In SNK's original design, the plot of the three artifacts was far from that simple. At that time, "The King of Fighters 94", "The King of Fighters 95" and "The King of Fighters 96" were already very influential, but their popularity could not be compared with the previous games of "The Legend of Hungry Wolf", which can be seen from the number of porting platforms.
This also caused SNK to be a little rotten, intending to end the "King of Fighters" chapter in a hurry, so we saw the bug-filled "The King of Fighters 97", and I suspected that the game was released without much testing that year.
But this "flawed" version gives "The King of Fighters" more room to play, and even players use various bugs to play various genres, which SNK did not expect back then!
When "Street Fighter 3" was popular abroad, almost all of our game halls were "The King of Fighters 97", and it is no wonder that SNK tilted the development focus of "The King of Fighters" to Chinese players many years later.
After The King of Fighters 97, SNK continued to develop subsequent plots, but the Great Snake chapter had been written to death, and only new plots could be developed. This also led to a lot of wonderful plots in the big snake chapter being cut off, the role of the three artifacts was not played, and I never saw Kusanagi Kyo take out the "Kusanagi Sword", and the eight masters were all rushed to die, and there was no one. (After "The King of Fighters 13", SNK began to find a way to resurrect the Eight Masters Collection, because the influence of the Great Snake chapter was too great.) ）
Why has Kusanagi Kyo been wearing a white hood since "The King of Fighters 94"?
The answer was already introduced in the original design pattern, because there is a "sun mark" on Kusanagi-kyo's forehead, and the three divine artifact families have this inheritance.
But only those whose power is stimulated will have this mark, and the Kusanagi family only has Kusanagi Kyo in this era, and it only appeared after hovering once on the edge of death.
Official Design Draft:
In Samurai Samurai RPG, Kusanagi-kyo's ancestor also has a sun mark on his forehead, but it is displayed on his headband.
The plot of the Sun Mark was restored in Hong Kong comics:
In fact, in the nineties, SNK licensed the copyright of "The King of Fighters" to Hong Kong companies, and this company licensed it to several comic companies.
"The King of Fighters 95" was drawn by Shum Zhuohua, but only for this issue. Why did the "Middle Way Collapse" occur in just one issue? It is because the plot is decent, fully in line with the setting of SNK, and it is also a blank plot of the transition from "Fist of Dragon and Tiger" + "Legend of Hungry Wolf" to "The King of Fighters".
The Hong Kong manga of "The King of Fighters 95", although Kusanagi Kyo has been set to be the protagonist. But looking at the length and plot, Ryu Sakasaki (Ryo Sakasaki) and Terry (Terry) are the protagonists in the true sense. At this time, Kusanagi-kyo, who had just debuted, was only ranked 8th in the world.
And Sakasaki Ryu and Terry are the first and second in the world, respectively. At the end of the manga, it is still Sakasaki Ryu who wins with a dragon and tiger dance and "kills" Terry, and the plot ends in a hurry after leaving suspense.
Hong Kong comic "The King of Fighters 96" was drawn by Deng Yaorong, including the 97 and 98 behind. What absolute realm, what cosmic power brain hole comes from here. It is also in these Hong Kong comics that the "sun mark" that appeared on SNK's original design forehead is restored.
This plot SNK does have reservations, but it is only reflected in "The King of Fighters Kyo".
In "The King of Fighters Kyo", another genius of the Kusanagi family appears: Soji Kusanagi. His strength is even above Kusanagi Kyo, but after he discovered that his cultivation reached the limit many years ago, he would burst out with a force that he could not control, and was considered a "devil" state. In the end, he had to give up cultivation, and Kusanagi-kyo naturally became the head of the family.
And this force is the "sun mark" in the original design, once the mark rushes out, he has the power to resist the storm. Unfortunately, Soji Kusanagi couldn't do it.
In the original plot of SNK, the people of the Three Artifact families are all imprinted. This also coincides with the Great Snake Eight Masters. People with ancient power inheritance will have various marks on their bodies.
Sharmi on her back, Madore's eyes and Weisse's shoulders. And Kusanagi-kyo's mark on the forehead, Yagami-an and Kagura Chizuru are unknown.
The mark of the Kusanagi family and the Yachiki Qiong family: the sun and the moon
In the Hong Kong comic plot of "The King of Fighters 96", the game plot is almost completely restored. The conceited Kyo Kusanagi prepares to participate in the King of Fighters tournament, but encounters a stranger blocking his way.
During the battle, Kusanagi Kyo found that the other party knew everything about his martial arts master, and even the big snake beak that he was proud of was vulnerable in front of others.
In the end, Kusanagi Kyo is "killed" by this strange man. While Red Maru and Daimon Goro were in grief, Kusanagi Shibashu discovered that the family's "Flame Battle Emblem" appeared on the forehead of the dead Kusanagi Kyo.
So he poured the power of the Great Serpent Beak into this mark, and successfully resonated with the Kusanagi Fire in Kusanagi Kyo's body and revived.
Although Hong Kong comics borrowed the original design and plot of SNK, the story began to develop wildly in the later stage.
Yagami-an's father died not long after being defeated by Kusanagi Shibafune, and Yagami-an's mother dyed her hair when she vomited a mouthful of blood on Yagami-an's head. Years later, Yagami-an killed dozens of members of the Kusanagi family, and also forcibly kissed Kusanagi Kyo's girlfriend "Fujido Kasumi", and even went to remember her after her death.
And on Kusanagi Kyo's side, a grandfather Kusanagi Lie suddenly appeared, and when he appeared, he was full of momentum. Kusanagi-kyo comprehends the supreme mystery from him and successfully kills Storm Goenitz.
But in the end, we find out that both Kusanagi and Fujido Ryubai are just people who make wedding clothes for the emperor. After absorbing the power of the two, the emperor killed them with his own hands. The Flame Battle Emblem said so lively, what Kusanagi family is the highest meaning, and as a result, it was easily killed by the emperor
In addition, in Hong Kong comics, there was also the ancestor of the Kusanagi family: Kusanagi Rising Sun.
This name is so middle two, you should know that it is an original character from Hong Kong comics when you hear it!
The Kusanagi sword is not manifested in the game, but is embodied in Kusanagi Kyo's moves, and Tiancong Yun is. In addition, Kusanagi Kyo can also unleash the Ten Fist Sword Skill.
People who are still interested in arcades today are all emotional players of the past, and no one will join in the future.
After years of vicissitudes, our mentality has changed.
Those friends who used to play well have not been in touch for many years.
Looking back, I found that what I was most worried about was the smoky arcade hall
After all, there are our youth memories there!
Note: Some of the pictures in the article come from the Internet, such as invasion and deletion