Ep. 233 - Pod of Casters, an ICS SNK KOF Roundtable

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:

1. What brought this panel together? (02:11)
2. What are your fighting game credentials? (10:55)
3. How has SNK’s purchase by a murderous dictator impacted your relationship with the company and King of Fighters series? (18:24)
4. What would an in-person Insert Credit event be like? (28:43)
5. If you disappeared for twenty years, what alias would you return as? (34:49)
6. Why do you play KOF? (41:26)
7. How will Kyo and Iori’s long term relationship unfold? (51:32)
8. Do you think this iteration of SNK is the most successful since the 90’s? (58:39)
9. In a better world, what classic SNK series would you like to come back? (01:07:14)
10. Which game in the series sound design has stuck with you the most? (01:13:03)
11. What is the best outfit in KOF history? (01:20:56)
12. What are your favorite King of Fighters spinoffs and minigames? (01:26:44)
13. Who is the King of Fighters? (01:31:53)

LIGHTNING ROUND: Bio Logical (01:37:37)

Recommendations and Outro (01:46:56)

Ready? Go! to the forums to discuss this episode!

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.