When Terry was revealed for Smash Ultimate, the best reactions definitely came from Mexico and LatAm

@UselessRecords

Жыл бұрын

100%

@BrasilianFury

Жыл бұрын

@@UselessRecords We were all popping for it and it felt like vindication. I honestly don't think anyone loves SNK the way that Latin America does.

We essentially have our own waifu in Ángel Torres. That alone is enough reason.

@UselessRecords

Жыл бұрын

Honestly factual

@spiralgodking9877

Жыл бұрын

@@UselessRecords Thank you, it makes me so proud to be Mexican. The fact we literally beat Japan at their own game is incredibly cool. (Also, could my original comment be pinned then? I'm sure most people would find it funny/surprising.)

@gustavorodrigues4899

Жыл бұрын

Leona is from Latam too

@nny2055

Жыл бұрын

わかる。

@spiralgodking9877

Жыл бұрын

@@gustavorodrigues4899 Her village was in South America?

it cant be stated enough the impact the characters had on me as a kid. I decided to pick up comic art because of the art on the Neo Geo cabinets. Magical times. Everyone in the block would come to gather and see who was the baddest on the block.

Mexican here, another element to add that’s missing from the broader discussion is how modded/MAME multi-cabs with full button configurations helped to carry over things between titles. You would get so much bang-for-your-buck play being able to try out combos between titles that you’d be at the machines all day carrying over skills vs Namco or Capcom games that needed dedicated machines or had too much mechanical variation between games. Add the larger roster and early representation/appreciation for our homeland and you got our hard af earned pesos first every time.

@bearman_1826

Жыл бұрын

Speaking of pesos, what kind of coin does a mexican cabinet take? How many do you need for a credit?

@Demi-kid

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I wouldn't have known kof if it wasn't for mame.

@Ts-bn6my

Жыл бұрын

@@bearman_1826 Back in the late 90s & early 2000s it was $1 Mexican peso per credit which was about 10 US cents at that time

@bearman_1826

Жыл бұрын

​@@Ts-bn6my Interesting. I guess it makes sense that it would be cheaper there.

@Dead_on_Arrival.

Жыл бұрын

For me: I was introduced to KOF Via PlayStation especially PS1 with Arranged soundtracks, Arts and boss availability

One important detail that you didn't mention, because I'm from Chile and I was hoping you would mention it. The arcade scene was HUGE in the kids of 1987-2000 because all the arcades we had were cheap. In the USA, one game was 25 cents, but in south america/Mexico you could buy 15 playing tokens for 25 cents. The games were pirate but arcade operators kept a steady and fresh selection of arcade games and we finished the games and kept playing the next day. The Vs. games kept us hours and days inside these centers because there was nothing better to do after eating and watching TV. The PlayStation era brought back in full force the fighting night parties between friends that you mostly met at the arcades and as NEOGEO was emulated, we just kept wanting to go back and play with pals.

@UselessRecords

Жыл бұрын

I love this detail! I wish I could have found more info on it before recording the video 😭

@c4nchi

Жыл бұрын

In Argentina too, Arcades were super cheap like 10 credits for 1 dollar at the time (late 90s) and in someplaces they even had promos like 25 credits for 2 dollars or something like that, also the most populars were 24/7 open and filled with chinese, koreans and locals who played Kof, Virtua Striker, Virtua Tennis and all the classic arcades of the time.

@kisamuel2666

Жыл бұрын

It is very interesting when you realize that the popularity of arcade was still quite high in Latin American countries, even if in other regions or countries these were almost not seen on the streets anymore.

In Peru , KOF 98 was everywhere .

This series got me into taking 2D fighters more seriously

I remember when I was a kid i flew over to mexico to visit family, i was suprised to see how many arcade there were in the small towns. I went there looking for MVC1, and instead i found KOF everywhere. sometimes more than half the arcade cabinets were just different iterations of KOF and other SNK games. Then I stumbled onto KOF2002, and saw the intro. I was hooked, K', Iori, Kyo, Terry, they all looked so cool to me I wanted to know more. Came back home couldnt find anything until CVS2 came out for home consols. I immediately bought it just to play with some of the KOF players.

@sinatra9179

Жыл бұрын

I have a similar experience bro although i already had gotten introduced to kof and when i went to my familys pueblo our neighbor had bought one and man i loved playing it over there

SNK: *creates South American team (aka 2 Brazilians and a character that might as well be Brazilian) to acknowledge those fans* SNK: *Removes South American team from the very next game*

@xilophompilo

Жыл бұрын

brazil here. yeah, because they suck. so bad that are borderline racist. we are always the blanka

@Mateus_Carvalho

Жыл бұрын

They inherited the American (Sports) Team tradiction. Probably.

@UselessRecords

Жыл бұрын

@@Mateus_Carvalho Don't remind me 😢 We need them all back

I'm from North Africa and KoF was very popular during the arcade to ps2 era (which extended all the way to 2014 or so here). Kids might not know Iori or K9999 now, but everyone who plays fighting games here most likely has KoF as their favorite. Not to mention it's also still the strongest fighting game scene here, the esports tourneys even gets sponsored by companies!

@konkhemkhonta932

Жыл бұрын

Remember 2002, or 2005 unique with yashiro's annoying fist or kula. Good times

@etrotm1226

Жыл бұрын

(I do truly apologize for the essay comment lol) TLDR: SNK in my experience was never really all that popular. The only people you would see who know SNK are usually those who go to arcades and like fighting games so much they dig deeper and not limit themselves to popular games. Keep in mind Fighting games are a niche genre backed up by arguably one of the smallest gaming communities. From my experience.... Anything SNK wasn't really that popular unless you were in the arcades and liked fighting games that much that you would play other fighting games and not just the most popular ones (Street Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, and Virtua Fighter to a degree). I say that because judging from SNK's poor sales of their home parts since like Neo Geo AES. So much so videos like Smash Bros video that gauge the popularity of each character in Smash Ultimate saying "Couldn't find any sales data of Fatal Fury", you start to notice they always port their games on more affordable consoles late in that said console life span (KOF games on Dreamcast for example, along with PS2 and Xbox as well). The most popular they seem they ever got here in America was when Capcom VS SNK 2 came out (and of course the first game but not too many talk about CVS1 since CVS2 came). Arcades were pretty much dying by that point and Neo Geo was done with. At least the AES was. All SNK had left in hardware was the Neo Geo Pocket. Not too many people knew of the Neo Geo Pocket so a lot of us missed out on SNK VS Capcom Match of the Millennium for Neo Geo Pocket and with Neo Geo AES lack of sales and SVC Chaos' reception, and above information stated (releasing other ports at late timing and arcades dying), you already know what happened there. By the time games like KOF99 Evolution came out most already moved on to the PS2 since that was one of the huge things that made Dreamcast irrelevant. Same when KOF11, Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, KOF2006 (Maximum Impact 2), KOF98UM and KOF2002UM released on PS2. By 2004 (or 2005 in America) PSP came out and more people were paying attention to that than PS2, and then 2005 Wii and Xbox 360 came out and a lot of us moved on to that. And then 2006 PS3 came out and many moved on to that despite the pricing. They did manage to arrive on time with KOF12 and 13 in 2009 and 11 respectively, however games like Tekken 6, Super Street Fighter 4, Marvel VS Capcom 3, and Mortal Kombat 9 overshadowed those games along with the anticipation of Street Fighter X Tekken (which flopped sadly) and Tekken Tag 2 (which also flopped despite good sales).... Even tho that game's marketing was ass and too many people weren't aware of that game during it's development, but you best believe people wanted a new game by that point and it took a short GameFly commercial to help the people be aware it exists. 2016 hits and KOF14 drops, barely saving SNK and one thing that definitely helped keep them alive, Terry Bogard joins the battle in Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Tho personally I think Kyo, Psycho Soldier Athena, or Marco Rossi should have been chosen but thats wishful thinking lol). Most reception outside of Mexico, LatAm, China, and Mid East was pretty poor among the NA audience. Along with the more "passionate fans" getting angry at the fact that majority of gamers not knowing Terry let alone SNK. So I think that would explain why some of us always say its so popular in the above places I mentioned rather than in North America. And Possibly Europe excluding France as I heard the French loves SNK too.

@NorwingMartinez-or6ut

9 ай бұрын

Great to hear that you loved kof

I wish america shared this love for the series, I am alone in my love for this series

This explains why there were primarily KOF machines in all the Mexican supermarkets, laundromats and any place of business that could have cabinets when I was growing up. Holy crap. 😂👌

Great explanation on the KOF influence all over the world. Especially in most underfunded and fairly low resource countries. 5/5 definitely looking for an extended analysis on KOF series Tekken SF and other FGC titles.

@ODDiSEE_

Жыл бұрын

Thorgies arcade has a three part 6 hour long kof retrospective.

Brazilians and Mexicans eat, sleep and shit kof. My reaction after playing kof 2002 against one of them on fightcade for the first time was just pure awe. Even the D ranks are doing crazy amounts of ToDs like it's a BnB combo. Getting my ass kicked online eventually lead me to watch a few money match on youtube from players fom latin america and boi that shit looks like TAS. It's very impressive.

as a mexican I can atest . All my homies play kof. im literally the only one that does not and i get shit for it lols

shortly after xv came out, like within a week, I went to a spot in brooklyn for a tourney and it was heavily hispanic area, I'd say half the people in the tourney didn't speak english. But way more interesting, they also didn't seem to have played xv, they were all 98 and 2002 etc. players (there are cabs for both at brooklyn arcade iirc) But of course it didn't matter if they'd played xv before, they wrecked me as expected since this is my first kof game. It's my favorite place to watch people play. it's so interesting! great video!

🤣🤣🤣 Back in the 90's in México Kof use to be the unofficial national sport, each time I entered the arcade store some one always was defeating Rugal, Goenitz or Orochi, in that days use to be a Kof Machine in every drugstore even in the same block. I really miss that days. 😌

I don't know what sorcery some of those cabinets were built with, but they were tough! I've seen kids be absolutely brutal to those poor things and they somehow wouldn't break down.

arcades in mexico would get pretty packed if there was a good KOF match. i definitely love this games thanks for the video.

I've been a fan from the US since around 2020, and its so cool learning about how KOF really captures hearts worldwide. Fits very well for an international fighting competition! I hope it gets its strong footing in the US soon that it never had before, even if 15 isn't my favorite.

@ghhn4505

Жыл бұрын

damn i wonder what happened around 2020 that got you interested in the series hm

@neonthunder3261

Жыл бұрын

@@ghhn4505 covid, street fighter 3, and meeting people on discord who told me KOF was cool 2003 was the game that got me hooked

@ghhn4505

Жыл бұрын

@@neonthunder3261 Oh shit I expected it to be Terry in Smash like most people I've met haha That's pretty rad, I got into fighting games last year on a whim so I've been exploring more of 'em, mostly SF and GG but I wanna get more into KoF, glad you're liking them

@neonthunder3261

Жыл бұрын

@@ghhn4505 GG I could never really get into, but I've been having a blast with '95 lately.

@carlosaugusto9821

Жыл бұрын

KoF wont become a big brand in the u.s because it doesn't belong to the american arcade culture, and that culture is still a decisive factor in the american fgc today even decades after the death of arcades in the u.s. Because the fgc is a an extremely traditionalist community. So the veteran fg brands that made an impression in the u.s in the 90s arcade golden age are the more popular ones. For some reason SNK never made any strong roots with fgs in the u.s in the 90s, so their presence in american fgc culture is very weak. That's why it was never an Evo game until the event become more open to other games and more commercial since 2011. And Evo was founded in 2002. It's easier to make hype for something like Killer Instinct (much smaller brand but that made an impact in the u.s in the 90s) than KOF. For example Virtua Fighter didn't make a strong or at least long lasting impression in the u.s, and that resulted in the game losing presence in their scene compared to TK and SC. But in Japan it still has a fairly active competitive scene. VF also will never become popular in the u.s like TK. The only "exception" I can find here is Guilty Gear, that became more popular than ever with GGST, but just because it's a tricky example. It's a veteran fg brand only if you count it as a brand born in the 90s... but it didn't debut in the arcades, and that's an important difference. GG got in early Evos, when no SNK had place there. It had a small presence but it that's better than literally nothing.

One of the best things about growing up by an Air Force base in SoCal was the local arcade fighting game scene kicked all kinda ass. Kids from Mexico, the Philippines,and Korea who have just immigrated taking names and quarters to Air Force brats coming back stateside after being in Okinawa and the Luzon for a few years where monsters on these games. Capcom was popular but seen as the “casual” players fighting games,the real competition was always at the big red cabinets in the back. I was very surprised that SNK wasn’t big in the rest of the USA when I started visiting family all around it,cuz it was huge in my town. Especially KoF and Fatal Fury. Hell even World Heroes was pretty damn common. Seriously tho,SNK brought us all together as KoF and FF where the games we ALL loved. No Capcom or Mortal Kombat snobbery lol. They where popular but didn’t have our heart like SNK did. Probably the only part of the country you could of said that.

As a mexican, i can confirm this

I'll never forget how i got into SNK i remember playing it at my local movie theater and the first thing i saw was King of Fighters and seeing someone playing Terry and instantly became my main in every king of fighters game as well metal slug and the soccer game

KOF ALSO PLAYED IN INDIA IN 90S AND LATE 20S NOW VANISHED BUT AGAIN KOF TAKING PLACE IN INDIA. SO IF YOU ASK WHICH FIGHTING GAME IS POPULAR IN INDIA SO THERE IS TKN KOF SF MK

Quality Content. Greetings from a fellow KOF lover in Algeria (North Africa).

@piedramultiaristas8573

Жыл бұрын

Do u soeak spanish there

@saiko_oro

Жыл бұрын

Ayo fellow North African, Morocco here! KoF lives on!

now I understand why the crown prince bought SNK.

I was a former KOF Player from 2007 - 2012, Arcade versions weren't that exciting except for PS1 and PS2 versions, I mostly played horror games onward, this 2023 I only came back to check online on KOF 2002 UM, I got bombed fast by combos and can't even move a single muscle since I play on dual shock on PS4 and they're on arcade sticks. Yes it is true, judging by my experience with a loss of 12 without a single win, Mexicans are really gods of KOF. Hats off

@derekk.1750

Жыл бұрын

What console/platform did you play 2002 um on? I wanna play online but only got the PS2 version

@Dead_on_Arrival.

Жыл бұрын

​​@@derekk.1750 PlayStation 4

@derekk.1750

Жыл бұрын

@@Dead_on_Arrival. is it available to purchase on PS store? How much is it?

@Dead_on_Arrival.

Жыл бұрын

​@@derekk.1750$14.99

I'm from the USA, and played it alongside Street Fighter and the others since the mid-90s. My big cousins were the ones responsible for getting me into SNK specifically, and by the mid-2000s, my sister and I played Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury, and King of Fighters in MAME on our PCs. In fact, after that Terry video in Smas Bros Ultimate, I forgot how few people Stateside these days never heard of Mai Shiranui, when my sister and I were always cracking jokes about her.

@carlosaugusto9821

Жыл бұрын

The u.s has no SNK culture background, and that's why it's not popular the the country. Your story shows it well... because all these games are from the 90s and were big in the countries that had more exposure to SNK in the 90s arcade scene. Terry is from 1991, the same year of SF2, and Mai is from 1992. In the places that have a true SNK culture these characters are iconic since the beginning. Not only after Capcom vs SNK "validated" them for american fg fans in the 2000s.

One thing to note about the MVS system: It consisted of 4 different variants. There was the Single-Slot, the 2-Slot, the popular 4-Slot and the 6-Slot (which in my neck of the woods was pretty rare).

I am costarican and I remenbered to have this conversation with a friend some years ago; KOF arcade machines were around longer than Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat. Near the bus stations you could find this arcardes/Pin balls stores so you could play while waiting for the bus and now that I think so I have almost all the KOF games in GOG and Steam and actually other SNK games as well. I think the aestethics of the characters are more appealing to latinamericans. I remenbered go to Video Clubs that were like arcades, but with consoles instead back in the 90s and my favorite games were MK and Samurai Showdown. I am by the way terrible at fighting games, but I love'em for some reason... I guess that it is because I spent a bunch of time with my younger brother in the video clubs. Thanks for the video.

I picked up my first KoF about 15 years ago. It was the '98UM for the PS2. The selling point for me was it's 64 character roster. After playing arcade mode for a little bit, I remember thinking "This game kicks ass! Why doesn't anybody play it!?"

Glad someone made a video covering this! Thanks so much man!!!❤

great vid man, can't wait for more stuff!

¡A huevo! (Of course!)

Great video! Longtime KOF series fan (literally since 1994) from the U.S here. What drew me to the series was the characters and just how cool i thought everyone looked, i love SF as well, but as an 8 year old in 1994 i remember seeing KOF '94 at a grocery store for the first time and thinking "wow man, these characters look so much more "cool" than SF characters, also the fact that you got to pick a TEAM of characters was mind blowing to me. I was already a fan of Fatal Fury so when i saw Terry, Andy, and Joe as one of the teams i immediately picked them. From then on i was hooked man. I absolutely love the series and it's characters, i wish more people in the U.S played the games.

Just got myself a NEO GEO home arcade stick. Brought so many memories back. I’m loving it!

@piedramultiaristas8573

Жыл бұрын

Good

Thank you for 1k views, everyone! I love reading all your experiences about KOF

Can I just say, Thank you for acknowledging how niche or obscure SNK is in many Western territories. Along with making this video as not too many I seen in America and around the world online until now knew of KOF, let alone SNK's existence until KOF15 (And here I am hoping the new Fatal Fury/Garou game doesn't kill the franchise thanks to the Terry Shills).I have seen many SNK fans, particularly those who are American gamers from the arcade day who i would assume are almost hitting 40s now (30s at the time), always being so in denial about the lack of exposure SNK has. Especially in North America and Europe (excluding France. I heard the French loves SNK) I remember when Terry got in Smash Bros and majority was like, "Who the hell is Terry frickin Bogard". And so many fans were so upset by that they made either ageist remarks about younger gamers, insult older gamers who never heard of SNK (let alone Terry), and try to act as if SNK, hell, Terry and Fatal Fury specifically were that popular by saying things like, "There is NO REASON why you never heard of Terry", "If you're over 25 and never heard of SNK/Terry, then I have lost all respect for you.", "SNK isn't that popular except in Mexico and China!? You're kidding me right?" So hopefully this video will make all these "fans" get a reality check and not let toxic nostalgia warp their version of reality.

Awesome video chief, love the ridge racer type 4 music

That final clip around 7:40 of the Middle eastern guy playing with one hand is insane to me 😭🫢

@ramiel007

Жыл бұрын

My brother used to play Kof 97 like that and one of his mains was Yamazaki, so he would usually dress in all black and keep his hand on his pocket while playing lol, too cringe but cool back then

@FnafFanBoy21212

Жыл бұрын

@@ramiel007 what a menace

it's extremely popular in pakistan as well

Top quality video ! Cheers

Can confirm we loved KOF and Dragon Ball. In Michoacan.

@mariavega4244

Жыл бұрын

No Wonder why king of fighters is loved in México Also dragon ball is popular And I'm from coeneo, Michoacan (México) The home of the #1 mexican band, Banda zirahuen! Oh man I Could disguise myself as Terry Bogard but in Club América clothes

Much love from Mexico brother, plus... RIDGE RACE TYPE 4 SOUNDTRACK BRUUUH!!!!

The Rugal ban at 6:35 😂😂😂

great video!!

I respect your love for the R4 soundtrack. It’s just as good now as it was upon release. No soundtrack has any business being this good.

Great video, I have subscribed to your channel!

I really liked this video I like seeing history of games and their impact on other cultures

Dope video

Ohhhh....I *LOVE* the Neo Geo jingle. Takes me back to being 12 years old at the arcade.

Respect for the Ridge Racer Type 4 music.

its interesting to see all these comments from different countries. In Korea it was popular over SF2 because 1. NeoGeo cabinets can hold multiple games and for players, 3v3 can extend your playtime compared to 3 rounds max games; people would rather spend that SF2 money on Virtua Fighter or Tekken later when they released. (SF2 was popular in Korea before Virtua Fighter released) 2. in the early 90s Korea, we still had a semi-embargo in Japanese cultural contents due to our bad blood with Japan in the past being enslaved for 30 years, so SF2 related materials like anime and merchandise werent everywhere in Korea like Japan. 3. KOF characters looked "cooler" in fashion compared to SF2 characters because robe wearing martial artists are something Koreans often saw in Korean literature, manwha and on TV. 4. KOF had Kim KapWhan, it wasnt normal to see Korean characters in video games. Mexican ppl can relate with Angel and Ramon 5. later near the millenium Tekken and KOF were the survivors in 3D and 2D game supremacy. Virtua Game came first than Tekken but Tekken was cheaper to bring and inputs were easier with flashy effects. 6. KOF had flashy desperation or Ultimate special moves which SF2 didnt have until years later in Alpha, so kids would often mimick these in the playground as it was similar to powerful DBZ moves like Soul Bomb I bet there are more, other Koreans if you see this, you can help me out!

The King of Fighters is my favorite fighting game. I played KoF ‘98 on the arcade soooo much growing up and continued playing the console games as I grew older

I'm from South Africa and SNK games we very popular even more popular Capcom games (well in my area at least idk about other areas) even now there are still sill snk arcade cabinets and are still packed with KOF 97, 98, 02 and metal slug games being played in my area , it's also rare to see people other games like STREET FIGHTER or TEKKEN the only capcom games played are Final fight and Cadillac and dinosaurs ( even those aren't played that much)

"literally named angel " i felt like that called me out well

Thank you

4:25 c'mon now, Garou IS a Fatal Fury game

I know why I liked it: Mai Shiranui 😂

Solo no usen pinche Rugal! 😂

When i was younger i got the kof collection for my wii and me and my dad would play it he would tell me that he would play that game for hours and then finally when i went to mexico as a kid arcades where in every corner store and ofc i was on kof whooping ass over there even us mexicans from the us love Kof !

I'm in Aus and for all I know it could have only been my town where nearly every arcade cabinet was a Neo Geo cabinet. Never even saw a SF2 cabinet. So I knew all the SNK games like World Heroes and Fatal Fury. KOF is actually my 3rd favourite fighting series after Tekken and Killer Instinct.

@1:58 that made me laugh LOL

It's quite impressive what kind of mileage SNK got out of their aging Neo Geo hardware, especially when compared to much newer CPS2 and CPS3 games.

@carlosaugusto9821

Жыл бұрын

As a less resourceful company they learned to make the best out of what they got. Meanwhile Capcom jumped to new hardware in a matter of a couple years, because they could do it. But that also meant missing the full mastery of each hardware, as that is naturally a late stage result in a company's development history. Marvel and SF Alpha were kinda early cps2 games, and they just kept being recycled for a couple years before Capcom turned to cps3. And SF3 was an early cps3 game. We never had the chance to get fully optimized cps2 or cps3 games in the sense of optimized late NeoGeo games like Garou MOTW, Last Blade 2 and KOF 2000 (honorable mention to 2003's opening).

1:59 la neta si somos

Kinda similar here in Philippines, An average Filipino household isn't able to afford PSX and PS2. So arcade are the cheapest to go to and also piracy and export of asian arcade boards are more rampant here that garage arcades like 2-3 cabs that cost 1 peso/php per credit were almost in everywhere in urban street corner.

@piedramultiaristas8573

Жыл бұрын

Wao, her in Panamá the where extint bcs salmos anybidy bight a os, we miss this times when we went to árcades

While i'm a dumb Guilty Gear Stan (Dizzy for life), KOF is a close second. For 3D fighters though it's Soul Caliber. MvC is always a fun time though if it's not infinite.

i remember when i was a kid i went to school and then i went to play at a grocery store in my Town and i played and i chose k9999, kio and rugal

Happened the same with anime: Saint Seiya (or Knights of the Zodiac) is brutally popular in Mexico, Latam and China (also popular in France, Spain and Italy but not as popular as in Mexico and Latam), and I mean as popular as Dragon Ball Z, definitely the most popular anime of all time in Mexico alongside DBZ... but other than the countries mentioned above, Saint Seiya is not really popular anywhere else

A couple months ago I saw an arcade machine with kof, for me it's impressive because those machines died a long time ago over here.

What a difference it makes being and american or other nationality with less visa restrictions ,that is one of the reasons why you don't see latin American participants in the Evo tornament and also the fact that there is no sponsored players in other countries other than USA,Japan ,Korea ,china and honkong

It's not just KoF either, most of the internet's stuff on Metal Slug is in Spanish too

It looks like KOF became a pop cultural icon in these countries, just like it is at its home. KOF 15 have Shun’li as the main protagonist of Verse saga to give the Chinese a character they can look up to. I would be not surprised as that next main protag is Mexcian, middle eastern, nor Latin. SNK does seem to like to increase their awareness to new consumers, just like Capcom. They are a brand of their own.

Bolivia loves KoF as well!!!

I've seen the merch. It's huge in the Japanese homeland.

In those documentaries there's not enough information about one of the biggest reasons why it's popular in developing countries, the piracy of these boards, they were cheap, easy to ship (just the board without the cabinet) and they had plenty of games like an emulator, also those hacked versions that added accessibility. Same thing happened in the middle east and china of course. The video talks about some piracy but when it comes to arcades it was a big deal and the only ones who really knew how that worked are the owners of these places from back in the day (because nowadays they just get them from somewhere within the country, there were way too many)

Brazil loves kof too really much ❤

Proibido jogar com Rugal. Sujeito a paulada 🇧🇷

On the topic of people creating something that really speak to other cultures/countries; A few years ago I remember seeing a video by a white youtuber trying to dissect the phenomenon of "Black Goku" (Though post Goku-Black its easier to search "African Goku" :V), and was left feeling like the topic could've been done more justice! It's a cool example of a characters themes and struggles resonating deeply with Young Black America in a unique and beautiful way :)

Kids will never know the good ol' arcade days.

I'm an iraqi and i never saw anyone who knows kof

Great video but please tell me where is your accent from? I can't figure it out.

@Dangl's Records at 7:55 to 8:21 what is the name the song?

I already got a sleeper hold from Children of the Atom and sucker punched from Tekken 2. Might as well get tazed and stabbed over KOF '98 and '97

@Turnabout

Жыл бұрын

Yes I am old. Been playing KOF religiously in the US since '94, which was in my student union in my first year of college.

I didn't even know kof was popular in the ME I thogut I was just tekken street fighter smash and anime fighter s

yes every king of fighters videos mostly like from mexican and chinese

They clearly have better taste in fighting games.

I heard the reason why mexicans love kof is because snk decided to flood mexico with their cabinets since capcom was dominating america. Also kof has been loyal to mexican providing characters base out of mexico 🇲🇽 😊

@carlosaugusto9821

Жыл бұрын

I'm not mexican, I'm brazilian and here SNK games had the same popularity and passion since the beginning in the 90s. So you can't explain that popularity.

@yorkxuniverse7315

Жыл бұрын

I saw a video that explained that at the time when snk went bankrupt and was saved by playmore many arcades that sold were sent to Mexico and this helped to get up. That's why how to thank snk created the character of ramon

@omgitsmario7

Жыл бұрын

@@yorkxuniverse7315 yeah it was something like that. Any Mexican person I know love king of fighters specially kof 98”

Arcade Games in Mexico and all hispanic countries were very cheap On USA one credit was 25c and sometimes 50c (new premium games like MK or NBA Jam or House of The Dead or SEGA GAMES were even 75c or a full dollar for a credit) On Mexico, in the 80's and 90's one credit was 50 centavos (half a mexican peso) With 10 mexican pesos (before inflation and devaluation an all that shit) you could buy 20 or even 30 tokens with just one bill! that was the key for the mega hit in arcades, super cheap and accesible There were arcades everywhere! laundries, tortilla shops, pharmacies, markets, flea markets, restaurants, gas stations, arcade parlors, ice cream parlors and even the most incredible places (cantinas and clubs) I remember when i went to vacations to USA and i was WTF why arcades are so damn expensives? they were 10 times cheaper on Mexico Also, PLUS ELECTRONICS SA DE CV was the official SNK distributor in Mexico, SNK NEO GEO games were cheap for arcade owners (Capcom games were also strong, but SNK was the king of arcades in mexico) Capcom machines were almost double and sometimes triple the price of the SNK ones and because Neo Geo had 5 cartridges for one cabinet, on Capcom you were forced to buy 5 different cabinets and thats why SNK defeated Capcom in all Latin Americas in arcade games

@onlylettersand0to9

Жыл бұрын

The official cabinets came in 1 cartridge, 2 cartridge, 4 cartridge and 6 cartridge models. In America, I saw a lot of 2 slot and 4 slot Neo-Geo cabinets, 1 slot models weren't that uncommon, and the six slot model was really rare. Maybe the 5 slot models you saw were bootlegs?

@theshape3872

Жыл бұрын

@@onlylettersand0to9 5 game slot were made by PLUS ELECTRONICS, the México división of SNK, they were exclusive here bootlegs started until 2005

@onlylettersand0to9

Жыл бұрын

@@theshape3872 Thank you. It's amazing that Mexican standard was 5 slots. Lot of American arcades bought the cheaper two or one slot models, though the 4 slot was also common. (I also remember one slot Neo Geo machines with a giant screen, though I suspect those were custom conversions.)

If u went to Mexico in the 2000's every arcade had KoF no matter what. Arcades were huge out there due to so much people living in poverty and never owning a real console. If u had a console u either had retro NES, SNES, SEGA, and on super rare occasions maybe a PS1 and that was because a relative brought it down from the USA. I enever knew if KoF until I went to Mexico in 2002

It was and is cheap to play, you just throw a quarter and PUM! you are in for a good experience. .

Maybe it’s because they’re just great games.

@UselessRecords

Жыл бұрын

Part of it but not the whole story

Unas retas del tekino o que?

My name is Angel

Getting stabbed huh... To be fair, this game makes even me unbelievably upset nd idk why 😂😂😂😂

kof fans are the better people . its true! look it up

Fatal Fury had way cooler characters than street fighter and was a better fighting game than street fighter. Street fighter is has nostalgia value and is a classic and I grew up playing it also. When Capcom vs SNK came out, it was fucking awesome. They need to make a new Capcom vs SNK game immediately!! Way better than the marvel vs Capcom series.

Story and character wise. Kof had far more to it.

Saudis own snk let's see them do something with it

I thought brazil too?