They all lived happily ever after, like hell he did. 😂

"So to blow off some steam, he murdered his wife and child" That is the most casually psychotic thing I've ever heard in my life. This man is a demon.

"They all lived happily ever af--like hell he did." That's gold 😂😂😂

I like that Adelheid, despite having Bernstein blood, and despite having everything the money can buy, he still yearns for the excellence in the discipline of his interest. Instead of bringing his opponents down, he tries to rise above them, and accepts his defeat when he has been bested. In fact the only two characters that I can say with a percentage of certainty that would do that, are Kim and Athena. Not even Kyo has that sportsmanship. Imo.

Worth mentioning that Orochi’s strong kick IS (a very less broken) Genocide Cutter!

man I love his winpose in 95 where he opens his cybernetic arm's claws and scratches along his chest and does a war yell. what a masochist.

Rugal but after you lose to him he comes through the screen and Genocide cutter's you. Also shoots your corpse too.

Fatal Fury: Hard.. AOF: Not that hard! KOF: hello children, today we are gonna teach you how hard a boss can be.

8:53 Shoryu “After a very challenging fight” Also Shoryu: Shows a perfect game

I just love Adelheid and Rose. Idk, there's just something about them that makes me like them so much, and ofc his behaviour which proves him as a good guy. im waiting for him in the next kof game and kof all stars global. cant wait to summon him

7:10 that was intense as hell

Don't ever forget Rugal was one of the earliest fighters to dance on your corpse by spinning.

I love your happily ever after joke, bro😂😂😂

7:35 you caught me off guard while eating I almost spit my food out of laughing... KOF XV Team Family Rugal Adelheid and Rose.. That Genocide cutter gives me trauma even to this day, just the sound it produce gives me nightmare in my Arcade days

Imagine adelheid being a dlc for kof15 like rugal and have them meet

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, while I’m sleeping, my dream becomes a nightmare just with the words “genocide cutter”! xD

"Even if there is no wall." Hahaha love the jokes. Keep it up!!!

Adelheid and Rock should be rivals. The sons of the big bad bosses. It writes itself.

"But I'll be back... You JERKS!" that line always made me fuckin laugh as a kid. He's literally exploding to death and the meanest thing he can think to call you is a jerk lmao

Repeat this after me I'll never take on a god again 😈 - Rugal

It is amazing that even characters in a few games can have rich backgrounds and I am glad to have learned kof from my father at a young age.

I really wish he was one of the guest characters in Tekken 7. Either him or Terry

He accepted his defeat & thank the trio for helping him see that power of friendship is stronger... Me - Eh?!? And since that day, they became best pals & Rugal lived happily ever after... Me - Wait what?!? LIKE HELL HE DID!!! :D :D :D

You know how scary a final boss truly is when you shudder at hearing two words. If Rugal does return in XV, he's going to want his revenge against Kyo and Heidern. However, if Goenitz also returns, Rugal might want to get back at him too. Oh man. If the villains of past KoF games come back, I think they'll be fighting amongst themselves to stand on top. I'd love to see how they handle that. Watch Rugal evolve from Omega Rugal to Orochi Rugal that has the abilities of all other SNK bosses. Go all out SNK! Do it! ADELHEID!!! One of my favorite KoF characters! If you ever make a top 10 KoF husbando list, Adelheid NEEDS to be there! Just look at him! He's so cool! They need to make a non-canonical RPG spinoff called King of Fighters 2007. It's set in a city where Rugal is in collaboration of NESTS to create super soldiers to expand his power. Rugal wanted to subject Adelheid to become a super soldier, but Adelheid refused and chose to rebel against his father, so he asks Antonov and Chizuru to fight him. He first tells Rose to stay home, but she wouldn't stop begging, so Adelheid brings her with him. However, once they reach the top of the tower overlooking the city, they find Rugal murdered and learn that it was Igniz that killed him. Goenitz then appears and takes over the city in Rugal's place. Adelheid and his team make an escape to the outskirts of the city where their journey begins to find Igniz. They are constantly chased by NESTS' strongest agents: Shen Woo, K', and Kula. As they travel across the world, they come across new characters that aid them in their quest. Malin is hiding in the forests whose village was at war against Rugal at one point, and she joins Adelheid if they beat her. They come across Billy Kane who is watching over an airship that was left behind by the late Geese Howard, and he joins Adelheid because Goenitz is attempting to steal the airship and Billy can't fight him on his own. Later when they reach Rugal's mansion at Adelheid's hometown, they discover a person in the basement who was subject to experiments by Hein. He did not have a name, but he joins Adelheid to get revenge on Hein and to learn of the whereabouts of a woman he was close to. Together they try to put a stop to Igniz who is manipulating everyone so that he can become the God of the planet. I'd love a game like this. Probably my new favorite video simply because Adelheid is in it. Now you just have to do Heidern, and you'll have done a lore video with my three favorite characters! I have to appreciate you doing work for all of these videos. I didn't think about it before, but those gameplay clips you show throughout the video...that's you, isn't it? You're the one who is playing as you tell the story? If this is true, then that is simply amazing. It's your own spin on the story, and you are like the director who has to play the game just right so that it fits with the story you're trying to tell just like that clutch moment at 7:10. That is impressive work, especially for SNK games, and you playing it yourself makes the story sound natural that tells us just how it feels to play against SNK bosses. It's unique, it's funny (because you're playing), and it's fantastic. Thank you for your hard work.

People complaining on shao khan for umk3 or m bison from alpha 3. They haven't ever fought this guy. All I hear is *genocide cutter* but really when your normals do so much damage do you even need that?

Adelheid is a curious case. The idea of these late villains living on through their offsprings has only ever been captured successfully in the story of Rock Howard. Rock Howard is one of the most effective cases of nature vs nurture subplot IN a fighting game. He's the lone son of Geese Howard who nurtured by the expansive wings of Rock Howard. But that isn't all. Rock Howard's entire design is entirely INFORMED by his dichotomous upbringing. He's a passionate but muted fighter in most instances. But once he starts tapping into that potential of his, he starts changing as evidenced by his different portrait whenever he uses his father's Raging Storm to KO an opponent. He appears to be in agony as he tries to keep that blue power at bay in his win pose and portrait--signifying that internal struggle between his own nature, Terry's example, and his father's dark legacy. In my opinion, Adelheid is not designed with that same finesse. There doesn't seem to be this internal conflict. Instead, the conflict between light and dark appears to encompass himself and his sister. Adelheid is a polite and honorable fighter whereas Rose is much more erratic and temperamental. The two end up balancing each other out. Adelheid and Rose balance each other out. However, Adelheid, personally, does not seem to labor much over his father's dark legacy. He's a talented fighter through and through, somehow adapting many of his father's techniques into his own style. His key character motivation revolves less around what his father did, and more about keeping his dear sister safe. Overall, Adelheid could definitely use much more character development. Personally, he doesn't have the same impact as Rock Howard's design. The only way he defies expectations is the fact that he is apparently a decent person compared to the psycho his father was in life.

Adelheid is a really cool guy I hope he come back someday.

Blast it!! So it was Rugal Bernstein all this time! “Nicest guy”. What irony! I feel like Vince McMahon: “IT’S ME AUSTIN! IT WAS ME ALL ALONG! “😂😂😂

"And now both of his eyes are red. Congrats!" LOL

The Bernsteins! Wonderful! This is certainly going to be well worth the wait~ Edit: Yup, this was great as expected~ The highlight was definitely the end of the KOF '94 synopsis. X'D

"Like hELL HE DID"

7:21-7:38 It's moments like this that make love these lore videos Shoryu. I had to pause the video to process what I just heard. And laugh... Is it bad that I'm slowly finding Rose Bernstein to be pretty cute?

7:22 Had me on the first 3 seconds

I can't be the only one who thinks Adelheid looks suspiciously like Cloud Strife of Final Fantasy fame.

7:36 Awwww. That is such a lovely picture. Hahahaha! 😂 9:56 RIP Rugal :( You will always be remembered in our nightmares The editor of this video deserves a prize

Rugal Bernstein, a boss so cheap he makes Shao Khan and M. Bison look like a bunch of sissies.

10:18 I don't fear a man but that girl at the left.... She scares me 😨😰 12:14 Daddy Rugal would be proud of her. Sometimes I wish she was as a playable character.

We need a modern main-game Rugal. Easily one of the toughest, most iconic and greatest fighting game boss of all time.

9:48 it's funny how kof 14 ended cause what they meant by that we really could see him return. Good one SNK

He is voiced from Norio Wakamoto who same guy behind Bison voice, he is really epic and Rugal by itself is most bad ass boss from all fighting games. What I know for Rugal projectiles is he learn about how good are Geese and Krauser and wanted to copy best stuff from known fighters and he defeat them before KOF 94 tournament, that how learn projectiles, they also part of his statues . I was very surprise to see them as statue first time when I reach him in past

I like how Rose inherit her father personality and Adel inherit his father power .

The Bernstein Alliance vs The Howard Connection. Book it Vince!

Honestly he's my most favorite villain in all of fighting games period. He's so stylish and well mannered yet so psychotic and brutal. I'm really happy that we now have a potential for his return because of Verse. I didn't like Verse before the ending was revealed but daym thank you Verse!

I really hope the Bernstein family becomes a playable team it'd be be the first time I'd want to play a canonical team rather than a mixed team and plus it'd just be sick, Rugal, Adelheid and Rose teaming up to kick some ass would be a sight to see, also the potential for arcade endings would be fun

He’s back everyone!

My favorite boss of all time. The main man who started KOF to start with. The most evil man with the most swagger. But Indi feel like his son Adel should be utilized more. He works with Heidern alot. They should work together more. Kinda poetic. Adel is good and works with the man who got his eye taken by his father.

7:35 those eyes and that anime type ending hahaha. Nice one dude.

7:37 Shoryugame is officially the best channel of KOF and SNK. Anyway, a part of me did wish Rugal would actually turn good after losing twice and finally learning his lesson tho...

I've always had a crush on Adelheid but since he reminded me of Rugal it creeped me out cause Rugal was one of the most freaky characters I've seen as a kid

7:24 the power of anime

I wish there is a martial arts dedicated to Rugal's moves (and what I mean by that is only Genocide Cutter) so i could kick some ass

I love how you put the few second of Rugal theme during the gameplay, love it so much, I remembered I need to put the game disc in CD player to listen to the songs. Thank you for your story telling.

he wiped the whole gigantic surface area of the floor with the blood of one of the powerful villains in street fighters shows how outclassed the whole street fighter saga is and they need more training

*We all want him back in KOF XV* Edit : Seriously this is the only character that looks scarier than Iori And no matter how evil he is, dang I love this badass guy

I May Be 13, but I can still love this KOF community

9:12 yeah despite the fact in the last battle 2 of them lost but here only 1 did

"They all lived happily ever after- LIKE HELL HE DID!" Pure gold right there

7:31 best moment (like hell he did ) he cant accept his defeat cause after all he is a reference to Dio brando

Man i really liked that video. I didn't even notice the run time till the end. I always liked Rugal over the other bosses that followed because his moves seemed more practical. He was cheap but not THAT cheap. He was beatable with practically anyone in the roster without having to be cheesy yourself. Plus the Genocide Cutter was a pretty graceful move and had awesome animation. Consider this shared!

Really liked and enjoyed watching this. He and Adel are two of my MOST favorite Fighters in KOF. Stay safe out there and stay AWESOME!

Again another character I didn't knew I wanted to hear his story, amazing man.

I've never been this early on one of your Videos, and I'm glad this was Rugal. *It's been a long time coming!*

With Omega Rugal's presence in KoF XV... maybe we can have a team Bernstein in XVI? 😁

I find it funny that even though there's an official name for the form of Rugal we see in CvS2, aka Ultimate Rugal, everyone just went ahead and named him God Rugal anyway. Where did that name even come from? Edit: Never mind, turns out he's only called Ultimate Rugal over here in the Americas, and he's called God Rugal everywhere else. My mistake, carry on.

I think that snk been watching your videos man! Rugal is now in kof15, will Aldelhied join too?

Imagine if Adelheid joins Rock Howard and Jenet as a team in KOF 15

16:30 - 16:34 will forever be one of the most awesome win poses in KOF history.

I am so astounded with you my friend thank you, for doing a story about my favorite King of fighters character Rugal. This absolutely made my day.

This KZfaq channel is becoming my most favorite with every upload. Classic Neo Geo, Snk, Sega (Except for Sonic) games doesn't get much love like Nintendo games. Keep up the good works, Bro.

Another bone crushing Symphony. -Rugal

Man, u really know all about KOF. What an awesome video. Kudos!

don't you dare think that that jet set radio reference will get past me

Thank you man, you got me into SNK with all these backstories. That's a subcriber, with the bell icon!

Omega Rugal is back. Shoryugame will be happy to know that he is a Free DLC

How to tell the popularity of a KoF character: See how many mugen edits are there.

I had to pause and laugh aloud on hearing that Rugal and Team Japan lived happily ever after (7:35) before continuing the video😂😂😂. Rugal's probably the toughest boss I've ever faced, so at least I know his whole story now. Looking forward to more videos.👌

7:20-7:40 , I knew something was off from the script. And BAM I just bursted laughing as he said "LIKE HELL HE DID!".

" They lived happily ever after... Like hell he did". i didn't expect that. LMAO

I could’ve written this character as something from mortal kombat. Maybe he’s the M bison of king of fighters. As well as being more beast than Geese Howard would ever be. Even if he has the scrolls which gives him extra life ups and such. However I could theorize that Rugal not only ran his arm and drugs cartel but had connections with Geese’s half brother Rolf, investment with the Nests cartel, corrupted some of the union military in which the Ikari warriors are formed to avoid local corruption, as well as had association with Duke, Rock Howard’s uncle, and someone who worked for Saiki and those from the Past. And Ash Crimson as well. Botan. Perhaps. Being a test subject for the host body of Orochi by Goenitz really pushed his head to point when he was overpowered and self destructed, that the time paradox created Verse and he was one piece of the entity itself. Truly an evil being.

Rugal: I WILL BE BACK!! 💀 Terminator: That's my line bitch!

@ShoryuGame Gotta say. This is my favorite video you've made. Excellent work, man!

I could never get into KOF, however as a Street fighter fan Rugal and Geese look to be the best and most memorable SNK bosses in the series and I like using them in Capcom vs Snk 2. Which makes sense as they match up against Street fighters M Bison and Akuma.

Wonderful video. I knew he lost his eye to Goenitz, but didn't know he took Heidern's eye. And I laughed so hard at that joke you made about the 94 ending. Finally, thanks for mentioning the crossover at the end.

"wiped the floor with Akuma" Isn't completely correct, as they are evenly matched, the Fight between the two can go either way depending on which boss you face.

I don't just love this video but this whole series, thank you so much for the insight on the series!

The KOF franchise got me to learning more and more on some of the toughest and ruthless fighters. but Rugal Bernstein is the most ferocious and danger fighter I've ever seen. He would've been on the Radar of M. Bison and the Shadaloo tong organization as a threat.

Just wanna say thank you for getting me into KOF, never really liked it much as a kid but now that I know all this lore I enjoy playing KOF Allstars.

15:49 Rugal and Shang Tsung are also the first final bosses of their respective series.

Great Video!

Bro, there alot of lore missing about rugal. Rugal was resurrected by a NEST project which developed him into a full cyborg which he appeared in 2002. The entire section is very rare mentioned. Perhaps you can take a look. I'll forward you the resources. It would be awesome if you can at it in. Great content nonetheless as always.

that was awesome,fantastic,superb,nice thank you shoryugame your the best

Bro you're awesome . You explain everything so easyly . And thanks to you got to know what was rugals back story. Thanks a lot man

Bad ass dude, just plain badassery here on your Chanel keep making those videos and thank you 🙏 (ps stay safe out there during this pandemic)

Thank you for this!

13:30 And then, there's a brand new event in King of Fighters All Stars where Adelheid need Heidern's help to save his sister, Rose who was under control of 'Those From The Past'.

as always.great video my man

I remember the first time I saw Ultimate Rugal in CvsSNK, I was like: "Whoa! Did Rugal just absorbed Akuma's energy? This guy's already too strong and now you're telling me he's got even stronger?" Seriously, I think Rugal using the Satsui no Hadou is way stronger than Omega Rugal, maybe even stronger than Bison. it's nuts! As for Adelheid, I hope SNK will give him more protagonism in KOF XV, he really deserves it. I think he's a very underrated character and still has a lot to offer to KoF lore.

7:20 Lmao yoo Shoryugame did NOT just try to play Rugal into the plot convenience and cliche. Soon as I begun to listen to that part, I was like "Bullshit!". Though, I love that humorous element you added to the video. Keep it up. Laughed so hard, and breaks from the others who just straight up talk lore with no comic relief. Edit: 7:33 THOSE EYES BRO!!

I lost it with the best pals bit! "Like hell he did!" Made my day.

The U.S. version of Capcom vs Snk 2 has Rugal not shouting out his famous move. I suspect because of that particular first word.