It's weird 'cause the character I'm most looking forward to is Alice and I have no idea why
She's quite the unknown, and has much of the looks and possible style of some of SNK's best. If she's handled well, she might be one of the best new additions...
If Ryo and Yuri come out prancing in their ancient 20+ year old threads again I'm going to have to kick someone.
Eh, they're had different under-shirts, degree of gi, new details added to their gis, and the whole varied and detailed designs of Maximum Impact series. I can't think of what I'd really like to see Yuri wear that's different. The fusion of old school aerobics wear and a tossed on Gi just fits her Goofy Kung Fu renegade personality well.
I guess it'd be kinda cool if she cribbed some style from Robert, actually. Or Maybe she'd take up the Mantle of Ms. Karate, and piss everyone off, heh.
That zero frame start up tho.
And thanks for posting the UI pics, really digging how clean and classy it looks. The stage select screen has changed since the PSX build.
NP. It also is a nice way to give us no idea how many stages the final will have, haha. The cleanliness is good though; I'm not a minimalist fan, but in a 50 character cast game, the juxtaposition of a cluster of characters, but a smooth, no-frills UI, is a nice contrast.
They missed the train on that design unfortunately.
There's always this though:
An older Yuri with her hair down like in the third pic would be nice.
I don't think these 3 images showed up, but I can guess the 3rd one, from what you said. Long hair could be good for her, but I'd rather see it as part of a KO-effect / Alt look (like, as a color or held-button choice) rather than default.
Looks like the daughter of Terry and Mary.
This is probably a good reason why Mary doesn't seem to be in the roster...
First Robert match footage.
His 97 style tatsu is back, so are his old fwd+LK and fwd+LP command normals (the ones from XIII are gone).
King has a new super, various normals look different than in XIII. Is it just me or does she look taller than in XIII?
Really liking Billy's refresh. As with Beni, the XIV design is probably my fave for the character yet.]
Heh, I remember Pen Pen from loketest footage for KoF XIII 5 years ago. Anywaho, didn't expect to see that HienShippukyaku back. It is pretty stylish and fancy, so cool. KIng might look taller, the trap shot style DM is cool, wish we saw it land.
I haven't seen enough of Billy yet to really appreciate him. But saw a lot of his backdash! :/ The Screen Freeze upon MAX activation does appear to be gone for now. I actually wouldn't mind no-freeze for random activation, freeze for mid-combo style.
So glad that her air fireball is gone, still gives me nightmares.
She had some kind od aerial Venom Shots in XI too, and I like the idea of her having some air game. Something like an in-air Tornado Kick would be cool, especially if it could be made safe from proper heights.
Is Tizo... er... "King of Dinosaurs" playable at said event?
Nope, it's the same 6 from PSX Build, plus Robert, Billy, and King.
Ayo you know who the otherworldy team should feature?
This badass right her
Sure, Karnov would be nice to see, need some guest who aren't all generic-shoto-ish in design. Fighter's History Ryoko and World Heros Ryoko should also just fuse into one character by now, heh. She always reminded me of FF2's Jubei in play, so I'd love to see her appear.
From FH I'd much prefer Ryoko Kano - heckm then they could team her up with daimon and Jubei Yamada as Team Judo.
*fistbump*
