having Leona as the third member. Outside the KOF series, Ralf and Clark have also appeared as playable characters in Metal Slug 6, as well as Metal Slug 7, where he appears in his outfit from The King of Fighters 2000 and uses his Vulcan Punch as his special ability in the game. Also, he is the only character in the game capable of taking more than one hit before losing a life. Ralf was also featured in the 2006 original net animation The King of Fighters: Another Day. He appears in the episodes three and four, searching for a clone from Kyo Kusanagi (created by NESTS) along with the Ikari Team in the fictional city of Southtown. Ralf featured as a cameo in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a background character in the King of Fighters Stadium stage and he also has a Spirit shared with Clark Still as well. Reception Gamers have well-received Ralf's character as he was voted as the staff's 12th favorite character in Gamest'''s 1997 Heroes Collection. In the character popularity poll on Neo Geo Freak's website, he was voted as the eighth favorite character with a total of 1,038 votes. In the January 30, 1995 issue of Gamest magazine in Japan, Ralf ranked at No. 19 in Top 50 Characters of 1994. His character has received various positive reviews from video games publications. Jeff Gerstmann from GameSpot commented on Ralf to be a "Rambo-like" character in the Ikari Warriors game and also liked all the abilities the character had. 1UP.com found Ralf along with Clark's "Cross Changer!" pose as the most entertaining pose appearing in The King of Fighters '97 and '98, labelling as Sentai (since the pose is a homage to the transformation sequences in Chōjin Sentai Jetman). The Ralf's enhanced version from KOF: Maximum Impact 2, Armored Ralf, has proven very unpopular among gamers as commented by Nate Ahearn from IGN. As such, he notes his removal from KOF: Maximum Impact Regulation "A" was made due to this, and desire to add new characters to this game. Cinemablend.com writer William Usher liked Ralf's introduction in Metal Slug 6 as he still had his movesets from The King of Fighters series as it is well balanced with the gameplay from the Metal Slug series. Additionally, he found this moveset added more variety to the game. Wesley Yin-Poole from videogamer.com agreed on this, noting