Cool, cute, and Iori Yagami! Insert Credit Fighting Game Correspondent Patrick Miller hosts Brandon Sheffield, EVO Head Tournament Organizer Andrés “nothingxs” Velasco y Coll and classic Insert Credit writer Azurelore Korrigan to cover the King of Fighters, the fall of SNK, and Insert Credit’s history with both.


Questions this week:

What brought this panel together? (02:11)
What are your fighting game credentials? (10:55)
How has SNK’s purchase by a murderous dictator impacted your relationship with the company and King of Fighters series? (18:24)
What would an in-person Insert Credit event be like? (28:43)
If you disappeared for twenty years, what alias would you return as? (34:49)
Why do you play KOF? (41:26)
How will Kyo and Iori’s long term relationship unfold? (51:32)
Do you think this iteration of SNK is the most successful since the 90’s? (58:39)
In a better world, what classic SNK series would you like to come back? (01:07:14)
Which game in the series sound design has stuck with you the most? (01:13:03)
What is the best outfit in KOF history? (01:20:56)
What are your favorite King of Fighters spinoffs and minigames? (01:26:44)
Who is the King of Fighters? (01:31:53)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Bio Logical (01:37:37)


Recommendations and Outro (01:46:56)


Ready? Go! to the forums to discuss this episode!


A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

King of Fighters series

Athena Asamiya

Kyo Kusanagi

Nakoruru

Joe Higashi

Yashiro Nanakase

Angel

May Lee Jinju

Iori Yagami

Clark Still

Mai Shiranui

King

Leona

Vanessa

Mad Man’s Cafe

Street Fighter series

Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium

Skullgirls

Asuka 120% Excellent: BURNING Fest.

Ga-rou-den Breakblow

The Rumble Fish 2

Samurai Shodown series

Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman buys 96% of SNK day after KOF XV release

Captain Tsubasa

West Oakland Punks With Lunch

King of Dinosaurs

K9999

Akira (1988)

Terry Bogard

Krohnen McDougall

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Mr. Sakurai Presents “Terry Bogard”

Chizuru Kagura

Kusanagi

Yuki

Allegory of the Wind

Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series

Guilty Gear series

Metal Slug Tactics

Twinkle Star Sprites series

Shock Troopers

Beast Busters series

Athena

Crystalis

Cool Cool Jam

Magician Lord

Crossed Swords

Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy

Ikari Warriors games

The King of Fighters (2010)

Yashiro Nanakase

Shermie

Benimaru Nikaido

K’

Puzzle Fighter series

This is what the King of Fighters MOBA looks like

Kunio / Nekketsu High games

Team American Sports

Duck King

Recommendations:


Brandon: Casa Sanchez Picoso Chips


Azurelore: Far Away Times


Andrés: DNOpls, Patrick Miller’s patreon


Pat: Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium


Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.

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