MoxManiac said:
Hanzo? Seriously? Who else did they add besides what you mentioned?
38 Characters in total, so let's see....NCS already wrote most of them; nice and convenient.
(Bold = New or Added)
From the Start:
Kyo Kusanagi (new design)
Iori Yagami
Terry Bogard
Seth
Mai Shiranui
Lien Neville
Luise Meyrink
Yuri Sakazaki
Ryo Sakazaki
Billy Kane
Alba Meira
Soiree Meira
Athena Asamiya (new design)
Mignon Beart
Nagase
Ralf Jones (slight new design)
Clark Still (slight new design)
Kula Diamond
Chae Lim
Leona (slight new design)
K'
Maxima (ditto)
Rock Howard
Duke
Secret Characters:
Kim Kaphwan
B. Jenet (she can do the breaking moves from Garou; I'm sure Wild Wolf can too)
Ninon Beart (Mignon's sister?)
Hanzo Hattori
Nightmare Geese
Wild Wolf (MOTW Terry; has no rising tackle, but gains the power stream SDM)
Armor Ralf (not sure if this is his name; don't have him yet)
Mr. Karate
Richard Meyer (the Pao Pao cafe owner; he's the Capoeira guy from Fatal Fury 1)
Kyo Kusanagi Classic (KOF '95 style; has his old outfits)
Fio (from Metal Slug)
Lilly Kane (Billy's little sister)
Hyena (don't have him yet; I think this is the goofy looking announcer guy from MI1)
Jivatma (final boss)
Ichirou_Oogami said:
I haven't unlocked any of the secret characters yet, only played the first two battles in challenge mode...
Very cool game, I'm quite happy with what I've seen of it. I'll comment more on it when I get home.
You should go through the story mode; you'll be able to get all but the last four hidden characters just by finishing story mode multiple times, as well as unlock more outfits for the characters, and open up the profile mode. Challenge mode and the extra challenges like the Metal Slug tank fight will get you more outfits, the last four characters, and open up the hidden backgrounds. I was focusing on story mode yesterday, so I have yet to see the hidden stages; there's like six of them, and I'm curious to see what they will be. Hopefully they kept the theme of MI's hidden levels and based them on classic KOF stages, with new versions of the older music.
Some of the outfits you can get are based on other SNK characters (Leona gets a Heidern outfit, Ralf gets a Marco [from Metal Slug] outfit, Terry's normal alternate is based on RBS Blue Mary, etc. I hear Iori has a hidden outfit that turns him into Setsuna from Last Blade 2!)
I'll comment more once I get home, too, and take some screen shots. Oh, and you can't do a clean pause, but you can go into the 3D camera mode by hitting start then select.
ArcadeStickMonk said:
Before I say "Fuck dammit," are we sure that Dodge and Parry cannot be achieved with combinations of the main four buttons?
Don't worry, they got you covered.
Dodge/sidestep/roll is done with lp and lk together just like the 2D KOF games. Parrying is done by pressing hp and lk together. I do find it easier to just hit L2 myself. You can of course set up the controls any way you want them to be.