[As posted on Japanator]
As seems to be the case with any Japanese franchise these days, there seems to be a trading card adaptation of The King of Fighters video game series. That's hardly news.
What is news is that a Chinese otaku, for whatever reason, decided to go and adapt many star players from some mysterious sporting group known to insiders as the "National Basketball Association" to said card game, expertly 'shopping their likenesses onto the game's many combatants, while adapting their names and statistics to fit the setting.
To spice it up further, the artist threw in various much-loved celebrities, such as Michael Jackson, Jack Nicholson and Megan Fox. I expect this to soon appear as DLC for The King of Fighters XII, or NBA Live 10.
See the gallery for athletic picture action. Can you identify who became who? Not being a fan of KoF or the Basket-Ball, I sure as hell can't.
[Via Deadspin]
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Amazing.
[/Raptors fanboy rant]
:P
??? – Ryo
??? – Rock Howard
Larry Bird – Geese Howard
Steve Nash – Jae Hoon
Sam Cassell - Lin
Dwight Howard – Maxima
Megan Fox – Mai Shiranui
Ryuhaku Todoh - Jack Nicholson
Wolfgang Krauser – Hakim Olajuwon
Wilt Chamberlain – Rugal Bernstein
??? – Seth
Kobe Bryant – K’
??? – Iori Yagami
Yao Ming – Goro Daimon
Lebron James – Kyo Kusanagi
??? – Brian Battler
Shaq – Chung
??? – Kim Huan
??? – Terry Bogard
??? – Takuma
??? - Michael Jackson
Sorry for the ???'s, I know KOF characters more than the players.
nowitzki: ryo sakazaki
CP3: rock howard
larry bird: geese howard
ray gun: robert garcia
s nash: jhun
sam cassell: lin
d howard: maxima
megan shiranui: mai shiranui
jack nicholson: todo
olajuwan: wolfgang krauser
wilt chamberlain: rugal
VC: seth
kobe bryant: K'
KG: iori
yao: goro daimon
king james: kyo
ahhh test: brian battler
shaq: chang koehan
d wade the flash: kim kaphwan
AI: terry bogard
TD: takuma sakazaki
That is awesome.
Sweeeeet.