Who else is playing the KOF XV beta this weekend?

@mclainboyd5514

2 жыл бұрын

If only I wasn’t stuck with a switch.

@StoneEagle194

2 жыл бұрын

I wish man

@MrTheil

2 жыл бұрын

Wish I could man

@slp1857

2 жыл бұрын

Really looking forward to Yashiro and Shermie being back and seeing how/ if they've changed them

@saiko_oro

2 жыл бұрын

I would if i currently had a playstation...

I can already hear the KOF 15 announcer yelling "TEAM FIFTEEN DOLLARS!!"

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

I'm about it

@srseki

2 жыл бұрын

1 month later 'Team another 15 dollar!'

@mishmash5576

2 жыл бұрын

Are any of team $15 in KOF15? If none of em are, they need to do it as a joke

@shirakani

2 жыл бұрын

It'd be Team $20 adjusted for inflation today.

@StunningSilken

2 жыл бұрын

I can't unhear his voice now. 😂😂😂😂

At one point Mr Karate's theme was the only background music you heard during the whole top 8 lol Great video!

@ProctorTheKrow

2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly why music should be tied to stages and not characters. So glad they made that change in XIV and XV

@yurionedge2199

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProctorTheKrow I disagree with that notion.

@solidspiderznake8100

2 жыл бұрын

Literally Dark Souls boss music

@panzerjaeger3847

2 жыл бұрын

Nyama bugima

@USALeonHeart

2 жыл бұрын

And it's terrible!!!

I just can't stop smiling at these sprites moving so smoothly

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

They schmoovin

@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962

2 жыл бұрын

WELCOME to the BEST sprites Canon KOF game - sorry 96', 97' -

@drowningin

2 жыл бұрын

I wish sprites returned in SF, kof, etc. 3d looks so bad

@yurionedge2199

2 жыл бұрын

It's too bad that KOF is criminally underrated in the West...

@RooftopSwordMaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@drowningin the dream

Xiao hai actually considers kof xiii to be the most balanced kof where most of the cast is viable as opposed to say 98 where you need to pick from 5-6 characters to win.

@saadhasan2518

2 жыл бұрын

I agree unlike 98 and 02 UM most of the cast is viable I even won alot of online and a few locals using the team Reg.Kyo/Ash/Benimaru

@StarXsu90

2 жыл бұрын

Now i dont have to feel bad about trying to understand Leona

@stilmaho

2 жыл бұрын

for someone who haven't played any KoF game properly, this tells me more about the balance of the other KoF games than KoF XIII

@prazman

2 жыл бұрын

@@stilmaho the older kofs were as balanced as the other fighting games of their generation. 2002um is considered to be another decently balanced game. K’ is the best character with his braindead neutral but the rest of the cast is not that far behind. Don’t know much about xiv since I’ve never played that game and don’t think I’ll play xv either.

@HanDaimond

2 жыл бұрын

5-6 characters to win... hmmm, that still sounds like KOFXIII, lmao.

Mr. Karate in kof 13 is the most respect kof has given to art of fighting, and him being a busted top tier makes up for some of the abuse. while a part of me feels bad for how centralizing he was, this is snk's akuma we're talking about: he deserves it

@ShadowknightEX

2 жыл бұрын

I definitely wasn’t complaining. He was also really fun to play.

@USALeonHeart

2 жыл бұрын

Most fun fighting game character ever.

@no64256

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't he based on his appearance as "Serious Mr. Karate" from SvC Chaos? Fucker was one of the final bosses along with Shin Akuma, of course he'd be OP. -ignoring the fact that (to my knowledge) Serious Mr. Karate was actually lower on the tier lists than regular Mr. Karate, who was already a midtier-

@h.m.5724

2 жыл бұрын

FYI: Mr. Karate was created before Akuma

NESTS Kyo wasn't really on the same level as EX Iori and Mr. Karate. Sure he had fantastic space control and pressure, but he lacked the incredible reversals and versatility that 13 Kyo had, plus if you could do backdash EX Orochinagi combos 13 Kyo's damage output was one of the best in the game. EX Iori and Karate otoh basically made playing their normal counterparts obsolete in a competitive setting. Claw and Takuma did have some unique strengths, but their DLC counterparts were just more versatile and had more BS.

@HS_Gomikubi

2 жыл бұрын

Gah, you beat me to it >_< I took too long writing my own comment, should have refreshed the page once I was done

@xDragonInstallx

2 жыл бұрын

NEST Kyo damage was poop.

@WraxTV

2 жыл бұрын

Claw Iori was almost the perfect character for me, if only he had something that was basically the same range as his sweep that either recovered quickly or was special cancellable. Ended up replacing him with Kensou but I did quite enjoy Claw Iori's 100% with just 3 bars until then.

@julpero3945

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah EX Kyo was only high-mid. EX Iori and Karate on the other hand were S-tier till the end. Claw Iori was an S-tier anchor though since he had the best damage output in the game.

@ShadowknightEX

2 жыл бұрын

I definitely agree that Mr. Karate made Takuma Obsolete, I kinda feel that Claw Iori was better for Rushdown players, though Flame Iori was definitely better all around.

That Iori infinite meme had me dying LMAO

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad. That took forever to put together 😅

@HuascarRadio

2 жыл бұрын

I also thought it was really funny. What the heck is that from? I’ve been trying to find out who those two running people are!

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

Blooper from The Flash iirc

The DLC characters come bundled with the steam version, so for me it's team "I just got the game"

I think it's misleading to paint EX Kyo as if he were on the same level as Iori and Karate. People give him this rep simply because he was also a DLC character, but in retrospect it's clear the reward for purchasing him just wasn't quite as game-breaking as the others. He's not _weak_ by any means but if your goal is to build the strongest possible team, you've already got Iori/Karate and the likes of Kim or Chin are in the mix contending for a spot, Kyo is the one who comes up short. Consider that Reynald's Evo 2013 victory is easily the best showing the character ever had on stage, and there were various other factors (some arguably more important) in play than the specific character Reynald went to when he switched. The pressure (both mental and physical) from the crowd, the simple fact that the switch facilitated a drastic shift in playstyle, as well as the fact that as a general rule Reynald has proven himself to be the type of player who will bet on his opponent lacking matchup knowledge when his back is against the wall. Woo's dropped combos and failed punishes in Game 3 alone speak to these factors all working against Woo at that point in time, and the rest showed Woo was unable to recover from those mistakes.

@kurushiidrive

2 жыл бұрын

The video mentions that EX Kyo is a slight step down from the power level that Karate and Flames Iori were on, with regards to versatility . See 4:34

NESTS Kyo was my fucking MAN. played King, NESTS Kyo, Shen Woo and I NEVER Felt let down by my performances.

You forgot to mention how Mr Karate is straight up a boss character from another game(SVC chaos), has every possible tool in the game, and even has tools from other games (like dp break from Garou, dash cancel from svc, a jump cancelable normal for no reason). Overall he's absurdly overtuned. Still, the characters in this game kinda feel more powerful than their previous versions due to how much stronger conversions are in general, even if a lot of then feel like they lost half their moves, the game is pretty fun too play.

@James-oj6ru

2 жыл бұрын

Due to KOF XIII unique RAMP UP in terms of fast pace offensive style and also moves which are once defensive now could be use offensively HEAVILY, with the inclusion of hyper drive and EX moves, every character is overtuned with armor, damage, speeds and _Iori got his infinite back…._ I think that part was intentional since they patched that out before this game but now for some reason, it’s back but meh That may explain why Iori with the power of flame (I like to call him flame rage Iori), NEST Kyo and Mr. Karate is so overtuned, they underestimated their usefulness and just _OVERTUNE THEM_ to living heavens and yet despite that, _even low tier is pretty good_ Yes, it is incredibly unbalanced by modern game standards but… it was in the 2010s, top tiers at the time _ARE FUCKING GODS,_ and low tier is actual trash so the fact that every characters in this game can kill each other just as fast or have 1 advantages against every characters is… pretty impressive balancing on SNK sides… except for Ash, he got _THE VERY END OF THE STICK_

@wubbawubba3396

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Karate started off as a boss from art of fighting 1, not SVC chaos.

@GHOST5691.

2 жыл бұрын

SVC chaos version is trash, his AOF version is better, and kof13 version is the most dangerous of them all

@squidtheinconsistent

2 жыл бұрын

@@wubbawubba3396 yes, but that design for him is Serious Mr. Karate, the SNK side secret boss for SVC Chaos, also playable as a secret character. Think O. Rugal or his capcom counterpart, Shin Akuma. He's designed to be unfair.

@h.m.5724

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Karate was already a boss in 1992 in AoF

I commented about a meme, but I also wanted to add, this was a great video. I love these short dives into random moments in FGC history. I would have never learned about the $15 team without you!

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you dug it. More soon!

The best team though was team "Buy 2 get 1 free" also known as Kim, Mr K, and EX Iori.

You know part of me wished that they had more DLC Characters had they had the budget. According to the Trading Cards and Scrapped Sprites Momoko, Shingo, Heidern, Oswald, Whip, Geese, Malin, Chang, Botan, Shroom, Rimelo, and many others were robbed of being in this artstyle. Imagine how busted the game could have been with a longer lifespan?

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

I'll have to look into this one day!

@saadhasan2518

2 жыл бұрын

Geese was removed as he was considered too broken by playtesters and Adelheid was supposed to be in the game but he was removed due to time constraints and Saiki was supposed to have his team rather than beimg a sole entrant.

I would argue that Kim is just as good as any member of team $15 if not stronger

@James-oj6ru

2 жыл бұрын

Ahem… EX-hangenzan, yolo kick, Hou-kagu, great normals and _strong damage_

@RetryOfHealGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone was running Kim or Shen Woo lol

13 is still the best kof to date, despite Kim/ex iori/mr.karate being the strongest and most centralizing team avaiable, to the point of being really detrimental for pros not to run it at tournaments. The game popularity decline at tournaments is arguably partly due to everyone using slight variants of this same team :(

i remember watching an Evo top 8 for this game and everyone always picked iori and Mr karate, the only variety was in whichever 3rd character people would pick and those were the most interesting parts like seeing what people could do with Kim or Chin, iori and karate aren't even characters i dislike but it gets sorta bland watching the same characters over and over

@saadhasan2518

2 жыл бұрын

The same thing happened with Johnny in GGXRD Rev. 1 and Bardock in DBFZ you loved watching the character but it gets tiring at one point

I preferred regular Kyo over EX Kyo, I usually tend to prefer Kyo's older moveset with the fireball, but boy is EX Iori fun in this game, even casually you can tell just how poweful he was, Iori being one of my secondaries, I had a little bit of trouble trying to get used to flameless Iori back when there was only an arcade release, thankfully I didn't have to get used to him for very long, because EX Iori basically rendered him useless very quickly.

I'm surprised that not a lot of People really know (or even Forgotten) about the fact KOF XIII was the Game that completely almost killed the entire SNK Company because they were on the Virge of a Bankruptcy (for a 2nd Time), I mean hey, it at least didn't End up like a huge Failure like "Duke Nukem: Forever" level of a Garbage Mess.

KOF 13 is up there with 98 and 02.

The only real downside I remember to Team $15 was that Karate was really REALLY hard

@AirLancer

2 жыл бұрын

Karate's actually really easy. There's not a lot of execution to him besides the occasional tk hcf, everything pretty much just works without much manual timing involved (what timing there is is really generous), plus you had a lot of time to confirm with him too because of cr.A.

@StoneEagle194

2 жыл бұрын

@@AirLancerthere's a lot more to execution then motions and confirming off a combo starter, extending his combos require hitting a very small window. Breaking his strong DP then getting the follow up is hard, juggling with his kick special is hard, and both are necessary for his biggest combos. On top of that there's more to a character being hard then execution. Karate has stubby normals AND poor range options, if you don't have his approach on lockdown any two bit King can pick you apart.

@saadhasan2518

2 жыл бұрын

@@StoneEagle194 I'll agree doing his corner carry combos are hard as you have to do break dp in kick special which does execution but once you start getting the timing right it's super rewarding.

Base Iori was always S tier in every kof

@GuntanksInSpace

2 жыл бұрын

So constant, the times where Iori wasn't as good stand out even more. And even then he's still strong as fuck lol

this was fun to watch. i hope there will be more KOF competitive history vids

NODOBYS GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW BROKEN KIM WAS?

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

All in due time

@GuntanksInSpace

2 жыл бұрын

Raiden may have dropped due to dropkick nerf, we may have had Team $15 here (or just 98 Iori and Mr. Karate in particular), but the one constant in XIII was Kim being ultra dangerous.

@rugalthreesixteen6812

2 жыл бұрын

True Kim was in the same league as Flame Iori and Karate. Making him IMO the most powerful non DLC character.

0:33 jack's eyeball changing illumination got me from a room away

Your videos have excellent quality. You deserve all the success in the world. Love the videos about KOF. Keep up the good work.

There’s also Smash Wii U Bayonetta to discuss regarding broken DLC characters. But yeah, I remember seeing Mr. Karate everywhere in competitive KoFXIII.

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking of doing something on busted characters as well in the near future. She's for sure on that list.

I upset my friends who were running a tournament that I used the whole $15 team so they had to log into an account that bought the dlc, and this was in top 3 so they needed to do it lmao

@Guitar-Dog

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah imagine not having all the characters in a tournament. Good you were friends with them in sure people didn't use there team becuase they weren't on every machine.

Glad to see 13 again. Now that I think about it, there was a hell of a lot of Mr. Karate in the Evo matches lol. I was just glad to see Shen around, but it seems that his fists just can't beat 15 dollars.

Good to see XIII discussion videos nowadays.

KOF XIII videos in 2021?? Sweet! Never knew these characters were so busted, no wonder there are so many Mr. Karate's online lol

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Karate is legion, for they are many

Man I miss this game so much. It's the FG I grinded the most aside from SF4 and Accent Core Plus during that generation.

Great video, loving the content from the channel as always. One thing I did notice was some heavy plosives in the narration peaking, especially in the beginning. Not a huge deal, but definitely something I noticed, so you guys might want to just be mindful of that in the future. There are steps you can take during recording and post to make those p's and t's come out less harsh. Looking forward to the next video :D

Great content, great editing, subbed👍🏿

What a glorious game 💚

Kim was the only one standing up to injustice 😤

Who knew winning tournaments only cost $15 dollars?

Fantastic video as always. Thank you for the Hellraiser clip

how are you making your videos?:) they are great!

To my surprise I really enjoyed playing with flameless yagami.

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

If anything, he's got drip

@saadhasan2518

2 жыл бұрын

Same here I loved playing all regular versions hell I even enjoyed characters like Ryo, Ash,Vice,Kensou,Hwa,Saiki & Shen

I knew that subbing to this channel 3 years ago was going to be worth it

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

You sound like my ex

I only have 1 friend who plays FG, and everytime he comes to my house we play a FT10 in KOF XIII

Yup that's right almost everyone pick one in team Mr Karate or Iori with Flame. But I like Takuma more thanks to the loop combo.

"Team Fifteen Dollars" I just love how that sounds

im kinda happy that Leroy made it in the intro

Yeah the Abundance of Kim, Flame Iori and Mr Karate pretty much killed the 13 hype for me, evo 2012 and 2013 were spectacular.. But once Xiaohai showed the world in 2014 that these three wrecks the rest of the cast with ease, it becomes almost pointless to not have one or two in tournaments and it made for some very repetitive matches spectator wise As much as 14 rotated between K' Nakoruru to Leona and iori and Benimaru to SHUN nei Heiden and Nadj at least none of those of the same three lasted the entire life cycle of the game.. KOF 13 should have had a patch instead we got the trinity of Kim, Iori and Karate making everyone look like fools in an absurbly greater ratio compared to everyone else for the rest of the game's life span.

@AirLancer

Жыл бұрын

"Xiaohai wrecks people at KOF" isn't exactly a revelation. He could mess people up with any character...possibly one-handed.

When I got into KoF and started watching competitive KoF13 these characters ruled the finals hell NESTS style Kyo has replaced normal Kyo because of the DLC

the volume levels for this video are all over the place for me as i watch with earphones. i can't even get past 1:15.

great video! i miss seeing this game in action.

It's really more EX Iori and Mr. Karate that made them strong. I honestly didn't see NESTS Kyo play often in tournaments.

LOL the edit at 1:00…when you showed GT Goku I 😂🤣 god I love this channel

Love how you added the Flash blooper lol.

I don't even play fgs but I can appreciate people getting a ton of dlc value for a mere $15

Very fun video. Tyvm

Kim's smooth pants animation is worth 15 bucks.

kof13 is one of the best looking fighters ever

I still remember how this game completely out did Street Fighter in terms of hype

Great video! The gags were a litte too "fellow kids" for my taste but it didn't stop me from being entertained.

Team $15 (AKA They Ditch Chizuru for Karate-San)

What I don't understand is that Claw Iori was often put higher than Flames Iori on several tier lists back in the day for KOF13.

damn imagine losing 60 percent just because your opponent got a counter hit on a jump cd thats a feelsbadman

As a carpenter, the best hammer is a stiletto.

And then Misterio showed up and we all know how it ended !

This is amazing content

Omg kokonoe on release was sooo busted that it was fun. Damn i feel old now😭

Out of all the KOF 13's cast,i'd also add that those 3 DLC characters were among the easiest to play overall!But EX iori was at the same level as regular one (if not worse) if you didn't know how to perform his infinite consistently...And like 4/5 pro players were able to so,yea...

Takuma Sakazaki after seeing former boss characters still be top tier in fighting games like Akuma and Kazuya "that's it I'm about to put the mask back on and make them learn today"

KOF 13 is still ranked 1 on my favorite KOF games list. Not because of the graphics, but because Chang & Choi are not in this game, lol. This is the game when i can enjoy playing as Kim with his canonical team, Hwa & Raiden. Those two are badass and fun to play.

"You seek out every advantage you get over every other player" JDCR: hehe armor king go brrt

7:07 what are you doing here, Harada?

I used to shred my friends and people online on the mobile KOF i 2012 with Nests Kyo and EX Iori lmao

Good old KOF 98' and Takuma style beat down - those were the days...

I was so sad to see this happen in real time. I loved 13 and watching the tournaments even after but it felt like mvc2 again lol

NESTS Kyo is from KoF 99, not 98.

Damn i really wish they return to 2d again someday

I've seen alot of the Korean 10 dollar team. Iori, Mr. Karate, and Kim

Best KOF ever hands down

3:12 what is this from?

whats the song at 1 minute

Leroy and Goku GT gives me PTSD

adding in the Flash meme was godlike

The NFL comin for you for that draft jingle.

but how 15$ i did bought the game in steam without any dlc that i was aware of or in any offer, and those characters were in the game no problem, makes me think that everyone did have those characters and that's why i've make them my team

Mister karate needs to return in kof 15! Kof needs their akuma.

ain't this guy too well dressed for a fighting game video? "also I'm not wearing any pants" ahh that's more like it

getting the feeling that the newly released Garou team is doing the same shit…but as a longtime Garou player, I am so here for it

And despite all this, the thing that really takes me back with XIII was just how slick Tokido's Duo was

3:49 Yuri : sorry , daddy Mr karate : you BET you are !👺

I didnt believe in dlc tier. Then, i played dbfz.

This vid reminded me of reynald vs hee san woo

The Pin Head cameo was a DBD reference?

I think is not good deal because when I selected cpu level to very hard and used EX Iori its more worst than claw Iori because his yumebiki cannot link and special moves with drive gauge mode its consume more energy than normal characters . I used K dash its more powerful than EX character because he can link special moves without use drive gauge example : Eins trigger shell →Minute spike→Narrow spike→Crow bite+plus→One Inch "if hit repeat again , if not Enis trigger shoot " With drive gauge mode : Eins trigger shell→(Minute spike→Narrow spike→Crow bite "repeat until end drive gauge used EX Crow bite or super moves ") Maximum 16 hit a lot of DMG I used K dash and play the endless very hard mode with 60 more defeat all CPU with always high guard our attacks and I wasted RM62(15 dollar).

As much as i liked old iori i very much enjoyed his new movesets in 13 and its a shame we'll probably never see it again

It's crazy to think that Iori and Kyo were DLC in the first place

remember when Tekken released Leroy? Pepperidge Farm remembers... and so will every tekken player until the end of time....

Like many people said, competitively the third EVO simply killed my joy for watching the game, I didn't even finished watching, it was almost the same team everywhere and Mr Karate OST, I kept playing with friends anyway but as competitive to me it died because of that. I bought all the DLC but only used NEST Kyo because I liked it, and we played with friends in local anyway at a decent level, this game is still one of the best KOF and I loved the trials, graphics, everything,

So pretty much a ZeroMayCry team with no MorriDoom to oppose them

you say ex iori i say Flaming Hot Doritos Loco Iori.

@Holdbacktoblock

2 жыл бұрын

SDM Cheesy Gordita Crunch

3:03 NOICE XD