Fatal Fury 3 [Arcade] - play as Ryuji Yamazaki
30This is a playthrough using Ryuji Yamazaki in the Arcade version of Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory. Read on below for more information...
Yamazaki is the mid-boss of the game. He is a non-selectable character in both the Neo-Geo MVS and AES versions of it.
===== ABOUT YAMAZAKI =====
As one of the Hakkesshu (that's the Orochi fighters), he is somewhat "important" to a degree in the KOF storyline... he is one of the more popular villains of the KOF series due to his "gangster" like design and background.
===== FIGHTING STYLE =====
Probably the most well-known "one-hand-in-pocket" fighting game character... although Jotaro Kujo might like to have a word these days.
As he is one of the Orochi warriors, he has an array of 'Orochi-type' moves (fast-blurred slashing moves, etc.)... he is known for the snake "motif" in which his fighting style has.
===== TECHNICAL INFORMATION =====
---- On the character select screen, his "portrait/icon" position is at the top next to Geese to his right. Obviously as an non-selectable character, you won't normally see this and the position is not normally accessible.
---- When playing as him in a 1P game, you do not get the Yamazaki "accident" fight midway through the route.
---- When playing as him in a 1p game, you do not get any pre-fight cutscenes, such as the ones with Yamazaki and Chonshu at the end.
---- If you beat the game with him, he does not have an ending.
---- Despite being a non-selectable character, he actually has an alternate colour palette.
---- Despite being a non-selectable character, he operates perfectly on the Continue screen and can appear on the name entry screen.
---- Between matches, on the map screen when he "travels", his icon and it's animation may be a bit strange.
===== TRIVIA =====
---- The debut game of Ryuji Yamazaki.
---- Unlike most of the other members of the Orochi clan, he does not care about the issue of Orochi's (his would-be master) resurrection.
---- He does not really acknowledge or care about his Hakkesshu status.
---- His hairstyle is almost the same as Goenitz's one. It is not known on whether this was intentional though.
---- In some of his appearances in other fighting games where he isn't a mid-boss or boss, as a CPU opponent he tends to be a bit harder to defeat than other characters. An example of this is in Capcom vs. SNK 1. This may be a reference to his past as a boss character.
===== ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =====
---- The game is known as Garou Densetsu 3: Haruka-naru Tatakai in Japan.
---- Some other fighting game characters, such as Sol Badguy, Rouga Zanma and Jotaro Kujo, also fight with one hand in their pockets. Sol and Rouga are not as extreme of course, as their hands are not superglued into their pockets.
===== CHAPTERS =====
00:00 - Intro, Title, Character Select, Opponent Select
01:03 - Regular fights, 1st set
09:04 - Regular fights, 2nd set
20:18 - Loss, Continue screen , Character Select screen
20:38 - Regular fights, 2nd set
25:17 - vs. Ryuji Yamazaki
27:52 - vs. Jin Chonshu
30:12 - vs. Jin Chonrei
31:55 - Staff/credits
34:37 - Name entry/Rank