Who is the King of Fighters

Iori Yagami, he the true Orochi blooded man

Aside from all the *personal* opinions, we all know that objectively, Kusanagi Kyo is the true King of Fighters.

I voted other for STFU n00b!!!!!!1111111!!111111!11111111!!!!!11!

I agree with Mushiki. When you look at it objectively, Kyo seems to be the closest thing to a main character that KOF has. Although, isn't there some new story arc from 2003 and on that puts Kyo conveniently in the back seat? Hmmm...

Where's my name

Where's Yabuki Shingo?

Kyo.

K' Dash, get it straight.

KOf Champions

I remember discussing this topic years ago on another KOF board. The thread went on forever until I presented this theory. Here is my humble opinion in a both objective and technical manner so to speak. Okay... like it or not Terry Bogard is supposed to be the undisputed King Of Fighters! You all must remember first and foremost that SNK chose him, as the champion. If you look at past Fatal Fury and Real Bout games you can see signs and banners saying KING OF FIGHTERS in some background stages. Even in the anime he's considered the champion. But I'll stick to the gaming concept.

Now here's where we start splitting hairs! Terry is the King Of Fighters in the 1-on-1 event not the 3 man team event. Now that being the case... SNK never really said Kyo was the Champion of the KOF Tournament, he can't possibly be because he needed his team to get there. If someone said that the JAPAN TEAM was the King Of Fighters champions it would make alot more sense as opposed to saying Kyo is the King Of Fighters. Imagine yourself in the same situation... lets say you fought on a 3 man group and one of your team mates, even though he or she was better than yourself recieved all the credit and was announced as the King Of Fighters. Now, would'nt you be pretty pissed! Yeah, your counterpart gets all the attention cause they're better (which is fine). But when it's all said and done it doesn't really matter who gets all the attention or WHO beat the BOSS in the end, cause it took a team to get there in the first place. Unless you simply like playing FAVS. Look at it like playing Football you got a stellar Running Back, but he's going nowhere with out that offensive line to block for him. But when they get all the credit and a BIG HEAD about it people start calling them whiners, show offs etc.

The ONLY way Kyo can be concieved as the King Of Fighters is if:

A] He fought Terry Bogard in an Official 1-on-1 King Of Fighter tourney for the title and WON! I don't mean a 3-on-3 KOF event then win if their teams actually meet.

B] After the Japan Team fights their way to the boss each game, defeated him THEN fight amongst themselves for the title and all the GLORY!

C]Survivor Mode was considered an actual integral part of the storyline and Kyo fought through every TEAM BY HIMSELF, reached the BOSS and claimed complete VICTORY!

Take into account that just because Kyo is the poster boy for 95 and 96 is only due to the fact the theme is centered around him. And that still doesn't automatically nominate him as the CHAMPION! That's like saying since 'K is the new poster boy... since '99 does that automaticaly qualify him as the new reigning King Of Fighters. See my logic? Even if you want to follow the storyline then it have to be like this.

[KOF '94] Japan Team rescues Kyo's father, I remember in 1994 everyone was somewhat dissapointed cause they felt the main theme should involve the Fatal Fury Team vs. the Art Of Fighting Team. That then was considered a dream match and the brawl for it all.

[KOF '95] Once again the main storyling involved the Japan Team. This time his father plays an active role as Sub-Boss.

[KOF '96] Although Kyo's on the cover, the most feasible trio in this story had to be the Shingi Tri Storyline. Kyo, Iori, Chizuru! Because it sets up the FINAL storyline in '97! And if you had the Neo Cart version you were ASS OUT, because the code didn't work to play with Chizuru and Goenitz. Only way you could use them is with a modded system. SNK dropped the ball on this one... cause they did intend for players to use Goenitz and his female counterpart. Because BOTH have stories if you use Chizuru with the ones I mentioned above and Goenitz with Mature and Vice.

[KOF '97] There are an assortment of fighters on the cover this time. The Shingi Tri Storyline take precedents over everything. they confront and finally defeat the HASSAHAKU followed by OROCHI! If you did use the Shingi Tri you were awarded with final confrontaion between Kyo and Iori.... NEVER INDICATED WHO REALLY WON! And that had nothing really to with the KOF title, it stemmed from ongoing family which spanned centuries (way before KOF was even thought of). If you've got KOF 95 read about the ongoing feud between both clans in the in the booklet.

[KOF'98] HAS NO STORYLINE, SPECIAL EDITION.

[KOF'99] 'K takes the spotlight, Kyo plays second fiddle now. Starting in 99 and throughout the rest of the series Kyo technically speaking HAS NO TEAM! So is he the King Of Fighters??? I think not.

One last thing, as I recall back in the day alot folks use to read KLantis stories from the GAME FAQS, which is fine. But alot of the scenarios he writes about between the endings is PURE FANFICTION! He makes up stories to tie in the overall continuity of the series.

And the King Of Fighters is ...Geese Howard

Natty speaks the truth.

I don't know where to start myself (Taiso was the all-time best debator on this subject, IMO), but "main character" and "strongest fighter" are different things to be considered. The best example of this, in my eyes, is Mortal Kombat. Liu Kang is the main character of this franchise (or has been for the most part). However, he's nowhere near the power level of, say, Raiden.

Sometimes it all depends on the storyline, too. Hwang and Mitsurugi are both among the best fighters in the SC universe, but they'll get written out of the plot (like Hwang leaving once he finds Seung Mina) so characters like Talim can shine, and so on. Same thing happened in SF3, where Alex is the main character, but certainly not the most powerful.

I personally don't see either the AoF or FF characters as canon entries in the KoF crossovers. Keep in mind that when FFS featured Ryo, it was as a "dream match". The same wording is used in KoF'98, where the whole event is non-canon. You also have to remember Geese's role in the early AoF games (which I haven't played but heard about) where he seems about twenty years younger than his FF version.

Finally, SNK's version of Card Fighters Clash listed Terry as the most powerful KoF hero with a 1000 ranking, compared to Ryo Sakazaki's 900 and Kyo/Andy's rank of 800. Some claim SNK never made a hierarchy for their fighters like Capcom, but this stuff seems to indicate that Kyo isn't their strongest fighter. Those who point to the Kyo/Ryu matchup in the Naomi/Neo games as evidence Kyo's "the man" would do well to realize that Terry is Ryu's equal in this game (and, although I haven't played it, I've heard they did the same pairing again in the SNK vs. Capcom NGP fighter).

So to sum all this up, my stance is that Kyo has his superiors in Ryo and Terry.

Terry=SNK's strongest hero
Ryo=2nd
Kyo=3rd

fatal fury fan #2 said:

And the King Of Fighters is ...Geese Howard

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Exactly what I was thinking. Storylinewise, it is still a mystery whether or not this character was dead or not. Whether he has eternal life or not. The fact of the matter is that this character is the craziest character ever created for a fighting game. He started the KoF tournaments, and it may be that after all the years between all the storylines, it might be that he could be behind these tournaments all this time.

Sure Terry is the strongest character there is no argument about that to any KoF fan. However, you must consider that Geese was the one who was the King of Fighter by default, and until somebody defeats him he would still be the King of Fighter. Then Terry kind defeats him, because he falls (probably on purpose), and even in 2003, we know he is still alive. Meaning that he was the champion all this time.

IMO

Geese Vs. Terry

Whether Geese is dead or alive and well is of no consequence. Terry beat him in FF1, FF3, and Real Bout! Howard was beaten 3 times. Yes Geese was the former KOF champ but he relinquished that title to Terry long ago, in FF1. And if I use your rational... and say that Geese jumped on purpose and loss that means he forfeit. But FF1 took place long before Real Bout. Another extremely ridiculous way to put it is Geese lost the title to Terry 3x in a row!

But as we all know, Geese lost it once to Terry and has never gained it back since.

well, for my answer to this question, all you'd have to do is look at my username

Mushiki said:

Aside from all the *personal* opinions, we all know that objectively, Kusanagi Kyo is the true King of Fighters.

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well said, Kyo is just bad ass all around

Mr. Karate! What other choice is there?

Billy Kane. He can kick some real butt, although his combo moves in kof 2002 are sometimes hard to pull off.

Where's Rocky Balboa and Daniel Larusso?

kim kaphwan or bobby garcia

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese

thats all i need to say

it's me, obviously

i'll say clark

I am, well on Xbox Live at least. King0fFighters is my gamertag. I still say Andy Bogard.

As it's already been explained indepth, Terry Borgard is the individual King of Fighters! (plus he could beat the shit out of that little pansy boy Kyo any day of the week).

Kinda' says it all there.

Edit: In case of Giant, Red X: Linkage!

Whoa... how nice *rolls eyes with sarcasm*. You've got a pic of Terry,Kyo,and Ryo. The poster boys for each series.