Reception
Gaming Target placed King at #6 on their list of "Top 11 Tekken Fighters", complimenting his jaguar mask and noting that he's funny at times. King placed in IGN's "Ten Best Fake Wrestlers In Videogame History" at #5 and comments that his mask gets more realistic as time goes on. IGN also states that "no one can deny the intimidation his animal head puts out". King was featured in the "Our 10 Favorite Video Game Character Rip-Offs" article by Complex, noting his similarities to the Japanese professional wrestler Satoru Sayama and commented "The thing that always creeped us out about King (both the original and the orphan who assumed his identity upon his death) is that his mask made it look like he had an actual jaguar head." Complex also compared King to El Fuerte from the Street Fighter series, predicting that he would win out of the two. In 2012, Complex would also list him among "The 50 Most Dominant Fighting Game Characters" at #12. GameDaily placed King at #4 on their list of "Top 25 Wrestling Characters of All Time" and comments "King knows how to kick butt in the Tekken series". Now Gamer listed King and Hugo as one of the rivalries they want to see in Street Fighter X Tekken.
In Gamers Hell's review of Tekken 5, they mention that King fans will get a kick out using his growl and grunts to speak. GameSpy calls King's chain throws "ridiculously intricate". 1UP.com criticizes King's "Stagger Kicks" attack by calling it "lazy". However, before being confirmed for Street Fighter X Tekken, 1UP.com listed King as one of the characters they wanted to see in the game.
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