KOFXIII

I'm actually not at all surprised there isn't a topic on this seeing how XII fucking bombed, I was hyped for XII until it actually came out and was, by all measures, a fucking unfinished beta, but am willing to give SNK another shot with XIII. the games producer mentioned that if KOFXIII does not succeed, it's over for the series entirely. If true, I find this to be a huge slap in the face to all SNK fans -- not the best way to reach out to the community, but then again, SNK went bankrupt once.

Anyway, here's is the gameplay system info from CYBERFANATIX:

EX Mode - Characters can do new “EX” specials and supers by using up their power meter. EX versions of the moves can have various effects ranging from multiple hits, invincibility, hit detection after move hits, and in cases of some projectiles- faster speed, penetration. Most, but not all moves have an EX version.

Hyper Drive Mode – When the drive meter is at MAX, you can go into Hyper Drive mode, which lets you cancel all normal moves, command moves, and also lets you do infinite drive cancels for a limited time. Kind of identical to KOF 2002’s MAX Mode.

Drive Cancel – It allows for players to cancel a special or super into another one. Requires the use of the “drive meter”. EX moves can be used.

Specifics:

* Kyo gains an aerial Orochinagi
* Terry regains Buster Wolf
* Yuri’s EX Raiouken can shoot 2 fireballs
* Athena’s EX Psycho Ball does 3 Hits
* Mai has a Ryuuenbu feint
* Kyo can cancel first hit off df+D
* Kyo’s Shiki Kai “juggle height” is restored
* King can also do an Aerial Venom Strike
* Zooming in from KOF XII is taken out.
* It seems Guard Attack is taken out in favor of the Old Guard Cancel Knockdown

New Stages:

* England
* Brazil
* India
* Japan



Here are some videos taken from SNK Playmore's KOFXIII Preview Event.








click here for KOFXIII screenshot gallery. Also, as pointed out to me, Athena has a Haruhi Suzumiya color palette.

SNK, just give me Kula or give me death...

Can't say i'm a classic fan of KoF since my first one was *Maximum Impact on PS2*.

Fav characters: Kula, Terry , Iori.

But this looks as entertaining as it's beautiful. I am ready to get that as long as it's not for X-Box 360 *because i simply do not have X-Box360*

Blue Mary probably won't be in XIII, but I'm glad to see Mai, King, and Yuri making a comeback, and with the hand-drawn sprites, Mai is even sexier than before!

On a more serious note, I hope the online play is patched up and any bugs that are found are immediately fixed, I don't want SNK to release another beta game.


On an unrelated note, Sonic 2K6 and KOFXII have something in common. Can you guess what that is?

Here's your rep, you can go troll somewhere else.

The game in question has it's solid fan community, and i doubt that they care about that stuff.

And besides, i believe this is a thread about King of Fighters franchise.

If you like MK and SF so much i would advice you to find threads about those games.

sure i dont like the fact that they copy other coperations art but the game is good that is only KOF98 and 02 cuz they have more people to play as

Well i thought this roster is big enough already.

I was extremely disappointed with KOF XII, hopefully this won't be another waste of $60.

KOF plays nothing like SF and has little resemblance, Mortal Kombat is just godawful. LaPonce is just stupid and/or a troll.


Anyway, from early screenshots, XIII is looking good. They've scraped the mechanics and formula of XII entirely in favor of a new system that has similarities to the older titles in the series.

So far it's looking good though. Drive system reminds me of 2002's max mode. New supers and fleshed out movesets for the cast, also great. Hopefully SNK won't screw things up... They can't afford to lose any more money than they already did with XII.

Ugh...*facepalm*

That godawful spelling and grammar aside, this troll fails with that horrible mortal kombat comment in there.

anyway...



Maybe this is the game that can bring me back to the KOF series, though i do love and play 2002 UM. Mukai!...needs more gameplay though. Also, Rose Bernstein with new Orochi servants as midboss?

Just gonna bump this thread.

Twas bored, and got on F,D,DF,Fierce and saw this on the front page.

Technical references are old, the game is out already in arcades.

Thinking of road tripping down to socal sometime since Arcade Infinity has it already... =|

MI: Regulation A...nice.

As for KOFXIII. It looks promising. I'm hoping that they've learned from their mistakes from XII.

So THAT'S why so many folks are harping on XIII despite it looking so promising. I can understand the immediate derision now, but at least, if it does end here, it ends with the final arc being concluded.

GONNA BUMP THIS BITCH FULL OF MY INFO!

Firstly, the image of the [sexiest?] pre-order bonus Atlus set up:


Next is the recent trailer:
GET HYPE


Lastly is rumored DLC:
Link: http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/20/mr-karate-and-alternate-kyo-coming-to-king-of-fighters-xiii-as-dlc/

I've literally never played any KoF title before, but fuck am I excited for this game. I've read through the whole plot arc synopsis since KoF '94 and it's got a really damn good story behind it. I want to know how it ends! Hell yeah!
GET HYPE

Is anyone else going to get this game? I am hoping to get this to learn the game early and stick with it and grow along with it. I really need to work on my fighting game fundamentals and what better game than King of Fighters? I have always loved the characters in it, but I never really had a chance to play. With a new game, maybe this will help. Watching the Southtown Arcade streams, I really want to try this game. It looks fun. I heard the netplay will be very bad though. That is concerning.

I'll be getting KOF XIII when I can, I've been keeping tabs on this game and I'm pretty stoked about it. And depending on how much I get into the game, I may very well play it alongside BB hardcore and competitively. We'll see.

[color=#006FFF]I'll definitely be picking up the game day one, tomorrow. Even though everyone hates on XII for it's lack of content, I loved it, because what it lacked in characters and settings, it made up for enough with its gameplay. But that's another matter, lol. I'm already fairly certain that XIII is going to be my favorite fighting game, what with me being the huge KOF fan I am and all. So excited.

I will probably play team Woman Fighters. I was watching a friend play King and I really like her play style. I have always liked Mai and Yuri will be an interesting character. I am thinking about also playing Leona. The problem with these characters I was told is that none of them make good anchors. However, I hope to still run them out.

[color=#006FFF]I've been playing VS with my brother for a couple hours now, and I can say that my main team is starting to take shape. Yuri, Takuma, and _______. The third member tends to vary between Shen Woo, Kim, and K'. However, I am working on getting better with Team K' in general, as well as others, like Elizabeth for example. Whoops, I totally forgot about Ryo! My team isn't really set to anyone just yet though, after playing some more... Yuri is my main, so she's in there somewhere, but the other two are still being worked on.

Loving the game even more than I thought I would. It feel so freaking awesome to finally use Yuri again! (Oh yeah, I also like how they brought back the clothes being torn when King and Yuri are defeated. =P)

this game is hard for me to play i cant do anything correctly
my team is the Sakazaki family been wanting Takuma since either 2000 or 2002 dont remember the last time he appeared in the game

I am so bad at chaining and linking. I am having problems chaining cr.B, cr.B, B into whatever that most of the characters have. I guess it is a timing thing, but it feels very awkward and weird for me. The netplay also appears to be very bad. I have not been able to play matches yet, but watching this game on iPlaywinner, I really like it.

I am currently looking for an anchor. King is my battery, Leona is my user, and I am looking for an anchor. I was thinking Elizabeth, but she was nerfed from arcade, so I do not know about her viability. I may just play her anyway. She may still be good. I might also use Kula. At any rate, I am looking to play a more defensive style and control space. My characters seem to be able to do that.