Originally Posted by Manny Biggz (Post 579956)

Well, you just did a fine job of discrediting yourself to anyone who really understands these games. I'm not really looking to bash you, but I feel that not pointing these things out will lead to other readers getting the wrong idea about the subject at hand. I'll go into further detail when I get a chance.

Originally Posted by Yamigarasu (Post 580286)

Indeed having your "family jewels" handed to strangers is a part of the arcade gaming, it's pretty much what drives people to get better, the whole competition thing.

Heck, the only reason I know how to play every single 2d fighter out there is because I was tired of having my ass handed every time I was at the arcade, It's annoying, but exciting as well, It's cool when you do kick some ass and people look up on you.

Which reminds me of a time, when Marvel VS Capcom was the hype, my local arcade had this huge ass 70" projector, right up front so everyone would stop to see the epic fights, and I managed somehow (I still don't really know, lucky I guess) to beat the dude who had just won an small torney there, the feeling man, it's awesome, heck, I won several small torneys after, and managed to get better than my rival (another friend who also loves fighting games and was a lot better than me when I started) but the feeling of that victory, is still the best one.

Originally Posted by evilboris (Post 580348)

That's nice. Can we rename the topic to "Serious fighting game discussion, casual players stay out" while you do that?

Originally Posted by TRIEU

Famitsu Details KOF XII Gameplay
The latest issue of Famitsu magazine has detailed the gameplay system for KOF XII, with some new screenshots and feedback from the development team.

Source: mmcafe.com from Spoonman

Go to this link to read more: KOF XII Article/Discussion

According to Famitsu magazine, SNK Playmore JP is doing a location test for KOF XII in April, just one month away, but this may change as the printing of the magazine is normally two months before release, so the dates still need to be confirmed by SNKP JP.

Obviously, we expect more characters to show up in the game, which at the time of the Famitsu report, did not note, probably due to the early stage of development.

From what we've heard, here are some additional characters that are expected to be in the game, but of course, the total line up of how many characters is unknown at this time :

Raiden (not Big Bear)
Ryo
Robert Garcia
Andy (looking like a thug)
Keith (from Matrimelee)

Let's just say that the animation of each and every character will just awe you, as well as the game play system. We wouldn't comment on this blindly, so just take our word for it and when it's released, you'll most likely agree that KOF XII will be the fighter to beat in 2008.

Update 3.20.08 Famitsu has just uploaded the original KOF XII High Res. images on their website:

KOF XII Famitsu High Resolution Shots

Side Note: At GDC 2008, I had the pleasure of meeting the Director of SNK, Mr. Soichiro Hosoya. He was describing the artistic style that was used in KOF XII. (Hopefully I am explaining this correctly). The amount of hard work and time that is put into creating KOF XII is much more time consuming than creating a full 3-D character. In KOF XII, to create a 3-D effect while maintaining the true 2-D aspects of the gameplay, each frame has to be hand drawn, unlike a polygon model which, one textured, is rendered on the fly and takes less time to produce. The unique characteristics of KOF XII is that each character uses a 3-D model as a guide (to hand draw in the shades) for the artist to painstakingly draw each frame over it . What this does is give the 'sprite' a 3-D effect instead of an image that looks flat (e.g. Guilty Gear sprites).

Originally Posted by Shin ATproof

If I read the article right...
- Clean hits show characters have specific animations for high/mid, low and overhead attacks.
- The game uses real-time lighting effects
- More characters will be announced/shown during the first playtests at Namba and Akiba this April.

So SNKP is really putting some serious effort in the graphics...
I really hope the gameplay is as good as this game looks.

Originally Posted by Ultima

I can't watch vid until I go home. :(

I'm loling at everyone's reactions to Ralf on various forums:

"It's like Ralf ate Alex"

"ralf look like big momma from shock troopers!"

"Didn't know Franco Bash started cosplaying as Ralf."

"Insanoflex does wonders."

re: new art style

As with Ralf, Leona also looks like the got ran through a Falcoon filter - she's far too waifish now.

I think part of the problem here is that we were expecting HD versions of classic characters, with maybe some new details thrown in. While we're getting that (see Robert), they're also subtely (and in the case of Ralf, not so subtlely) redesigning the characters, which wasn't really expected. And not just with a new costumes either. Terry's basically OG Terry, but now his pants are melting and he's bulked up to Ralf's old size, while Ralf has gone up to Insanoflex size. And Athena has become a pudgy school girl who almost looks out of place because her style is mor exaggerated than the otehrs.

As I said before, I wouldn't say any of this is bad. It's just... really unexpected. I would have thought, since they're likely going to be stuck with these sprites for the next ten years, they would have been a little more conservative in their redesigns, but oh well. I'm sure people will get used to it, especially if it looks good in motion.

Originally Posted by Karasu (Post 646240)

Its not the players im looking at, its the animation of the characters. It looks slower to me than XI's or prior KoFs. Plus the interface. And I never gave a final impression, I gave a first impression as to what I think so far, which is not that stunned but willing to let the game grow and get out of it's beta shell.

Originally Posted by cfx

- Ryo Sakazaki
- Robert Garcia (back in his pre-KOF2003 costume)
- Ralf Jones (Slightly different costume)
- Kim Kaphwan
- Kyo Kusanagi
- Benimaru Nikaido
- Goro Daimon
- Athena Asamiya (New costume)
- Terry Bogard (back in his pre-KOF2003 costume)
- Iori Yagami (New costume)
- Leona Heidern (New costume)
- Shen Woo
- Ash Crimson (New moves)
- Elisabeth Branctorche (Slightly different costume)