IntelliHeath
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King of Fighters XIV Roster Discussion thread. Leaked roster in first post
- Thread starter Tizoc
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Thank you very much for those pictures! Much Appreciate!
Not a problem! Would probably be a good idea for Tizoc to add these kind of things to the OP too, since this is something of our Unofficial Pre-Release OT.
Rick was never in a KOF game so why is he relevant
Tizoc
Member
Vanessa stole his moves :V
Saw this over at MMCafe, and figured it was worth sharing.
- http://www.mmcafe.com/cgi-bin/forums/bbs/messages/13585.shtml#73239
That would be interesting, if said theory panned out. I'd just wonder how the "Orochi era representative" could fit in to the mix.
- http://www.mmcafe.com/cgi-bin/forums/bbs/messages/13585.shtml#73239
That would be interesting, if said theory panned out. I'd just wonder how the "Orochi era representative" could fit in to the mix.
That would be very cool actually.
OmegaDL50
Member
I wouldn't be surprised if they expanded Vanessa's back story, it's linked that Rick Strowd was her personal boxing teacher / trainer.
When I played KOF 2000 a few years ago when it first came out and tried out the new characters I noticed immediately that some of her moves were identical to some of Rick's moveset.
Well, Vice and Mature are perpetual Orochi reps...
But it'd be a heck of a twist if the masked girl turned out to have Shermie's moved and had just developed another way to never let us see her eyes...
sir_bumble_bee
Member
That's a lot of stages revealed so far, we may just end up getting a stage for every team and both bosses if this pattern keeps up.
Pffffffffffft.
But in all seriousness...what if the "Invitation" team were all somehow working for the new boss dude? We already know Kyary- I mean, Sylvie is a misfit that was abandoned by NESTS, all three members of the team were all "marooned" in some way (though Hooded Guy may have time travel shenanigans to blame for that).
What if the marooning for the masked lady doesn't apply to Orochi, but to another story antagonist... I mean, Adel, Rose and Duo Lon must have mothers, famous as their fathers are in the story...
...For that matter. We apparently know that Rugal had a younger brother that he used work with, but they parted ways after some type of "differences".
And now we have this new, cigar-chomping "billionaire" guy serving as a mid-boss. Who also likes to go shirtless. I wonder...
Gorilla Blade
Member
Alternately Chinese mask girl could be involved with this saga's antagonists whether they are the Flying Brigands or whatever.
Tizoc
Member
Look I'll believe you if you told me that a Mexican Stripper was a member of Global Criminal Organization
I'll believe you if you told me Tetsuo was a member of a Global Criminal Organization
I'll believe you if you told me a lady fencer ties and actual honest to gosh FLAG around her hair is a member of Global Criminal Organization
Ninjas are far for the course, but of course a Global Criminal Organization would have ninjas AND tame and train pet Lions
But Sylvie? Now you're jumping the shark..
I'll believe you if you told me Tetsuo was a member of a Global Criminal Organization
I'll believe you if you told me a lady fencer ties and actual honest to gosh FLAG around her hair is a member of Global Criminal Organization
Ninjas are far for the course, but of course a Global Criminal Organization would have ninjas AND tame and train pet Lions
But Sylvie? Now you're jumping the shark..
OmegaDL50
Member
The thing is, Rugal was German, and this Antonov guy is Russian, so the brotherly connection really wouldn't apply due to different counties of origin, unless SNK wants to do the half-brother thing again like they did with Geese and Krauser.
This reminds me of Big Bear's stage from Fatal Fury 2 / Special
I like how some of these stages seem to have various throwback references to previous SNK stage designs.
NeonZ
Member
The Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting teams shared a similar "gas station in the middle of nowhere" stage in KoF96, with a truck parked there for the FF version.
Truth
Anyone who has Guts/Gatsu as an avatar is good judge of whats what especially in character design. I agree, street fighter has lost it completely when it comes to designs, most of the old g4uarf must be gone, with the exception of pandering sylvie the middle aged loli, snk has been knocking the out of the park with solid designs.
Labolas
Member
Half-brother was the main thing I was considering, yeah. Another I was considering is that while the assumption is that Rugal is German, to my recollection, it was never 100% confirmed (due to how his place of birth was always stated as "Unknown"). Which would be all the opening they need if they wanted to give Rugal yet another estranged familial tie we didn't expect.
At least if my theory panned out, maybe Adel (and Rose?) would have a third member to add to a team of their own, if they were to ever get added back into the mix any time in the near future.
And now another character in 2k2 character select style!:
As is proper of her, she is WAY too busy for the classic 2D style, so I just embraced it, rather than trying to simplify it. Went with one of Kyary's more goofy pics as a base, rather than something simply cute or pretty, because I hope to see this kind of side of her in game, too.
And SNKP's Pic of the Day:
As is proper of her, she is WAY too busy for the classic 2D style, so I just embraced it, rather than trying to simplify it. Went with one of Kyary's more goofy pics as a base, rather than something simply cute or pretty, because I hope to see this kind of side of her in game, too.
And SNKP's Pic of the Day:
This stage screams Jurassic Park, took a second look to make sure those aren't Pterodactyls in the background. Reminds me of one of my favorite KoF stages:And SNKP's Pic of the Day:
Hoya Destroyer
Member
I like that new truck stop stage. I find the most boring fighting game stages are usually the ones without any life/moving people in the background.
Tizoc
Member
That is one generic american ass stage :v
Holy Order Sol
Member
Love this stage, has a nice "fighting game classic" feel to it.
Please someone buy my boy Chin a new pair of shoes already.
lol
Please someone buy my boy Chin a new pair of shoes already.
lol
I would love that stage if it had tumbleweeds roll by. Dunno how that NPC got so ripped chugging beer though. Everybody doing roids these days huh?
lol I just noticed that, what a nice touch.
lol I just noticed that, what a nice touch.
Yeah Luong is a lock for my team. So far I got her and Tung for sure, the battle for the third spot will be fierce :/.
Holy Order Sol
Member
RIP Beni
Looks like there's a new queen in town, she can stomp on my face any time.
Seriously great design.
Ditto, so far my day 1 team is looking to be:
Angel/Luong/?
Seriously great design.
Ditto, so far my day 1 team is looking to be:
Angel/Luong/?
Tizoc
Member
butman
Member
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She bears a resemblance to Chizuru without the headband.
Holy Order Sol
Member
Laban on SRK said:
tl;dr: it was about to be lit but then it wasn't
There also seems to be a design change to Luong since her leaked portrait art, she had some white streaks in her hair before. The final design in the trailer doesn't have them.
Damn, at least there's some good news to be had from that. And we should be getting lots of footage from a brand new build next month (20 playable characters) at the JP tournament.
Wonder if the publisher could be Atlus? They did a good job with XIII iirc.
Gorilla Blade
Member
Yo Laban doing God's work?
Actually it's quite impressive he got those connections and it looks promising for the future.
Actually it's quite impressive he got those connections and it looks promising for the future.
We could only hope.
I'd even take ASW, if it meant their netcode was being involved, and nothing else.
ASW doesn't even publish their own console games in the US!
Would be nice, Atlus did all the promotional heavy lifting for the game, and did a hell of a job at it considering they were working primarily for america, compared to Rising Star in Europe.
Once Persona became their fighting game of course KoF lost focus, but I don't quite recall if Atlus has another fighting game under their wing for the near future...
Yeah, I agree. It's part of the reason I want to play her too.
Stressed for emphasis, lol. "we just need you for your Code..." It'd be an interesting partnership. SNKP teaming with SOMEONE that would ensure that the netcode gets an extra once-over would be ace.
But man I'd hate Aksys-style writing in the game, lol. I was very impressed how well XIII (and even XII) still sounded like an SNK arcade game (with the odd jokes, overall good-natured-even-when-evil tone, and esoteric out there references), and I really hope that carry-over from 90s arcade personality is perfectly maintained here.
It'd be good to see them help again, they seem to know their limits and place of involvement well. Everything they brought to the table just seemed quite positive, and watching them help with tourney setups and previews and such was quite nice. They seemed like a great partner pre, and post release.