"Didn't you read what I just type? You have the OPTION  to fight one on one only. And Red, you're making it sound like that you're controlling/fighting three characters at the same time. Even when you pick three characters you're still fighting one on one at a time. I can't believe some people are put off by the three on three rule, relaying on three characters is better than one. And also, aren't a lot of people bitching about all those damn Ken players on SFIV?"

To be honest, there's something in the new character design in KOF XII that I don't like (maybe it's the size of the sprites? I don't know :S); but I am a big fan of the KoF series so I'm almost sure I'll buy it.

BlazBlue also looks interesting, I have played Guilty Gear and I do like it's gameplay; I'll probably end up buying it too.

In my opinion, If there is the chance, get both. They are different enough to guarantee completely different experiences instead of being a substitute of the other.

" @The_A_Drain said:

" @lordofultima: Yeah i've always been kinda put off by that, I never understood why things had to explode to be cool, it's distracting quite honestly. "

@Red said:

" @lordofultima said:

" While I don't think anyone is saying KOF and SF are the same game, BlazBlue is about as far in the opposite direction of Street Fighter that you could possibly go.The gameplay looks wild, and I've been reading up on the gameplay systems in BlazBlue and they seem really interesting. The Barrier Blocks/Bursts, Distortion Drive, Rapid Cancels, and Haku-men in particular, since he has the Magatama to manage as well. The big ass juggle combos really remind me of Marvel, but in the best way possible (not in that broken way). There's 12 characters and they all seem to catch my eye and play wildly different.Why do I have to pick three characters in KOF? I hate that whole system. The effects of speical moves look awful, like someone photoshopped an explosion image over someones leg. "

Yeah dude, the most epic of battles are always 1v1, and this gives you the ability to get really good at one specific character. Game looks really interesting, and even though I suck at fighters (but I still like them) I now think I'm gonna buy BlazBlue. "

Didn't you read what I just type? You have the OPTION  to fight one on one only. And Red, you're making it sound like that you're controlling/fighting three characters at the same time. Even when you pick three characters you're still fighting one on one at a time. I can't believe some people are put off by the three on three rule, relaying on three characters is better than one. And also, aren't a lot of people bitching about all those damn Ken players on SFIV? "

" @lordofultima: Yeah i've always been kinda put off by that, I never understood why things had to explode to be cool, it's distracting quite honestly. "

" @lordofultima said:

" While I don't think anyone is saying KOF and SF are the same game, BlazBlue is about as far in the opposite direction of Street Fighter that you could possibly go.The gameplay looks wild, and I've been reading up on the gameplay systems in BlazBlue and they seem really interesting. The Barrier Blocks/Bursts, Distortion Drive, Rapid Cancels, and Haku-men in particular, since he has the Magatama to manage as well. The big ass juggle combos really remind me of Marvel, but in the best way possible (not in that broken way). There's 12 characters and they all seem to catch my eye and play wildly different.Why do I have to pick three characters in KOF? I hate that whole system. The effects of speical moves look awful, like someone photoshopped an explosion image over someones leg. "

Yeah dude, the most epic of battles are always 1v1, and this gives you the ability to get really good at one specific character. Game looks really interesting, and even though I suck at fighters (but I still like them) I now think I'm gonna buy BlazBlue. "

" While I don't think anyone is saying KOF and SF are the same game, BlazBlue is about as far in the opposite direction of Street Fighter that you could possibly go.The gameplay looks wild, and I've been reading up on the gameplay systems in BlazBlue and they seem really interesting. The Barrier Blocks/Bursts, Distortion Drive, Rapid Cancels, and Haku-men in particular, since he has the Magatama to manage as well. The big ass juggle combos really remind me of Marvel, but in the best way possible (not in that broken way). There's 12 characters and they all seem to catch my eye and play wildly different.Why do I have to pick three characters in KOF? I hate that whole system. The effects of speical moves look awful, like someone photoshopped an explosion image over someones leg. "

While I don't think anyone is saying KOF and SF are the same game, BlazBlue is about as far in the opposite direction of Street Fighter that you could possibly go.

The gameplay looks wild, and I've been reading up on the gameplay systems in BlazBlue and they seem really interesting. The Barrier Blocks/Bursts, Distortion Drive, Rapid Cancels, and Haku-men in particular, since he has the Magatama to manage as well. The big ass juggle combos really remind me of Marvel, but in the best way possible (not in that broken way). There's 12 characters and they all seem to catch my eye and play wildly different.

Why do I have to pick three characters in KOF? I hate that whole system. The effects of speical moves look awful, like someone photoshopped an explosion image over someones leg.

I think the reason why people are saying BlazeBule is because of the flashy presentation, I don't think it has nothing to do with better gameplay.

As someone who doesn't play fighters, and has never touched a Guilty Gear or a King of Fighters game, BlazBlue looks much better.

Sounds like the SNK team don't even know what they are doing with their own characters...

You can talk about the 'differences' all you want, but really, they aren't very different at all, they all play the same bar a few interchangeable mechanics, if you like one KOF/Fatal Fury/etc game, you'll like the rest, if you don't, you wont like any of the others.

Of course the same applies to guilty gear and other fighters, but my point is that they are so similar you may as well throw them all in the same bucket like people do GG, SF, etc.

" @Kou_Leifoh: I like Samurai Shodown, mainly for it's characters though.Also, what's the difference? So a few characters are different and Garou has a few extra mechanics, it's still the same thing, theres no more difference there than there is between different street fighter games, why they saw a reason to change the name of the series 3 times is beyond me. It's still all the same. "

" @Kou_Leifoh said:

"@SmugDarkLoser said:

" Hey, to that guy that said, no I haven't played KoF.  But I haven't played Blazblue either. I did try out Garu though, which is a king of fighters, but not called it.   I like it more than street fighter, but it's similar.  I'm actually talking about Street Fighter 3. "

Garou is Fatal Fury, not King of Fighters. And yeah you haven't played BlazeBule but I have a strong feeling you've played Guilty Gear (Which is suppose to be a spiritual successor to BlazeBule).     "

They look the same, and play the same, and feature a lot of the same characters, they might as well be the same. (KOF, Fatal Fury and Garou)It's fine if you don't like Guilty Gear, not many people do it's a bit of an oddball. But i'd take it over an SNK fighter anyday. "

"@SmugDarkLoser said:

" Hey, to that guy that said, no I haven't played KoF.  But I haven't played Blazblue either. I did try out Garu though, which is a king of fighters, but not called it.   I like it more than street fighter, but it's similar.  I'm actually talking about Street Fighter 3. "

Garou is Fatal Fury, not King of Fighters. And yeah you haven't played BlazeBule but I have a strong feeling you've played Guilty Gear (Which is suppose to be a spiritual successor to BlazeBule).     "

" Hey, to that guy that said, no I haven't played KoF.  But I haven't played Blazblue either. I did try out Garu though, which is a king of fighters, but not called it.   I like it more than street fighter, but it's similar.  I'm actually talking about Street Fighter 3. "

I think BlazBlue looks pretty lame tbh.  Combat looks awkward and stiff to me also.

KOFXII on the other hand looks silky smooth, and generally just badass all-around.  KOFXII all the way.

I should point out I have never played KOF or GG before so... take my opinion with a grain of salt I guess... but I've watched a ridiculous amount of videos for both games.  KOFXII is definitely a day 1 buy for me just based on the videos.  BlazBlue, not so much.

Hey, to that guy that said, no I haven't played KoF.  But I haven't played Blazblue either.
I did try out Garu though, which is a king of fighters, but not called it.   I like it more than street fighter, but it's similar.  I'm actually talking about Street Fighter 3.

How do you say Blazblue?

" @MysteriousBob: Oh please, get that bullshit out of here. I've played many, many SNK fighting games, including at least 6 king of fighters games, fatal fury, garou, the last blade, art of fighting, samurai shodown, etc. It is very close to Street Fighter. Ever play Capcom VS SNK? "

I'm going to get both.  For you, I don't know, but I'd say go with KOFXII.  Arc System Works' fighters are always very complex even when compared to others like Virtua Fighter.  KOFXII seems to be taking it back to the KOF '95 and '96 kinda feel and that might work better for you than BlazBlue.

I'm getting BlazBlue.  I might get KoF12 later on down the line when it's like $20 or something, it most likely will be before the end of the year...

BlazBlue for fucking sure. I will have to rent KoF before making a decision....I just am not that impressed.

I've heard great things about BlazBlue, and ive never liked the KOF games so i'd go With BB.

Most people on this site don't really have any past experiences (Or not much experiences with a lot of other fighters) with the KOF games, which is the reason why there probably choosing BlazeBule.

I say go with KOF XII.

If I play one of the two, then I'm probably going with KoF12.  The sole reason for that decision is that I'm more familiar with KoF12 than I am with BlazBlue...and I'm not a HUGE fan of Guilty Gear or Guilty Gear-esque games.  Also, BlazBlue has far too much clutter on their screens compared to King of Fighters.  Regardless, I don't like the background action in King of Fighters.  It's quite distracting.

Id pick both up eventually if I were you thats what Im doin but since your lookin at only gettin one Id go with blazeblue

Maybe BlazeBlu.  IGN gave it a 9.4.

King of FIghters, if only for the way the announcer pronounces "challenger."

No, but seriously. KOF looks like the better game.

I'd personally get Blazblue first, but, I'm a big fan of Guilty Gear.

I can't speak to the quality of BlazBlue (or Guilty Gear, since I didn't play it), but I know I'm getting KOF 12.

If you think KOF is too similar to SF then you've obviously not played KOF for any good length of time. BlazBlue looks dull as hell.

I'm throwing my hat in the ring for BlazBlue. I personally love the art style and from what I've heard, the gameplay is quite different and full of depth for those who are willing to learn the system.

shame you have to choose, I would get both if I were you. I would get Blaz first

Blazblue looks like a fighter I would somewhat enjoy and it has that nice art-style I like in those fighters.  KOF XII IMO judging from watching the first match doesn't look all that great and well if you want something different than SF in terms of gameplay, that will not be the right choice since it plays the same from what I see.  I go with Blaze but go whatever you want to play more, its what I always do. :)

BlazBlue has much more style to it and it looks like it'll be the best fighter on the x360 and ps3 when it comes out. 
King of Fighters imo is Street Fighter.  Plays so similar except KoF is a tad faster generally.  Those are about tied.

I'd go with BlazBlue, but I'm getting both eventually. BlazBlue is what I'm getting first.

Honestly BlazBlue, but my only justification is that I absolutely cannot get into a KOF game, i've tried and i've hated all of them, they just dont 'feel' right to me. But i'm a huge Guilty Gear fan and BlazBlue looks awesome.

You could always get Battle Fantasia, should be cheap by now, I only had access to a friends copy for a short while but had a lot of fun with it.

Edit: Price irrespective, i'd flat out advise you to avoid MK vs DC, Virtua Fighter 5 and DOA at all costs, especially if you're lookg for something to unwind with.

Failing that, theres some decent ones on XBLA, Garou just came out (I don't like it, but hey) Hd Remix is 33% off this week, and theres a couple others up there I think.

I'm going to say BlazBlue again, just because I can. Cmon! Blue blob dude and samurai guy are totally awesome! I'm so stoked for this game and I don't know why.

I'd say BlazBlue just because it's really different from SF4, while King of Fighters is more of the same. I'd pick up MK vs DC if you don't have that, though.

Blaze its comin much earlier you wont be able to hold out lol.

BlazBlue because its diffrent but I would wait to see what people are saying about it. I have never really gotten in to the KOF series by the way.

I'm going with KOF.  Although I've only ever played Fatal Fury games in the past, it just appeals more to me (both in look and gameplay).

I don't know enough about both games to put my input on, but I'd just say whichever game you feel plays better and whichever one looks more fun/exciting to you 

I say BlazBlue. I like the art style and characters in it more than KOF and I like the different mechanics of the characters with one guy being able to steal life, one can freeze the opponent, one fights with a marionette in addition to himself, etc. etc. I'm pretty excited for it actually. I need another game to mix up the SF4 goodness.

Neither are games I have been following but based on what you have posted there I would definately go with Blazblue. It looks great and should provide something a lot different to what you have been playing in SFIV.