Mian's animations are seriously underrated...it is not even certain moves like you mentioned, it is EVERY SINGLE button you press she finds a way to cover her face and change her mask....my mind was blown when I first noticed...

I would put it like this, for a character like Shun'ei he is given a spot in the cast that could easily allow his reputation in the fandom improve with proper care (His endings show off potential character dynamics and the 14 manga is a good showing of what his character can be example) . Gang-il would require A LOT more effort to even be tolerated.

Great list, For me it would be as follows: -Top: Hein, Xanadu, Sylvie, Mian, Kukri -Cool: Antonov, Bandeiras, Isla, Dolores, Luong -Decent: Zarina, Nelson, Najd, Shun'Ei -So-so: Meitenkun, Verse -Maxima Award: Gang-Il, Re-verse, Otoma Raga The New Characters introduced in XIV and XV were mostly great, and the fact that there were so many of these in XIV is part of the reason why I still prefer that game over XV, XIV was the ACTUAL "Shatter All Expectations" game to me

I just found about your channel a few days ago, it's pretty great! And yes, I personally wish Zarina was in XV, but maybe it can still happen with the recent news of more DLC characters on the way!

My list following your preset is really different: -Top Favorites: Sylvie, Antonov, MeitenKun, Isla, -Cool: Najd , ReVerse, Luong, Bandeiras, Mian, (love animations, look and personality. Don't like how her gameplan is for the most part.) -Decent: Shun'Ei, Nelson (He could have a more interesting move set), Xanadu, Kukri, Hein, Dolores (If her pants and effects are differents, She wold rank up 1 to 2 times) -So so: Otomaraga, Zarina, (I don't know, feel nothing about her, I just think her climax is funny.) -T.M.A.: Verse, Lame-il

A constant with me with these two games is that I like the ideas they were going for if not the execution. For example: * I like the whole concept of Shun-Ei, both on how he's already very powerful from the start but his struggle is to control his powers and not to become stronger, and how he lived most of his life a recluse and how that's reflected in his disastrous fashion sense. The problem is they don't really go all out with either of those ideas, his struggle is never reflected in his gameplay or his personality, same as his reclusiveness. * I like the whole idea of having the saga antagonists not be some megalomaniacal supervillains or nebulous organization, but rather a destructive force of nature. Problem is Verse amounts to nothing more than a plot device to bring some dead characters back, while Otoma-Raga is just a giant space flea.

I never really liked Xanadu, weirdo characters are neat and all but he looked genuinely hideous for my taste. Meitenkun is Cool at best but other than that, your tiers are perfect. Antonov is definitely a much better character from 14 to 15.

Imagine later , Luong keeps betraying people and being a double, triple, quadruple agent. Honestly Otoma-Raga was such wasted potential. I thought she had a link or some kind of connection to Dolores because of the visuals, mainly the similar but more complex patterns on her design. Her theme made it sound like her fight was going to be way more intense than it was. And some of her animations feel kinda half assed to me. Like the beginning of her climax where they frame a characters face to show off their personalities and show them in cool poses. But her- she gets to be stiff looking and then you don’t see her again. It upsets me because her design is one i genuinely like. It’s a shame they wasted it.

Shun'ei win quotes are shit and thank you for the shout out. The Zarina part of the video made me smile. I just wished she was more appreciated . Loved that you had the MI Impact music playing in the background and not OTOMA=RAGA getting placed next to Shit but sadly that's SNK's fault

Sylvie slander is NOT tolerated. Top tier or BUST baby

Mad respect for putting Xanadu on the top. Not every character needs to be cool or baddass, you need a freak or goofball to balance things out.

I remember the KOF XIV newcomers didn't catch my attention back in the day. Luong was the only exception. And then SNK Heroines came. You can say all about that game but it made me like the KOF XIV gals not only Luong. This game made me know more about them, I didn't care for Mian in KOX XIV except for her gameplay, SNK Heroines showed more of her personality, she loves money way too much, maybe as much as Nabiki Tendo (Ranma 1/2) 😆 Also, I like how despite being shy, she gets angry at Kukri and even treats him as her annoying brother. My love for Sylvie began thanks to SNK Heroines. You can't hate Sylvie 🥰 I enjoy every interaction she has with all the other gals. Also, I am glad they kept her friendship with Shermie in KOF XV 😄👍 SNK Heroines improved Kukri to me. In KOF XIV he was just a dude who likes to trash talk and looks like an edgelord, like he wants to be cool but fails. Kukri was lame, besides we have K' and K9999 already. SNK Heroines made the right decision of showing Kukri's real personality, being a p€rv€rt who loves SNK gals way too much 😁😆 Every cutscene where Kukri appears is always weird and funny. I am glad Kukri keep his SNKH personality in KOF XV 👍

The South American Team should've returned in KOF 15. I wanted to see more of the story of Nelson's robotic arm. Same for Mian and the Villains Team. Otoma-Raga would be something for Xanadu. I wonder if Alice will be added to Fatal Fury/Garou/ COTW?

Of the original characters introduced in KOF XIV and XV, Sylvie, Kukri, Zarina, Antonov, Luong, Dolores are my favorites. I don't dislike Xanadu, I would like to see him in a new game. I like weirdos. Every fighting game should have at least one. Also, people complained about Xanadu because he is ugly? 🤨 Then why they don't complain about Chang and Choi? Or Joe? Or K9999? Or Shen? Oh right, because those are legacy characters at this point 😑

Poor Maxima, he deserves better than being compared to DarkSyde-Il.

Xanadu I actually didn't understand the massive hate he got, I thought he was a wierd character in a unique way that we don't see often in other fighting games and yeah I was interested to see why he was the way he was, he is obviously a lunatic.

Almost all the female characters are at the top of the list.

How could you even jokingly recommend someone go play SNK heroines JK JK

What do you have against Maxima?!

When you say, meiten is an exaggerated anime trope at its most extreme. What exactly do you mean?

Zanado reminds me of Techn9ne for some reason