The King Of Fighters 2003

[rb2k2]

The first official news of this game has finally been released. Contrary to what earlier reports indicated this game will remain on the Neo Geo arcade platform and will remain  3 vs 3 (with a few new twists).  Only one team has been confirmed so far..... The Garou Team



As you can see Terry Bogard has changed his outlook into that in Garou: Mark of the Wolves. This may mean that the KOF storyline is getting along that timeline. Griffon/Tizoc also appears in place of Andy Bogard.

Below is a roughly translated storyline for the Garou Team

It was at a coffee shop along a street. Terry Bogard was nowhere to be seen.

Two strong-looking guys were sitting outside the coffee chop. One was a kickboxer while the other was a professional wrestler. They were Joe Higashi and Griffon Mask respectively.

Joe: \"...Don't just sit there. Try the tea!\"

Griffon: \"No.\"

Joe: \"Then at least take that bird mask off.\"

Griffon: \"This isn't a bird! It's the mask of a griffon!

Joe: \"Hey, I don't care okay!! Just take it off!! Your stupid mask is making me look stupid too!\"

Griffon: \"Hmph. It's a hero's responsibility to be noticed by others.\"

Joe: (Terry, Andy, where are you guys? I need help here... *faint*)

Of course, Joe has always loved receiving attention. However, this kind of attention was more
like being part of a freak show than the typical attention he would expect from his fans.

Kid: \"Wow!! Griffon Mask!! Can I have your autograph please?\"

Griffon: \"Haha! Sure.\"

The satisfied kid then noticed Joe after he had gotten Griffon's autograph.

Kid: \"Hey... Um, can I have your autograph too? You are the GREAT NINJA MINAMI, right? Didn't
you lose to Griffon Mask in the last title match? I heard you've become his servant...\"

Joe (interrupting the kid): \"Hey kid, listen to me very carefully...\"

Kid: \"Ye... yeah?\"

Joe: \"I'm the great one that...\"

Terry: \"Hey, so you're the GREAT NINJA MINAMI! ...Heh, sorry I'm late.\"

Joe: \"Ack! Terry! You're late! Don't do this to me ever again!\"

The ever charismatic (and tough) Terry was standing at the entrance of the coffee shop.

Terry: \"Hey kid, be sure to address him as \"Mister\" next time, or else he might turn you into a frog with his ninja skills!\"

Kid (scared): \"OK... I got it!\"

Terry: \"You've got their signatures, right? I need to talk with them about something important. Go play over there.\"

Kid: \"Okay.\"

Joe, who had just become a 'powerful ninja' was getting very annoyed. He then ordered aligator steak (which really confused the waiter) while Terry simply ordered a cup of coffee.

Terry: \"Take it easy, Mr. Minami...\"

Joe: \"You're good at handling kids. I'm kinda jealous.\"

Griffon: \"You just don't know how to love 'em.\"

Joe: \"Mind your own business... Hey, where's Andy? He's going to be in this year's KOF too, right?\"

Terry shrugged.

Joe: \"Hey hey, what's with that? ...So Mr. Bird Mask here will become Andy's substitute?\"

Griffon: \"It's not a bird. I'm Griffon Mask.\"

Terry sipped his coffee.

Terry: \"Yep. Remember Andy's young apprentice?\"

Joe: \"Apprentice? Oh, that something something-maru kid.\"

Terry: \"He got sick.\"

Joe: \"......\"

Terry: \"Hokotomaru's illness wasn't life-threatening but to Andy, it was a far more complicated
matter. As a result, Andy didn't want to leave Japan.\"

Joe: \"Dang. For being a Sensei (teacher), he's gotten too soft.\"

Terry: \"Don't talk like that. You wouldn't believe how hard Andy pushes him. Japanese people call that... er... was it \"Koshi-Kondo\" or something?\"

Griffon: \"Koshi-kondou. A word that describes the beautiful relationship between the master and his apprentice. Your brother must be a great person.\"

Terry and Griffon then shook each other's hands politely.

Joe: \"Heh heh. Let's become good friends then. Wanna learn more nice Japanese words? 'Atchi ike kono bus~!!' (meaning 'Get lost bitch!') Try that heh.\"

Griffon: \"Heh, 'atchi ike kono bus'? What does that mean? Anyway, I heard the organiser for this year's KOF is a Japanese. I'll remember those words you just said when he announces the champion.\"

Joe: \"Hehehe... I'll also remember to teach you more beautiful phrases from the Japanese language later.\"

Terry finished up his coffee and began talking again.

Terry: \"All right, then it's all settled. The three of us are going to be in the same team this year. So let's do our best!!\"

Joe: \"I'll be fine as long as that bird doesn't do anything funny.\"

Griffon (ignoring Joe): \"I'll be fine too, as long as I can fight fair and square.\"

Terry: \"OK! It'll all be good. I'll be going to visit my dad's grave.\"

Joe: \"Hm? You're going to pay him a visit now?\"

Terry: \"Yes. This is very important for me. I always do that before I go to a tournament. Sorry to trouble you, but can you guys wait for me?\"

Joe: \"Are you kidding me?! Don't leave me alone with this bird here! I wanna go too.\"

Griffon: \"I'm not a bird... I'm Griffon Mask.\"

Joe: \"Shut up! 'Bird Man' is more suitable for you!! Bird man, bird man, bird man, bird man~\"

Griffon: \"That's GRIFFON MASK alright!!!!\"

Terry simply looked up at the sky.

Terry: (Dad... How should we go about it this year?)

Joe: \"Shut it, bird man! I oughta pluck and eat you raw!\"

Griffon: \"You should go clean up your ears. My name is Griffon Mask!!\"

So far this game has captured my interest unlike the 2 previous KOF games . It will be interesting to see what the other teams look like.                    

[Bob]

YAAAAAAY my boy finally comin back into the limelight

Screw Kyo and Iori the original King of Fighters champ come back
Go Terry go!!!!!

BUSTAA WOLF!!!!!                    

[Crixx_Creww]

*yawn*

blasted terry steupssss                    

[PapaSmurf]

Doh feel bad crixx.......all animals cower in fear of wolves......especially legendary ones....                    

[rb2k2]

rock howard is for scrubs who can't play with Geese                    

[Imperial_X]

Kof never applealed to me much.  I mean, couldn't they make the graphics a little more current.  IMO, everything is stiffly animated and the hit detection/ recovery frames are a bit on the slow side.  Something about the style of play seems... dated.

I have yet to pull off Geese's raising storm perfectly!!!                    

[Omni-X]

Na, the graphics are just fine. Once i play a fighting game i dont really look for the graphics. They could be of snes style on ps2 and  i would still buy it if it were good. Im lookin forward to this                    

[Bob]

I swear for every person that does'nt like KOF

the first complaint is always about the graphics

Personally I dont see any problems with KOF's graphics its a welcome change from capcoms style and abit more realistic  and less anime.

Snk/playmore had managed to stay in direct competition with capcom without ever changing their hardware.

Dated my @$$ !! You just cant adapt                    

[Imperial_X]

LOL.  They do look old, you just can't admit that.  Denial my friend, it's denial.  lol

I respect peoples love for the game or whatever you find impressive about it but it really doesn't appeal to me.  I only like one character in that game btw and its Iori.  I can't adapt you say?  Playing all forms of SF all my life, imagine my surprise when I first saw Guilty Gear XX.  I didn't know what the hell to think, I didn't like it at first, but it grew on me.  Something about the fierceness in the samurai-like fighting just gravitated me toward it.  

If I think a game is good enough, I learn it.  Plz don't make statements like that to me in the future.  Its the same way with me and SF:EX.  Ppl REALLY underestimat the potential of the game making it one of the most underated fighting games ever.                    

[Bob]

Well I think SFEX is an abomination of all things SF.
It just feels broken and incomplete to me

But say what u gotta respect peoples opinions

I'll defend KOF to the grave btw                    

[Imperial_X]

And... I EX.  That's life.                    

[Crixx_Creww]

but ex sucks so yur defending garbage
just like nightmare

AND JUST LIKE THAT INSIPID TERRY!

OOO HE PISSES ME OFF!

and the onllyyyyyyy reason why is cause he reeminds me soooo much of ken                    

[PapaSmurf]

as for me......I will take Garou to the Undead level....love that game.....                    

[spinner]

im beginning to like the kof series..terry's ok and joe is ah kicksy fella                    

[Bob]

but ex sucks so yur defending garbage
just like nightmare

AND JUST LIKE THAT INSIPID TERRY!

OOO HE PISSES ME OFF!

and the onllyyyyyyy reason why is cause he reeminds me soooo much of ken

Only in appearance lol

Terry is way more focused and is unlike Ken a real blonde                    

[Imperial_X]

Just coz you have no skills in a particular game does not mean it is crap.  I never even said KOF was crap, it just didn't appeal to me.

Ppl dislike EX mainly because it is heavily reliant on the pulling off of some extremely challenging combos in order to survive.  Most just put the game down as it requires more skill than you basic SF to master or even to acquire average skill.  As I said, I'll make my vid.  Take a look at it when I'm done, honestly tell me you can do what I can as easily as I can and I will be more than happy to admit that the game is crap.

EX3 especially requires insane timing, patience and skill to play half as good as an average player.  If you don't have what it takes to master the game, please don't put it down.  I mean I could understand if you were ultimately skilled and you still don't like it but I'm pretty sure you aren't very good at it anyway so bad mouthing just makes you look lame.                    

[rb2k2]

hey keep the argument out of this thread.                    

[Imperial_X]

Sorry man.                    

[Waggy]

"Kof never applealed to me much. I mean, couldn't they make the graphics a little more current. IMO, everything is stiffly animated and the hit detection/ recovery frames are a bit on the slow side. Something about the style of play seems... dated. "- I X

First man to say this other than me.

"Well I think SFEX is an abomination of all things SF.
It just feels broken and incomplete to me " -SAM

Actually it's not SF, I've proven it in the arcade. A survey said that most players looked at it as another game with sf characters

"Only in appearance lol

Terry is way more focused and is unlike Ken a real blonde"-SAM

I'm pretty sure that Terry was SNK's answer to Ken, just look at the release dates. So hair colour is irrelavant here. And besides, face it, Ken would own Terry anyday .

"Ppl dislike EX mainly because it is heavily reliant on the pulling off of some extremely challenging combos in order to survive. Most just put the game down as it requires more skill than you basic SF to master or even to acquire average skill"

I pulled off alot of Super combos in EX1 and learned to use exel really good in 2 before I could master Ken's "triples" in SF2 HF. I don't like this game, not because I can't play it, but because it's a peversion of SF, IMO.

And this isnt the place to compare kof/sf. Stop before RB start sharin lixxx.                    

[Imperial_X]

Waggy, check out the SF killer combo thread.  If you can do that stuff there then whoopee, coz that's stuff of the elite right there.  I'll probably pick this game up when they port it to ps2, and I'll be practicing that God Raising Storm motion.  I'm coming for ALL OF YOU.  bwahahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!