he has gotten too much damn screentime. It would be nice for some old school guys to get a shot in the spotlight, like Terry.

Originally posted by TricksterPriest
It's pretty much required nowadays for a KOF game to be a Kyo wankfest. sweatdrop I like Kyo alright as a fighter, but story and personality wise, he has gotten too much damn screentime. It would be nice for some old school guys to get a shot in the spotlight, like Terry.

I hope ash crimson kills him.

Not nice. That's going a lil' far isn't it. I honestly hope somebody kills Ryo for no reason. If Ash dropped the girlie man thing, him killing Kyo wouldn't piss me off as much. Then Iori could kill the s**t outta Ash for stealing his glory and power. Seriously though, even if Kyo has gotten too much screen time(he has. Rock or Iori should be running things now), he's still a cool character that SNK needs. Ryo on the other hand...........................

Ashtar is going too far, but a brutal beatdown wouldn't be so bad. Brain, you are forgetting the timeline. Rock is 8 or 9 right now, he's too young to be in the spotlight. Btw, while I doubt they're going to kill Ryo off, Takuma was attacked and seems to be out of commision for awhile. Rumors say his attacker was either Eiji Kisaragi or Ryuji Yamazaki. Speaking of Takuma dying.... http://kingoffighters.planets.gamespy.com/funnies//afun/takumadeath.shtml

Enjoy 😆

Snk doesn't need kof or Gayo, it's made waaay better games in the past. focusing on kof is the reason I'm not an snk fan as much. And I find it stupid that people dislike ash soley because he's a metrosexual, he actually has one of better hero teams. Imo, Kyo should die and be replaced with K, add ash to the mix and a story that doesn't revolve around orochi and you have a good story.

Originally posted by TricksterPriest
Ashtar is going too far, but a brutal beatdown wouldn't be so bad. Brain, you are forgetting the timeline. Rock is 8 or 9 right now, he's too young to be in the spotlight. Btw, while I doubt they're going to kill Ryo off, Takuma was attacked and seems to be out of commision for awhile. Rumors say his attacker was either Eiji Kisaragi or Ryuji Yamazaki. Speaking of Takuma dying.... http://kingoffighters.planets.gamespy.com/funnies//afun/takumadeath.shtml

Enjoy 😆

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
Snk doesn't need kof or Gayo, it's made waaay better games in the past. focusing on kof is the reason I'm not an snk fan as much. And I find it stupid that people dislike ash soley because he's a metrosexual, he actually has one of better hero teams. Imo, Kyo should die and be replaced with K, add ash to the mix and a story that doesn't revolve around orochi and you have a good story.

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
Snk doesn't need kof or Gayo, it's made waaay better games in the past. focusing on kof is the reason I'm not an snk fan as much. And I find it stupid that people dislike ash soley because he's a metrosexual, he actually has one of better hero teams. Imo, Kyo should die and be replaced with K, add ash to the mix and a story that doesn't revolve around orochi and you have a good story.

No ash is a wimp, stealing powers? what a wuss. and hes another fire user? they alrealy have k, kyo and Iori, SNK needs to stop with the flamers (heheh). ANyways his green fire is cool, but he has no charisma. I hope Iori kills his lame ass.

Ditt-Muthaf**kin'-O

I call him gayo because I hate him with so much conviction, He such a mediocore character that gets booted up to main character satus in every damn game for zero reason. Ash copies mosttly remy's moves and yeah he comes of as a huge fairy, But I don't see how team japan is any better with benimaru? Ash being a bad guy was a random plot twist, But, they have to make up for an arc that had Kyo clones and kyo as a boss (Krizalid) I really don't see Kyo as Iori's rival, K seems better.

KOF is really starting to blow, I'll stick to samurai showdown.

MI is pretty much garbage compared to the 2D series. Ok, here's the link for the Art of fighting team in KOF2k3.

http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/neogeo/c/kof2k3art.htm

Apparently he knows who put the hit on him and what the story with the current bad guys is.

Regarding Ash's new hero team, it wasn't that bad. Shen Woo is a better character than Steve Fox, and Duo Lon was very ****ing sick. Have you seen his transmigration stamp? From wiki: "a jaw-dropping special move where he would seemingly dissolve into a skeleton and crumble into the floor, while he immediately dropping down from above with a spinning kick move" Duo Lon was inspired by Vampire Hunter D, not only that, he has ghosts and evil spirits as weapons. That's cool enough for him to look a feminine.

Ash is an obnoxious bastard, but at least he's a good character personality and storywise. Even if he steals moves from Guile, you have to see he's also jacking moves from other people, like Chizuru. He can seal moves like she used to be able to. He's jacked a move from Iori as well, following this pattern. His moves are named after the french republican calender months and....... also from wiki: "although Ash remarks that when he faced Iori in XI, Iori's Riot actually decreased Yagami's strength." YAGAMI WAS WEAKER AND HE STILL BEAT KYO AND SHINGO!

Yet another Wiki info piece: "It is revealed at the end of the tournament that Oswald joins Ash and Shen Woo to obtain drugs named 'Ryu-gan' (roughly translated 'Dragon pills'😉. Ash accepts him into his team because he knows Shen Woo knows something about those drugs, and he simply doesn't feel sorry when he tells everything to both his team mates, triggering the fight between the two while Ash leaves for his own business." It takes a special kind of ******* to get your own teammates to beat the hell out of each other after beating the last boss. 😆 A good villain always makes you hate them.

Originally posted by TricksterPriest

Ash is an obnoxious bastard, but at least he's a good character personality and storywise. Even if he steals moves from Guile, you have to see he's also jacking moves from other people, like Chizuru. He can seal moves like she used to be able to. He's jacked a move from Iori as well, following this pattern. His moves are named after the french republican calender months and....... also from wiki: "although Ash remarks that when he faced Iori in XI, Iori's Riot actually decreased Yagami's strength." YAGAMI WAS WEAKER AND HE STILL BEAT KYO AND SHINGO!

Originally posted by Emperor Ashtar
This is what I'm talking about, Iori and kyo should never be rivals. Chris is a better flame user than kyo, I hate the bastard.

Iori and Kyo should never be rivals? jawdrop Ok, I just lost all respect for you Ashtar. That is without a doubt the worst idea I have heard in this thread. Chris is a heavenly king of the orochi, of course he's going to be more powerful than Kyo, not even counting his position as the avatar of Orochi. He turns into Orochi for his 2k2 HSDM. Btw, anyone ever played against Mizuchi from NGBC? He's supposed to be a more powerful and difficult version of Orochi.