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🚨SPECIAL
#KOF
Anniversary ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
Presenting THE KING OF FIGHTERS Comic Project! A proof of concept comic that starts from the beginning of the series. 2 Issues will be released, both in English and Japanese.
#KOF30th
#KOF30
周年
Script by me, and art by
@Raydash30
What an amazing time to be alive as a fighting games' fan!
#KOFXV
is going stong well into its second season.
#StreetFighter6
has been out and is an amazing game.
#MortalKombat1
is almost a week away from release.
#TEKKEN8
which looks and plays great is few months away.
And
GIVEAWAY: I have teamed up with the awesome guys at
@pixnlove_games
for to give one lucky winner a
#KOFXIII
Collector's edition! (Choice between PS4 or Switch Ver)
To enter the giveaway make sure to:
1- Follow
@pixnlove_games
2- Follow
@NeoGeoNow
3- Like and Retweet this post
Today marks the 29th anniversary of the King Of Fighters 94' and thus of the
#KOF
Franchise!
On august 25th 1994, SNK
@SNKPofficial
released KOF94, a game that brought a number of revolutionary concepts to the then young
#fightinggames
genre.
KOF 94's was the first fighting
PCmag has published quite an intriguing interview with Oda san
@snk_oda
and Josh Weatherford
@BudokaiMR2
discussing FATAL FURY: CITY OF THE WOLVES.
Many interesting points regarding Fatal Fury City Of The Wolves were revealed. Let's recap:
1- Fatal Fury
#ctow
is indeed the
Been playing a lot of FATAL FURY 1 on SNES and MegaDrive as i am working on couple videos! While i work on that, why don't we enjoy the original Japan TV ads for both releases?
#FATALFURY
It was an honor visiting the SNK office in Tokyo once again. Thank you to the awesome SNK team for yet another great welcome and for the delicious lunch!
Since i saw many people confused, Fatal Fury COTW will be the 7th canon episode. Here is a rundown:
1- Fatal Fury 1/ Fatal Fury Wild Ambition
2- Fatal Fury 2/ Fatal Fury special
3- Fatal Fury 3
4- FF Real Bout
5- FFS Real Bout Special Dominated Mind
6- Garou MOTW
7- FF COTW
My 4.5 Year old daughter is obsessed with KOFXIII.
I never showed it to her. She found the game on her switch and since then stopped playing all her favorite games like Mario Kart, Wonder, Kirby and just wants to play XIII non stop. 🥲
Did You know?
Kyo Kusanagi the protagonist of THE KING OF FIGHTERS
#KOF
Series likes to write poetry.
Although he likes to think of himself as a good writer of poetry, those who listen or read his poems think otherwise.
It is vaguely hinted that his interest in poetry is what
Fatal Fury Lore Tidbit: Although having the family name Bogard, Both Terry and Andy are not the biological children of Jeff Bogard nor are they real siblings. Both kids were abandoned at a very young age, and grew up in the South town Orphanage.
One day the orphanage,
A new KOF manga series, titled The King Of Fighters Gaiden, featuring Shingo, by the talented Azuma Kyotarou, will start this coming sunday on Shonen Sirius!!!
Learn the detailed lore of The King Of Fighters franchise with the new series: "
#KOFXV
: The Story So Far". In this first episode we dive deep into the Orochi Saga!
Today marks the 30th anniversary of FATAL FURY SPECIAL. 🎂
Following the massive success of FATAL FURY 2,
@SNKPofficial
released the updated version, dubbed, FATAL FURY SPECIAL, on September 16th 1993.
The game brought back all playable characters from the previous game and
25 Years ago,
@SNKPofficial
released The King Of Fighters Kyo, a PSX exclusive Visual Novel/RPG that retells the story of the KOF 97 tournament.
The King Of Fighters Kyo was illustrated by mangaka Masato Nastumoto. Natsumoto sensei had previously worked on the KOF manga " The
I am honored, humbled, and over the moon, to see my name in the end credits of my favourite game of all time
#KOFXV
! Thank you
@SNKPofficial
I am speechless right now! 😭
I was able to run the
#kofxv
on my basic dell work laptop which has a terrible old basic video card. Had to put the resolution to 640x360 and turn off all graphical options to achieve 60fps. Lol
The amount of love respect that
@takaNakayama
and Capcom has shown towards Terry is beyond amazing. From his moves, attitude and down to the little details and nods to previous games and Anime.
I am absolutely speechless, and can't wait to get my hands on Terry in few hours!
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of FATAL FURY 2: The New Battle Anime movie, known in Japan as: バトルファイターズ餓狼伝説2. The second anime in the FATAL FURY Anime OVA/Movie series by
@G1_BARI
Following the success of the first anime, FATAL FURY, led by Masami
🚨FATAL FURY Lore Tidbit Alert🚨
In
#FATALFURY
2 a mysterious girl appears in Terry Bogard's ending. But who is she really?
It has been said that she is Terry's girlfriend or Richard Meyer's daughter, but in fact, and according to the official secrets of FF guide book, she is
In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of THE KING OF FIGHTERS Franchise, i will be launching a new documentary series that chronicles the history of this amazing genre defining IP. Each episode will focus on one game, with the series spanning the next few months.
The first
The AOF Team is Facing the Fatal Fury Team in the first 3Vs3 King Of Fighters Tournament! Courtesy of
#KOF
R's Letter Web Comic. Love how the artist uses the game's stages, and even the team mates watching the match like in KOF94-98.
Please! Everyone who has
#KOFXV
review copies, please DO NOT SHARE SPOILERS. Spoilers are not just story details, but also move lists, screenshots, boss character, and pretty much anything that
@SNKPofficial
has not yet officially revealed. Do not spoil the fun for the majority.
I have just finished writing script for THE KING OF FIGHTERS '96 documentary! This might the longest of the series so far.
Time to start collecting the footage needed for editing!
Here is where all our favorite SNK titles originated! The old SNK building where the company was operating from in the 90's. You can still see the SNK logo marking if you look closely.
In the 90's, SNK held many live shows, known as the DJ Station live or band Of Fighters.
In one such event, the voice actors of Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami, Masahiro Nonaka and Kunihiko Yasui perfomed a live song version of the
#KOF
96 Setting Sun and Moon.
This is their
This book is a masterpiece! 😱
The author, Etsuya Amajishi, does an amazing character study of Geese Howard. Etsuya absolutely disect Geese's personality and psyche. I hope that one day this manga will be released in English and adapted into an anime movie.
#fatalfury
#manga
REMINDER: The
#KOFXVDocumentary
will premiere today at 6pm GMT+1. The film offers an inside look at the making of SNK's latest entry in the KOF series. Watch it, exclusively, on the Neogeonow YT channel:
Check out this exclusive clip featuring the KOFXV
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I am happy to announce The King Of Fighters XV Documentary! A feature that provides behind the scenes information and interviews on the making of
#KOFXV
Releasing May 17th. Big thanks to
@SNKPofficial
For Making this possible.
@SNKPofficial
This is really really disappointing, after all the hype and the multiple announcements. For a trailer to be postponed mere hours before the release. I hope the staff are ok and it not something serious that caused this.
It was an honor meeting the legendary KOF Producer
@snk_oda
during the filming of the
#KOFXVdocumentary
Thank you Oda san for your time and kindness.
Everyone, don't forget to watch the
#KOFXV
Documentary at:
I just tested the new
#SAMURAISHODOWN
Rollback patch and i am amazed at how smooth and perfect the few matches i had were. Now we just need more people playing the game! Samsho is back on the menu!
Great job to
@SNKPofficial
and
@CodeMystics
To Celebrate the upcoming FATAL FURY: City Of The Wolves, i will be re-releasing (new Edits) and completing the History Of Fatal Fury, in a new format. With more new information. Each episode will be self contained and will not require the viewership of the previous one.
The
The
#KOFXVDocumentary
Is now available to watch. The film offers an exclusive look into the thought process, challenges and ambition behind making the new
#KOFXV
game. Big thanks to
@SNKPofficial
for making the project possible.
Samurai Shodown Lore Bit: Haohmaru, the protagonist of the Samurai Shodown series was always a brash, heroic and confident fighter. At age 15, he challenged the legendary swordsman Jubei Yagyu. Thinking he is strong enough to defeat the Shogunate's most skilled warrior, Haohmaru
Let's bring some of the iconic SNK artwork to life using
#AI
!
One of my favorite artwork when I was a child was the cover art for the first
#SAMURAISHODOWN
by Shinkiro.
I tried to keep the animation to a minimum to preserve the art.
My 9 year old daughter is a huge fan of SNK fighters and street fighter. She knows that SF is by capcom. Today she found out that there is a game called SNK Vs Capcom match of the millenium. She is blown away and has been playing it today on the switch 🥰
In 1990, With its brand new system, The NEO GEO, now released in the arcades, SNK saw potential in the then new 1vs 1 fighting game genre. The company was willing to bet on this new type of games, that it greenlit a number of projects that would use the idea of VS fighting and
According to news articles SNK is looking to develop AAA titles based on their IP's Which 3 titles would you like to see? I will start:
1- KOF RPG that retells Orochi Saga
2- Samsho action RPG in the veins of ghost of Tsushima
3- kari warriors 3rd person tactical action game
Today marks the 19th anniversary of THE KING OF FIGHTERS 94' RE-BOUT. A remake of the original
#KOF
94.
The game offered new graphics, which were upscaled versions of the original NEO-GEO sprites, new UI, as well as 3d rendered backgrounds. The stages were notorious for having
In the early 90's, SNK made a habit of producing Live Action TV ads for their big NEO-GEO releases.
For FATAL FURY SPECIAL, the company produced 3 live action ads, featuring actors portraying the franchise's heroes, Terry, Andy and Joe; as well as the series' antagonist Geese
When
#KOF
94 was in developement, SNK had many ideas regarding the protagonist of the new series. For a good portion of developement, the hero of KOF was Syo Kirishima, an impatient but talented martial artist who posseses a fiery punch and wearing a biker like outfit. Syo's name
I am getting asked why i am a big
@SNKPofficial
games fan! Simple, SNK was the first fighting dev company to put so much care into storytelling. While other fighters had the story as afterthought. Games such as
#KOF
, FF and Samsho had a compelling narrative that kept me hooked!
Happy to announce that the first episode of the Complete Lore Of
#FATALFURY
Is Now Ready! This was by far the most challenging and time consuming lore content I have ever done.
Not only does it contain Lore information never before translated from Japanese, but I also tried to
To celebrate the release of FATAL FURY 3 on the NEO GEO CD in 1995, SNK produced a live action short movie/Ad mixing real actors scenes with gameplay footage.
I used AI to upscale the resolution of the video so it is a bit more visible.
Enjoy!
#SNK
#FATALFURY
One of the things i loved about Garou Mark Of The wolves was the level of detail the stages had. I am happy to see that Fatal Fury
#COTW
is contibuing that trend. Definitely looks like
@snk_oda
and his team have been very busy!
Fatal Fury The Motion Picture, the 3rd anime of the series, was originally supposed to have Art of Fighting characters. Ryo Sakazaki was to side with Terry and his friends and fight Mr. Big, Eiji Kisaragi and King. The idea was scrapped and the Laocorn and Sulia story was chosen.
Fatal Fury Lore Tidbit 02: Before becoming the emperor of South Town, Geese Howard came from very humble and tragic beginnings. He grew up in poverty to a single mother who struggeled with sickness. His father, a con man named Rudolph, left him and his mother at a very young age
We have no idea what the new Fatal Fury/
#garou2
game will be titled. How about we play a guessing game? Give me your best 3 guesses for a potential title. I will start:
- Fatal Fury: Return Of The Wolves
- Fatal Fury: Revenge of The Wolves
- Fatal Fury: Final Bout
Your turn!
Hinako Shijo,
#KOFXV
latest DLC character is almost here! But who is she really?
Hinako comes for a rich family that owns the massive Shijo Zaibatsu. She is highly educated andvery well-mannered.
From a young age, Hinako fell in love with Sumo, and decided to not only practice
#FATALFURY
Secret Lore: Who is Duck King!
Today is Duck King’s birthday, so let’s take this occasion and talk about who Duck King is!
Born in the slums of the east coast, Duck was a little boy with an outstanding sense of rhythm. From an early age he started showing his talent
Terry's
#StreetFighter6
select screen animation is him playing on a US MVS cabinet that has King of the monsters and Savage reign. You can see King of the monsters gameplay gif on its screen.
🚨RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
The History Of THE KING OF FIGHTERS '96 Documentary is Ready!
In this 25mn long feature video, we explore the making of this pivotal chapter of the series, it's history, challenges and legacy!
The video is now available for the channel's premium
Just a reminder that
#KOF
A New Beginning Vol 5 in English, from
@SNKPofficial
@gomanga
and
@az_ky_
is now out! You can buy it from amazon for print or comixology for digital. Let us all support this great series in the hopes we will have new chapters that will cover
#KOFXV
Happy to announce that i have partnered up with
@SimmerDownScaly
to bring you guys a pretty cool new youtube series! The King Of Fighters: Letters of R in English, in video form! More details later today!
South Town, once a bustling American port city where hard work and determination paid off, attracted middle-class families from around the globe.
However, this once vibrant city tragically devolved into a crime infested town where dreams would go to die.
Residents of South Town
Ok I am trying not to freak out, but the
#COTW
story elements I am seeing, especially from the
#BILLYKANE
bio tells me that SNK is honoring Etsuya Amajishi's work. His "Geese Gaiden" and "Geese in The Dark" Mangas, are by far the best written fictional work based on a fighting
The script for "The Full Story Of FATAL FURY 1" feature video Is complete! Time to record it and embark on a 2 weeks long journey of grueling editing 😆
Let's Goooo!
I spent the afternoon playing FATAL FURY WILD AMBITION on a Hyper Neogeo 64 board. The game is really well made, and love the mechanics. Quite addictive too. We need Tsugumi sendo and Touji Sakata back!
FATAL FURY Lore Secrets!
How did Kim Kaphwan Meet his wife Myeng Swuk?
10 years before the events of FATAL FURY 2, Kim Kaphwan walked into a diner where Myeng Swuk worked as a waitress. Kim Saw Myeng but did not say a word. He then proceeded to come back to the diner every
After finishing watching both the
@JWonggg
and
@Kayane
videos about
#FatalFuryCotW
these are my takeaways:
- The Game is a perfect sequel to MOTW when it comes to Mechanics.
@SNKPofficial
went all out here and even added the best thing abt the Real Bout Series, which is dial
Duo Lon and The Hizoku Clan:
With Duo Lon soon coming to
#KOFXV
let us talk a little bit about the clan he belongs to: The Hizoku!
The Hizoku clan, is an ancient order of assassins that is shrouded in secrecy. To the world, they remain an enigmatic and hidden entity, with only
Yuri Sakazaki: The Genious Martial artist!
Ever since she was kidnapped by Mr Big (by orders of Geese) Yuri Sakazaki felt that she had to prove herself and her strength to her brother and father.
Although she quickly learned and mastered Kyokugenryu in an incredible short
I had the chance to sit down with the FATAL FURY
#COTW
developers and talk about a range of topics regarding the highly anticipated game. These include game modes, story, Beta and more!
Big Thanks to
@SNKPofficial
for the great opportunity.
So i am currently in the process of modding my Hori arcade stick alpha, and i just finished what i think will be the art for the new stick!
What do you think?
#CTOW
#FATALFURY
#SNK
FATAL FURY LORE SECRETS: The special bond between Billy and Lilly Kane!
Billy Kane and his siter Lilly are two British orphans who had a harsh life. When the siblings lost their parents at a very young age, young Billy did everything to ensure Lily didn't face any hardships. He
#FATALFURY
Lore Secrets: Wolfgang Krauser's Forehead scar!
The story of Krauser’s forehead scar takes us to many years before the events of the first FATAL FURY game. Jeff Bogard, upon hearing of a powerful and legendary fighter, embarked on a journey across Europe to uncover