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CREDITS
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Well, that's all, folks! This is my second videogame story FAQ (well, the
second fighting game story FAQ, to be precise), the first one being that of the
Street Fighter series. Why a story FAQ? Well, many people don't know much about
the story of the characters, and when they finish the game, questions like "Why
did he/she did that?" or "Why did that guy appear there?" always pop up. Then,
many questions arise of the characters themselves. So, here you go. Also, I just
LOVE writing! It's one of my favorite hobbies, aside of drawing and (of course!)
videogaming. Of course, most of the fanfics of videogames and anime in general
where the ones to cultivate this passion. The SF story FAQ came from a insistent
request of the stories of some characters, and can you believe I did this FAQ
just because Hanzo (S.Holmes) had some doubts of some character's profiles?
Geez, I'm such a crazy bastard looking for some stupid excuse, eh? Well, the
credits go in order of importance...well, sort of :P.
1.- SNK (http://www.neogeo.co.jp/)
Of course, the primary credit goes to the company who made the King of
Fighters series possible, SNK! Honestly, SNK has gone a long way from being a
third-party company for the 8-bit Famicom/NES (Crystalis and Iron Tank still
rock! :) and from their first fighting games (Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting,
etc.), to being one of the top fighting game companies in the business. Some
people may say they have surpassed the daddy of all fighting game companies,
Capcom, but they have yet to make a game as balanced and skillful as Street
Fighter II: Turbo Hyper Fighting or Super Street Fighter II Turbo. However, as
of late, SNK is winning in the long run, due to great games such as The King of
Fighters '98 and '99 and both Last Blade games, while Capcom has three certain
games that truly ruin their reputation (*coughcoughVersusseriescoughcough*). Of
course, a company is recognized more by other games aside from those of the
fighting genre (and SNK has yet to create series as legendary as Mega Man and
Resident Evil, but Metal Slug and Pulstar still rule!), but SNK is gaining a lot
of terrain! Truly, a company in the uprise...
2.- Local arcade stands
SNK produces the games, but it is no use if somebody doesn't get them! And
I know many people just can't afford a Neo Geo and play them in the comfort of
their own home (or wait for their conversion for other systems, and sometimes
they have to buy import games to do that!). So you can just only go to your
local arcade, pass the local Mortal Kombat 4 and Versus game (and if you can,
spit at 'em!), and plink a quarter in the SNK arcade cabinet! And thank God KOF
'98 has gotten a larger distribution than past SNK games...now that I remember,
there is MORE KOF '98 machines than Street Fighter Alpha 3 in my town (5 KOF
'98, to 4 SFA 3)! Thanks to Comercial Mexicana (a supermarket), Cinemark
(cinemas), Aurrera (another supermarket), the 'Sergio Leon Chavez' soccer
stadium, but most of all, the small arcade 'Cerebro', owned by my personal
friend, Arturo Rocha (he has one of the high scores in Kao Megura's The King of
Fighters '97 FAQ, with his bizarre team of Shingo Yabuki, Chizuru Kagura,and
Riot of Blood Iori Yagami). And thanks to all the competiton as well (skilled
and scrub players alike)!
3.- Chika (http://members.aol.com/iorin/chika)
Thanks for the bio sheets of most of the characters. Now, she draws cute
characters, has a really nice page (fanfics, J-pop, and plenty of KOF info), but
do you think she's a very nice girl? Well, you're in for a surprise, because she
is pretty harsh with people who are not friends to her! She has gotten very
antisocial due to all those spammy bastards that always bother her. However,
despite all her conditions and closed mind, she's still a pretty nice girl.
Warning to all: better NOT send senseless crap to her mail, or else I'll beat ya
down with a dead raccoon!
4.- Kao Megura (http://i.am/kao)
Thanks for some names of some moves, extracted from his FAQ. In fact, he
is THE FAQ man! He has created lots and lots of FAQs, and he has taken Joe
Palanca's throne in doing the most complete KOF FAQs. He also the most complete
Dan Hibiki FAQ in the net! Fear the power of Saikyo-ryuu, ya Shoto lugs! ^-^
5.- The King of Fighters Mailing List (kof-request@dhp.com with subject
"Subscribe" to subscribe)
The most complete source for KOF info in the net. Whatever you want to
know about strategies, combos, and other random KOF stuff you can find it right
here! However, don't think we are so dumb to accept that Iori Yagami rules with
skill in The King of Fighters '96, or that Benimaru Nikaido, Terry Bogard, and
Blue Mary were the coolest team of KOF '97, because it might blow up in your
face! Most important members (not in any particular order): EX Andy, Shlomo
Abraham, Brian Lui, Yasakani, Yuhang, Pancho, and well, me! ^-^
6.- The Neo Geo Mailing list (neogeo-request@dhp.com with subject "Subscribe" to
subscribe)
Wanna know where the most loony and delusional guys in the net are? Yep,
in the Neo Geo mailing list, no doubt. Here you can find the guys who had the
enough dough (and cash!) to afford a Neo Geo, and buy it's games too! Of course,
just by that action alone, these people seem like they rule the world, wielding
their huge Neo Ego! The worst thing you can do is go in and say that the
Playstation rules...and don't even THINK about praising the Nintendo 64 if you
don't want to get more flamed that a summer in Chicago! Most important members
(again, no particular order): Dion, Chris, Deuce, Travis, Shidoshi Naga, and
well...me again! (*gasp* Are you surprised? :)
7.- ...........
Yeah, I know this place belonged to someone...but not anymore. Things
certainly CAN happen in a short period of time...and love is no exception.
Circumstances have made everything change for the worse, and this certainly even
reached my gameplaying (losing to Yuris??? NO WAY!!!!). Anyhow...I guess love is
not a pretty happy topic for me. Perhaps...
And that's it! I hope you enjoyed it all, and be ready for my next work!
Say no to drugs and Versus games, say yes to sliced bread and KOF '99! ^-^ ^-^
.......
Rubi....
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UPDATES
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-First update: January 18, 2000
Just added the story of The King of Fighters '99, plus the bios of the new
characters: K', Maxima, Jhun Hoon, Li Xiangfei, Whip, and Krizalid, plus some
updates to all the returning characters. Phew...college can get the best of you,
but nevertheless, KOF is something you just can't quit that easily. Besides,
devoting your writing to love letters...sort of gets you off-balanced for videogame
FAQs. Geez...
Nevertheless...I still love Rubi...
Things can only up once you've touched rock bottom, I suppose...
Kailu Lantis
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