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As SNK's most prestigious fighting game series, King of Fighters has created many charismatic villains in its more than two decades of development, and if you ask which villain is the most capable of evoking the memories of this generation of players, President Lukar is definitely on the list.
The first boss in the "King of Fighters" series, although he withdrew from the main history after "King of Fighters 95", he still served as the final boss in the two works of "King of Fighters 98" and "King of Fighters 2002" without plots.
Sadly, since New Wave, which was ported from arcades in 2004, Lucard has not appeared on consoles. This time, SNK added Lucar to King of Fighters 15 as a free DLC character, which almost without suspense sparked a wave of discussion among players.
But in fact, in fact, in simple terms, Lukar Kojiro's hairstyle, middle-aged beard, and the straightforward "fight for war" behavior motivation do not seem to be enough to support its huge popularity, so what is the reason why a large number of players directly call "Ye Qinghui"?
Strange hallucinations increased
In 1994, SNK, which was already emerging in the field of arcade fighting games at that time, released the "work dedicated to SNK" - "King of Fighters 94", in this game, SNK's new and old series of characters were put together, which can be said to be a real smash game, however, no one expected that such a "big brawl" would become a hit and become the most powerful competitor of Capcom's Street Fighter.
Not to mention the original 3V3 battle mode, in terms of art alone, the simple and beautiful character design of "King of Fighters 94" is in stark contrast to the muscular "Street Fighter" character, it is clear that the former is closer to the aesthetic habits of Asians, and the final boss of "King of Fighters 94", Lukar, has taken this design language to the extreme: blonde hair that is a symbol of uninhibited personality at any time, a tall and strong slender body that is not exaggerated, a sleeveless top that emphasizes the image of a tough guy, Coupled with the screenwriter's background in the fire merchant and the setting of the fighting maniac, the combination of many elements gave birth to this character who can be called a villain template.
In the second work in the series, "King of Fighters 95", Lukar, who blew himself up in the previous game, was resurrected with the power of the great snake, and reappeared in a new form of Omega Lukar, although it ended up in a ashes, but its domineering BOSS attributes still left a deep impression on players.
Lukar's character in King of Fighters 94
Fast forward to the 21st century, when the Japanese arcade market was depressed by the impact of household machines, SNK's previous self-rescue attempts also ended in failure, followed by a huge financial crisis, and then experienced 3 years of struggling restructuring, despite this, Lucar still got the opportunity to appear in "King of Fighters 2002".
However, when the nascent SNK appeared on TGS in 2003 with King of Fighters, Lukar's figure was long gone. In this way, nineteen years have passed, all kinds of bosses have changed stubble after stubble, and the call for Lukar's return has not stopped.
When SNK's YouTube channel really released Lukar's PV to land on "King of Fighters 15", the SNK official number with only 300,000 subscriptions quickly ushered in considerable traffic, and the PV received more than 500,000 views and 5,000 comments within two days of release, which was among the best in the videos released by the SNK official number in the past year.
It is worth mentioning that the return image arranged by SNK for Lukar this time almost completely reproduces the appearance of Omega Lukar in "King of Fighters 95", and even adds a new skill of "electric eye compulsion", which is definitely a "tasteful" return.
Considerable exposure on the Tubing
When talking about Lukar, people will think of his scissor leg method, will think of his "carrying" action, will think of this is the only BOSS character who can represent the "King of Fighters" series; when talking about the "golden age" of fighting games, people will think of "Street Fighter 2" in 90 years, "Samurai Shodown" in 93, and "King of Fighters 94" in 94;
When talking about the players who first came into contact with fighting games, people will remember the "King of Fighters 97" ported to the PC, the middle-aged boss who bought coins in the game hall, and the little friends who watched the super-killing performance with themselves.
Players miss Lukar, but why not miss their lost youth? The past is like a drifting cloud, and the past does not have to be chased, but the past about Lukar, the past about the youth memories of fighting game gamers, will never pass away.