Spot on, it was both needed and is very much appreciated.
The cast has over 30 (?) returning characters and that is more than fair.
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King of Fighters XIV Roster Discussion thread. Leaked roster in first post
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Spot on, it was both needed and is very much appreciated.
The cast has over 30 (?) returning characters and that is more than fair.
okay but
...cool looking chinese dragon.
Any similarities she has to Xiangfei are cool, since she herself is not here. That just makes me want to play her more, really. Hope she has a reference colorset.
The focus on Shen Long-style dragon movements (lots of circles, like a serpentine Chinese dragon) and Dragon flames seems to easily make her original. I fully expect Master Roshi and Genderflip Goku to be part of a special team together now.
Aplogize my ignorance, I am not very familiar with Kof. Just interested in 14 now...
Some comments like above make me think Joe (the Muay Thai guy) is some sort of joke character or at least not very popular?
It seems like Joe is popular, but he's also considered comic relief.
I don't know much about KOF history myself but when I was a kid playing early FF games Joe seemed like one of the three protagonists. But then in CvS1 he ended up being Dan's counterpart on the SNK side and a 1 stock character. :/
I don't know much about KOF history myself but when I was a kid playing early FF games Joe seemed like one of the three protagonists. But then in CvS1 he ended up being Dan's counterpart on the SNK side and a 1 stock character. :/
Joe isn't exactly a joke character, he has a serious fighting style, but he has a fun personality.
His KOFXIII sprite was full on serious though.
He's more of a guy that they can afford to have fun with. If you know the One Piece anime, think of him like Usopp there. He's as serious a part of the Fatal Fury group as anyone else, but he's more apt to doing outlandish things, or being the butt of a joke (or flashing his butt as a taunt).
I only just finished Skypiea so this isn't helping Joe's standing any.
He's insanely popular, he is a joke character, but not in the fighting game sense, but as in, his personality and traits are used in a light hearted jokey manner.
Well, it works like this.
Back in the day (re: Fatal Fury 1 & 2), Joe was actually a pretty stock stoic Japanese guy. Nothing that really made him stand out from the trio of Fatal Fury heroes, personality-wise. Then the second Fatal Fury OVA came out, made him a much more loud, boisterous character voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama (who's been his VA ever since). And much like other things from that OVA, such as making Wolfgang Krauser and Geese Howard half-brothers, it stuck. And that was what made Joe the center of a lot of running gags, such as him being in a relationship with Billy's sister, while Billy himself certainly does NOT approve of that. But otherwise, as described above, he's certainly a legit character in every other respect.
Since the KOF series does more to push veteran chars like Ryo and Terry to the background, their supporting cast has suffered even more so, such that they're now mainly known for a very basic tropes or jokes. And much like how Andy is being eternally chased by Mai, Joe is known far and wide for being the guy who laughs a lot and prone to mooning his competition.
CommandThrower
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I had a thought regarding the new character in the Villain/Prisoner team. He looks like a serial killer, so I thought that maybe his character will end up being a knife wielding psychopath...and thus replace Yamazaki.
Just like how Nelson has seemingly replaced Vanessa, I think the new prisoner will be a replacement for Yamazaki.
Just like how Nelson has seemingly replaced Vanessa, I think the new prisoner will be a replacement for Yamazaki.
Leafhopper
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At first I thought Muimui was part of the psycho soldiers.
Khrysler Jerikho
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Muimui seems to be Momoko levels of annoying.
Also, Kukri's hood reminds me of Makai's group.
Also, Kukri's hood reminds me of Makai's group.
Ha, yeah, that might paint him worse if that's as far as you are. I mean to say he's the interesting, more regular-guy-like heart of the group, approachable amidst a crowd of strong guys that intimidate with a move or glance.
While everyone else is in comfortable relationships with the girls of their dreams, Mr. Higashi...
... kinda gets the short end of the stick.
sir_bumble_bee
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Most likely 3d renders. We have yet to see a single piece of official art work
TheSpoiler
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I'd say he's getting the a pretty big piece of it judging by those pics.
I don't get the feeling any of the old characters are "Replaced", but year, I could see him giving as nod to his gameplay, along with his own wrinkles.
She does remind me of Kensou's wrestling with his Dragon Powers, yeah.
She doesn't seem anyway near like Momoko to me. Momoko constantly drooled over big-sis breast sizes, had a butt-bomb attack that had squishy sound effects, all her animation wanted to remind you that she was a cute, budding cute girl, and it all came across very.. modern day anime fetish-y in ways. She felt more about showing off her cute personality rather than the fighting style she was to represent.
MiuMiu seems like a classic anime hero character: Young (because that's what asia likes), but she's not really doing anything overly cute or desperate, and her fighting techniques / dragon relation seem like the most significant part of her presentation. She could come from a manga like 3x3 eyes, Yu Yu Hakusho, or Blue Seed without much modification.
To me, this puts her closer to someone like Kula, or even Chris, rather than Momoko.
Ugh, THANK YOU.
Of course, I'm also a bit mad at you for even reminding me of one my least favorite KOF characters. :lol
Speaking of all the dragon imagery, though...think there is at all a possibility that she, too, has a part in all the "Dragon Power" business that'll be at the center of this arc? It'd be interesting if two "legacy" characters and then the one newbie on the Hero Team may be the ones who end up being the true heroes of this saga.
I would not be surprised in the very least if her ending had her getting stuck in the KoF world due to shennenigans with the final boss, then later games having her join Chin's tutelage. Maybe her dragon stuff can have a role in Kensou's ongoing story...
SNK is bringing a lot of freshness to the fighting styles of the new characters so I'm really not sure what to expect from the other characters, which is very exciting.
Sylvia and Kukri were very surprising and the sleeping fighting style the boy on Tung's team uses would have been a surprise as well had it not been spoiled for us.
And going by his moveset, Nelson isn't meant to replace Vanessa at all, he's closer to Heavy D.
LoL, what, reminded you of... Shermie and Yashiro? Any excuse to be reminded of Shermie is fine by me!
It'd be a great twist-up. Sie and Miu^2 better have a special intro together!
It's fun that she already seems to "fit" in the KoF world with this re-design. I'd find it funny if she's just written into the world plainly, like the Ikari's and Psycho soldiers. No real explanation needed... this is just someone who's a part of this world.
Aye, they both exceeded my expectations. Nelson and Luong are both pretty straight-forward melee people, and I subconsciously accepted most would be like that, or a power-use of a familiar element like Sylvie.
I always love how SNK(P) makes everyone in the cast feel like they're SOMEONE on the design team's favorite. Really helps give me confidence that I'll enjoy basically anyone I choose to try and play.
So far it looks like Kukri has:
- White hair
- Pale white skin
- Yellow eyes
I'm guessing he will be the character type whose face we won't be seeing.
Also, John Grimm over at SRK clarified that he didn't say that the character was one of Those from the Past. He said that he just heard that 'the hooded man' was someone related to XIII's ending and people assumed it was someone from that one image. So he could be one of TFTP or not.
This was posted in the other thread and I think is a really good catch, it also goes hand in hand with a new flame user being introduced in every KOF story arc so far.
Mentioned this a year or two ago but I expected the new lead to be a female flame user.
- White hair
- Pale white skin
- Yellow eyes
I'm guessing he will be the character type whose face we won't be seeing.
Also, John Grimm over at SRK clarified that he didn't say that the character was one of Those from the Past. He said that he just heard that 'the hooded man' was someone related to XIII's ending and people assumed it was someone from that one image. So he could be one of TFTP or not.
What if it's Ash?
This was posted in the other thread and I think is a really good catch, it also goes hand in hand with a new flame user being introduced in every KOF story arc so far.
Mentioned this a year or two ago but I expected the new lead to be a female flame user.
Khrysler Jerikho
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Good points, she won't be totally out of place in Shonen Jump.
This reminds me of Orochi Chris's dp+C
I always find it really funny to attempt that kinda thing in 3D, but they're doing a decent job at it. I like the piercing eye showing out of the darkness, too.
What if it's Ash?
This would be quite weird and funny.
A Make-Your-Own Knights of Orochi team would be interesting to see. I'd love it if the Flame User was a water user too, as was mentioned in that other thread. I'd love to see it be a female as you mention, Ash ALMOST had us there, ha.
Good points, she won't be totally out of place in Shonen Jump.
This reminds me of Orochi Chris's dp+C
*nod* Aye, that's a good way to put it! I can see what you mean about O.Chris's "Houuu'ra!" dp+C, too. that (and his command unblockable) have to be 2 of my fav. moves on a character I don't play, hah.
Are we not doing new threads for new trailers anymore? I kind of miss all the people wandering in and complaining about the graphics. I think we've gone from pre-PS2 all the way up first gen PS3 graphics. I wanted to see how many trailers until people started saying it looked like a late gen PS3 game!
EDIT: Also, the sky on the highway diner stage is sooooo fucking pretty.
EDIT: Also, the sky on the highway diner stage is sooooo fucking pretty.
Yeah we were so close with Ash and yet so far away lol.
What if she changes elements when she switches masks...
Wow, couldn't find it in the first several pages. That thread died fast!
Yeah it did. The Geese thread went on for 6 pages and only died a couple of days ago. Might be because this trailer is all new/unfamiliar characters.
Oh, no, I was talking about Momoko. I thought my rants against her would be pretty familiar in these parts, by now! C8
And well, that certainly could be the case for all three members of the "Guest" team. Even in Nakoruru's case, as a "Maiden of Light", she's technically more of an "embodiment" of nature that could just be reincarnated/re-awakened throughout the ages, rather than strictly needing the new Boss's Timey-Wimey/Multiverse shenanigans to appear in the KOF-verse.
Considering how many reps of Gaia's Will have been running amok in this series as it is, Nakoruru wouldn't be out of place at all. And if nothing else, it'd be funny to see what'd she think of the more overzealous Orochi clan members...
sixteen-bit
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Also Geese trailer was one of the best game trailers of all time
No lies detected
Between Ash and Shion, I'm sure we've got a full girl in there somewhere! Elemental Mask Shift could be awesome. I'm now turning to the "Expect the Unexpected" way of thinking...
Oh, but that was Khrysler's fault! I pulled Chris into the established convo. But any convo that's not about Shermie can now go RIGHT back to Shermie, so I'll stay there for safety, haha.
It'd be great to see Naka nearly made a diety, similar to Athena's divine ancestor.
And then she can run into Rock and just reveal that he's Awaken Kaede, and then suddenly, more SNK series have relevant connections that exist within KoF! And Kagami really is just the ancestor of the Kusanagi clan...
*/fanfiction end*
Considering the god-level of Orochi, it'd make sense that he could very well have pissed off more clans... or that similar threats of his power level could have others that want to fight / protect it too.
Well, Naka is basically a goddess at this point, thanks to merging with Gaia and all that...
But in all seriousness...if any time was the right time for SNKP and their new Chinese pals' plans to open up things and make all of SNK's properties (or at least most of them, original Southtown timeline MUST be preserved as a standalone!) a part of a larger universe/continuity, and further that goal to model things more after the MCU, now is that time.
Even as a die-hard fan of Samurai Spirits/Shodown, I'd be one of the first to admit that the timeline in that series could use a reboot, thanks to all of the retcons, plot points that don't go anywhere, and the introduction of elements from games that people didn't actually like, such as Sen or PSX Warrior's Rage. If the new game was an effective reboot that got things back on track gameplay-wise and lore-wise, it'd be already doing that series a favor.
Well, considering ol' boy Kamui didn't seem to have a problem with Rera/Bust-Nako's methods...who knows, eh~?
Thanks, I was wondering if it had any meaning or if SNK just chose a cutesy name.
There has to be some significance to the fact they are releasing an online enabled Last Blade 2 this year.
Wouldn't it be more appropriate for Kagami to be a descendant of the Yagami clan elders than Kusanagi though?
That'd likely depend on if there's a feasible way to link the Hell's Gate phenomenon to Orochi, in which case, it'd tie in better to why his flames turned blue when he was evil/brainwashed. (Though, to be fair, it's also said that any Kusanagi that "fell to the dark side" could start wielding dark flames, even without Orochi's influence.)
But even there, you'd have to somehow find a link associated with Kagami getting his flame powers from Suzaku. Which would mean either all of the Kusanagi/Yagami clan heirs share this common link with that god, or none of them do!
It'd be a fun thing to try linking up to make sense of, either way.
