" King of Fighters " series of games have always been based on the King of Fighters competition. Various conspiracies and disputes revolve around this competition, and the teams that can win the competition championship were all very powerful teams back then.
Compared with the popular character Yakamian 's crownless shock wave, the protagonist Kyuki Kusanagi has won four major competitions, and his successor to the protagonist K is also a veritable triple crown. These champions are all fighters in the top battle power under the world view of King of Fighters. However, there is such a person, although his personal strength is not the top in the story, he "matched" the most championship trophys of "King of Fighters" for various reasons. This person is the seven-champion Nikaido Hongmaru .
Nikaido Hongmaru
Nikaido Hongmaru first appeared in 1994's " King of Fighters 94". As a Japanese-American mixed race, he has golden hair and a very delicate appearance.
is different from its frivolous appearance. Nikaido Hongmaru is a young man from Nikaido Group. He has a wealthy family and has received elite education since childhood. Therefore, the real Hongmaru is versatile, knows how to cook, fight, and engages in some modeling activities. He is also very polite in his work.
Especially when facing women, Red Mars is as considerate as a central air conditioner. Therefore, in daily life, Red Mars is more feminine than many fighters. It is said that he has many girlfriends. When teaming with women in "The King of Fighters 97", female characters will have one extra frame when transmitting energy to Red Mars.
Hongmaru, who has been very popular since childhood, has a smooth life. Due to his strong fighting talent, he rarely encounters opponents in a fight. Until he met Kyo Kusanagi in a fighting competition, he was defeated by Kyo.
After Redmaru was defeated by Kyo Kusanagi, the two became good friends. After that, they both appeared as teammates in the 94, 95, 96 and 97 times, and they both appeared as teammates and won four consecutive championships.
According to Hongmaru, he hopes to fight Kyo Kusanagi again and join Kyo Kusanagi's team, and he does not want him to lose to the hands of the Miyu before fighting him.
However, this is just an explanation in the plot. In fact, the composition of the Japanese team is considered a small easter egg. There are "four fears" in Japanese sayings, namely fire, earthquake, lightning, and dad.
Let’s look at the Japanese team again, Kusanagi Kyo, who uses flames, Omen Goro, , which represents the earth, Nikaido Hongmaru, which uses lightning, and Dad Kusanagi Shibashi , which perfectly conforms to this common saying. After
After inexplicably competing with Elizabeth's team for the sixth championship in "King of Fighters 11", in the latest " King of Fighters 15", even though many old friends returned, Hongmaru was still in the same team as the protagonist Shunying...
In terms of personal strength, Nikaido Hongmaru could never lead the team to win the championship, but he could join the protagonist's team many times and then follow it to the championship skin (not).
From the player's perspective, Nikaido's seven championships and his honors were all mixed. The profession is not to climb the peak. The longer you rely on it, the more you deserve praise. Although Redmaru won the championship, his strength was not recognized by players. He ranked relatively low on many popular votes, which is a bit like the mid laner of the S7 champion team of "League of Legends" SSG.
However, even though the protagonist has changed several times, SNK has insisted on letting Hongmaru mix around the protagonist for so many years. It can be seen that SNK developers still like the character Hongmaru very much.
According to relevant information, the prototype of Hongmaru is Porunarev in the third part of the Japanese national comic "JOJO's Wonderful Adventure". Both of them have hairstyles that go straight to the sky, black sexy tights, and white trousers that show off their figure. The developers are very satisfied with this look, so that the early Redmaru styles are almost exactly the same as Porunarev.
However, unlike Bobo, Red Horse's soaring hair is not born. Under normal circumstances, his hair is hanging down. The reason why his hair can stand up is that Red Horse is rubbed out with electric power to attract other people's attention.
a little knowledge that is not cold. The inspiration for "Street Fighter" is also Porunarev, and Gulie's broom head draws on the German soldier Shutroheim in the second part of JOJO.
At the same time, in terms of the design of moves, Porunarev also borrowed many classic animation works of the last century, such as his "Vacuum Box" and produced the automatic animation "Polimar", "Red Maru Tou" comes from Anno Hideaki 's Virgo "Leap to the Peak", "Big Power Generator" comes from "Super Robot Red Baron", and "Thunder Fist" and "Flying Skills" come from "Recreation of Man Kasin". The abayas of
SNK have indeed put a lot of effort into the design of Redmaru, although Redmaru does not like the Otaku family very much in the setting.
If it is just a reference to some classic works in the design and a champion gangster in works of all generations, it cannot fully reflect the developers' love for Hongi Maru, then its changing style in the "King of Fighters" series, compared with some characters who only have one or two sets of clothes for many years, it is very telling.
As the first batch of characters to appear in the first generation of King of Fighters, although the appearance and costume changes of Nikaido Hongmaru cannot be compared with Mamiya Athena , it is quite common among male characters.
From "King of Fighters 94" to " King of Fighters 95", Nikaido Hongmaru's shape is basically a replica of Porunarev, and even the design of the shoulder straps is completely consistent.
Starting from "King of Fighters 96", the designer made some corrections to Hongmaru's clothes, and changed his top to a backless vest. The overall look is more sexy, a bit like the early outfit of Jackie Chan Big Brother.
Maybe it feels that Red Horse is not sexy enough. When it comes to "King of Fighters 98", the designer cut off the fabric on Red Horse's waist, and a hole has been opened on his chest, revealing a small part of his strong chest muscles. The little bit of fabric she retains is also close to the muscles on his body, outlining Red Horse's model-level figure. Its temptation is even higher than that of naked upper body, so that it looks a bit gaygay.
This extremely sexy set of clothes, Hongmaru wore them until "King of Fighters 2002". It was not until "King of Fighters 2003" that the designer redesigned a set of clothes for Hongmaru.
Of course, it was designed in a more sexy direction. The exposed top directly changed from pure black to leopard print, and the pants also turned into black leather pants that showed off their figure. It can only be said that the designer's understanding of "sexy" is indeed gradually deepening.
Red Pills from "King of Fighters 12" and "King of Fighters 13" return to tradition in terms of styling. The overall design is similar to Red Pills from "King of Fighters 99" period. The difference is that the hole in Red Pills' chest was sewn this time, and the overall temperament has been much more restrained than before.
"King of Fighters 14" is a new beginning for the series of works. Many dead characters have also begun to return in this work. Nikaido Hongmaru's look has also been fully updated. Black shirts, golden coats, black leather pants, a string of chains on the waist, and decorations on the neck and wrists are also covered with nails. The whole person suddenly becomes "death of the night" (a common term for the rampage clan).
"King of Fighters 15" Hongmaru and the protagonist Shunying became players. Since Shunying is from the Chinese master Tang Fulu, Hongmaru has also changed into a national outfit, which looks at least much more stable than the previous Rapunzhe clan.
Due to some reasons, the age of the characters in "The King of Fighters" remains unchanged. Kyo Kusanagi has never been able to graduate from high school. Athena Mamiya is always a girl idol. Players basically don't have to worry that Nikaido Hongmaru will become too "steady" as he gets older. When it's time to be sexy, he will always be the most sexy one among male characters.
Of course, if nothing unexpected happens, he will continue to maintain the identity of the person with the most titles in "The King of Fighters".
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