King of FIghters XIII Announced!

[sevin0seven]

Got this from the kotaku comments:

LOL, her stance is more gratuitous than ever.

wow! looks good so far.

[the7k]

http://www.betomachado.com/?p=1201

Mai, Yuri and King revealed. Tons of gameplay images and videos. Character select screen shows six more characters yet to be revealed - but when you look at the data remnants on the KOFXII disc, it becomes clear than Vice will be on Iori and Mature's team, Takuma will be on Ryo and Robert's team, and Hwa Jai will be on Kim and Raiden's team. That just leaves that one mystery team to be revealed.

Disappointed this is all we're getting. Hwa Jai and Raiden... if they were going to make a secondary Fatal Fury team, they should have gone with more interesting characters. A team of Kim, Blue Mary and Duck King would have been awesome. Also feel like they should have given Mature and Vice the boot (they died in KOF'96, after all...), made Iori a solo entry (like he has been for most of the games) and fit in another team.

Heck, I'm not even a big fan of Takuma taking up another spot. I know he's a staple, but they should have put in another Art of Fighting character who wouldn't have just been a head swap of Ryo. They could have put Yuri on the AoF team, and fit Kasumi or Blue Mary in on the Women's Team.

Whatever. I'm a tool, and I'll probably still buy this anyway.

[sevin0seven]

a teaser website for KOFXIII: http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/kof-xiii/

[wip3outguy7]

Awesome finds.

[vlame]

but they should have put in another Art of Fighting character who wouldn't have just been a head swap of Ryo. They could have put Yuri on the AoF team, and fit Kasumi or Blue Mary in on the Women's Team.

hey noob, takuma is not a head swap of ryo...play some kof and you'll realize that.

[the7k]

hey noob, takuma is not a head swap of ryo...play some kof and you'll realize that.

Nor is Hwa Jai a head swap of Joe, or Vice a head swap of Mature, but that doesn't change the fact that they all look a whole lot a like.

I'd rather have some variety in character design than a whole bunch of look-a-likes. Look at Mortal Kombat. Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Reptile, Kitana, Millenia, Jade, Noob Saibot, Cyrax, Sector, Smoke, etc., all have very different moves. Doesn't change the feeling that you're fighting the same character all the god-damn time.

Good job on the 'noob' comment, though. It really improves your argument when you have to rely on ad hominem attacks.

[AppleQueso]

"Very Different Moves"

high punch
low punch
high kick
low kick
roundhouse
uppercut

[Assman]

"Very different moves"

Scorpion: Harpoon, teleport punch, air throw
Sub-Zero: Ice blast, ground freeze, ninja slide
Noob Saibot: No-block ball, clone throw, teleport slam
... and so on...

Yeah. Plus they all have different combos.

[Kevman]

but they should have put in another Art of Fighting character who wouldn't have just been a head swap of Ryo. They could have put Yuri on the AoF team, and fit Kasumi or Blue Mary in on the Women's Team.

hey noob, takuma is not a head swap of ryo...play some kof and you'll realize that.

His avatar is Iori...

[Veno]

Ho ho, an actual story mode. And they brought King back.
Alright, looks like KOFXIII's heading in the right direction.

Anyone think the game looked more scaled back? From that preview video, the sprites looked smaller and the environments looked bigger.