SNK's Most Unique Fighter - Buriki One

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• PI

  @PichyandPals · 4 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Great work as always but for some more on the game&apos;s aesthetic: it&apos;s specifically a tribute to PRIDE Fight Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion that ran from 1997 until selling to UFC in 2007 after yakuza scandals and other issues.<br><br>Gai Tendo is, as mentioned, a gigantic tribute to one of the biggest stars of Pride&apos;s history: Kazushi Sakuraba. His ascent to national hero status began after he locked Royler Gracie in a Kimura Lock at PRIDE 8, the first time a Gracie had fallen for that arm bar since Helio was caught by the move&apos;s inventor Masahiko Kimura in 1951. This kicked off an incredible feud with the entire family that culminated with moments such as him defeating Royce Gracie in a match that despite being a semi-final round in tournament was allowed to run with no time limit and went for 90 minutes. Sakuraba then fought like an hour later in his next round&apos;s match only for his body finally gave up for the night.<br><br>Sakuraba would often describe his martial art as simply &quot;Pro Wrestling&quot;. Against weaker opponents he manged to do crazy things like knock a guy out with a dropkick. He also once defeated an opponent with a full 20 pound weight advantage. It&apos;s frankly a miracle he can walk at all, let alone still work some pro wrestling matches in NOAH.<br><br>A lot of sports fans like to talk about how their sport used to be better when they really just mean they want to be young again. For MMA there&apos;s a lot about the sport that genuinely was more exciting but with what we know now it would be grossly immoral to allow it to be run that way again.

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• MA

  @marcinagy6468 · 3 years ago

  - &apos;ey mate! Can we play some buriki one?<br>- Sure. &lt;sighs, and drives to the hardware-store&gt;

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• MI

  @mikebipping6166 · 4 years ago

  this video deserves 1 million views for sure. this guy went out of his way to BUY THE ENTIRE PCB FOR US. MADE ARCADE STICKS. and even got a 90s TV. YouTubers are really underappreciated man.

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• DR

  @DreamChasersInc · 4 years ago

  Old boy built his own controller, just to play the game properly. Now THAT is dedication to the craft

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• UB

  @UberTahm · 1 year ago

  Game feels very Baki coded. Especially the protagonist and basing it in the Tokyo Dome.

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• MI

  @migrations · 4 years ago

  Okay.<br>So this is where the KOF 11 character Gai Tendo comes from with the red hair and MMA trunks. He was weird too because his moves comboed with D pad presses! So it makes TOTAL sense why.

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• ST

  @strippinheat · 4 years ago

  Something tells Me the sponsorships would hold this back from getting included in a NG64 collection. &nbsp;Not to say they couldn&apos;t just take them out and replace them with some generic in-universe sponsorships, but that would require more effort than a straight port, and I don&apos;t see them caring enough.

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• JA

  @jakeinator2005 · 1 year ago

  So this is a LITERAL fighting game.

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• LI

  @littleguyalex · 4 years ago

  Your insistence in recreating the original experience is super admirable. Awesome vid. Also I&apos;m super jealous of your pvm.

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• AN

  @anonluxor470 · 4 years ago

  So basically a SNK MMA game

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• GA

  @gansmith · 4 years ago

  Always been a fan of the Baki aesthetic so seeing a fighting game that represents it so well is great to see. I would love to play such a innovative control gimmick.

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• HU

  @Huggbees · 3 years ago

  So glad the Super Turbo is Broken video led me here. The dedication is insane, great stuff.

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