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WEEK 1:

‘94 ANDY BOGARD

Even though it’s incredibly early in the KOF franchise, they are quickly establishing Andy as a huge nerd. He’s so fixated on training. He’s like the kids who still do taekwondo in high school long after it stops being cool. He doesn’t even seem like a cool anime kid, just a martial arts nerd. There’s a big difference. However, he does get bonus points for dropping a mild swear in a 90s video game. This was the coolest thing you could do back then. As far as I can tell, there isn’t much mention to his relationship with Mai in this game, so that did not factor into my score. He does have great stage music in this game. All members of the ‘94 Fatal Fury teams already get a huge bump thanks to that track. Because this is the first ranking in the series, he’s at the top by default, but he is also last for the exact same reason. Sorry, ‘94 Andy. I wish you the best of luck as the rankings continue. Hopefully, your future incarnations are much worse than you.

The more I’ve been watching 3rd Strike, the more I’ve felt the urge to hit up 3rd Strike’s practice mode. I’ve been seeing combos on screen, and I’ve wanted to try and replicate them. Succeeding or failing, I’ve been incredibly happy while in training mode. Which is lovely. Because one of the last posts I made about fighting games wasn’t happy. It was downright sad. I honestly don’t know if I’ll…