According to IGN.com, SNK Playmore has officially announced King of Fighters XIII. The game is being developed on Taito's Type X2 Arcade Board, the same line of boards that power Street Fighter IV.
Details of the game are being saved for a premier event which will be held in Tokyo electronics capital Akihabara on March 25.
wooo!
In other SNK Playmore news, the company has opened an anniversary site.
Here's hoping they fix key areas with XII in this game.
Here's really hoping that this game will be building on top of XII, and not just starting from scratch. The reason XII fell short in so many ways is that it was the first time they've started from scratch with the series since... KOF'94. And considering KOF'94 is completely unplayable these days, I feel its just a fact of the matter that the first in a series will usually suck. (See Street Fighter Alpha: Warrior's Dreams)
I think I must be the only person on the planet that liked KOFXII.
Sure, it was low on characters. But otherwise I thought it was way more fun than previous titles in the series.
The rumour on the SRK forums is that XII and XIII have been developed at the same time, and XII was merely spat out as a milestone to try and get some income in during a long development cycle. Wouldn't surprise me if that was the case, and if it is it should mean KOFXIII will be a "complete" game.
elvis wrote:I think I must be the only person on the planet that liked KOFXII.
Sure, it was low on characters. But otherwise I thought it was way more fun than previous titles in the series.
The rumour on the SRK forums is that XII and XIII have been developed at the same time, and XII was merely spat out as a milestone to try and get some income in during a long development cycle. Wouldn't surprise me if that was the case, and if it is it should mean KOFXIII will be a "complete" game.
Actually, I really liked KOFXII as well. I believe it's the most balanced 2D Fighter I've ever played, and that makes it more than worthy of being in my collection.
However, it would have been better if KOFXIII was called KOFXII, and KOFXII was called "KOFXII Prologue" or something. At least then, they would have been more up-front about what it is that they were doing.
Yea, I really like the XII engine, plays great. The game is the thing with the problems, it just screams uncompleted. Like the7k I hope they build upon XII and not a new engine, XII looked and played great, if they made a 'full game' out of it, oh that would be SWEET!
emwearz wrote:Yea, I really like the XII engine, plays great. The game is the thing with the problems, it just screams uncompleted. Like the7k I hope they build upon XII and not a new engine, XII looked and played great, if they made a 'full game' out of it, oh that would be SWEET!
I'm also hoping for the same with KoF:XIII. Also, more characters would be great!!
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