Episode 7 - The King of Episodes

To celebrate the release of King of Fighters XV, we’re devoting an entire episode to SNK’s venerable franchise mash-up fighter. I hope you like the Neo Geo sound, because this one is all King of Fighters, all the time. 

 

You should watch the amazing Woo vs Reynald match from Evo 2013’s KOF XIII tournament. It was one of the coolest grand finals sets ever in a fighting game tournament. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqWf5G9bcRY 

 

Are Kyo and Iori secretly in love? Listen to “The Evening Sun and Moon” and decide for yourself at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA2QwP7Y_2A. That video even includes lyrics, so there’s no room for debate. 

 

Do you like the Psycho Soldier team song? Do you want to hear an in-depth discussion of it’s history? Of course you do! I’m not going to cover it in this podcast because Drew Mackie covered it so well on an episode of his VGM podcast, Singing Mountain. You can check that out at https://singingmountainpod.com/episodes/athena-asamiya-theme or https://soundcloud.com/singingmountain/the-magic-effervescence-of-athena-asamiya?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fsingingmountain%252Fthe-magic-effervescence-of-athena-asamiya. 

 

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Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:12 - King of Fighters ‘98 - Opening Theme

00:57 - Talk Segment 1

05:47 - King of Fighters ‘98 - Kurikinton (Gomame Guitar Version)

07:49 - King of Fighters ‘94 - SLUM No. 5

10:36 - King of Fighters ‘94 - NAPOLITAN BLUES

13:06 - King of Fighters ‘97 - Rhythmic Hallucination

15:56 - King of Fighters ‘96 Arranged - Psycho Soldier Remix ‘96 (Psycho Soldier Team Theme)

19:19 - Talk Segment 2

21:42 - King of Fighters ‘96 - ESAKA?

25:02 - King of Fighters ‘96 - Stormy Saxophone 2

26:59 - King of Fighters ‘97 - COOL JAM ~Stormy Saxophone 3~

28:29 - Talk Segment 3

30:52 - King of Fighters 2000 - KD-0084 (K’ Theme)

34:29 - King of Fighters 2000 - Ice Place (Kula Diamond’s Theme)

38:45 - King of Fighters ‘99 SHA-LA-LA (Women Fighters Team Theme)

41:13 - King of Fighters 2002 - TACOS DANCE (Mexico stage theme)

43:31 - Talk Segment 4

45:57 - King of Fighters 2003 - Splendid Evil

50:13 - King of Fighters XIV - Tiger and Dragon (ART OF FIGHTING TEAM BGM)

54:39 - King of Fighters XIV - IKARI -KOF XIV ver.- (Fateful Battle BGM)

57:21 - Outro Talk Segment

57:58 - KOF The Best - The Song of Fighters