Fatal Fury: King of Fighters was labelled as being a shameless clone of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.
The debut of Terry and chums was designed by Takashi Nishiyami and Hiroshi Matsumoto, who had earlier created Street Fighter.
Nishiyami recalls:
"Even when I started working at SNK, I wanted to challenge myself to create a storyline and characters that were easier to emphasize with, something I couldn't achieve with Street Fighter. That's how I created Fatal Fury, but when it was released, Street Fighter II was already very popular. There was only a 5-month gap between the release timings for both games, and there would not be enough time to develop it after it was released. Even though we made Street Fighter in the first place it was often called a rip-off (laughs)."
Fun fact.
Both games count 55 megs.
Amusingly, 'similar' characters aren't even from SF II.
Hwa Jai vs Adon
Michael Max vs Mike
Here comes an unrelated character.
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| Balrog/M. Bison |
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| Portrait was redrawn for Super SF II: The New Challengers. |
Now he looks like...
Both may have been based on Henry Arthur from Karate Master.
Who the fuck knows?
Finally.
Duck King and Blanka couldn't be more different, but share an identical special attack.
Dialogue
Only a total geek would go through the hassle of doing this.
(Ahem).
Ice cream
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| Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory W...What?! Mai, what in the name of the Great Ice Cream Salesman are you doing here? |
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| Fatal Fury Special Die like your father, you pin-headed son of an icecream maker! |
Eunuch
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| Art of Fighting 2 ...to your pick-up lines. Eunuch! |
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| Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory Hey! Get back here, you eunuch! |
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| Samurai Shodown Then die, you crazy funster! |
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| World Heroes 2 Jet Why you, you, YOU... YOU CRAZY FUNSTER! To think that you were this strong! |
Oshkosh
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| Art of Fighting 2 You worm! I'm from Oshkosh! |
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| Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory The world will all be mine, except for Oshkosh. But first, to take care of you! |
Disease called life
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| Art of Fighting Come on! I'm gonna cure you of the disease called life. |
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| Fatal Fury Special Yes, my friend. I will cure you of the disease called life. |
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| Samurai Shodown Come, gentle one. I will cure you of the disease called life. |
Cream puffs
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| Art of Fighting 2 Gee. Boxers really are cream puffs. |
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| Fatal Fury Special Krauser! I'm not a cream puff. Got it! |
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| World Heroes 2 "That's cream puff, idiot. And the answer is no!" |
Variations
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| Art of Fighting 2 I thought so. The power of my pole is positively preposterous! |
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| Fatal Fury Special Eat my power pole, pansy. A nice treat after a long separation. |
Syrup
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| Fatal Fury Special Blood is thick, but syrup's thicker. Think about it. |
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| Samurai Shodown Life is a stewed peach in a lot of syrup... Ukyo. |
Big
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| The King of Fighters '94 All of you are just big! |
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| Savage Reign Adults are only big! Why don't you understand it? |
Mysterious
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| Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory These Japanese I always find quite mysterious. |
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| The King of Fighters '94 China is so mysterious! |
Kitchen
It's clear where translators think women belong.
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| Art of Fighting 2 Go back to the kitchen. Babe! |
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| Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory This place is not for a woman! Go back home, take off your shoes, and stay in the kitchen! |
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| World Heroes Ha,ha,ha. Would you like to make any other comments about my place being in the kitchen? |
Impertinent
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| Savage Reign Impertinent whelp! Feel my wrath! |
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| Samurai Shodown II You, impertinent small fry, I'll eat, eat you all! |
Clean teeth
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| Art of Fighting 2 Heh, heh. I'll clean my teeth with you. |
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| Samurai Shodown I'll clean my teeth with you. |
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| Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory Don't threaten me with the Shiranui name! I'll clean my teeth with that family! |
Historical figures
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| Samurai Shodown I thought I was dead. But I think I'm Cleopatra, too. |
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| World Heroes 2 Jet Hanzou. I thought you were my equal. Then I think I'm Napoleon, too. |
Metal Slug
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| Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge Run home to mommy! |
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| Allen O'Neil taunts player by saying: "Come on boy, go home to mommy!" |
Cultural references
Expect a bit of everything.
Bloodsport
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| Fatal Fury Did you think you could beat me! Go home! |
Muhammad Ali
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| Float like a feather. Sting like a hornet. No, that's not it. |
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
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| The King of Fighters '96 Someday, everyone will know Todo! No, not the dog! |
Kasumi references her father sharing the same name as Dorothy's dog.
Trouble is, mutt was called Toto.
A massive stretch I know, but...
Wolf and pig exchange proverbial phrase in The Three Little Pigs nursery rhyme.
Back to the Future Part II
Little Red Riding Hood observes her 'granny's' big eyes and teeth.
As performed by Michael Palin, lyrics from said verse in the Lumberjack song from Monty Python's Flying Circus are:
Michelle Pfeiffer states:
Tokugawa was a former shogun and the rest is taken from Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
Betty Boop
Mickey: Read a lot of Yeats, huh. The poet of South-Town. Pansy!
Random as fuck.
Scum
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| Real Bout Fatal Fury In the company of long-term friend P-Chan, I'M HAPPY is written on Duck's forehead. |
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| A defiant Archer paints I AM HAPPY on a wall. |
Multiples
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
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| Dream Amusement Park has a Joy Division saloon bar |
Sokaku's stage is full of Unknown Pleasures.
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| Why, by the hairs of my chengny, cheng, cheng... It's Cheng! |
"Little pig, little pig, let me come in."
"No, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin."
"Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in."
Also, helicopter's tail boom displays Ching.
HA HA HA!
Back to the Future
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| World Heroes Thou hast been vanquished. Make like a Bonsai and leave! |
Biff's signature catchphrase is "Make like a tree, and get outta here.!"
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| World Heroes 2 "Yeeeeow!" "Of all the mysteries of the universe. There is none more perplexing than that of western women." |
Doc Brown: "Time-travelling is just too dangerous. Better that I devote myself, to study, the other great mystery of the universe. Women."
Similar... yes?
World Heroes 2 Jet
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| I am well aware of your big eyes and teeth. Call me the friendly woodsman! Grimm, huh. |
One of the best known versions was written by the Brothers' Grimm, making spiel either clever or a mistake.
Love this one.
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| I am a viking, and I am okay. I pillage all night, and I sleep all day! |
"I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay, I sleep all night and I work all day."
Samurai Shodown
Batman Returns
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| For everyone to remember: I am Wan-Fu, hear me roar. |
"I am Catwoman, hear me roar."
Stand by Me
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| Sic 'im, Poppy. |
Junkyard owner Milo Pressman sets his dog Chopper on Gordie, angrily screaming "Sic 'im boy."
But what I heard was "Chopper, sic balls."
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| Tokugawa, you filth! I stab at thee |
"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale, to the last I grapple with thee, from hell's heart I stab at thee, for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."
For shiggles, meat forms part of Khan's monologue in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Art of Fighting 2
Apocalypse Now
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| I've smelled napalm in the morning. You didn't scare me! |
Lt. Colonel Kilgore: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
Queen
We are the champions, my friend. And we will keep victorious til the end. Wah hah haaaaah!
In reality.
We are the champions, my friend. And we will keep on fighting until the end.
Jack: Oooh. Trickey Mickey the boxer boy. Eat my shoe boop boop bedoo.
Boop-Oop-a-Doop is her signature phrase.
W.B. Yeats
Random as fuck.
Join me next time for the thrilling conclusion.
