Why Terry Bogard does not have rising taco?

[Dante]

This is stupid. It's like Ryu or Ken without a shoryuken. Who was the Einstein behind this garbage idea SNK?

[Arbor]

It kinda shows up in an EX move sort of... I guess they wanted to differentiate between him and Rock more.

But yeah it’s a bit odd.

[Dante]

Originally posted by Arbor:

It kinda shows up in an EX move sort of... I guess they wanted to differentiate between him and Rock more.

If you are right, there was literally no need for this. They have been together in many games including the recent KOF XV and they looked different, played different and both looked cool in their own way.
Also imo, removing iconic moves is not the way to make characters look different. Giving them new moves is the way. Just like Ryu and Ken got new moves in all those years while they still keep their iconic Hadouken, Shoryu and Tatsu.

[SaulD]

Rising tackle was removed since Garou: MotW, and since this game is a direct sequel they wanted to stay consistent. As for why they did it initially, I suppose this was made to reinforce Rock's identity as Terry's (and Geese's) successor, and because Power Dunk is already somewhat occupying the invincible DP niche.

Terry had a lot of moves added and removed during the series' lifetime (remember Power charge or Fire kick?) thus it may not be as egregious as, say, removing the shoryuken from the SF shotos.

Also MotW introduced the Buster Wolf, thus he really traded one iconic move for another moving forward.

[Phits]

The only moves I want Terry to have is Power Wave and Power Knuckle.

[VerminatorX]

Rock inherited that move from Terry. MOTW/COTW are set much later from mainline Fatal Fury games and few things are vastly changed.

[MarkFudo]

Rising Tackle and Power Dunk are redundant moves, they serve the same purpose but with different inputs (flash kick charge vs. shoryuken motion). Since Terry is an aggressive character, the shoryuken-motion Power Dunk suits him way more.

[Xzedopau]

This is not the first time it happens. He does not have it too in Fatal Fury 3 and in KoF 99 I think

[diamond booger]

Originally posted by Dante:

This is stupid. It's like Ryu or Ken without a shoryuken. Who was the Einstein behind this garbage idea SNK?

If you played this game you would realize Terrys playstyle is the same as other games.

rising taco or power dunk, his reversal option changes depending on the game as others stated, but his playstyle and win conditions remain the same

[EXMapleSyrup]

SNK every so often gives characters new moves and then in future games swaps around the movesets and even sometimes makes hidden characters with alternate movesets. It just so happens that in this game Terry doesn't have rising tackle

It's kinda cool when you play a lot of SNK games that when a new game is announced you can speculate on which characters come back and which moves they're going to have

[mercureXI]

Originally posted by Dante:

This is stupid. It's like Ryu or Ken without a shoryuken. Who was the Einstein behind this garbage idea SNK?

"Say you've never played Garou MotW without saying it, while looking like a complete fool"

[yui8]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2492040/discussions/0/604152368068564554

[mercureXI]

I'd give you a clown award too, but considering your avatar, you don't need any more of them huh ?