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He died in the Fatal Fury timeline. In KOF he's just been chilling since those events never happened(or havent happen).He isn't? I thought he's been dead since he got dropped like a bad habit.
He died in the Fatal Fury timeline. In KOF he's just been chilling since those events never happened(or havent happen).He isn't? I thought he's been dead since he got dropped like a bad habit.
What happened to the sports themed guys
they were so cool
He isn't? I thought he's been dead since he got dropped like a bad habit.
It's mostly because the KOF guys weren't told that Geese Howard was dead in the Fatal Fury universe so when he died die they were basically like "Uh should we change it to have him dead?" and the FF guys were like "No no keep him in!"He died in the Fatal Fury timeline. In KOF he's just been chilling since those events never happened(or havent happen).
Some of the artstyles are different. Is that on purpose?
GEESE though!
He isn't? I thought he's been dead since he got dropped like a bad habit.
Is this game still a a 3v3 setup like KOF13?
Being hard to beat =/= being good designs/well animated/having cool moves/etc.For the spritework, I maybe see your point. For gameplay, I disagree. Even as AI, those two are way more challenging, because SNK boss syndrome.
His classy gangster design, his brutal move set and his utterly insane character.This is pure curiosity on my part, and a little OT, but as an SNK fan who likes Yamazaki but is confused at why he's so clamored for, what's the draw to Yamazaki for you? The design, the gameplay?
You gotta be a real dirtbag to beat a man in front of his wife and kids.
Didn't 98 Ultimate and 2002 Unlimited Match have both Geese and the dead "nightmare Geese" variation of the character?
Hell, thinking about this stuff just makes me want CvS3 instead. Capcom has done the best Geese AND Rugal by far anyway.
Like? Sure, but removing all the roster from older entries... Meh..
Hype for Geese, but how come he can survive when Rugal can't? Weak.
This was part of a leak that emerged last month (which can be found in the other topic), where some of the other details went as follows:
- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=196097735#post196097735
So, whatever is going on here will likely circle up with Kensou and Ron, too. Considering the Dragon Power and Flying Brigands arcs were things that were largely snuck into the NESTs storyline without some portions of the team communicating with each other, it's nice that it may get to FINALLY get to take center stage.
This is the correct answer.
And it probably will depend a lot on just what they plan to do with this new boss. SNK(P) has a nasty of killing off cool bosses, instead of letting them actually "get away to fight another day". If this guy is as powerful as he's being made out to be, I'd actually prefer if he did, so that we could get even more multiverse shenanigans out of him over the course of this new arc.
I know it wasn't asked of me but I can try to field the question. Yakuza gang guys like Yamazaki alone are pretty good designs but he has an added draw. It's the fact that Yamazaki is a cfrazy person with a knife and powers. Then you add that these are Hakkeshu powers that drive Leona and Iori into the blood riot and not Yamazaki because he's already just that crazy. That shit is amazing and is why I like him.
Technically as a Hakkeshu he should be in the game since the other (except Goenitz, Shermie and co.) have been represented in the last game and this one, but instead he seems to be the only one absent.
His classy gangster design, his brutal move set and his utterly insane character.
Pretty much all of his moves look extremely brutal and vicious. He kicks sand and people, stomps on them, shanks them, headbutts them (causing a goddamn explosion) and even throws opponents using his teeth!"
In the story he is also revealed to be one of the Hakkesshu but unlike the most of the others he is not afflicted by riot of the blood nor does he have any interest in much of anything related to Orochi.
Basically he makes Iori look like an angsty teen with silly scratch moves.
Being hard to beat =/= being good designs/well animated/having cool moves/etc.
Making a fighting game boss hard to beat is easy. There is nothing remarkable about that at all.
He isn't? I thought he's been dead since he got dropped like a bad habit.
Man that coat and general Spanish nobility look is so godlike.Each of the UMs has a couple of takes on Geese, which at least move-wise cover a lot of ground.
As for Rugal, my favosite is still the original all-out butcher version from 94:
The fact he kept his jacket in CvS means the whole thing was beneath him.
Gato is cool with me. I generally like characters who look like they can fight and are animated well/are given cool (martial arts) moves that look like they hurt. Gato is a great representation of 'hard' Chinese martial arts in 2D fighting games (the Cammy-like jumping on people's shoulders and twisting their head looks kind of odd for such a big dude though) and Yamazaki is my favourite representation of pure unadulterated street fighting/violence.And for more crazy personalities with cool styles, I'd rather see Oswald. Hypothetically, if there was a ever an insane/stylistic badguy team, I'd hope we'd see Yamazaki, Oswald, and Gato.
Is this game still a a 3v3 setup like KOF13?
We'll likely know if the leak is true when Vice, Mature, Kensou or Roman are shown. If their attire match what they have here then the leak image is likely true at this point.
GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!
Every mainline KOF game had a 3 on 3 setup dating back to 1994.
The only games exception to this were side games like Maximum Impact.
It wouldn't be a proper KOF without the 3 on 3, so you won't have any issues here in KOF XIV.
I know that Sally is on the left, but who is that on the right?Just missing Datta.
Am i the only one having some doubts about this image?
1)First of all in the game portraits are 3d and not 2d...
2)...so what is the source of those portraits?
3)if he/she had all the portraits then why the alice's one is clearly ripped from a 3d image?
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Am i the only one having some doubts about this image?
1)First of all in the game portraits are 3d and not 2d...
2)...so what is the source of those portraits?
3)if he/she had all the portraits then why the alice's one is clearly ripped from a 3d image?
Now that I think about it, what could those large boxes on the bottom row be for? I imagine two of them will be for the two bosses, but what about the other two?
Now that I think about it, what could those large boxes on the bottom row be for? I imagine two of them will be for the two bosses, but what about the other two?
Random Team and Random Edit
Random Select and Previously Selected Team?
or
Randomly Selected Individual Character and Randomly Selected Remaining Team Members?
Actually looking at the chinese ROSTEr image, it would appear we will see 2D art for the cast.
WI'm sure there'll be a gallery mode. Here's hoping.
It's placeholder art for this presentation type thing, it's not actually the character select screen. You may notice the giant Chinese text on top.
1) Why they don't use the 2d images (since they look better than the renders) boggles my mind, but I'd say this was definitely used for internal presentation purposes only. Seems legit.
2) probably someone snapping a shot from an internal meeting.
3) internal presentation purposes only.
The gallery will probably be very beefy.
Iirc they mentioned wanting to include a lot of art from their various artists as well as a lot of internal art that they have amassed over the years.
Ok but what's the point of making 2d portraits for everyone except for alice? It doesn't seem really professional.
Ok but what's the point of making 2d portraits for everyone except for alice? It doesn't seem really professional.
Really hope that holds true. I can't remember which game it was - might have been Mi2? - but one of the games had an art gallery I sat in for hours at one point.
Love almost all of the art for this series.
The "character portraits" are just concept art of the new designs cropped. Alice didn't get a redesign so they just placed the 3D render.
Everyone is getting a little or big redesign, i don't see why alice should be the only exception.This isn't publically shown stuff (yet). It was just to pitch the ideas to the higher-ups, basically. Like JohnGrimm said, the art for people like Athena and "Electric Pop Idol Girl" were done by a new artist, who they were probably trying to get to grips with their design process and ideas. The rest was probably done by Ogura, and he's obviously more comfortable with drawing the characters, being a long time SNK artist.
Alice's design isn't changing from the Pachislot, and they're headed towards 3D portraits anyway for the game. So if anything, she's a target for what they want after all is said and done, art was a quicker way to achieve concepts than hashing out 49 more models from scratch.
I think it was mentioned either on the SRK interview or Facebook, but they mention this game will have an extensive art gallery that covers the series history.
KoF XI and XIII both had very nice galleries, and 2K3, as much as I dislike it, also had a nice one. One thing I loved about them is that they let you zoom in WAY more than even most online sites at the time, so you could really, REALLY see the strokes and line work of the art in fine detail. Absolutely gorgeous stuff.
Because she's still a relatively new character who has never appeared in a fighting game, let alone a King of Fighters. Plus, I wouldn't bet she would be the only one to not receive a redesign, as from the looks of the character art Yuri, Ryo, and Mai all look unchanged from their normEveryone is getting a little or big redesign, i don't see why alice should be the only exception.
Everyone is getting a little or big redesign, i don't see why alice should be the only exception.
Everyone is getting a little or big redesign, i don't see why alice should be the only exception.
It's one thing to fake returning characters but the new ones and bosses? And most of those are very clearly drawn by Ogura.
Would be very surprising if the characters in that image aren't legit.
That's the case for me as well. A game could have the best mechanics known to man but if it doesn't have any characters I like I'm not going to play it. I play fighting games for the characters above all else.
Not to mention that Yamazaki has some really interesting story implications.
Because she's still a relatively new character who has never appeared in a fighting game, let alone a King of Fighters. Plus, I wouldn't bet she would be the only one to not receive a redesign, as from the looks of the character art Yuri, Ryo, and Mai all look unchanged from their norm
Because that Alice design is the new design.
Old look:
New look:
Remember again, this was an internal doc we're seeing due to a leak. I'm sure she'll have a new render for the character select screen, based of her game model. And they may change some things in order to fit the style and animation that this game has evolved to.
But since she's a design that is probably representing the Pachislot specifically, and this was updated as recently as 2014, she's probably getting the least touchups. Geese, Terry, and Mai have new designs from that Pachislot too, but don't seem to be using them for this game, going by the art. Maybe they'll get them as DLC or earnable bonuses?
I'm quite interested in seeing if Alice can find a place besides Mary as "blonde girls in USA colors, with stars, who think Terry is awesome".
Because that Alice design is the new design.
Old look:
New look:
Ohhh. The new looks sucks. The old one had way more sex appeal. Even her new hat looks kinda goofy.
So, how are they going to rationalize having Nakoruru in the game if SamSho is in a different time period?
And I can't name the third girl on the women's team. King and Mai are easy to point out, but the third... coming up with nothing here.
Gotta disagree here
With the old design she looked like Terry with boobs, the new one is more distinct.
I thought that was the point?
I'm ok with this. No sweater DLC confirmed ?New look: