Killer Instinct: The Most Underrated Fighting Video Game in History

Killer Instinct is like the forgotten cousin at the fighting game family reunion.

[Becuzisaid]

Nah, Bloody Roar

[Michiel1989]

yeah they were such good and fun games but they never really reached the mainstream audience. Killer Instinct was widely known and respected.

[Cacabunga]

Killer instinct is great, especially on snes but it’s not the most underrated fighter.. for me it’s Power Stone. So much potential in this series

[Jawsh666]

Bloody Roar was a game that had a sick concept but wasn’t made the best. I’d say Killer Instinct was the opposite of that, it was well made but the roster of characters were so similar to every other fighting game in that era that it ended up feeling like more of the same. I could be wrong that’s just how I remember it at the time and I played a ton of KI on SNES because it was one of the first games I owned.

[PRIMORDUS]

I loved this game in the arcade, my main was Jago, Ultra Combo!!! https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[DivineHand125]

That combo was way overkill 😂

[PRIMORDUS]

I know haha, I loved Jago.

[Bathyj]

You're kidding?
It enjoyed probably more success than it deserved.
Unlike Tobal 2

[MeteorPanda]

Tobal 2 was awesome. Sold really well cause art similarity to dragon ball

[jjb1981]

I remember trying my hardest to learn that "Ultra... Ultra.... Ultra...." finish. Such a great fighting game.

[Popsicle]

I can tell you definitely got some SNES time in. The slight differences in the ports due to hardware constraints were interesting. For example, the arcade version was Ultraaaa Coooommboooooooo! versus Ultra….Ultra….Ultra on the SNES.

Though SNES overachieved as a port for as demanding as a game KI was.The arcade version was one of the first cabinets with a dedicated hard drive and the SNES version was 32 megabyte cartridge which was huge for that system at the time.

[jjb1981]

Yeah, for sure. My local childhood arcade was always packed and it was hard to get a game in but once the SNES version came out, I was hooked. I can still feel the click of the power button.

[Reaper22_]

Best fighting game ever.

[Terry_B]

When was KI ever underrated?

[Popsicle]

KI 1 is top 5 for me in the fighting genre. May have a lot to do with nostalgia but I loved it. It was most visually impressive game my young eyes had seen up to that time.

Chief Thunder was my favorite to play with. Young me just thought he looked cool and I liked the mowhawk launch. That said, I was best with Orchid in PvP. She could start a combo high or if a player was blocking high she could start a combo low in spite of the block. Always kept the player guessing. Not the mention her combos could last for days if not broken at the right times.

[MeteorPanda]

Primal rage was our favourite snes fighter.

Dinosaurs!

[Abnor_Mal]

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