New King of Fighters XIV teaser reveals Leona and CHANG KOEHAN

I think the only thing that's credible about the list is they managed to predict Chang would be a prisoner.

I'd love for Geese to be back.
 
The problem is that theres too many great characters in the KOF universe.
I dont think there's any other game series that has so many characters that have designs i love.

This so damn much. Everytime I bring up a great character that should return I think about another great character that should return then I think about another one and so on and so on until it gets to the point that I think they should just do a mega KOF game with everyone back.
 
Oh wow... MMcafe is still active? I haven't logged on in like 5 or 6 years, I wonder if I can figure out my password since I can't reset it from an old college email address.

Anyway that sounds like a solid roster with good variety... but a bummer that they'd bring back Ramon but not Seth and Vanessa. Especially when those slots are going to Pachinko characters like Alice and Mui Mui. :(
 
Quoting rumoured roster for the new page:

KOFXIV roster according to the rumor!!

Team 01 : China Team ( 恶魇青年 (??), 糖葫芦 (Tung Fu Rue), 枕头少年 (??) )

Team 02 : Japan Team ( 草蕹京 (Kyo Kusanagi), 二阶堂红丸 (Benimaru Nikaido), 大门五郎 (Goro Daimon) )

Team 03 : Fatal Fury Team ( Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, 东丈 (Joe Higashi) )

Team 04 : Art of Fighting Team ( 坂崎良 (Ryo Sakazaki), Robert Garcia, 坂崎百合 (Yuri Sakazaki) )

Team 05 : K' Team ( K', Maxima, Kula Diamond )

Team 06 : Kim Team ( 金家藩 (Kim Kaphwan), 他师父 (Kim's Master), 他师母 (Kim's Wife)

Team 07 : Criminal Team ( 犯人陈 (Prisoner Chang Koehan), 犯人蔡 (Prisoner Choi Bounge), 新人囚犯 (Newcomer Prisoner) )

Team 08 : Women Fighters Team ( 不知火舞 (Mai Shiranui), King, Alice )

Team 09 : Ikari Team ( Ralf Jones, Clark Still, Leona Heidern )

Team 10 : Psycho Soldier team ( Athena Asamiya, 椎拳崇 (Sie Kensou), 摸元斋 (Chin Gentsai) )

Team 11 : Yagami Team ( 八神庵 (Iori Yagami), Mature, Vice )

Team 12 : Mexico Team ( Ramon, Angel, Tizoc )

Team 13 : Palace Wan Team ( 脸谱女 (Acting Mask Girl), 电属性少女歌手 (Teenage Girl Singer with Electric Element), 神秘兜帽男 (Mysterious Hooded Man) )

Team 14 : South Town Team ( Geese Howard, Billy Kane, 营家新人 (??) )

Team 15 : South America Team ( 巴西忍者 (Brazilian Ninja), 残障拳击手 (Handicap Boxer), 拉丁美女 (Pretty Latin Girl) )

Team 16 : Alternate World Team ( 娜可露露 (Nakoruru), Love Heart, 龙娘 (Mui Mui) )

Mid-Boss : ( 中BOSS俄罗斯富豪 (Russian Billionaire) )
Final-Boss : ( 最终BOSS人形态非人类物种 (Non-Human Species) )
 
CYS' last game was 98, right? Them and American Sports Team are long overdue for a return.

Their most recent appearances were in 02/Neowave/02UM. Up until now, they, much like Vice and Mature, were always Dream Match fodder. And I was hoping that'd change sometime soon.

Because they sacrificed themselves so Orochi appeared and Mature/Vice were simply killed by Iori. But yeah I agree that they can use some weak excuse so they can return.

While the sacrifice thing is true, an interesting tidbit actually showed up on the KOF 10th anniversary website, where I believe they said that the only ones who were truly "deader than dead" in-canon were Chizuru's sister, Rugal, the Zeroes, Master Nests and Igniz. It's why it was pretty much hinted that the Orochi Clan members could come back at any time, especially while the "seal was weakening". And of course, Yamazaki never died in the first place, because he's that awesome.

Of course, I always believed that KOFXIII's ending was the setup for whatever handwave they wanted since Ash
erased himself from existence and soft-rebooted the timeline
. If anytime was the right time to bring back more characters into the fold and explain how "Nameless" replaced K9999 entirely without much fuss or muss, now was the time~!
 
Their most recent appearances were in 02/Neowave/02UM. Up until now, they, much like Vice and Mature, were always Dream Match fodder. And I was hoping that'd change sometime soon.



While the sacrifice thing is true, an interesting tidbit actually showed up on the KOF 10th anniversary website, where I believe they said that the only ones who were truly "deader than dead" in-canon were Chizuru's sister, Rugal, the Zeroes, Master Nests and Igniz. It's why it was pretty much hinted that the Orochi Clan members could come back at any time, especially while the "seal was weakening". And of course, Yamazaki never died in the first place, because he's that awesome.

Of course, I always believed that KOFXIII's ending was the setup for whatever handwave they wanted since Ash
erased himself from existence and soft-rebooted the timeline
. If anytime was the right time to bring back more characters into the fold and explain how "Nameless" replaced K9999 entirely without much fuss or muss, now was the time~!

I miss K9999....
 
I miss K9999....

Same, but it couldn't be helped, I suppose. That said, I would like to see Nameless again. But on the other hand, I couldn't blame Angel leaving him at home, if she got to team up with Tizoc the Mantastic Birdman and "VIVA MEXICO!" Ramon, either.
 
Their most recent appearances were in 02/Neowave/02UM. Up until now, they, much like Vice and Mature, were always Dream Match fodder. And I was hoping that'd change sometime soon.



While the sacrifice thing is true, an interesting tidbit actually showed up on the KOF 10th anniversary website, where I believe they said that the only ones who were truly "deader than dead" in-canon were Chizuru's sister, Rugal, the Zeroes, Master Nests and Igniz. It's why it was pretty much hinted that the Orochi Clan members could come back at any time, especially while the "seal was weakening". And of course, Yamazaki never died in the first place, because he's that awesome.

Of course, I always believed that KOFXIII's ending was the setup for whatever handwave they wanted since Ash
erased himself from existence and soft-rebooted the timeline
. If anytime was the right time to bring back more characters into the fold and explain how "Nameless" replaced K9999 entirely without much fuss or muss, now was the time~!

With Nakoruru appearing in KOF, I don't see why anyone would think Mature and Vice can't come back.

I had this theory that if they wanted to make an SNK All Star game but have the "story" of a KoF game, they could have just taken Ash's erasure from time as a launching point for some kind of new time controlling villain that could bring fighters all across time into a tournament. And there you go, essentially a dream match roster but with a canon story.
 
I would not be surprised if this ends up being a non-canon/"Dream Match" game because they're still getting the hang of working with 3D. Like how Neowave was their first attempt at a non-NeoGeo game and XII was their first attempt at HD sprites.

Or yeah, they could just pull the bullshit they did with XIII and say Mature, Vice and Geese are ghosts.
 
Shut up!He's gonna be in,watch.

Also it is on fact ash who is forever dead

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I would not be surprised if this ends up being a non-canon/"Dream Match" game because they're still getting the hang of working with 3D. Like how Neowave was their first attempt at a non-NeoGeo game and XII was their first attempt at HD sprites.

Or yeah, they could just pull the bullshit they did with XIII and say Mature, Vice and Geese are ghosts.

It came out recently that this was going to be another canon game that furthered the storyline, like a week or so ago. So I guess they felt confident enough in letting it ride, even if it was a new step.

Also, as far as the main "KOF" story goes, Geese never actually died, compared to the AOF/FF/MOTW storyline where his death was confirmed.
 
This.
This might not be the dream match game, but even still it has been too long since the sexy has been in a KoF game.

There's a better chance of Adelheid appearing.

(He was one of the characters they ran out of time for in XIII)
 
At least the lineup of characters is good for how the game looks. But nobody will note that they're finally giving us a decent lineup. It's going to be complaining about the spritework. I find KOF fascinating. There's so many people that complain about it and say it's not REAL KOF, yet a lot of these players aren't actually good at how to play KOF. It's like watching STREET FIGHTANS get Jin and drive DAT ICECAR. I'm gonna wait a bit before I let loose the hateraid.
 
There's a better chance of Adelheid appearing.

(He was one of the characters they ran out of time for in XIII)

They should make the whole family playable. Team Bernstein. Just give Rugal his CvS get-up to differentiate him from Adelheid. Also because he looks so suave in it.
 
People would have once again gone ballistic on these "SUB HD, UGLY" sprites.

XII and XIII looked incredible to me. People have shit taste.

Imagine if they added in more frames of animation like they did with older installments. Mmmm.

I'm sure it would have made a ton of money. But in all honesty, just add like ten more characters and I'd be happy. They need to shorten the HD meter though. Shorten that or break the Dream Cancel into four chunks instead of two.
 
First ever husband and wife team would be pretty hype.

I always wondered in Kim's wife could go (there was never evidence that she could in her background appearances or anime appearances).
 
They should make the whole family playable. Team Bernstein. Just give Rugal his CvS get-up to differentiate him from Adelheid. Also because he looks so suave in it.

Didn't know if the sister had any fighting capabilities so looked her up on the wiki and...

She is a skilled piano player and, much like her father, owns a panther. She normally simply tags along with her brother, but she is the host of KOF 13. Apparently, she is also a fencer. She is extremely charismatic with a show girl skill and charm as she is a media darling during the KOF 13 tournament.

Rose does not fight. However, in an interview with Fighters Front Line, Nona stated that she seems to inherit her family's fighting prowess through her skills in fencing.

Fencing + panther sounds like a winning formula.
 
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