But they wanted to include this Caucasian male in their next game if they could. A majority of his techniques have a "power naming" motif, via Power Wave, Power Drive, Power Shoot and Power Geyser. He appears to fit many Japanese stereotypes for an American character in appearance, personality and speech (his in-game vocabulary is usually limited to American colloquialisms, such as "Okay!" Video Game Characters Database Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Knowing that his fan, Alice, and Geese will be participating the new tournament, Terry joins to oversee her progress along with taking his usual vigilance regarding Geese. Got Terry on Christmas and was wondering the same thing until I found this. "[27] The ability to cancel the second hit of his standing punch move was added by one of the game's designers two hours before submitting the game's mask ROM. [4] The fourth title, Real Bout Fatal Fury, was made to end the conflict between Terry and his nemesis, Geese Howard. He is also a regular character in the crossover video game series The King of Fighters, where he continues participating in tournaments.
About 10 years after the events in Real Bout Fatal Fury, the King of Fighters: Maximum Mayhem (hosted and sponsored by Kain) would go underway, and Terry and Rock were invited to take part of the tournament. The original Fatal Fury centers around Terry and his younger brother Andy who enter the King of Fighters tournament to avenge their father Jeff Bogard's death. The King of Fighters series, which was originally conceived as a crossover of SNK's previous video game franchises, eventually established their own self-contained continuity set apart from the earlier Fatal Fury series.
He uses many variations of punches, such as hooks and uppercuts and can also kick with ease. In a 2005 poll made by SNK Playmore USA, he was voted as the number one fan favorite character with a total of 10014 votes. [100] Dale Nardozzi of TeamXbox also praised Terry's distinct appearance. He was pleased when he got the opportunity to work on the character's redesign. The CD features several songs based on his character. He also has a rivalry with Ryo which is mostly exclusive to this series. Terry is featured prominently on merchandise from SNK and their crossover series, becoming an icon for them. Terry and Andy were orphans who raised themselves on the streets. The main character designer noted he was satisfied that fans enjoyed this look. He was voted as the second most favorite character at the time of Garou: Mark of the Wolves with one commenter saying that "Terry's the eternal hero". Terry is a kind-hearted character that is willing to take a challenge when one is given to him. [12].
[104] UGO.com listed Terry's baseball cap thirteenth on their list of "The Coolest Helmets and Headgear in Video Games", calling it "completely badass", despite having "Fatal Fury" stitched on the front. [29] Along with their friend Joe Higashi, they manage to defeat Geese who dies falling from a tower after fighting one of the three main characters. [121] Daily World News agreed with Nintendo Life's questioning why SNK did not use Alice instead.
[60] Terry appears as a guest character in the Arika fighting game Fighting EX Layer. The character has been well received by video game players; he is ranked highly in several popularity polls conducted by SNK and video game magazines. Another of Terry's most iconic early moves is called the Power Geyser, where he generates a massive geyser of energy by punching the ground. A decade later, the crime lord Geese Howard organized a tournament, dubbed The King of Fighters. [17], Starting with Fatal Fury: The King of Fighters until The King of Fighters XIII Terry was voiced by Satoshi Hashimoto who also voiced fellow playable character Kim Kaphwan. One involved a design with cowboy boots, a tattoo, and a pendant he had received from an unidentified woman. Kain R. Heinlein, who was raised in Second South, claimed the city as his own and threatened to throw populace into chaos once more so that people could "enjoy living" once more. Terry and Andy were orphans who raised themselves on the streets. He had also learned martial arts directly from his adoptive father, Jeff Bogard. Terry Bogard — The 50 Most Dominant Fighting Game Character", "The Top 200 Fighting Game Endings: Part Ten", "King of Fighters: Ranking All the Characters", "20 Greatest Ever Beat Em Up Video Game Characters", "Top 50 Greatest Fighting Moves in Video Game History - 10-1", "Terry Bogard Is the Latest Fatal Cutie to Join SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy", "Fatal Fury's Terry Bogard Has Been Transformed Into A "Fatal Cutie" In SNK Heroines", "Yep, Terry Bogard is the final entrant in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy", "SNK Heroines: Set up Team Frenzy Provides Terry Bogard", "Super Smash Bros Ultimate adding Terry Bogard in November", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terry_Bogard&oldid=980337833, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 September 2020, at 23:23. SNK staff commented that, "Terry's the eternal hero".
However, Geese had escaped with the scrolls. His well-rounded style also carries onward into his playstyle, where he has very well-rounded normal attacks and is a very basic character to play. [72] He is also present into the novelizations of The King of Fighters. He noted that Terry is one of the most popular characters from Fatal Fury although he is "rather bland". Considering Terry Bogard is officially they're most well known character with the boost of popularity due to Smash, it would be a poor business decision to not capitalize on a new Fatal Fury game. [61] He is available in The King Figthers X Fatal Fury mobile phone game,[62] the Chinese mobile phone game called KOF: WORLD,[63] Metal Slug Defense,[64] the dating sim Days of Memories[65] and the otome game King of Fighters for Girls. [2] The King of Fighters protagonist Kyo Kusanagi was also created with this in mind.
In his own ending he wanders Second Southtown thinking about what Kain told him about the nature of humanity. [122], Anime News Network's Bamboo Dong praised Terry's character development in the Fatal Fury original video animations because they portrayed his insecurities, something rarely seen in other adaptations. Terry has been popular with the SNK staff to the point multiple individuals worked on his character's movesets during location tests of Real Bout Fatal Fury 2. His relationship with Andy is that of respect, recognizing his younger brother as his fiercest rival despite Terry himself being the better fighter of the two.
[2] For The King of Fighters XIV, the artists found Terry's new appearance challenging to the point it was remade four times along with changes by his motion actor. [37], After the release of Fatal Fury 2, Terry appeared in The King of Fighters '94, where he serves as the leader of the game's "Fatal Fury" team alongside his younger brothers Andy and Joe. He has a pet monkey named Ukee (the previous mascot of SNK before Terry). He described his character as cool due to his demeanor. His role in the story, for example his adoption of Rock Howard, was also praised. [2][3][4] and South Town Hero (サウスタウンヒーロー, Sausu Taun Hīrō). [11] He considered the Mark of the Wolves design to be one of his favorite designs before he began working. He is often referred to as the Legendary Hungry Wolf (from Garou Densetsu, meaning Legend of the Hungry Wolf).
Terry's female appearance in the game is implied to be all a nightmare, including one scene where Rock Howard kicks him off the Geese Tower in a reimagined ending scene from Real Bout Fatal Fury. During its development Terry, as a female, was originally meant to have a male voice. [99] Damien McFerran praised Terry's design, saying that he is "emanating so much coolness it's little wonder that SNK otaku can always be seen wearing his trademark red cap".