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Your favorite King of Fighters character designs?
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Finaika
Member
I trust it's not necessary to explain why?
Why?
Ultimadrago
Member
This series has the best fighting game character designs by such a distance, it's crazy.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Not sure what it is... but I really like Kula's design. I guess I really like how her hair goes from blonde to blue and her purple jump suit really catches the eye
The GOAT
Always liked Angel. Fun personality, great animations
Then the obvious, Kyo, Iori, King, K', all very well designed.
So does KOF have the greatest concentration of chaps in a video game?
Ha. I was about to say. Chaps. Chaps everywhere. And bell bottoms
Super_Cobra
Member
King and Angel as mentioned.
I also love NESTs era Kyo.
Best attire for Kyo. It was like he grew up.
Finaika
Member
My boy duck king all day.
Why the spoiler?
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Iori '95. Best antagonist reveal EVER!
Wouldn't be hard to kick if both legs are tied together?
Finaika
Member
I would feel bad beating up Kim's wife.
The Lone Dragon
Member
King and Angel as mentioned.
I also love NESTs era Kyo.
His pre-fight animation in KOF 99 (where he slowly removes his bandana and burns it) changed my life.
But think of all the asses she could kick.
Very curious to see what kind of design and fighting style they would come up with for her.
A husband and wife duo would be pretty unique.
Max Knight
Member
Mr. Karate
Tizoc
Yamazaki
the best
Tizoc
Yamazaki
the best
No Mr. Big? C'mon.
this guy has more game than my backlog
Mechanized
Member
Drop kick yo.
Ummm... that's not really true.
Finaika
Member
The latest one is not beginner friendly.
In what way? HD?
It's not like other fighters don't have advanced combos. And at least here everything is straight forward with a huge input buffer to flow through with, there is no need to worry about 1 frame links etc.
Beginners don't have to worry about this stuff anyway.
Choppasmith
Member
Really? I gravitated toward KoF from Street Fighter because it felt less daunting and easier to pick up and play compared to Street Fighter
Anyway, a lot of my favorites were already posted. Vanessa, Oswald, K', Kula, Joe.
I'm also going to say B Jenet.
Classy and hot.
Finaika
Member
The developers specifically said 13 was too hard for beginners so that's why they are dumbing it down for newcomers for 14.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Nothing beats MotW Terry Bogard
This. Best re imagining of a famous game character ever.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Valid point, but he doesn't look like the drop kick type of guy.
I'm also going to say B Jenet.
Classy and hot.
I agree with this post.
Personally, Rock Howard is one of my favorite designs, simple and effective.
ChamplooJones
Formerly Momotaro
It blows my mind that anyone can deny the difficulty behind the KoF series.
Even top players in tournaments drop combos,and the jump mechanic alone makes it much more difficult than SF.
I'll speak from my perspective as a Tekken player.The combos are much easier and you can get your Bread and Butter going till you get to more advanced stuff.The mind games ,movement and throw breaking mechanic are absurdly difficult ,but at least you can get something basic going to grease the wheels.
KoFXIII doesn't even let you get your foot in the door.The trials were fucking difficult,let alone performing them in actual match.
bumpkin
Member
thesolidshark
Member
Too true for me.
A lot of good ones listed. I might automatically go for Terry, but I feel like picking Kyo, because of his evolution moreso than just one outfit.
Even though 3 out of his 4 are really close, best is probably the NESTS outfit, mainly because it led to awesome win poses like this:
Speaking of which, one thing I really going to miss from XIII is that color edit. I could get so many alternate and original outfits from it, still can if I put my mind to it. I imagine XIV will be more about alternate outfits, which is fine for me; gives me a reason to play around with old and new.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
#1. Rock Howard
#2. Kim Jae Hoon
#3. Leona (old design)
#2. Kim Jae Hoon
#3. Leona (old design)
Choppasmith
Member
I was just thinking about this the other day. XIII's Color Edit was amazing for a 2D fighter, but I think they could make Color Edit for a 3D fighter work. But I'd be happy if they had a costume selection like MI2.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
Always liked Angel. Fun personality, great animations
I really like Angels design too. Herself and Mai are tied for first place, in my eyes. Both look great.
As far as male characters go, I always liked Terry. When I first saw him in the early 90's, I thought the hat and ponytail combination were very cool.
CrispyBoar
Banned
She's much better when in a dress.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Would characters from FF and AoF count? It's not like KoF doesn't have a swath of original characters.
So I'll be fair and not count FF and AoF characters.
Duo Lon is the shit
So I'll be fair and not count FF and AoF characters.
Duo Lon is the shit