You're Invited To The King of Fighters XIII's Ultimate Fighting Tournament

Oh fighting games I don't want to play you at all but I am still fascinated by your craziness.

@Nettacki: I don't doubt KoF 12 was a bad start. It soured me on the series for awhile. After a bit I ended up buying KoF 98 and 2002 on XBLA and felt those were pretty good. Not my favourite fighting series but it was fun enough.

Buying it.

@SuperWristBands said:

First KoF game I had played was 12. I didn't care for it so much. Maybe this one will be better?

I can't even rent games anymore so this'll probably be a late buy... if ever.

Most likely they will because they'll actually put some more content in (character stories, more characters/stages, more moves, refined mechanics, etc.

BTW, I think 12 was a bad first choice to some extent. Maybe you should have started with '98 Ultimate Match....maybe.

Fuck I want that soundtrack

Please for the love of God be good. I recently bought an arcade stick for my 360 and I want to use it on more than just SSF4 and 3S and Skullgirls got delayed but hopefully for the better.

@doomocrat: bless you sir for bringing this to my attention. any insight into this game helps me understand it better :D

KoF 12 was just disappointing. What it was lacking is simple: value. They honestly expected people to pay $60 for a bare bones set of game features on par with the SNK Playmore downloadable classics. I have higher hopes for this but I'll be bummed if they don't include Yamazaki or Geese in the roster. Please be sure to do a quick look for this game complete with your honest opinions on one of the longest running fighting game series of all time.

Finally. (!)

These new versions always give me a sense of Deja Vu, I wonder why?

Is custom color a game mode?

WE"RE INVITED

If you are new to KOF and don't understand why its fans are so obsessive over it, check out the KOF beginners guide by DandyJ. It goes over how movement, basic strikes, and counters lead to the most ridiculously deep 2D fighter made. You don't have to know all this to have a blast with the arcade mode, but if you take KOF online either through XIII or GGPO, you'll be thankful you are familiar with these crazy mechanics.

I cannot wait to get destroyed by Mexican kids who only grew up with NeoGeo.

Seriously, the KOF scene in the southwest is fierce as it can possibly get.

@Jethuty said:

Being really involved in the fighting game scene, the KoF scene is almost dead, and the Blazblue scene is waaaay bigger than the KoF scene.

King Of Fighters, as a fighting game is leaps and bounds ahead of BlazBlue. People got burned on King Of Fighters XII, but many people active in the fighting game scene are working their asses off to show people why they should care about XIII, and it's even inspired Atlus to step their shit up and work more on getting the game in front of the public and the people who matter.

First KoF game I had played was 12. I didn't care for it so much. Maybe this one will be better?

I can't even rent games anymore so this'll probably be a late buy... if ever.

For anyone interested in this game check out the iPlaywinners.com site for stream archives of their summer ranbat series. It's been so much fun watching those over the summer. This game looks really, really good IMO.

@Dark_Lord_Spam: There are two versions of the game. Arcade and Console.

This is looking good. It has king and joe in it so i'm happy.

Re-introducing boobs.

As long as Billy Kane is English and has his no smoking jacket I'm happy.

This is it! Forget the previous KOF12 game, that was hardly an important entry to the series, but more of a "Dream match", like Neowave.

Can't wait for this one!!

@mewarmo990 said:

@Jethuty said:

@mewarmo990 said:

@Jethuty said:

Its a niche title, in a niche genre, so im surprised it will even sell enough to go over the breakeven point.

Believe me, a game like this does not require a huge investment to localize and publish. Nearly all of the work is already done, it's basically only some light text translation, QA, and balancing. You don't even need a huge marketing push because everyone that would care about it already knows about it. It isn't as iconic as Street Fighter, but KOF is still a pretty major player in the fighting genre. Newer sprite-based franchises like BlazBlue or Guilty Gear may be more innovative in certain ways, but KOF has a much larger fanbase worldwide.

QA and translation still cost money, and why would you balance it if it already has been released? I think youre exgerrating the size of the fanbase a lot and any iteration of KoF hasnt been relevant in the scene for YEARS.

Yes, translation and QA cost money, but not nearly as much money for a game that has to be built from the ground up, and certainly not for just another KOF game. With translation, it's just victory dialogue, menus, and a few cutscenes. Literally, I could finish that in a day. In QA you don't have to worry about exhaustively playing through a game and possibly missing things - most of the problems are in netcode because that's new. And the current version of the game is actually unbalanced in some ways that need correcting. I could be wrong about the fanbase thing, I'm only involved in the scene in a very cursory way. Maybe it's because I've only talked to KoF fans.(I sent you a PM. It should clear some things up.)

EDIT: so no one gets fired

Since you only really talked to KoF fans, you might have gotten a way more distorted view about the fanbase of KoF13. Being really involved in the fighting game scene, the KoF scene is almost dead, and the Blazblue scene is waaaay bigger than the KoF scene. Its a dead scene along with the GG series.

@mewarmo990 said:

@Jethuty said:

Its a niche title, in a niche genre, so im surprised it will even sell enough to go over the breakeven point.

Believe me, a game like this does not require a huge investment to localize and publish. Nearly all of the work is already done, it's basically only some light text translation, QA, and balancing. You don't even need a huge marketing push because everyone that would care about it already knows about it. It isn't as iconic as Street Fighter, but KOF is still a pretty major player in the fighting genre. Newer sprite-based franchises like BlazBlue or Guilty Gear may be more innovative in certain ways, but KOF has a much larger fanbase worldwide.

QA and translation still cost money, and why would you balance it if it already has been released? I think youre exgerrating the size of the fanbase a lot and any iteration of KoF hasnt been relevant in the scene for YEARS.

@mewarmo990 said:

@Jethuty said:

Its a niche title, in a niche genre, so im surprised it will even sell enough to go over the breakeven point.

Believe me, a game like this does not require a huge investment to localize and publish. Nearly all of the work is already done, it's basically only some light text translation, QA, and balancing. You don't even need a huge marketing push because everyone that would care about it already knows about it. It isn't as iconic as Street Fighter, but KOF is still a pretty major player in the fighting genre. Newer sprite-based franchises like BlazBlue or Guilty Gear may be more innovative in certain ways, but KOF has a much larger fanbase worldwide.

QA and translation still cost money, and why would you balance it if it already has been released? I think youre exgerrating the size of the fanbase a lot and any iteration of KoF hasnt been relevant in the scene for YEARS.

Its a niche title, in a niche genre, so im surprised it will even sell enough to go over the breakeven point.

@mewarmo990 said:

@bunkerbuster05 said:

Do people still care about this series?

It's mostly people in the hardcore fighting game community that are the most excited.

Its a niche title, in a niche genre, so i will surprised if will even sell enough to go over the breakeven point.

The game itself is really well animated, its just the shadows that makes it look so goddamn dull and soulless

i applaud them for making a spritebased game in this day and age, and i would LOVE for sf5 to be that too, handdrawn and all, but this just looks so soulless. Also im not gonna give them anymore money after how badly i burned my fingers with Kof12. goddamn it was a shitty game, and people complain about MVC3 being a beta? makes me sad

YES...Iori and Kyo on HD

Holy shit CUSTOM COLORS IS IT'S OWN GAMEMODE!? SNAP.

@Soniku said:

@Dark_Lord_Spam said:

Wait, how can they have "exclusive characters" if there's only one version of the game?

They're characters that aren't in the arcade version.

I suppose that makes sense, then. Thanks.

@bunkerbuster05 said:

Do people still care about this series?

I do provided they can bring it back to what made the 98/99/2K era so great.

@onan said:

@YukoAsho said:

@HotSauceMagik said:

I was one of the people who got burned on 12. Despite that, I LOVE the game and it still has the best looking sprites hands down ::queue menacing stare at 3rd strike::

That said, If the net code is bunk, then the game will fail. Simple as that. Wait to buy till a few days after release folks!

I dunno, the modern Guilty Gear and BlazBlue games are pretty damned gorgeous as far as sprites go...

Yeah, I really can't take SNK seriously anymore until they put some damn effort into their presentation. It was great for arcades in the 90's but it REALLY isn't cutting it anymore. That or take a less half-hearted stab at 3D this time. Capcom managed to figure it out, they need to too.

odd. Besides wayforward stuff, I can't think of any other game with this amount of sprite animation. Easily some of the best sprite work around. period.

@Dark_Lord_Spam said:

Wait, how can they have "exclusive characters" if there's only one version of the game?

They're characters that aren't in the arcade version.

Game. Is. So. PRETTY.

Might have to get this, goddammit. I already have Skyrim, UMvC3, Batman AC, Dark Souls, and possibly MW3 or BF3 too to get.

@bunkerbuster05 said:

Do people still care about this series?

Don't underestimate Central and South American nations.

Wait, how can they have "exclusive characters" if there's only one version of the game?

Oh hey, it's already been delayed from October 25th (or 31st was it?) to November 31st. Given SNK's track record, I bet we won't see this until mid-next year now.

At least this should have a real arcade mode unlike XII, which will help "make up" for the inevitable lack of decent netcode. -_-

@YukoAsho said:

@HotSauceMagik said:

I was one of the people who got burned on 12. Despite that, I LOVE the game and it still has the best looking sprites hands down ::queue menacing stare at 3rd strike::

That said, If the net code is bunk, then the game will fail. Simple as that. Wait to buy till a few days after release folks!

I dunno, the modern Guilty Gear and BlazBlue games are pretty damned gorgeous as far as sprites go...

Yeah, I really can't take SNK seriously anymore until they put some damn effort into their presentation. It was great for arcades in the 90's but it REALLY isn't cutting it anymore. That or take a less half-hearted stab at 3D this time. Capcom managed to figure it out, they need to too.

Hopefully this game will be good. I do like me some King of Fighters.

@bunkerbuster05 said:

Do people still care about this series?

Troll harder, 'cause nobody is going to fall for your antics.

@HotSauceMagik said:

I was one of the people who got burned on 12. Despite that, I LOVE the game and it still has the best looking sprites hands down ::queue menacing stare at 3rd strike::

That said, If the net code is bunk, then the game will fail. Simple as that. Wait to buy till a few days after release folks!

I dunno, the modern Guilty Gear and BlazBlue games are pretty damned gorgeous as far as sprites go...

I was one of the people who got burned on 12. Despite that, I LOVE the game and it still has the best looking sprites hands down ::queue menacing stare at 3rd strike::

That said, If the net code is bunk, then the game will fail. Simple as that. Wait to buy till a few days after release folks!

looks good, they need to redraw athena and where is blue mary.

@darkvare said:

wait saiki is a dude?

Heh, yeah, androgynous men are in full force in the Ash saga. Hell, look at Ash, I was CONVINCED dude was a chick until I actually got into KOFXI.

@AlKusanagi said:

Can't freakin' wait, but it looks like it's been delayed a month from the previous late October release date.

Yep, it has. You know, I'd almost rather they release the game in January. It's going to get absolutely buried in the holiday rush now.

wait saiki is a dude?

The last time I played a KOF game was like.......2002. Maybe this is the one to try and get back into it with.

Pumped for giving this series some more breath after XII.