Tizoc
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Inspired by the other thread that was about SF characters, and being an SNK nut, I figured I'd make one for the true 'rival' of Capcom's flagship fighting game.
Note that this is for Fatal Fury characters only so KoF characters like Kyo and co. don't count ;P If you want a list of FF characters check this page out
http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Fatal_Fury_(series)
Let me start off by stating the obvious, cuz what can't you like about good ol Terry 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH YOU OHKEEEEEY?!' Bogard
Now we all know former Capcom employees went on to work at SNK and we eventually got Fatal Fury followed by Art of Fighting.
Terry is the vagabound, always on the road, but where Ryu is the serious fighter, Terry's the easy going big bro, which is what I like about him. That and his explosive ENGRISH, as we all know.
Heck go look up the main character of any FG made from 1991 til 1995 and you'll notice something that makes Terry stand out: He's not a traditional martial artist (although you COULD give Haohmaru the benefit of having more hair than a samurai has any right to but I'm sure that's borrowed from at least 1 anime/manga series from the era, regardless Haohmaru is for another thread
).
Furthermore a bunch of his artwork from SNK show him just hanging out doing normal stuff such as playing video games at an arcade (stated to be among his hobbies IIRC)
Plus you can't deny he has some of the coolest moves an FG protagonist could have:
POWER WAVE
RISING TACOS
POWAH DANK
BUSTER WOLF
and the one that started it all the POWAH GEYZAR (Easily performed as QCB, HCF~)
In fact the Power Geyser is so awesome Optimus Prime does it in TF Devastation
http://fat.gfycat.com/TheseFlippantIrishwaterspaniel.webm
There's something satisfying about punching the ground and causing an explosion.
Terry also got the benefit of getting a fantastic 'redesign' that manages to keep the vagabond aspect of his characterization.
And that's not even getting into his themes, his most commonly known is his Fatal Fury 2 Special theme, Kurikinton (tl. Chestnuts and Mashed Sweet Potatoes) that really brings out his energetic and optimistic personality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pTClKuAowM
In Fatal Fury 3 he was given a new theme called Big Shot, which carried over to the Real Bout games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBKsGXlLdQg
Finally, there's Sunrise on the Train from Garou MotW, just listening to it gives you all you need to know about the theme and its character
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-144YgNRu7U
As a final note Terry's upper body clothes were changed 3-4 times in the games he appeared in
See for yourself
Fatal Fury 3 introduced HonFu, a Chinese police officer inspired by Jackie Chan right down to his movelist being so weird and awkward a reference to the crazy stunts Jackie does in his movies. Oh and he fought with a nunchuck, I like nunchucks
HonFu happens to have what may just be the best special move ever in a fighting game. Sadly I can't find a GIF of it but what it is is
HonFu crouches and kicks the opponent, the kick is blockable. If the kick connects a special animation will occur and it's different for each character he does it on! The opponent will do an auto combo on HonFu AND HE PARRIES EVERY HIT, followed by him damaging the opponent with a quick auto combo of his own!
Oh and it gets better: Time properly IT CAN CONNECT ON AN AIRBORNE OPPONENT AND HE'LL DO A DIFFERENT AUTO COMBO.
No the air auto-combo may not be much to look at but it's just this one special move that managed to make me like him. His supers are OK though, and I just love his RB2 theme even though it's an ear worm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJA5jM9B_0I
And now we come to the one you've been waiting for, the Big Bird himself
Right so I guess now's the time to reveal my DARKEST SECRET; WHY HAVE I CHOSEN MY USERNAME AFTER THIS MUSCULAR NERD-INSULTING GIGANTIC BEHEMOTH-
When you're a kid you generally get an appreciation for giant characters; my first ever team in KOF 97 when I played it as a kid were Chang, Choi and Iori, and since then...I started liking big characters in FGs, Hugo, Alex, Gief eventually, Potemkin, Tager and Waldo in UNIEL.
I think Big Bird was one of my turning points, while he's no where at being the best character in the game he looks friggin' cool AND has cool moves-
The spinning piledriver JUST TASTE THIS PAIN!
The neck snapping/rib cracking POTATO WAVE
AND THE GREAT EQUILIZER
GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!
He also has a really cool wrestling stage and one of the best themes in the game, though that's not saying much as 90% of the tracks in Garou are really great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6aAGArjaBI
There are other characters I like that I'll write about later, but for now thought I'd write about some of my fav. 3 characters in the series.
Ryo was in Fatal Fury 2 and returned as Mr. Karate in Wild Ambition so feel free to bring him up if you want ;3
Note that this is for Fatal Fury characters only so KoF characters like Kyo and co. don't count ;P If you want a list of FF characters check this page out
http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Fatal_Fury_(series)
Let me start off by stating the obvious, cuz what can't you like about good ol Terry 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH YOU OHKEEEEEY?!' Bogard
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Now we all know former Capcom employees went on to work at SNK and we eventually got Fatal Fury followed by Art of Fighting.
Terry is the vagabound, always on the road, but where Ryu is the serious fighter, Terry's the easy going big bro, which is what I like about him. That and his explosive ENGRISH, as we all know.
Heck go look up the main character of any FG made from 1991 til 1995 and you'll notice something that makes Terry stand out: He's not a traditional martial artist (although you COULD give Haohmaru the benefit of having more hair than a samurai has any right to but I'm sure that's borrowed from at least 1 anime/manga series from the era, regardless Haohmaru is for another thread
).Furthermore a bunch of his artwork from SNK show him just hanging out doing normal stuff such as playing video games at an arcade (stated to be among his hobbies IIRC)
Plus you can't deny he has some of the coolest moves an FG protagonist could have:
POWER WAVE
RISING TACOS
POWAH DANK
BUSTER WOLF
and the one that started it all the POWAH GEYZAR (Easily performed as QCB, HCF~)
In fact the Power Geyser is so awesome Optimus Prime does it in TF Devastation
http://fat.gfycat.com/TheseFlippantIrishwaterspaniel.webm
There's something satisfying about punching the ground and causing an explosion.
Terry also got the benefit of getting a fantastic 'redesign' that manages to keep the vagabond aspect of his characterization.
And that's not even getting into his themes, his most commonly known is his Fatal Fury 2 Special theme, Kurikinton (tl. Chestnuts and Mashed Sweet Potatoes) that really brings out his energetic and optimistic personality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pTClKuAowM
In Fatal Fury 3 he was given a new theme called Big Shot, which carried over to the Real Bout games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBKsGXlLdQg
Finally, there's Sunrise on the Train from Garou MotW, just listening to it gives you all you need to know about the theme and its character
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-144YgNRu7U
As a final note Terry's upper body clothes were changed 3-4 times in the games he appeared in
See for yourself
Fatal Fury 3 introduced HonFu, a Chinese police officer inspired by Jackie Chan right down to his movelist being so weird and awkward a reference to the crazy stunts Jackie does in his movies. Oh and he fought with a nunchuck, I like nunchucks
It wouldn't be until Real Bout 2 that I actually ended up liking HonFu and I am very displeased that SNK never bothered to feature him in a KoF :/
HonFu happens to have what may just be the best special move ever in a fighting game. Sadly I can't find a GIF of it but what it is is
HonFu crouches and kicks the opponent, the kick is blockable. If the kick connects a special animation will occur and it's different for each character he does it on! The opponent will do an auto combo on HonFu AND HE PARRIES EVERY HIT, followed by him damaging the opponent with a quick auto combo of his own!
Oh and it gets better: Time properly IT CAN CONNECT ON AN AIRBORNE OPPONENT AND HE'LL DO A DIFFERENT AUTO COMBO.
No the air auto-combo may not be much to look at but it's just this one special move that managed to make me like him. His supers are OK though, and I just love his RB2 theme even though it's an ear worm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJA5jM9B_0I
And now we come to the one you've been waiting for, the Big Bird himself
Tizoc aka Griffon Mask
Right so I guess now's the time to reveal my DARKEST SECRET; WHY HAVE I CHOSEN MY USERNAME AFTER THIS MUSCULAR NERD-INSULTING GIGANTIC BEHEMOTH-
In Garou, Tizoc's bottom tier, literally the weakest character in the game, but I see him as an underdog and at one point in my life I felt that way too, so I ended up taking it as my username, and the rest is history
Still...he's a cool guy and reminds me it's still worth doing the best you can in life
Still...he's a cool guy and reminds me it's still worth doing the best you can in life
When you're a kid you generally get an appreciation for giant characters; my first ever team in KOF 97 when I played it as a kid were Chang, Choi and Iori, and since then...I started liking big characters in FGs, Hugo, Alex, Gief eventually, Potemkin, Tager and Waldo in UNIEL.
I think Big Bird was one of my turning points, while he's no where at being the best character in the game he looks friggin' cool AND has cool moves-
The spinning piledriver JUST TASTE THIS PAIN!
The neck snapping/rib cracking POTATO WAVE
AND THE GREAT EQUILIZER
GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!
He also has a really cool wrestling stage and one of the best themes in the game, though that's not saying much as 90% of the tracks in Garou are really great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6aAGArjaBI
There are other characters I like that I'll write about later, but for now thought I'd write about some of my fav. 3 characters in the series.
Ryo was in Fatal Fury 2 and returned as Mr. Karate in Wild Ambition so feel free to bring him up if you want ;3
