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)
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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.