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[rvy]

Duo Lon from King of Fighters XII. What the heck is this? He looks so incredibly goofy, what with that bent left hand and right leg. It probably hurts more to stand like that than actually get hit by others. Besides, King of Fighters always had the weirdest battle stances for it's characters.

Duo Lon in action

What is that right leg doing?

 

[Meccanical]

That looks way more sexual than it should.

 

[Gravijah]

That looks way more sexual than it should.

you say that as if Teddie isn't naked inside there.

 

[Meccanical]

you say that as if Teddie isn't naked inside there.

I try to ignore that.

 

[Hex]

YOU go toooo far

 

[XiaNaphryz]

YOU go toooo far

Mitsuru > Yukiko > Naoto > Aigis > Chie

 

[Ingueferroque]

How did they rip those Persona 4 gifs?!

 

[twinturbo2]

How did they rip those Persona 4 gifs?!

I don't know. Therefore, aliens.

 

[HollovVpo1nt]

T5/6 lili, fucking hate her stance

 

[twinturbo2]

T5/6 lili, fucking hate her stance

I need more of these sprites.

 

[Syril]

How did they rip those Persona 4 gifs?!

Through the arcade version maybe?

 

[Ingueferroque]

Through the arcade version maybe?

Yes but the rom isn't out there, isn't it? So how would do they do it? Just odd. Unless the rom has already been leaked which would be sad.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Expected a lot of SNK and MK stances and left satisfied.

 

[Amagon]

 

[Hex]

How did they rip those Persona 4 gifs?!

There was a sprite rip right after the game became available in Japan.

 

[John Rabbit]

Mitsuru > Yukiko > Naoto > Aigis > Chie

why do people like mitsuru? is like a bondage thing?

girl be an ice queen, yo.

 

[CountAntonius]

Shang: You come here often?

Momoko: WHAT?

Shang: I SAID, DO Y-... HOW OLD ARE YOU?

Momoko: I'M EIGHTEEN!

Shang: DO YOU COME HERE OFTEN!?

Great post.

 

[impact]

Eddie in Tekken

 

[Boss Doggie]

Just proves that SNK really put much thought in their early sprite work.

I really hate Terry's KoFXII/XIII's sprite.

It's like he's jugging.

 

[Hex]

Just proves that SNK really put much thought in their early sprite work.

I really hate Terry's KoFXII/XIII's sprite.

It's like he's jugging.

I don't mind Terry's now, but I hate how freaking muscle bound and huge they made him

 

[Gravijah]

why do people like mitsuru? is like a bondage thing?

girl be an ice queen, yo.

she lets you

Spoiler

RIDE ON THE BACK OF HER MOTORCYCLE!!!!!

 

[GuardianE]

I don't mind Terry's now, but I hate how freaking muscle bound and huge they made him

He became a lot bigger in Mark of the Wolves. I feel like the KOFXIII sprite is a natural intermediate step between Fatal Fury Terry and Garou Terry.

 

[FoxSpirit]

Eff that, this is an actual standing animation in a game as recent as KOF-XIII?? Plus Billy looks bad, like a zombie instead of a crazy UK-rocker guy. Loved him so much in older games :-(

 

[Boss Doggie]

I hate some of the sprite designs in KoFXIII - for instance, turning Athena, Yuri and Leona into moe-blobs.

 

[Ezalc]

why do people like mitsuru? is like a bondage thing?

girl be an ice queen, yo.

Hot redhead with a skintight catsuit, gee I wonder.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Yeah, pretty much no way 3/4 of all characters in any SNK game can escape being posted here.

 

[DR2K]

Here comes a new challenger.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Here comes a new challenger.

 

[Alx]

Soul Calibur 5, Patroklos' stance is extremely goofy looking.

It doesn't look very convenient indeed, but it reminds me of the stance of the father in Lone Wolf and Cub. I can't find a good picture of it, but he's also holding the blade away from the opponent. (of course the sword techniques in LWaC may be completely invented too, but they don't look so ridiculous)

 

[leddmonkey]

I can remember playing Samurai Showdown on the SNES and thinking:

Sword & Garb - Cool
Hopping up and down - WTF

 

[John Rabbit]

she lets you

Spoiler

RIDE ON THE BACK OF HER MOTORCYCLE!!!!!

#GAMECHANGER

 

[N4Us]

Chun Li's stance looks at least like it has a defensive martial arts stance compared to so many of the anime looking characters who seem to have less actual fighting stances and simply idle animations. She has one fist drawn back and the other forward, while having one leg forward than the other, allowing more weight to be placed on the back leg, making it easier to kick with the front leg. Looks a little bit like a Wing Chun stance.

I guess it's not really the stance in general that bothers me but that it looks so odd in the older art style. She looks like several different body parts pasted together.

IIRC she has the same stance in the Alpha series and it looks much better there.

 

[DrFunk]

what is she even standing on?!

 

[BadAss2961]

 

[.JayZii]

what is she even standing on?!

The balls of her feet. Also probably the floor.

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

Yes. Yes it was. He stylin and so is his duck.

Here, have some more.

Watching both of these with "Bright Lights Bigger City" playing in the background had me rolling. It's was like a 70s/80s dance party on my work laptop for a hot minute, there.

To contribute... I want to say some of guilty gears are kind of silly but all my mains stances are so boss i forget. Baiken and chip and venom <3

 

[Shadow Hog]

The balls of her feet. Also probably the floor.

Looks kind of like the level of the floor is changing, though, considering the inconsistent vertical height of said feet. Probably just a bad GIF...

 

[oneida]

Looks kind of like the level of the floor is changing, though, considering the inconsistent vertical height of said feet. Probably just a bad GIF...

Probably just a bad gif, yeah. I'm willing to bet she's supposed to have more of a bob, while in the gif her head is mostly stationary.

Too lazy to check against in game footage though.

 

[Hex]

"I crave assmeats, give me dem assmeats!!"

 

[XiaNaphryz]

what is she even standing on?!

Never mind that, those are some super wide hips.

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

quoting this post to save for all time. I think anytime i feel naughty/sad/lonely/depressed/horny or nostalgic i can just pop this open and be all taken care off. Just thought of Venom's pool break opening ... pretty slick.

 

[AwayFromInfinityx]

what the hell?

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

Possessed by the girl from the ring .....



seriously.

 

[ponpo]

A large number of these aren't dumb at all.

 

[Host Samurai]

Not a stance, but Guile has always had a strange walking animation.

 

[kunonabi]

I hate some of the sprite designs in KoFXIII - for instance, turning Athena, Yuri and Leona into moe-blobs.

Looks fine on Athena and makes sense for her but it looks terrible for everyone else.

 

[ponpo]

rdy.

 

[Flipyap]

I hate some of the sprite designs in KoFXIII - for instance, turning Athena, Yuri and Leona into moe-blobs.

Huh? Leona looks tougher than she ever did. How is this "moe"?

 

[Ferrio]

Looks fine on Athena and makes sense for her but it looks terrible for everyone else.

Yep, gotta applaud SNK with going with original athena.

 

[sleepykyo]

what the hell?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1HVvIPcV9M

It looks great in motion for a possessed character. Especially the skitter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-4f_NMUxcY