{"id":37563,"date":"2024-09-26T16:46:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T07:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=37563"},"modified":"2024-09-26T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T07:46:28","slug":"fatal-fury-developer-reveals-there-is-no-particular-reason-terry-bogard-raises-his-hands-before-a-burn-knuckle-other-than-looking-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/fatal-fury-developer-reveals-there-is-no-particular-reason-terry-bogard-raises-his-hands-before-a-burn-knuckle-other-than-looking-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Fury developer reveals there is no particular reason Terry Bogard raises his hands before a Burn Knuckle, other than looking cool\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now that Terry Bogard has made his debut in <strong>Street Fighter 6<\/strong>, more people are starting to wonder why the Fatal Fury protagonist lifts his hands in the air before executing his iconic Burn (or Burning) Knuckle. Is he doing a \u201cbanzai\u201d gesture? Is it similar to how Dragon Ball\u2019s Goku charges up a Spirit Bomb? Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/rocketnews24.com\/2024\/09\/24\/2340968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a RocketNews24 interview with Fatal Fury game developer Yasuyuki Oda<\/a>, we now know that this exaggerated animation is just for show.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"510\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37563-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37563-001.jpg 607w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37563-001-380x319.jpg 380w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Concept sketches for Terry Bogard\u2019s Burn Knuckle\u00a0(Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/rocketnews24.com\/2024\/09\/24\/2340968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RocketNews24<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"263\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37563-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37563-002.jpg 953w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37563-002-380x105.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240926-37563-002-768x212.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Burn Knuckle explanation: He concentrates his fighting spirit into his fists and leaps towards the opponent<\/em> <em>\u00a0(Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/rocketnews24.com\/2024\/09\/24\/2340968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RocketNews24<\/a>)<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Oda, whose work on the Fatal Fury franchise goes as far back as 1993\u2019s Fatal Fury Special, Terry lifting his hands was a way for the character to look cool while doing his special move. <em>\u201c<\/em>It&#8217;s a pose that was created to match the image of going \u201cBurn!\u201d\u202fAs fighting games became popular and game speed got faster, we gradually made it less noticeable or even eliminated it.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FATAL FURY: CotW \uff5cTERRY BOGARD\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gOgqzwzzn4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, it doesn\u2019t look like Terry will be raising his hands in the upcoming Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. Like the more recent iterations of the move, Terry simply pulls back his arm before letting loose a Burn Knuckle. While this makes it somewhat faster and thus requires less work from the developers, Burn Knuckle doesn\u2019t quite feel the same without Terry\u2019s iconic charge-up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/capcom-reveals-conditions-for-unlocking-terry-bogard-in-street-fighter-6s-world-tour-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terry Bogard is now available as a guest fighter in Street Fighter 6<\/a>. He will <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/fatal-fury-city-of-the-wolves-brings-christmas-early-with-its-color-edit-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also be appearing in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves<\/a>, which launches in April 2025. Both games are available on the PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Windows).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terry Bogard&#8217;s myserious gesture before performing a Burn Knuckle has long inspired fan theories, but Fatal Fury&#8217;s developers have finally given an explanation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":37565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-37563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fatal Fury developer reveals there is no particular reason Terry Bogard raises his hands before a Burn Knuckle, other than looking cool\u00a0 - 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