#nameless kof

[leviathanfish]

Honest to god this look terrible but I drew nameless today while I was bored,I’ve never drawn him before 💀(with a cameo of Isolde!)

(Might think about making this digital but I wanted to share some traditional art I can make!)

[gaymer-hag-stan]

On the 26th of February, The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match was released in Japan for the PlayStation 2.

The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match is an enhanced remake of The King of Fighters 2002. It features a massive roster of 66 characters, refined mechanics, and improved balance, making it one of the most competitive entries in the series. The game brings back the classic 3v3 battle system and introduces new moves, updated visuals, and enhanced gameplay mechanics. It is widely regarded as one of the best KOF titles for its fast-paced combat and deep strategy.

[thedestinysunknown]

King of Fighters 2002 Ultimate - Nameless:

"Look at this awesome looking dude. I really like him. A fast and powerful machine with some really cool special attacks. I believe this is a character that got a lot of changes because of his possible inspiration, and so to avoid copyrights, SNK's team has changed his name and design a bunch of times."

PS: the gameplay used for this gifset is not mine. The original video belongs to the user: L.A.z.y., on Youtube.

[salad-juice-enjoyer]

I feel like a bad KOF fan for enjoying both Krohnen and Nameless seperately for their own merits. :^B

[anggeese]

In my xiao meets nameless bard au where xiao is like:

X: i'm taking you to mondstadt. We'll figure what's happening (discuss with KoF)

Nb: okay

X: (brings him to mond)

Nb: i thought we were going to mond?

X: we are in mond?

Nb: (points at stormterror's lair) but that's mond?

X: ????????

[gear-project]

Annon-Guy: Any favorites among these teams? Looks like people like the Ranma ½ guys the most.

https://www.tumblr.com/annon-guy2/773751948216336384/king-of-fighters-tournament-poll-shonen-sunday?source=share

I’m not sure how guest characters even work for KOF format, or even how they’d normally choose them.

Teams from Fatal Fury and Samurai Shodown made sense, even teams from World Heroes and Metal Slug, based on SNK IPs.

Samurai Shodown in particular chose guests from For Honor, and an obscure Chinese MMORPG, as I recall. And Baiken from Guilty Gear of course, though the lore in the game was vague about the reason she was in Feudal Japan.

If it were up to me though, I’d choose teams based on most asked-for characters, dream characters you’d want to see in KOF, like Ryu, or Skullomania.

My favorite KOF character is actually Nameless (Zhe Prime) the counterpart to Krohnen. He was only ever in one KOF game.

[seikotakai]

some sonic japanese va fun facts

i've been a huge fan of sonic since i was a kid. morever ever since my early teens i have been mostly preferring to go into the game settings and play the games in japanese voices. idk man i just really love the sub/japanese voices more than the english dub. anyways some sonic fun va where sonic characters share the same va as characters from various anime and other video games. starting with the trio of the 3 hedgehogs (sonic, shadow, and silver):

Jun'ichi Kanemaru - Sonic:

>Mafuyu Hinasaki from Fatal Frame

>Swiper from Dora (JP Dub)

>Ryo Akiyama from Digimon Tamers

>Buhara from Hunter x Hunter

>pat from handy manny (JP dub)

>Harley from the Pokemon anime

>Henry from Thomas (JP dub)

koji yusa - shadow the hedgehog (aka my 2nd favorite sonic character):

>gin from bleach

>baizhu from genshin impact (not a big genshin fan just wanted to mention this)

>Nier from Nier Replicant and Nier Re[in]carnation

>Noriaki Kakyoin from Jojo (that one jojo video game tho, not the anime series)

>Urataros from Kamen Rider

daisuke ono - silver the hedgehog:

>jotaro kujo from jojo's bizarre adventure

>jing yuan from honkai star rail (same thing with genshin dude, not really into honkai star rail but my brother likes that game and i just wanted to mention this fun fact)

>kaze from fire emblem

>jyushimatsu from osomatsu (not really into that show, just a fun fact)

>nameless from kof

>Sebastian from black butler

>el fuerte from street fighter

[5leggedlamb]

while I do relate to SOME. emphasis on SOME aspects of shadow milk - namely the crushing weight of both loneliness and helplessness (and the, KOF silly, KOF theatrics, except mine are better, 100% -eats him to establish dominance-); I believe his character could've been handled a bit differently. I don't really like the legendary costume thing (and how they made shadow milk more on brand with pure vanilla's theme, like please let them live in their own respective lanes? please?? keep them separate you don't have to go so far as to have matching outfits with your coworkers as far as I'm concerned) or how devsisters commercialized and capitalized off of the chapter 8 and the sort of "bond" shadow milk shares with pure vanilla. I think Shadow Milk can be a likeable character, no matter how much I want to shake and squeeze him but the way Devsisters is playing in the fandom's narrative/fancy bothers me some. Like. Most of the time, canon and fanon are two separate things, sometimes separated by an ocean - what am I saying, an ABYSS, and I'm fine with that, I even feel like it should stay like that. Sure, developers and creators are allowed to play into the fanon's shenanigans, and ultimately I'm just a nameless user on the internet what am I going to change about that; but I do believe it should be kept somewhat at bay. Like this whole PV/SM thing is… How to say. Somewhat invasive, almost. And I don't really like the way Devsisters has played into it SO MUCH (that tier list video. can we. like. ok it was funny, but do it for the ancients and other beasts too at least please). I would've preferred to be able to fully enjoy my Pure Vanilla without constantly being reminded of the clown.

And about the debt thing, I think if they did like more events centered around specific cookies, they might rake in more money. They could even do polls to figure out who the community wants to see next, because I'm sure every single cookie is someone's favorite. I don't know, I feel like I'm not articulating my thoughts very well I can only hope you guys see what I'm talking about jzihek 😭

I can't really speak for Ovenbreak players, as I've only ever played CRK, but I can sense your pain through my screen, stay strong 🙏

That being said, I AM excited about Silent Salt. I secretly hope they'll really play into the "oh they actually betrayed the Beasts" narrative,, AND KEEP THAT BUG DESIGN I AM BEGGING YOU PLEASE PLEASE DEVSISTERS ahem. As I was saying I kinda hope they'll go for the... Yeah Beasts and Ancients must unite against this new, universal threat, because otherwise everyone is doomed narrative. That's what I would do, anyway... Maybe Silent Salt could be seeking to awaken the ultimate cookie,, who knows??

No, Merchant, feel free to complain to your hearts content. I'm certainly much meaner to ugly blue alastoroncelerbillcipherspamton from temu and every last inch of his undeserved popularity. I seethe because as an Ovenbreak player of SEVEN YEARS, none of my faves get remembered in a tweet, let alone merchandise. The dragons, who all took over five years to collectively come out, got a pin set and devsis wiped their asses with them then moved on. I waited over a YEAR for another sugar nova odyssey update to come out because xylitol nova and astronaut are my favorite cookies ever and I'm still fucking waiting 🫠 meanwhile the beasts are getting shat out every 3 months with the most rushed nonsensical recycled plotlines held together with scotch tape because making profit is what really matters here, not competent storytelling. I wouldn't even be this furious if the beasts got equal attention and spotlight but we both know that's not true hahaha 😬 they love to shove their (really badly designed) golden cow in our faces because Smilk was lab engineered to get sexyman tumblr girlies screaming their heads off while not even being 1/4th the interesting character they want you desperately think he is. JUSTICE for burning spice, mystic flour, and everyone else who will get done dirty for this boring walmart Jevil 😒

Oh my gosh 🤣🤣🤣 tell us how you REALLY feel, Anon, let it all out. It's not healthy to bottle up your emotions like that (you might want to stay anonymous though, I don't think either of us want an angry mob at your doorstep lol)

I'm anticipating a ramble (as I am wont to do) so under the cut it goes

Gonna start by saying I DO like Shadow Milk. I really do. It took me a little while for him to grow on me when he first appeared, admittedly (ESPECIALLY his voice...), but I am genuinely fond of the little blue jester man. But he's certainly not my favorite, far from it. That title belongs to Burning Spice and Burning Spice alone lol. The only reason I ever turned the English audio back on (I usually play the game in Japanese, I love hearing my fave anime characters speak lol) was so I could hear that gorgeous baritone of his... Burning Spice is everything to me. I love his design, I love his voice, I love his dialogue, I love his personality, I love him soooooo much. He's my babygirl. If Silent Salt turns out anything like the character I've constructed inside of my head, then he will share the #1 spot with Spice. I'll go ahead and say that right away

I'm upset because, like you said, it feels like he got majorly shafted while Shadow Milk gets all the praise and attention. Mystic Flour as well, poor girl, but I'm focusing on Spice just to drive the point home a bit better. He didn't even get a fucking countdown. What was his little merch thing? That weird ass candle (I thought it was a vase at first lol) and that's it. Furthermore, his story feels the least developed. There was and is SO MUCH that could have been said about him as a person as well as his dynamic/connection with Golden Cheese, that wasn't for whatever reason. Episodes 5 and 6 feel like they're missing something (and you feel what the "something" is in that brief flashback to Spice's past. There's more to what became of him than "I was bored", there HAS to be. Boredom is a symptom, not the cause. I maintain that this theory of mine has merit, and it would've been nice if they dove deeper into it than they did), you know? And I hate it. I hate that Spice is basically the forgotten middle child of the Beasts while Shadow Milk gets all the glory. Seriously, for Shadow Milk:

They changed their YT avatar to him for a while (it has ALWAYS been Gingerbrave, they never changed it once to anyone else all these years). iirc they did this on Twitter too

They dedicate an HOUR LONG commentary video to episode 7 and Shadow Milk (arguably fair, because it WAS the 4th anniversary. But even so. Did they do this for any other Beast? Any other episode? Any other anniversary?)

They give him a costume (a legendary one, at that) plus a set with his Ancient. NO OTHER Beast/Ancient pair has that, and I struggle to imagine they ever will. Do you understand what I would do to have a BS/GC costume set? DO YOU???

They make an exclusive, limited edition plushie (that caused a massive shitstorm iirc, justice for everyone that got fucked over during that and fuck scalpers)

They make a whole ass pop-up store event themed entirely around Shadow Milk and episodes 7 and 8

Why? Because he's the fan favorite lol. He's long since been the golden child of this community, and now we know he's Devsisters' golden child, too. (And they're desperate for money because they're drowning in debt. That's also probably why they released Shadow Milk on the 3rd anniversary: to drum up interest on a milestone anniversary by bringing in a beloved character. Thematically/narratively, Shadow Milk should've been released last. But that's just my opinion.)

Again, I really do like Shadow Milk. I call him "Walmart Bill Cipher" affectionately (and because he genuinely does remind me of Bill. In fact, I think Bill might've inspired SM to some degree). But it's unfortunate that other characters, the other Beasts especially, are pushed aside and ignored just so Shadow Milk can hog all the spotlight. It is with a very intense grimace that I agree that Shadow Milk is a Tumble sexyman. He fits the stereotype to a T. It would serve us all well to accept that truth. He even got added to the Tumblr sexyman wiki before it turned to flour lol. Burning Spice is... NOT a Tumblr sexyman. He is a regular old hunk. Tumblr was never in the business of liking big, beefy hunks, at least not the Tumblr I knew 10 years ago lol.

I'm also, to reference it again, just really disappointed that so little was and is done to explore the other Beast/Ancient pairs - and the fandom is guilty of this, too (not to knock the PV/SM anaylses at all! They're all fantastic and I genuinely do understand and love the deep, complex connection between them!). To go back to BS and GC, because they're my lifeblood (not just for shipping reasons I swear)... it's particularly egregious to me that THEIR dynamic wasn't given the attention and detail it deserves. They are LIFE AND DEATH, the very foundation of the world itself, things I (personally) consider significantly more important than truth and deceit because it is from life and death that all else springs forth. Truth and deceit are things you actively look for; life (abundance) and death (destruction) are just there, everywhere you look, even within yourself. You can close your eyes, ears, heart to the truth and you can learn to shun, decipher, defend against deceit; there is no escape from life nor death. None whatsoever. And so much can be done with that. So much can be done with them. Burning Spice and Golden Cheese need each other in the exact same way that Shadow Milk and Pure Vanilla need each other. They parallel each other quite a bit, too. They're so similar and so different. They could have and SHOULD HAVE had so much to say to and about each other, like what Shadow Milk and Pure Vanilla have. But that didn't happen. Didn't happen with Dark Cacao and Mystic Flour, either. All of that love and care and philosophical exploration goes to the clown and the Jesus Christ allegory. Which is FINE, I'm not saying to leave those two hanging, just... show some of that love to the beefcake and the bird, too. And Korean Batman (Cacao reminds me of Batman, I'm sorry 🤣) and Ms. Angel of Death, too. Please, man. Truth and Deceit aren't the only dichotomy that matters and is worthy of thought and discussion

(and oh my God, dude. The Ovenbreak shit. I've been playing for as long as you, and that shit is diabolical at this point. We get ONE dragon update a year, and they always leave us on the most painful cliffhanger of all time each time. (And this last one... I have many issues, but the most glaring one of all: WHERE THE FUCK IS FIRE SPIRIT??? WHY ISN'T HE IN THE STORY??? HE IS INTRINSICALLY LINKED TO PITAYA DRAGON! THEY HAVE AN UNBREAKABLE BOND BECAUSE OF THEIR DEAL THAT GRANTED HIM SOME OF PITAYA'S POWER AND SAVED HIS LIFE! HE SHOULD BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS ARC! HE SHOULD BE AT THE FOREFRONT! IF PITAYA GETS HURT, HE GETS HURT! FIRE SPIRIT'S WELL-BEING IS DIRECTLY TIED TO PITAYA'S AND THE DRAGON'S VALLEY AND BOTH ARE IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY!!! Oh God I can scream about this for so long. I have a similar issue with the Red Dragon arc in CRK, WHY WASN'T FIRE SPIRIT THERE?) I LOVE the dragons, I love their relationship with each other, I love the conflict between them, even the unique bonds/quarrels between specific ones! And their storyline is picked up and dropped over and over again, left to collect dust until they feel like continuing the story. Hell, remember Gingerbrave and co.'s quest to find where that wizard compass is pointing, and to find a place for them to build a peaceful life away from the Witches? Me neither lol. Sea Fairy's great sacrifice with Sugarteara and the cursed pearl? (SF was done SO dirty in Kingdom, she's an actual character in OB and in CRK all she cares about is Moonlight, to the point that she lets an entire civilization fall to ruin because she refuses to do her fucking job) The Xylitol gang... Well, as of writing this, that's the next update... Which will give us another legendary cookie, hardly 3 months after Dreamweaver lol. Fuck Stevia Nova, I already don't give a damn. Give me more Xylitol Nova and Astronaut and that's it

I have a lot more to say (especially about BS and GC, God I could talk about them FOREVER, they're so interesting to me), but I think I've rambled enough lol. All the love for Shadow Milk, truly, but all the love and justice for Burning Spice and the other Beasts and every other character that gets ignored, too

[jkflay]

Various KOF sketches

My favorites being:

Hope you all like them!

[kuzunoha-xiv]

rip nameless

[castlewyvern]

King of Fighters art by はんくり/hungry_clicker@click_burgundy

[my-genshin-impact-stuff]

Man I love this theory! Though I fear I must kind of disprove it.

We already know who the West Wind is in Mondstadt- it's the hero Vanessa. Now I assume you props don't know abt her, so I'll give you a quick rundown of who she was.

So Mondstadt had two revolutions in total. The original one was against Decrabian with the Nameless Bard and all of that. The second one however was against an oppressive class of nobility.

A few thousand years after the archon war, Venti was awakened once again my the prayers of his peoples. What had happened was that the noble houses of Mondstadt had turned to tyrannical rules- even going so far as to bring slaves into the city and forcing them into dangerous life-and-death battles for their enjoyment. One of these slaves, Vanessa, met Venti. Through some plot stuff they then managed to defeat the evil aristocracy and free Mondstadt once again.

Vanessa would go on to found the Knights of Favonious, becoming the very first Grandmaster aswell as Dandelion Knight. Being so successful that after her death, she would then go on to ascend to Celestia- becoming the West Wind that would protect Mondstadt. So The KoF are named after the Westwind....because their founder is literally the west wind.

Why Venti is asociated with the West Wind instead of showing her in the art though? No idea, perhaps because it's supposed to be promotional material for his banner?????

Either way, I still love the theory! And this is by no means meant to be an insult or something, just wanted to have it said since you don't seem to know it. The whole story around Vanessa is in the official manga which makes it easy to miss, but if you want you can read it here.

Okay but- since the official art is associating Venti with the West Wind, who inturn is said to "bring the blossoms of Spring"...... Spring God Venti anyone? Venti who, at least within Mondstadt, is associated with Spring?

We know that both major celebrations within Mondstadt, Windblume and Ludi Harpastum, take place withing spring. Windblume literally translates to "Flower of the Wind" in German, and a huge part of the celebration includes offering flowers to the Anemo Archon. There's also the lore fact that Venti was the one who turned Mondstadt into the fertile lands we know it as today. Originally it was an ice dessert until Venti came along and blew all the snow away, making for better climate conditions in the nation.

Idk why but something about Spring God Venti just scratches my brain ong.

[thedrown]

King of Fighters- Krohnen!

I am unfathomably happy K9999s back and looks absolutely rad! Instantly on the team.

Bonus alt of the colour I used during beta!

[the2dstagesfg]

K9999

or

Nameless

Which one do you prefer? Personally, i’ll take Nameless any day. Much cooler design, his moves look way cooler (even though both of them have the same moves, just different animations). Just a cooler character overall. K9999 is just overrated, never liked him. He has the Tetsuo reference from Akira but even that ain’t enough to save him IMO.

[therosiestofrubys]

The Unemployed Vice

[dualflame]

             Those who stand up in the path of our connection shall all be eliminated.                                       «  Verses | Ж | Rules  »                                  Ind. Semi-sel. Nameless from King of Fighters.