The Church of Kaphwan Information Desk

Who is Kim Kaphwan?

What do you mean, "who is Kim Kaphwan"? You should be ashamed of yourself. Cretin.*Ahem* Well, then, we'll start at the beginning. Kim Kaphwan made his debut in SNK's one-on-one fighting game Fatal Fury II. Since he was obviously the best character in the entire game(yeah, I know, I'm "biased"), it was only natural that he would appear in the sequels Fatal Fury Special and Real Bout Fatal Fury Special. Not to mention he also fought (and was the best character in the game... "in my opinion"...) in the King Of Fighters series. not to mention he made a guest appearance in Samurai Showdown II. He would occasionally fly across the screen in the background during a match...

Oh! Ohhh. Well, you should have asked that in the first place.

Many people do. Anyway, to answer your question, Kim Kaphwan is the living embodiment of Tae Kwon Do, not to mention the reigning Korean National Champion, which he has been for almost a decade. He is the world's most wholesome fellow. He hates all evil. He is happily married with two children. And I mean HAPPILY married. Have you SEEN his wife? Hubba, hubba, woo woo woo, shwING!*Ahem* But, that is not what we are talking about. We are, of course, talking about Kim Kaphwan. Kim Kaphwan. (Really! Go back and check!)

Can't you just give me the statistics you lifted off a Fatal Fury Special FAQ?

Well, I WOULD, but, you know, there's...

Give me the statistics you lifted off a Fatal Fury Special FAQ or I will feed you to my pet computer virus Sparky, who has not eaten in three months and who thinks the word 'fetch' means 'disembowel, devour, and then piddle upon'.

...I can't.

Why not?

Because I deleted it and put up the info from Kao Megura's King of Fighters '97 FAQ. So, here's the info. I modified it a wee bit, though. Just enough for it to, well, to fit inside the page...

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|KIM KAPHWAN                                                 |
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|                                                            |
|NATIONALITY: South Korean   HOBBIES:        Karaoke         |
|BIRTH DATE:  12/21/1967     FAVORITE FOOD:  Korean Barbecue |
|AGE:         30             FAVORITE SPORT: Gymnastics      |
|HEIGHT:      176 cm         MOST VALUABLE:  His two sons    |
|WEIGHT:      78 kg          HATES THE MOST: Evil            |
|BLOOD TYPE:  A              FIGHTING STYLE: Tae Kwon Do     |
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Any questions?

What happened to the ikafe thing?

It wasn't IN the KoF '97 FAQ. Apparently, Kim's favorite food is... *looks up* ...anything barbecued. Well, that clears that up.

And by the way, one person I really have to thank for all the help he gave on the ikafe matter is Eugene Whong, a Korean who runs the
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And, you know, it was good of him to help me out. He could have just left the ikafe thing as it was so that people who came by that knew Korean would look at my explanation and say "Look at THIS shmuck! He hasn't got the slightest clue about anything!" But he didn't, he helped me out, and he really threw himself into it. He tried informed guesses. He tried literal translations. He EVEN EMAILED SNK JAPAN, for Christ's sake. All in all, I owe him a friggin' large favour. He hasn't asked for one yet, of course, but...

Hey, do you have any advice for me?

Yeah, get a haircut.

No, I mean...

Yeah, I know, I know. So, here's my advice.
In King of Fighters '95, '96 and '97, when you want to play as the Immortal Kaphwan, ALWAYS USE TEAM EDIT, FOR GOD'S SAKES, BECAUSE THE PROGRAMMERS GAVE HIM THE CRAPPIEST PARTNERS UNDER THE SUN! If you, at any point in time, ever, in your life, death, afterlife, rebirth, time-spent-hanging-around-in-limbo, WHATEVER, feel that and are great fighters, YOU MUST KILL YOURSELF. NO. QUESTIONS. ASKED.

You're beginning to scare me.

Yeah, I get that a lot.

But if I don't use Chang and Choi, how can I get a good ending when I beat the game?

If you use Chang and Choi, you wouldn't beat the game!

Kim is NOT amused.

BUT... in King of Fighters '97, you get a special ending if you beat the game with Kim, Joe and Benimaru!

Yeah! Kill that blonde scrubby bastard!

Also, Kim can be the third man in the Kyo/Shingo team, but he won't show up in the ending. Understand?

Don't you think you're being a LITTLE unfair? I mean, what about all the Chang and Choi fans out there?

There aren't any.

Oh, come on.

I'm serious. There ARE no Chang and Choi fans. Granted, yes, there ARE Chang fans. And yeah, there are actually Choi fans out there. But there are no Chang AND Choi fans.

...What?

Confusing, isn't it?

Not really. ...Can I go now?

You should have gone before we left.

*glares*

Oh, alright. You can go back to the CoK's main page now.

And, by the way, if you'd like a complete listing of Kim Kaphwan's moves and strategies in King of Fighters '97, you can read EX Andy's Kim Kaphwan King of Fighters '97 FAQ.