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[Riskbreaker]

NGBC = BEST LINE-UP EVER!


Hotaru: Mark of the Wolves
Robert: Art of Fighting, KoF
Moriya: Last Blade
Lee: Art of Fighting

 

[quin]

is this using hi-res sprites? it looks nice

 

[drohne]

is this using hi-res sprites? it looks nice

the scans make it look nice. actually it's using low-res sprites on hi-res backgrounds, and it looks HIDEOS. well, at least it's not as bad as kof 94 rebout. and i love the character lineup.

 

[Riskbreaker]

Oh and Snk-capcom posted more scans..

 

[Lyte Edge]

Cool, Robert's a brand new sprite. Can't really tell with Ryo. He's been called Mr. Karate before BTW, in the PSX version of Fatal Fury Wild Ambition.

Lee Pai Long is in the game too?? I don't remember him getting announced!

the scans make it look nice. actually it's using low-res sprites on hi-res backgrounds, and it looks HIDEOS. well, at least it's not as bad as kof 94 rebout. and i love the character lineup.

I've seen KOF Neowave in the arcades (runs on the same hardware as this game), and the sprites look far better against the high res backgrounds than any other fighting game. The edges around them are smoother and the colors are richer/brighter, so it helps. I was surprised how nice Neowave's visuals were, and this game looks even better. It made the KOF 2003 machine next to Neowave look like it had no color whatsoever.

 

[XS+]

MMCafe sez the tag system is TTT-style, ie. KO one opponent and the match ends.

I really gotta pick up this issue of Arcadia..

And the game looks great (although it could use some boosted special effects a la CvS series)

 

[Randam_Hajile]

Woohoo! Hotaru and her Orgasmic Fireball!

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Yeah, Neo Wave does look pretty nice in person. It has a very crisp look compared to the other KOF games.

 

[drohne]

i don't see why the sprites in neowave or this would look any better than the ones in capcom vs. snk 1 -- it's basically the same hardware, and basically the same approach. but i hope you're right.

 

[Ferrio]

Wow lee, there's a surprise.

 

[Renegade]

Looks great.

BTW does anyone have a running count of the backgrounds revealed?

 

[anotheriori]

woo shermie!
and omg they redrew robert, never woulda thought they do that!

 

[Lyte Edge]

I don't get why the special moves aren't getting the same enhancements as the PS2/Xbox ports of the Neo-Geo fighting games released in the last year.

i don't see why the sprites in neowave or this would look any better than the ones in capcom vs. snk 1 -- it's basically the same hardware, and basically the same approach. but i hope you're right.

Grizzlyjin can back me up on this. Capcom just did a cut n' paste and threw the sprites onto the game on top of the high res backgrounds. With Neowave, Playmore actually cleaned them up a bit and added more color to make them fit in better. I was really surprised how nice it looked when I saw it.

 

[ourumov]

The Robert Garcia sprite looks good

 

[Riskbreaker]

This is the last scan from S-C...

 

[boutrosinit]

Whoresome.

I take it from the little boxout on the roster page that Eiji and the hat dude from Last Blade are being considered too. I'm appalled that Eiji has been neglected in so many games. He was an extension of my fingers for much the time KOF'95 was on the scene.

 

[Spazbiohaz]

I'm getting all wet. This is great news the love for SNK grows more and more everyday.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

The Eiji and Zantetsu pic doesn't necessarily mean anything. They're probably just pointing out that the two are related by family, Zantetsu is an ancestor of Eiji.

Hmmm... Hotaru is fine I guess, it will be interesting putting her against Akari. I play Moriya quite a bit too. Never liked Robert. Lee... well, it's someone we didn't expect at least.

Oh, and Robert has a load of different sprites. There's his AoF1 sprite and the KoF version (white/red/orange), his AoF3 sprite which is also in KoF (blue/white, not exactly this one), and a new one he got for KoF2003.

After seeing Hanzo, Fuuma and Kisarah, I'm only hoping for Roomi from Galaxy Fight. With her this roster would be perfect.