Something to note about the '97 Orochi Team. Their move sets are mirror complements to the Japan Hero Team. Chris fights like Kyo, Shermie has abilities similar to Benimaru and Seishiro is a grappler like Daimon.

*"Guilty Gear/Blazblue is the hardest fighting game franchisee"* Me: *Laughs in KOF Boss*

Happy someone gave Luise some love in this list. "The ancestor of Ash Crimson was presented as an awful individual with a punchable face." Truer words cannot be more accurate about Saiki. Still can't forgive him for what happened to Mukai in XIII.

Yo I share the same idea about Saiki. When he grabs people, it takes so much time for him to finish. Great video. Always adding a twist to things. Unique. I get to your videos as soon as they drop. Thanks for this.

Maximum Impact was a weird time for KOF.

Me before video: why there are 2 chizurus on the thumbnail? Me after video: oh... ok...

Orochi Yashiro is my favorite out of the three, His grabs are so satisfying to land

Shion is probably my favorite sub-boss. He's just...a boss that breaks so many boundaries in terms of what you expect from him. He's of relatively small stature, standing at 5'2". He's extremely thin and frail. His neutral stance is not very expressive at all despite wielding a spear. My first reaction, given my experience in previous games and the fact that I used Gato, was that of surprise. I get why he uses the spear, he's so small. Cue the moment he uses his super where he leaps into the air and breaks falling stone debris with a single *kick*. Then proceeds to assail you with all manner of Wu Shu weaponry before absolutely devastating you with bare-handed attacks of blinding speed. And that theme of his is just intense! Shion is truly a memorable sub-boss who received such pitifully little screentime. Alongside Jhun, Gato, Malin, and Silber, I definitely want to see Shion's design revisited. It's going to be a tall order though. As you mentioned, Shion's animations were absolutely beautiful. It's going to be hard to bring Shion back with the same level of impact. Not only did Shion animate extremely well, his weapons animated incredibly on its 2-dimensional medium. That spear, for example, appeared so realistic due to how flexible the handle was and how responsive the red tassle was to Shion's movements. It's going to be pretty hard to achieve that fluid effect with 3-d graphics.

Good list! But there's something I should say about KOF 2000's Kula Boss. See, she's technically both a Mid-Boss AND a Sub-Boss. Depending on how well you play and how many Ability Points you have, you may fight Kula after 3-4 fights (a Mid-Boss) or you may fight her JUST before you fight (Clone) Zero (a Sub-Boss). She has a bit of a strange requirement though. For Default Teams, you need at least 240 points. For the Benimaru Team, you need at least 220 points. Finally, for an Edit Team, you need at least 300 points BUT you *cannot* have Kula on your team. Now, I can understand why you need different points between Default Teams and Edit Teams. With the Edit team, you can likely pick strong characters and thus get to Kula easily, so the Devs likely wanted to make it a little harder to fight her if you choose this... But I have no idea why Benimaru's Team has a 20 point deduction for being able to fight Kula. lol It's not all that bad, to be honest. Fighting Kula is always easy and you have multiple chances to fight her. It just has to be before you fight the Final Boss.

I like the battle against Luise in KOF Maximum Impact 2 She is probably one of the strongest female fighters in KOF. The music what plays during the fight is one of my favorites too. I would like to see Luise in KOF XV The Maximum Impact series is really underrated.

Every release of ur KOF lore is also consider as a work of art. Bcoz of the visuals and accurate references.

I think a lore video on the story of Garou/brief history of some of its characters would be a good idea

My ranking: #1. Saisyu Bonus point for being the first one, to begin with. Plus what a shock it was to discover that Kyo had a badass father who does everything Kyo does... but 100x cooler! Really wish Saisyu could come back. He was one of the funniest characters to play in 98UM! #2. Antonov Love his look, love his attacks, love his personnality. He screams "I'm the freakin" boss" while not being too caricatural. Also it's nice to have a boss who isn't a super dark villain, for once. Plus as you said, after the bunch of ultra feminine new characters introduced in the Ash era, it was nice to go back to some manly attitude. Love Antonov, hope he'll stick around! #3. Orochi Team What to say that you haven't said already? Iconic team, iconic stage(s), iconic fight. #4. Luise Meyrink Criminally underrated, as much of the Maximum Impact characters. She's one of the most beautiful KOF women, both to look at and to witness in action. Her attacks are the perfect reflect of her beauty and elegance. And she really brought something interesting to the Story mode. #5. '96 Boss Team Although I'm tired of Geese, I cannot resist the badassness of a team that includes the two evil brothers. Plus Krauser and Mr.Big are so cool I can't put this team lower. #6. Shion Not that great of a character, but yeah, his fighting style (or should we say "styleS"?) is both beautiful and incredibly fun! #7. Original Zero Decent villain. #8. Shizuru Works better as a regular character #9. Saiki A bit too cheap. #10. Maki Well... Shizuru again.

Great ending! It has been so long since I've heard that Orochi Team theme song i actually got chills lol. I remember how surprised my friends and I were when that team suddenly came back as the sub-bosses. Me especially since i had mastered basic Yashiro, but didn't know i could access his alt form by holding down the button. Plus their moveset was awesome! I would love to see Shione in a new game, and maybe he can have a rivalry with Billy Kane or other weapon users? Looks forward to seeing the Ikari Warriors videos Shoryu. Merry Christmas!

Good job! Keep doing the KOF lore series, I really love how detailed your lore is.

Krauser is underrated as a boss visually, like he just radiates raw power and dignity in a way that's a really nice contrast with Geese who gives off more of a vibe of mastery, and skill imo.

The Orochi team was really awesome, good video as always =)

Shion is my pick. The animations are so sick and his fighting style actually exists.

My friend everything you seem to do is made of gold. How you always seem to help me learn something new ,every time I see a video of yours. Thank you so much keep up the great work

Awesome I love the Orochi team too, waiting for the mid-bosses video.

I dunno what's the best thing in this channel: the quality of content, the nostalgia, the video editing, or your accent 👌👌👌

"She is a Alien". Hahaha nice one.

Love these videos, man!

I would like a Lore about ash or Rugal/Adelheid

I love your content

This channel its amazing ^w^

Shion. I have been hoping they would bring back shion. Def deserves more airtime.

I really hope they bring the Orochi team back in 15(mainly cause I wanna play Shermie again)

Awesome top 10

I totally agree with the list! Amazing job! :D

I don't know if he counts, but I really, really like Kusanagi (the red eyed clone of Kyo with a darker skin and different voice actor), I don't know why, maybe it's because I like evil versions of main protagonist better than their original counterparts (like I do with Jin from Tekken and Ryu from Street Fighter), maybe it's his ambiguous and mysterious backstory, that seemed to have been retconned, maybe it's his attitude and references to the Akira movie, maybe it's all of them combined, but if there's any character I'd want to see return, it's him, just for his gameplay alone, as he's my favorite version of Kyo playstyle-wise, who I usually main anyways, not to mention seeing his interactions with Kyo and the rest of the cast would be fascinating to say the least.

I don’t know why I really like your videos I watch over and over and never get bored ❤️

I knew from the start it was the Orochi Team, that was out of blue in the game and surprised me at the arcade when I first played KOF97, I personally hate/love their moveset. I love using them but I hate them as sub bosses because of their moveset.

part of me REALLY wants to believe that the New Faces Team really are that friendly, but were affected by Orochi's influence thus turning them evil

Cool video! Also, for the next character video... The Story of Joe Higashi!

YEEESSSS called it lol. I can't wait to see why ralf&clark was in metal slug.u doin great man 💯💯💯💯💯

I like the way how funny Saiki Spam his skills 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Merry Christmas ShoryuGame!

This channel is so 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I want to wish u a merry Christmas and happy new year.. I know that it is not Christmas but I really want to wish it for u. U have a great man who make great king of fighter content :)

Nice video, totally agree, shion would be a cool character in samsho.

"I HATE THIS GUY" Pure honesty about Saiki 😂

Antonov is basically Mr. Satan. So that's reason enough to be #1.

Didn't expect to see Luise Meyrink on this list but it's good to see Maximum impact being mentioned I still think Snk should bring her and the Meira brothers back plus a few others

8:28 one of the moment kof player may not forget and might gonna doubt every new kof char afterwards

Yo Sho, I would like to see a lore video on Heidern. He's enigmatic, but is a major figure in the background of the games' stories. Plus, it's fitting to examine him after Ralf and Clark.

Krauser: I'll Chisel your Gravestone, Sleep well!

Yh i think shion would fit

Agree completely! The Orochi trio is also in my top 5 faves. Only Orochi himself tops them in my list!

Excellent as usual !! I think that Krizalid as mid-boss deserves a spot as well... Not to strong, but really annoying !

I freaking love The Orochi Team and have wall scrolls of them hanging up. Yup, I love all three of them that much. They each have very unique fighting styles, and when they switch to Orochi Mode, call it quits because they will kill you. Plus let's face it - the ladies LOVE Yashiro (myself included) and the guys LOVE Shermie (you should see some of the posts made from men about her on Social Media good grief).... But dude...when you got to Saiki and said "I REALLY HATE THIS GUY!!!!" I laughed so hard because you really meant that 4 real 😂😂😂. Enjoyed the video, your expert comments, and the fact that CYS was #1. Yashiro!!!!!!😘🥰😘

You have a great content on KOF i Started with KOF98 its a great game.

I love your videos! My two favourites Kofs are on top with their subosses. I wonder, if you had to make the list in terms of the strongest, how would that been? Are Shion and Saiki the strongest ones?

If you played when you were like 6 to 8 years old like me, then nothing beats 94 Rugal & 95 Saisyu. The music alone was scary enough. At 96 is when KOF started to soften so much no boss has delivered any pressure, maybe a little from Krizalid.

It's not obvious, but Saiki uses his time stop powers when he grabs you (the background becomes monochromatic). To the grabbed opponent he was simply grabbed and punched one time. He also didn't transform originally. He got that ability from Magaki (after the corpse was stolen in KOF XI). Same with the earth abilities he exhibited after killing Mukai.

Luise: a Touhou character in KoF Chizuru is my personal favorite though. Badass cool "mix'and'match both fighting and magic" lady is a character trait I always welcome, so Luise, Shermie, and Chizuru are all at the top to me. Although I wonder what Goenitz's stage would've looked like if it was in the same location as the Orochi team's.

chills on number 1 dude

Chizuru was my personal favorite sub boss.

Its so cool that shermie becomes a zoner and yashiro becomes the grapler

Came to support the channel. And Metal Slug team is the best fighter.

Aww man I just got kof 2006 it’s called Kof maximum impact 2 outside North America I really like ninon bearth she’s pretty cool I was blown away by how good the gameplay is

chizurus 5 billion hit uppercut was a pain in the ass

Can we get a lore video about Benimaru? And my favorite sub boss would be the orochi team as well since they are more skill than cheap and since they have cool stages that match their element type

So glad Saisyu is high up in the list. His stage theme is also very memorable, perhaps even better than O.Rugal's theme.

Orochi Team hands down!

I would love to see Shion back, truly a unique character in all of the fighting games genre!

Please do Kensou too!

Imagine if KOF 15 will be a super true celebration of this series and will include EVERY SINGLE BOSS AND SUB BOSS FROM PAST GAMES and it has a mode called BOSS RUSH where you fight em BACK TO BACK TO BACK

Please share the link of new faces awaken form track you play in your video.

*Shion* is actually one of my favorite sub bosses

cant wait for kof 15

The Orochi Team stage is just pure iconic not to mention their theme 🥰🎧 🔥⚡️⛰!

Chizuru, and Antonov are my favorite sub-bosses of the series.

I always considered The New Heros a sort of Sub Boss in 03 but that's probably just me

Please finish the videos about the stories of the remaining characters :)

orochi team is best sub boss. and please do Clark ralf, both are very interesting characters.

Krizalid was soo cool even as a sub boss

If this was a list about snk in general then musashi from last blade would make it for sure

Oh can you do : Andy Bogard Robert Garcia Mai Shiranui Blue Mary

All bosses from 97' ate memorable.

I was just talking about KoF ect last night and soo glad this vid is a more detailed version of some of the stuff I was speaking about. "Here's a tip about Shion" lol The theme for the new faces is super memorable since it's like every other track in 2002. Since you're talking about the Ikari Warriors (they have their own game) how about talking a bit more about Mai Shiranui or the USA team who get very little shine?

Make video about nameless please

Kept waiting for Adelheid. Disappointed.

I know we're talkin about Sub bosses but I love to see *Axel Blaze & Adam* from Streets of Rage in the new KOF

I don't hate the idea if shion would one day guest appear in SamSho but how many players outside of kof could guess what game shion appeared in the first try? , I also did like orochi Team ost

12:27 chills everytime. most badass boss theme

Yo! can you do Shiranui clan?

I hear it wrong at first (I had to play it again XD) by first time I was thinking you said "she is an idiot" 3:29 instead of "she is a alien".

Do a video on kula diamond please

Bro, what happened to Kagura? I didn't see her on KOFVIX. New here btw

Chris will always be my fav sub. Honoo!

Please make a lore video for rugal

It would make sense if shion would be in samurai show down. Like what if Magaki threw shion to the samurai universe like it makes total sense.

Please make videos of fighters from King of fighters maximum impact 2 like Alba meira Louise mayerink lien nivell tell about those fighters

ShoryuGame Im gonna need you to get a playstation emulator and a copy of KOF 97. The Orichi Team was nuts even on level 4

My favorite sub bosses so far are Chizuru and Shion and Maki.

Two Chizaru's? This just makes me want a sacred treasures team. Also Antonov for a team please. Also Saiki sucks

I have a question so who's stronger mid boss or sub boss

Please do the new face team and thier story

KoF XI sub boss was like wtf... Bridget vibes from Guilty Gear mix with Billy Kane 🤣