IIRC this Rugal was done by Capcom, so he's actually pretty tame compared to other incarnations. There is some semblance of fairness in how his AI is designed, even if the moves themselves are busted.
It's overall an easier AI than 94, 95 and 98 Rugal. And harder than all later versions in KoF. But in power he is weaker than the 94 and 95 versions, and stronger than all later versions. The Rugals start becoming less challenging since 02.
True, one of the most powerful and most feared moves in fighting game history, that move is so damn terrible, it can counter almost any move, whether it SDM OR HSDM. Until 2002 where they nerfed it to some extent
I wish they'd bring back God Rugal in some form. As a boss fight with his difficulty just turned up to absolutely absurd levels, the lower the recovery, more I frames, just give him everything that makes it unfair. Love those fights so much.
The thing is that God Rugal is a Capcom creation for CvS. So there's nothing like "bring back" in a sense, as he never existed in KoF. But if you mean just the idea of a hardcore boss, it's not coming back. Modern fgs stopped having hard difficulties since the late 00s. It's that "hand holding" game design style that dominates the genre - dont make the kids too frustrated with the difficulty.
@@kevinmokumobi9684 90s FG bosses are designed to be cheap to eat your coins up. Namco games were few exceptions where at worst, AI just read your inputs
My first encounter with god Rugal was at the arcades at the movies. We were waiting for the movie my date was like "hey let’s play some games" I legit was doing so well. Like I had people standing behind me still on my first credit. then we see the akuma and rugal animation. I went through all my cash in continues and we missed the movie. 😭
This may not be the hardest Rugal, but damn, Capcom’s presentation of him here-the way he looks, the way they animated him-it just utterly destroys his appearance in any SNK game.
I love how Rugal's normal throw took off more of your health bar than Vice's throw super was taking off of his 🤣 I mean, I get that he's R4, but that's still hilarious 🤣
I'm still mindblown I useta beat this boss on hardest with just 1 character on that crap Dreamcast controller. Then again, Terry did have all the tools.
That fight was physically exhausting but good lord that was hilarious that cutaway to spidey was priceless. We have all been there a silver of health then robbed
I love the wholesome Phoenix Wright victory song at the end of Justin's videos haha Also damn, I was hoping he was able to stream full time now. That's a hell of a grind. I tried Hello Fresh during Max's promotion of it, it's pretty neat imo
Hahahaha He had to run it all the way back with King as his 2, since Benimaru couldn't cut it 🤣 Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did. GJ all the same bro
Makes me quite happy to see a pro player struggle with this boss. I actually quit last time and I've only beaten him once before! He's all sorts of OP shieet
Lol, just as I shared my long road to finish off God Rugal on my channel this video goes up. I love CvS2 and your work in tourneys, man! Keep up the great vids! :3
the reason was that god rugal was R4 R4 has more damage and more resistance, but it is only for one character R2 is moderate damage and moderate resistance example: if R4 with P-GROOVE MAX to R2 with full health you may be deleted
King is actually an immensely skilled character, you just gotta know the correct order in which to execute her moves, I would rate her one of my top 5 characters.
Hey, King is actually one of my top characters, I got so good with her back in the day that the Ai just froze after trying everything it could against me, like a deer caught in a car’s headlights, plus I like her hair, hehe.
That low parry into level 3 super @6:49 was heartbreaking but also hilarious because I have the game for ps3 and Dreamcast….the AI for the 2 hidden bosses is beyond cheap. CVS2 is my fav fighting game of all time but I’ll never get over how cheap the AI can be.
I love the sound effects Justin puts in when he’s getting screwed over by the computer. 🤣🤣🤣 By the way, How the hell are those the worst characters in the game? Vice is an awesome grappler and Benimaru and King can do some serious damage. The worst characters in this game are probably Todo, Eagle and Chang. Especially Todo since the asshole only has 2 MOVES total. 🤦♂️
According to Justin, Todoh and Eagle are B tier. They put in work in tourneys I've watched so seem believable. Todoh's 2 moves are all he needs to be a wall and play keep away as well as parry if they press buttons to break through. Chang is another wall, being an anti air machine due to ball AND, he has annoying Choi assist. I've seen Chang wreck entire teams.
@@PrisonMike196 Snk started becoming soft in the late 90s, and gradually for worse in the whole 00s. One exception - kind of - was Igniz, but KoF 01 is not made by Snk, so... And Magaki is hard, but the whole run isnt (very unlike earlier KoFs). It uses the same model of CvS2 arcade run: everything is easy even on hardest mode, until the mad cheap boss.
A guy used him in a online tournament and said... I'm mediocre in my skills with him... and he still kicked our butts with him... talk about OP... I WONDER... HOW ABOUT DIAGO MIRACLE PARRY THAT GENOCIDE CUTTER...
S groove isn't worst at all. It has dodge and allows dishing out infinite lvl 1 supers at low health. I use it usually on characters with invincibility start up in their supers.
What bothers me the most about this boss is that he seems to like to grab a lot, the other time playing he wanted to grab me like 4 or 5 times in a single round but I was saved by the tech XD
I hope you love SF5, because that is probably going to be the model of a possible new CvS. Including the modern mechanics (comeback and such), the dlc model, etc...
So my experience in this game If u have a point around or more than 1500 and face god rugal instead shin akuma. God rugal became more trouble than shin akuma. Unless u continue over over again until your point below 900 or 800, then god rugal become more beatable... I don't know the points affect the difficulty or not, but that is what happened to me kekw
In general Capcom made most Snk chars badly. And it's sad because i like very much some of the chars that were badly done (Kim, King, Ryo, Yamazaki, etc). I have a pretty good KoF experience (being an old school fg player from south america) and remember i couldnt stomach some of them since the first time i saw CvS1.
It's not that bad. God Rugal/U Rugal has certain patterns and can be baited. You were using grooves where you could have done desperation moves/supers and didn't need to charge that much. Don't jump in (Genocide Cutter!) except if you're punishing a whiffed move. There's also a bunch of characters that can do supers/desperation moves over and over to chip (Benimaru's Raikoken, Kyo's Shiki Orochinagi, etc.)
Rugal is the scariest villain in both Capcom and snks universe to date he's a monster and can destroy anything he fights even akuma in the snk vs Capcom games as rugal absorbs his dark energy's
He also achieve powers on Akuma's level without selling his soul too (then again nearly all SNK villians did) so it does make sense for him to be the biggest threat in this game
A few of the last sane thoughts in your head as God Rugal unleashes a finisher move on you: “Why did I push buttons?” “Please…let me clutch this out.” “ Was it not my turn?” “Wait, you can’t block that?!” “Mother…” (Looney Tunes reference), “Motherf-“ “At least…he pwned Dan first…wait, that’s pretty much every-“ “Final Bosses are cheap!”
G.Rugal and S.Akuma from this game Two of the most coolest bosses that Capcom had made; it's a shame that they fall for tricks from some fighters very easily, and the version the player gets when they control these bosses are much weaker than the CPU ones!
He is called rugal for a reason. If only they can allow us to fight him unlimited rounds in training mode, we sure will improve a lot with Evo pros standard.
I really think you should make a video on each character in mvc2, a breakdown, it would be great content for you and I think we would all enjoy learning in nitty-gritty details of the MVC2 Cast! Like this if you want Justin to see this!
you think that genocide cutter full life is bull? imagine this: you vs shin akuma. your second character left him with a pixel of life anfd you have full health ryu. as soon the round beggins you shoryuken and your fist is an inch of his face so you think: i did it! i win. suddenly the word reversal appears on the screen.akuma does his level 3 misogi and land on you taking you full healt in 1 single shot and wins.
@@raymondgibbs5327 Ok but the point is CvS. Like, about half of the Snk roster is horrible... some even look bad. But in KoF some of them are good. Yuri and King are top tier in a few games for example. One thing is the game made by the owner, and a very different thing is another company's interpretation of that same content.
@Carlos Augusto your totally missing the point. In Ratio battle mode the less characters u have on a team, means u can take more damage per fight. If u 3-on-3 mode, healt bars are auto balanced. I always 3-on-3 if I want to use a 3 man team.
To be fair, Rugal _did_ warn you back in '98 to, _"never take on a god again…"_ 😏
Boy we didn't listen and paid the price 😔
Nah he warned you since 94🤣
He is more than a god. He’s a superstar. Hah! Hah! - KOF 95 reference
Oh please...he's easy to beat if u know how he fights & patterns. I have the game and buss his ass everytime
IIRC this Rugal was done by Capcom, so he's actually pretty tame compared to other incarnations. There is some semblance of fairness in how his AI is designed, even if the moves themselves are busted.
Yaaaa 2002 rugal brutal
98 Ultra Rugal💀
It's overall an easier AI than 94, 95 and 98 Rugal. And harder than all later versions in KoF. But in power he is weaker than the 94 and 95 versions, and stronger than all later versions.
The Rugals start becoming less challenging since 02.
@@carlosaugusto9821 What other versions since '02?
@@theceron1999 ill assume he meant 02 and 02UM
GENOCIDE CUTTER!!!
Most broken anti air in fighting games.
noup.
Freaking invinsibility frames. lol
Shit takes half of the fucking screen, I-frames at the start and in 2002 it was totally safe on shield.
True, one of the most powerful and most feared moves in fighting game history, that move is so damn terrible, it can counter almost any move, whether it SDM OR HSDM.
Until 2002 where they nerfed it to some extent
Indeed 👌
1:55 that edit was hilarious, loved it.
Repeat after me: I'LL NEVER TAKE ON A GOD AGAIN
Repeat after me: DON'T TALK TO ME OR TO MY SON EVER AGAIN.
That charge and bow after King's super was pretty slick. King might be weak but she's one of my favorite SNK characters.
Same. 😊
He’s just standing there...MENACINGLY!!!
*jabs*
*raw reaction super get on my level*
1:57 That Spider-Man NOOOOOOOOO brings back memories.
I think I speak for everyone when I say we need more CVS2 love from the FGC
And we need more Justin suffering with King!
@@shinjoni FACTS
I wish they'd bring back God Rugal in some form. As a boss fight with his difficulty just turned up to absolutely absurd levels, the lower the recovery, more I frames, just give him everything that makes it unfair. Love those fights so much.
The thing is that God Rugal is a Capcom creation for CvS. So there's nothing like "bring back" in a sense, as he never existed in KoF.
But if you mean just the idea of a hardcore boss, it's not coming back. Modern fgs stopped having hard difficulties since the late 00s. It's that "hand holding" game design style that dominates the genre - dont make the kids too frustrated with the difficulty.
@@carlosaugusto9821 That’s what sucks tho luckily the classics never die
@@carlosaugusto9821 are you saying fighting games today are easier than old ones??
@@joshualowe959 yes. Now they follow the same rules as the player. In the 90s hell no.
@@kevinmokumobi9684 90s FG bosses are designed to be cheap to eat your coins up. Namco games were few exceptions where at worst, AI just read your inputs
My first encounter with god Rugal was at the arcades at the movies. We were waiting for the movie my date was like "hey let’s play some games" I legit was doing so well. Like I had people standing behind me still on my first credit.
then we see the akuma and rugal animation. I went through all my cash in continues and we missed the movie. 😭
Things that never happened for $500, Alex.
@@kennymccormick8295 I know this one, you lost your virginity?
I understand the psychology, but damn bruh
@@kennymccormick8295indeed god rugal wasn’t in the arcades, he’s an exclusive to home ports
@@DemeterPicturesyes God rugal was in the arcade version. So was shin akuma
Big big big kudos for using Vice. She's fantastic!
Kyouske may have had bad health, but his air fireball, timed, eats both of the hidden bosses AI alive.
That spiderman clip was just perfect comedic timing, your editor is a GOAT.
Had flashback of sfts at evo against daigo.
This may not be the hardest Rugal, but damn, Capcom’s presentation of him here-the way he looks, the way they animated him-it just utterly destroys his appearance in any SNK game.
He was being nice this run. He didn't even go for a teleport into demon
He's called God Rugal for a reason xD
I love how Rugal's normal throw took off more of your health bar than Vice's throw super was taking off of his 🤣 I mean, I get that he's R4, but that's still hilarious 🤣
I love God Rugal's theme...and Justin's suffering :)
I'm still mindblown I useta beat this boss on hardest with just 1 character on that crap Dreamcast controller. Then again, Terry did have all the tools.
Yeah, I mean, like Justin said, the characters were holding him back pretty badly 🙂
*BUSTAAA* *WOOOOLFFFFF* !!!!!
1:50 not gonna lie justin I was gonna use that spiderman scene myself but your editor beat me to it. Great minds eh..
LOL true visionaries
That fight was physically exhausting but good lord that was hilarious that cutaway to spidey was priceless. We have all been there a silver of health then robbed
I love the wholesome Phoenix Wright victory song at the end of Justin's videos haha
Also damn, I was hoping he was able to stream full time now. That's a hell of a grind. I tried Hello Fresh during Max's promotion of it, it's pretty neat imo
"I'm so scared of that level 3"
Repeat this after me, I'll never take on a god again.
Great spot for.the sponsor message.
You had my complete attention with that close round. I can't believe it didn't chip'm out
Can't wait to see this again at the end of the year for 2022 boss rage
I like how Wong uses Pokémon music on his videos
Such a nice touch for me as a Pokémon fan as much as I am a fighting games fan
Hahahaha
He had to run it all the way back with King as his 2, since Benimaru couldn't cut it 🤣
Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did. GJ all the same bro
That cat edit literally made me laugh so hard my wife came to see if something was wrong with me 🤣
Makes me quite happy to see a pro player struggle with this boss. I actually quit last time and I've only beaten him once before! He's all sorts of OP shieet
Lol, just as I shared my long road to finish off God Rugal on my channel this video goes up. I love CvS2 and your work in tourneys, man! Keep up the great vids! :3
the reason was that god rugal was R4
R4 has more damage and more resistance, but it is only for one character
R2 is moderate damage and moderate resistance
example: if R4 with P-GROOVE MAX to R2 with full health you may be deleted
King is actually an immensely skilled character, you just gotta know the correct order in which to execute her moves, I would rate her one of my top 5 characters.
Dang I didn't know Justin had all of those things to take care of in his daily life, it makes me appreciate his videos more!
Jesus, K-Groove (The Rage Gauge) on Rugal is beyond dangerous!
The more you land the more power you give him.
9:02 God Rugal? More like Glitch Rugal.
IMO, this game and NeoGeo Battle Coliseum are the best fighters ever. I can't live without them.
Hey, King is actually one of my top characters, I got so good with her back in the day that the Ai just froze after trying everything it could against me, like a deer caught in a car’s headlights, plus I like her hair, hehe.
That low parry into level 3 super @6:49 was heartbreaking but also hilarious because I have the game for ps3 and Dreamcast….the AI for the 2 hidden bosses is beyond cheap. CVS2 is my fav fighting game of all time but I’ll never get over how cheap the AI can be.
Rugal needs to come back in KOF 15. Who agrees??
I doubt it, I'm guessing he'll be the true final boss for 16.
@@augusthermes6740 turns out the boss of kof 15 is a goddess named "Otoma-Raga"
I love the sound effects Justin puts in when he’s getting screwed over by the computer. 🤣🤣🤣 By the way, How the hell are those the worst characters in the game? Vice is an awesome grappler and Benimaru and King can do some serious damage. The worst characters in this game are probably Todo, Eagle and Chang. Especially Todo since the asshole only has 2 MOVES total. 🤦♂️
Don't know about Todo and Chang but Eagle is Capcom so he can't be on the "worst SNK team".
@@GayleHarrahs True that.
According to Justin, Todoh and Eagle are B tier. They put in work in tourneys I've watched so seem believable. Todoh's 2 moves are all he needs to be a wall and play keep away as well as parry if they press buttons to break through.
Chang is another wall, being an anti air machine due to ball AND, he has annoying Choi assist. I've seen Chang wreck entire teams.
@@xOmniCloudx Really? That’s nuts. I have to see it to believe it. Is there a link so I can see it?
Well, not much different from Guile then...
What I got from this video: Hello Fresh makes you a GOD with their meals.
I think CAPCOM making Ultimate Rugal this busted makes you think this is the best respect CAPCOM gave to SNK xD
If rugal is ever a fair boss then is that actually rugal 🤣
Rugal's a fair boss in KOF '98 UM
@@PrisonMike196 Snk started becoming soft in the late 90s, and gradually for worse in the whole 00s. One exception - kind of - was Igniz, but KoF 01 is not made by Snk, so...
And Magaki is hard, but the whole run isnt (very unlike earlier KoFs). It uses the same model of CvS2 arcade run: everything is easy even on hardest mode, until the mad cheap boss.
@@carlosaugusto9821 So the company was "becoming soft" when they made Krizalid?
You should go online with ratio 4 Haohmaru! Lol it's my fav troll "team".
Or do shin Akuma with ratio 4 dan
his ost is still top tier lol
A guy used him in a online tournament and said... I'm mediocre in my skills with him... and he still kicked our butts with him... talk about OP...
I WONDER... HOW ABOUT DIAGO MIRACLE PARRY THAT GENOCIDE CUTTER...
This is the Capcom made Capcom vs SNK, so its much fairer than the other variant
I didn’t know you had a day job Wong. Shoutout to you bringing home the bacon.
I would also like to say hello to Big Oily Man.
Hakan?
When you got hit with one super that took off a full bar at 6:50 is where I tilt.
I appreciate that little spiderman clip 😂
God Rugal. This boss actually made me screech like a banshee over a discord call.
S groove isn't worst at all. It has dodge and allows dishing out infinite lvl 1 supers at low health. I use it usually on characters with invincibility start up in their supers.
I've seen people clean house with S. That dodge just ruins some players.
Love the pokemon track playing during the sponsorship bro
With Kyo : jump ⬇️+H.P , good night Rugal
What bothers me the most about this boss is that he seems to like to grab a lot, the other time playing he wanted to grab me like 4 or 5 times in a single round but I was saved by the tech XD
Were you fighting on Ratio or 3-on-3? I don't remember health bars getting totally skrew'd in 3-on-3 mode.
Still one of my all-time favorite fighting games.
>What the frick
The vocabulary of both a man with a daughter learning to speak and Sammy classic Sonic fan.
King doing work, love her design here, really wish Capcom will make CVS 3 or let SNK make CVS 3
I hope you love SF5, because that is probably going to be the model of a possible new CvS. Including the modern mechanics (comeback and such), the dlc model, etc...
And Snk cant make CvS3 because it's a Capcom game. Snk made SvC and it's not the same thing.
I didn't know Benimaru was bad in the game. I've always liked playing him.
So my experience in this game
If u have a point around or more than 1500 and face god rugal instead shin akuma. God rugal became more trouble than shin akuma.
Unless u continue over over again until your point below 900 or 800, then god rugal become more beatable... I don't know the points affect the difficulty or not, but that is what happened to me kekw
Goku: SPIRIT BOMB
Rugal: 'GENOCIDE CUTTAH!'
Goku: dead
I absolutely love this game and King, but I hate it that King is so underpowered in this game
In general Capcom made most Snk chars badly. And it's sad because i like very much some of the chars that were badly done (Kim, King, Ryo, Yamazaki, etc).
I have a pretty good KoF experience (being an old school fg player from south america) and remember i couldnt stomach some of them since the first time i saw CvS1.
KOF 2002UM Rugal. Lezzgo Justin!!!
CVS2 has a crazy boss.
Another game with a insane boss is SNES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters. You should give that a try.
@JustinWong if u would have used King's Trap Shot, u would have won in the first fight. But u are the pro and Im here to enjoy the great content. 👍
4:27 Ultimate Rugal spamming Kaiser Waves
It's not that bad. God Rugal/U Rugal has certain patterns and can be baited.
You were using grooves where you could have done desperation moves/supers and didn't need to charge that much.
Don't jump in (Genocide Cutter!) except if you're punishing a whiffed move.
There's also a bunch of characters that can do supers/desperation moves over and over to chip (Benimaru's Raikoken, Kyo's Shiki Orochinagi, etc.)
I LOVE CVS2 it’s my fav I always thought Ryuhaku Todo was the biggest jobber or Eagle or Dan on this game
Thought you were gonna play Ryo too. He's like a punching bag in cvs2 for at least half a dozen reasons
yo, that cat got me 💀💀
using s groove you can execute unlimited finishing move when your life is flashing red....
4:20 did he just walk slowly to you and DP? Man the programmers of this game were insane.
7:10 we have no pity for u big dog, ur a fighting game god so you'll figure it out 🤣
Rugal is the scariest villain in both Capcom and snks universe to date he's a monster and can destroy anything he fights even akuma in the snk vs Capcom games as rugal absorbs his dark energy's
He also achieve powers on Akuma's level without selling his soul too (then again nearly all SNK villians did) so it does make sense for him to be the biggest threat in this game
A few of the last sane thoughts in your head as God Rugal unleashes a finisher move on you: “Why did I push buttons?” “Please…let me clutch this out.” “ Was it not my turn?” “Wait, you can’t block that?!” “Mother…” (Looney Tunes reference), “Motherf-“ “At least…he pwned Dan first…wait, that’s pretty much every-“ “Final Bosses are cheap!”
Very nice rugal is a beast congrats on winning with a sorry team
That opening clip summaries the fight damn wrll
god, i love CvS 2, but god rugal is such a brutal fight. also didn't realize king was so bad, she's fun to play
This god rugal really very difficult to defeat. The shin akuma in this game also quite difficult to defeat.
Ultimate rugal.... he's ridiculous.
Another boss who will hand you your ass: Xell from Jingi Storm the arcade...He is absolutely Madness!
1:57 I am absolutely weak.
Do you think there will ever be a Capcom vs. SNK 3? Also, another question, do you think we'll ever get a fighting game with sprites?
The "SNK Boss Syndrome".....in a Capcom game
Gill from 3rd Strike???
@@joshualowe959 no, God Rugal is worse
@@ChrisStriker even worse than Shin Akuma???
@@joshualowe959 yes
The most horrible thing is that if you get to use God Rugal, it will practically be a glass cannon
G.Rugal and S.Akuma from this game Two of the most coolest bosses that Capcom had made; it's a shame that they fall for tricks from some fighters very easily, and the version the player gets when they control these bosses are much weaker than the CPU ones!
9:14 that gave me a good laugh 🤣
Believe me sir I understand your pain. I too have had the displeasure of tasting the bitter defeate of shin rugal.
I know that eventually this fight will come, i’m gonna enjoy it. Cheers 👋🏾
His theme song hits harder than a counter hit genocide cutter.
Oh God! I'm having arcade flashbacks! Rugal!!!!
He is called rugal for a reason. If only they can allow us to fight him unlimited rounds in training mode, we sure will improve a lot with Evo pros standard.
I really think you should make a video on each character in mvc2, a breakdown, it would be great content for you and I think we would all enjoy learning in nitty-gritty details of the MVC2 Cast! Like this if you want Justin to see this!
Nice Remimaru color! 😂
Yeah man, CvS2 is my favorite 2D KOF fix honestly 🤣😂
Benimaru stole the glory while Vice and King did the hardwork.
you think that genocide cutter full life is bull? imagine this: you vs shin akuma. your second character left him with a pixel of life anfd you have full health ryu. as soon the round beggins you shoryuken and your fist is an inch of his face so you think: i did it! i win. suddenly the word reversal appears on the screen.akuma does his level 3 misogi and land on you taking you full healt in 1 single shot and wins.
Again you can beat this whole game by doing a dragon punch
I'm surprised you picked Vice over Yuri as one of the worst three SNK characters. Wasn't Yuri hugely nerfed compared to CvS1?
Is todo better than these three? I’m askin cause I don’t believe so
Yuri’s crouching fierce is very strong and her supers and decent. Vice is actually bad. And king was a lot better in cvs1.
Yuri is the Grandmaster of Kyokugen if ya ask her. Any time I want to 1cc a KoF game, Yuri or Takuma are on my team.
@@raymondgibbs5327 Ok but the point is CvS. Like, about half of the Snk roster is horrible... some even look bad. But in KoF some of them are good. Yuri and King are top tier in a few games for example.
One thing is the game made by the owner, and a very different thing is another company's interpretation of that same content.
@Carlos Augusto your totally missing the point. In Ratio battle mode the less characters u have on a team, means u can take more damage per fight. If u 3-on-3 mode, healt bars are auto balanced. I always 3-on-3 if I want to use a 3 man team.