Random: Japanese Fans Are Likening Smash Ultimate's Terry To A Burly Pokémon Trainer

I feel like I'm the only smash fan who knew who Terry was before the direct

I don’t know if I would have made the connection, but I can’t unsee it. And now I’m really hoping his cinematic debut trailer references this by having the two bump into each other and compare outfits.

@AxeltheCorvikni you are

So sad. Really sad.

As though nobody but the Japanese were saying this the moment Terry got announced and a majority didnt know who he was.

You can see where they're coming from with Terry and Pokemon Trainer's similar clothing.

I mean, remember when everyone was saying Lucina is just a female Marth?

@AxeltheCorvikni No you aren't. I knew Terry, he came long before all this ball trapping nonsense. Actually I'm not a fan of Smash now that I think about it, so maybe you are correct...

Poor Terry, I’ve only played Garou but at least I know who he is, he’s one of the great elder statesmen of fighting games!

@AxeltheCorvikni I was the only one in the room watching who said "Terry!? Oh wait, no it's-" when the whole hot potato started. Of course, I could only name him, Nakoruru and uh... yeah that was about it. Still, knew it was him the moment that gloved hand appeared.

@AxeltheCorvikni Any Smash Bros. fan should know who Terry is. Smash Bros. was directly inspired by KoF.

@AxeltheCorvikni I remember in a discord chat I just spammed "Power Wave" when it was showing SNK stuff for the direct.

I'm pretty sure someone left this image as a comment in a Nintendolife article the very next day after Terry was announced, so this probably isn't anything new or insightful.

every day, in every way, the kids make me feel like the old man i am

Terry is a freaking Legend. All those people who dont know him must be very very young.

Ness is actually a teenager though... not a child

I mean, yes? I can see it.

HA! This is brill!

Terry was around first, though... so Pokemon trainer is just emulating Terry's fashion sense.

When people saw him i was one of the few that said Terry!! Some others yelled; Yes streets of rage, and others; "its fatal fury!" 🤣

@Deadlyblack Well, I mean.. she kinda was?

@Optimusultimus Sure if we count appearance and playstyle in Smash, but in Fire Emblem the difference becomes much more clearer.

Wow, JoJo Part 9 is looking great!

All his Pokémon fainted? No problem! He’ll just jump in and take their place!

Its mostly Jojo memes

Well yeah, he does look like Red on 'roids.

@AxeltheCorvikni Nope, I know pretty much all the fighting franchises. If you know what M.U.G.E.N. is I would be more surprised.

This is fantastic.

@AxeltheCorvikni Naw. I mean, there are a depressingly large number of Smash fans who don't know Terry, but you aren't the only one who does.

@AxeltheCorvikni Does just knowing about him count? The only SNK titles I've played were Metal Slug, but I had heard of Terry (though it was because of SNK Heroines, so I can understand if that disqualifies me, lol)

"Ken cosplaying as Pokémon Trainer" was one of the first English takes I saw

Please stop gatekeeping. nobody cares that you knew who Terry was before he joined Smash.

This is total nonsense.

It can’t be that slow of a news day?

@Wolf_Link Yeah, they all must be young to not know this character from a series that started in 1994 that hasn't been relevant in like 10+ years...

@AxeltheCorvikni
pretty much everyone who grew up in Mexico know who Terry is..... (Me included!) Was way stoked for that reveal!
King of Fighters was a HUGE GAME over there.

@PBandSmelly people have all of those attacks in king of fighters. He’s fine.

@shoeses
yes but he has been in King of Fighters since.
KoF released a 3D game back a few years ago.... But I like the characters to be pixel art form, just are better looking and more vibrant.
KoF '97 and '01 (2001 version) are my favorite! Kula is my main!

Ness evolves into Pokémon Trainer, who then evolves into Terry. It’s like y’all have never played Pokémon before lol

@shoeses maybe not as relevant as Ryu or other fighting icons in all those 10 years, but he is far from absent from the scene as someone like Banjo for example to not be recognized. We have a kof every couple of years in which he always appears, have some merchadising, just yesterday saw a new figure from storm collectibles of him expected to release in Q4, he starred in a web series last year, recent crossovers with fighting games, ex layers and smash, most popular character of snk series which is famous in asia. So in the end, maybe not that irrelevant.

I knew I couldn’t be the only person who saw Trainer Red with muscles lol

knew who terry was before but now can't unsee this

@Noid how is that gatekeeping?

There's no way the Japanese would mistake Terry, must be translation issue!

@AxeltheCorvikni Me Too XD

@AxeltheCorvikni Fatal Fury(the anime in particular) played a big part in my high school years, so when I saw that Terry was in Smash my mind was blown.

Seeing Terry as a Pokemon trainer makes me giggle. I too knew who he was before the smash announcement.

@AxeltheCorvikni Guess you played alot of Neo Geo?

In Germany we refer to Terry as Mucki Mucki Pokémon Trainer, too. Mucki means 'muscle'.

That's what I thought when I first saw him. Having not played any of his games, I just thought he looked like Pokemon Trainer but swole

@AxeltheCorvikni nope, never played KoF or Fatal fury, but I've seen so many videos of it and Terry was honestly my favorite of the bunch, I don't currently own anything that plays KoF or FF, but I definitely want to try one

Not surprised this happened. Don’t worry Terry, you’re still my main in the KOF games and definitely gonna try and main him in Smash.

He’s so 90s lol

@Lordplops How could you not be a Smash fan???

@CoastersPaul Exactly how I see Terry. "Pokemon Trainer Ken."

@AxeltheCorvikni I love the Fatal Fury series. Although Duck King is my favorite character I liked Terry too. And I love Pokemon. I never thought Terry looked like a Pokemon trainer...now I cannot see how he is not one.

I've got King of Fighters XIV and they definitely went crazy with "unrealistic body image" for his SSB makeover.

I mean, they aren't wrong.

@NeonWaves the whole "you're not a real gamer if you don't know who Terry is!" thing.

I'm still cut that the SNK character wasn't from Metal Slug.

And nobody thinking about the hair color changes ?

@MH4

Here, I put the complete evolution line on this handy chart

@Edelgard Ok...that's pretty awesome.

Edit: I like how you blackened Terry's hair 😂

@Edelgard Thank you very much; I had a similar image but I couldn’t find it 😃

men how Fatal Fury is so unknown nowdays.
To me it was always a staple of fighting games.

Terry Bogard was the first character that I called "my main" in a fight game.

Quite funny. I gotta admit when they revealed Terry Bogard as the next DLC fighter, the similarities to Pokémon Trainer (Ash/Red/Satoshi, whatever you want to call him) wasn't lost on me

@AxeltheCorvikni I know of him and have briefly played various King of Fighters games over the years. But I've been gaming since I was 4, 5. I'm 36 now. So I suspect a good number of people in my generation and older have at least seen the character growing up, which probably makes it a generational thing.

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I think the next SNK-related fighter after Terry is Athena Asamiya from 1987’s Psycho Soldier, End of Story