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Best Disney

 

[qcf x2]

Fixing how?

I'm referring to removing the black/mixed look. Although we don't have any real canonical info to state that they were anything other than white/asian, Orchid and Kim Wu def looked blasian in the original games. When I played them in the arcade / on SNES as a kid, part of the unique appeal of KI was I felt there was a lot more variety in terms of characters (yes, including ethnicity / species / etc) compared to the competition (SF, MK). So that was a big draw. How many black or brown characters are in the new game besides Combo? It's not a huge deal to me... I think she looks fine, my issue is the lame UPN series vibe she's got going on. But it's a pretty obvious shift.

 

[MattXIII]

Love this game to bits but Kim Wu def needs some of that famous Korean plastic surgery.

 

[Ol No Bones]

Her moves look good. I can't wait till iron galaxy can make a sequel in a new engine. This game could look a lot nicer.

 

[sleepykyo]

Is the left one the first version? I think I prefer that one but I don't think the left one is some giant downgrade or "ZOMG not teh ANIME!!!!". That's just my opinion though.



Her face looks more slender in the first picture. Makes her look a bit older?

Seems like left side has narrower eyes and more pronounced cheekbones (though it could simply be the lighting). More dragonlady.

 

[Warxard]

I'm referring to removing the black/mixed look. Although we don't have any real canonical info to state that they were anything other than white/asian, Orchid and Kim Wu def looked blasian in the original games. When I played them in the arcade / on SNES as a kid, part of the unique appeal of KI was I felt there was a lot more variety in terms of characters (yes, including ethnicity / species / etc) compared to the competition (SF, MK). So that was a big draw. How many black or brown characters are in the new game besides Combo? It's not a huge deal to me... I think she looks fine, my issue is the lame UPN series vibe she's got going on. But it's a pretty obvious shift.

Maya's in the game you know

 

[Synth]

Maya's in the game you know

More importantly, having all three of the female characters in a game look like the same single person is hardly variety. Hell, I'd argue simply having Chun-Li and Cammy is enough to put Street Fighter 2 over KI in this regards.

Believe me, I'm definitely one to sound of when a game tries to "pull a Vanessa Lewis", but in KI's case they've been doing a MUCH better job to respect each character's portrayed culture than the original games ever did.

 

[fallingdove]

Wow, Kim looks like shit. And the whole "I am a martial artist and design student" is equal parts rediculous and obnoxious.

 

[atbigelow]

Her moveset seems cool. Lots of cool kicks and shit being smashed.

But I have to agree that I don't like her model as it looks now. Also her back seems stuck straight or something. Her posture feels oddly static.

EDIT: HAHA but holy shit the stage is incredible. It finally just clicked for me. A+. Better be San Francisco.

I'm sure they'll hear all the bitching and see if they can do something about the model.

 

[etking]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

 

[MouldyK]

Best Disney

Was actually a show on Fox.

 

[Poodlestrike]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

What?

Yes, she did.

That's why her name is "Kim Wu."

The fact that all of the KI 1/2 women looked like Janet Jackson doesn't indicate anything.

And KI3 is fantastic.

 

[Warxard]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

The hottest take in the thread.

Rare has not a single bone in them to make a good fighting game and you'd have to be a delusional fool to think otherwise.

"She did not have Asian origins before"

"KI Gold"

Lmfao

 

[Mat-triX]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

Wasn't she Korean? Her name's Kim Wu. Just cause she had the face of a black woman - Janet Jackson - didn't make her one.

 

[Scotia]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

I've fucking heard it all now, wtf

 

[Phoenix Fang]

Are they still going to do a physical release of the game once all the seasons are done? I remember Ken Lobb mentioning it awhile back.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

Wow, way to embarrass yourself.

 

[atbigelow]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

This is incredible.

 

[RedFury]

Didn't like her model until I saw the official trailer. I actually quite like it bar the lighting effects on her (I'm sure that'll all be fixed in due time). The thing I can't get behind however is the music. How is everyone complaining about her face and nothing has been said about the music? Clear step down IMO.

 

[The Flash]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

 

[Sydle]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

So much wrong.

The entire team that made the first two games at Rare are gone, not a single person still at Rare. Ken Lobb, the father of KI, works for MS and made sure it got into very good hands. It's a much, much better game than the originals, even according to Ken Lobb.

 

[Remapped88]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

With a name like Kim Wu and her outfit in the old games, what did you think she was? Curious.

 

[Durock]

Kim Wu's original story from KI 2....

The legendary Samurai have not yet come to power in the world, but the martial might and honour that brought them their fame is alive in the blood of their ancestors. Kim Wu, descendant of great heroes and Guardian by birth of her home nation, has been trained in the ways of traditional combat since her early childhood. When Gargos returns and lays claim to the entire world she knows, Kim realises that the time has come to fulfil her role and prove her worth in battle.

 

[Synth]

How is everyone complaining about her face and nothing has been said about the music? Clear step down IMO.

To be fair... that nobody's been talking about the music kinda implies that on its own.

 

[Zeenbor]

While I appreciate that MS is keeping KI alive, these graphics aren't competitive (i.e. Tekken 7 quality), both in terms of fidelity and art design.

 

[The Flash]

While I appreciate that MS is keeping KI alive, these graphics aren't competitive (i.e. Tekken 7 quality), both in terms of fidelity and art design.

Maybe they care more about it playing well

 

[RedFury]

To be fair... that nobody's been talking about the music kinda implies that on its own.

Touché that's disappointing. Any news on release date for PC?

 

[The Flash]

Touché that's disappointing. Any news on release date for PC?

not yet. just sometime in March.

 

[Whompa02]

Yikes that modeling and lighting is so bad. Weird how it works better for some characters and definitely not others.

 

[Synth]

While I appreciate that MS is keeping KI alive, these graphics aren't competitive (i.e. Tekken 7 quality), both in terms of fidelity and art design.

Kim Wu definitely needs some work.

However, overall KI has been far more competitive with the new round of fighters than I honestly expected at the start of the gen. I'd say that both Street Fighter V and Mortal Kombat X look consistently worse, with Tekken 7 and Guilty Gear Xrd being the two that look better right now.

 

[Camjo-Z]

Rare has not a single bone in them to make a good fighting game and you'd have to be a delusional fool to think otherwise.

Ironically people would have said this about Double Helix before they made KI.

 

[RockTurtle]

I'm referring to removing the black/mixed look. Although we don't have any real canonical info to state that they were anything other than white/asian, Orchid and Kim Wu def looked blasian in the original games. When I played them in the arcade / on SNES as a kid, part of the unique appeal of KI was I felt there was a lot more variety in terms of characters (yes, including ethnicity / species / etc) compared to the competition (SF, MK). So that was a big draw. How many black or brown characters are in the new game besides Combo? It's not a huge deal to me... I think she looks fine, my issue is the lame UPN series vibe she's got going on. But it's a pretty obvious shift.

how many caucasian characters are in KI? isn't every human pretty much a minority? they all looked mixed to me or pure ethnic.

cause, no offense, this is sounding like another "not black enough" issue in yet another fighting game.

 

[Warxard]

how many caucasian characters are in KI? isn't every human pretty much a minority? they all looked mixed to me or pure ethnic.

cause, no offense, this is sounding like another "not black enough" issue in yet another fighting game.

The only white dude is like Cinder and he's a fire man

 

[Line_HTX]

Love the music, love the fightstyle, love what the movelist and combos look like.

I kind of don't like the cheesy dialogue though, haha

 

[Crocodile]

I'm referring to removing the black/mixed look. Although we don't have any real canonical info to state that they were anything other than white/asian, Orchid and Kim Wu def looked blasian in the original games. When I played them in the arcade / on SNES as a kid, part of the unique appeal of KI was I felt there was a lot more variety in terms of characters (yes, including ethnicity / species / etc) compared to the competition (SF, MK). So that was a big draw. How many black or brown characters are in the new game besides Combo? It's not a huge deal to me... I think she looks fine, my issue is the lame UPN series vibe she's got going on. But it's a pretty obvious shift.

As someone said before, I think its less that they were trying to go for a more ethnic cast in the original Killer Instinct and more that someone in their art department had a raging Janet Jackson boner. There was a bit too much same face going on. I can't find fault with them trying to introduce more variety here.

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

I'm curious, when you were playing KI Gold, were your eyes open? Like C'mon son with the bolded :/

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

It would be pretty insulting to have a character with an Asian last name not have some Asian origin.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

OG Kim looked african american. Just like Orchid did.

That's paula abdul

 

[Warxard]

Ironically people would have said this about Double Helix before they made KI.

I said that. I ate my crow that day. Double Helix has talent.

 

[Synth]

I said that. I ate my crow that day. Double Helix has talent.

Yea same.

In our defense though, Double Helix hadn't actually already created two bad fighting games with the IP in the past... so it's not quite the same.

 

[colinp]

Kim Wu's original story from KI 2....

The legendary Samurai have not yet come to power in the world, but the martial might and honour that brought them their fame is alive in the blood of their ancestors. Kim Wu, descendant of great heroes and Guardian by birth of her home nation, has been trained in the ways of traditional combat since her early childhood. When Gargos returns and lays claim to the entire world she knows, Kim realises that the time has come to fulfil her role and prove her worth in battle.

Sounds like Ireland.

 

[Cynn]

The animation... Good lord. So fucking good. Does anyone know if KI is mo-capped or is this all keyed in? She makes Maxi look like a slacker with those chucks son.


I mean... I hate it. She should be a Chun Li clone. She's not Asian. PS2 looks better. (Gotta blend in)

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

Lol I doubt etking will come back to this thread.

 

[Synth]

Lol I doubt etking will come back to this thread.

They never usually do, regardless of the responses. They just see the name of something vaguely Rare related, and decide to chime in that everything's all fucked up now.

 

[.la1n]

The animation... Good lord. So fucking good. Does anyone know if KI is mo-capped or is this all keyed in? She makes Maxi look like a slacker with those chucks son.


I mean... I hate it. She should be a Chun Li clone. She's not Asian. PS2 looks better. (Gotta blend in)

I know they use some mo cap but not sure how much,

 

[Ishmae1]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

10/10

Much better than Cats.

 

[Ol No Bones]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

KI was never a particularly great fighter back in the day. It's better now IMO than it was before.

 

[Caipirinha]

Looks like an asset from Jade Empire for the original Xbox.

 

[rrc1594]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

LMAO I can't.....

 

[StrikeFirst117]

In my opinion it was the worst decision ever to outsource KI3 development. The game should have been made by Rare.

Kim Wu has been my favorite fighter in KI Gold but now they ruined it. She did not have Asian origins before.

LMAO joking right
What the fuck is this, its in her story bio, and her name what even gave you the thought that she wasn't Asian?

 

[SapientWolf]

Why doesn't she look like Janet Jackson anymore?

#bringbackjanet