KOF XI Thread - Release Date: 10.26.2005

[Harv]

goemon said:

A couple of the new bgs are actually quite nice looking imo.

I agree ;D

[Kazuya_UK]

shadowjin said:

I was reviewing the roster and I wasn't minding the missing characters until.....WHERE IS MY YAMAZAKI!?? *cries*

So far, the missing characters are:

Andy
Joe
Mai
Choi
Chang
Chin
Leona
Robert
Yamazaki
Billy
Goro
Jhun
Hinako
Seth
Angel
Takuma
Heidern (he only shows up every now and then anyway)
Chizuru/Maki (probably hidden)
Kusanagi (probably hidden)

Granted, some of those characters weren't even present in 2003, but come on....SNKP, must you rob me of my Yamazaki!??

I do like how Ash's team looks and I never was that great with Duolon. I still miss Lin tho - he was off the chain.

-Jin

wow, SJ posts? ;D

I agree about Yama, started using him again a fair bit in Neowave, and I know a few people around here aren't happy about him not being in there. I'm upset at still not having Andy too... but other than that imho it's good for them to shake things up a bit in a series that has gone on for as long as KOF.

I kind of agree about the art Goemon, but I must say I REALLY love the way the select screen looks, and the art there looks extremely clean, and well.... nice. Anyone know who the artist for that stuff is?

Kaz

[shadowjin]

yeah i post....occasionally...lol

When I'm not clammoring up efnet with my antics...I come and read stuff and sometimes feel it necessary to speak....heh.

It's a good roster - it's not too big. It also forces people to learn different characters here and there. I initially learned Billy and Mary because of Yamazaki. Billy and Yamazaki looked faboo in 2k3 - those were some excellent sprite upgrades.

Ash is surprisingly rather good in 2k3, and there's not much reason to improve him in XI. Shen Woo - he needs a little something extra. I'm all about power characters, but he needs...i dunno...something. Wonder why they removed Leona. She's been a staple forever.

The backgrounds look very nice. See they are actually sporting the Atomiswave's power with those. I suppose we can thank the Dreamcast and PS2 ports for SNKP eventually getting the backgrounds right while having them 3d. Remember how horrid DreamMatch and Evolution looked on the DC. Granted, it was a great idea...they just...hadn't gotten it down yet. On Neowave and 2k3 for PS2 - wow, they look grand and seem to flow well with the animation of the characters.

[RoninBuddha]

WEBSITE OFFICIALLY OPEN

[Hibiki]

I thought it's the wrong address at first, because I see nothing but the front page only. So, it's opened tomorrow. I just wanna see the characters' illustration in bigger size.

[y45hiro]

is benimaru inside one team with duolon ? hmm....

[RoninBuddha]

^YES

[Goemon]

hibiki said:

I just wanna see the characters' illustration in bigger size.

Same here, How can i make wallpapers with them now! Hopefully they'll release larger illustrations somewhere.

[Wyvernlord]

I'm liking the roster here. It's great that they've finally reinstated Eiji and Kasumi, and brought Kula back. I mourn the loss of Mai however.

I do think the teams could use a bit of retooling though. It's kinda weird not seeing a women's team this time around. While it's great to see Kasumi back, I feel that she just doesn't fit well with Marin and Eiji. Honestly, I would have perfered Lin paired with the two, and Kasumi paired with King and Yuri.

Overall, I'm looking foward to this. I do wish they would give us some fresh new sprites though. I yearn for the day when I play a KoF with the amount of animation from Street Fighter III.

[Kazuya_UK]

wyvernlord said:

Overall, I'm looking foward to this. I do wish they would give us some fresh new sprites though. I yearn for the day when I play a KoF with the amount of animation from Street Fighter III.

Same here but it will never happen

Kaz

[Goemon]

After viewing some of the news screens i've decided that the Aztec level for this game is the best bg snkp has created yet.

[Kazuya_UK]

goemon said:

After viewing some of the news screens i've decided that the Aztec level for this game is the best bg snkp has created yet.

Hell yeah, it looks very nice. I wasn't keen on some of them at first I must admit, but the more I see of it, the more I think that this will be the best looking game SNKP have made so far... some of the other backgrounds look awesome too! Still not 100% convinced yet (and I'd still prefer it if they could do 2D backgrounds of the quality of the old SNK) and I'm more concerned with gameplay, but it's looking good. Can't wait to see video!!!

Come on SNKP, give us a few gameplay vids now NGBC is out ! ;D

Kaz

[fusion24]

the graphics for the game are good. kensou looks like he has gotten a bit more tougher. by the look of athena i cannot say the same for her. deducing from the characters i saw the story continues well from garou mark of the wolves like kof94 did from fatal fury one. plus i see the return of old kof and fatal fury guys.

[Mr1337]

More screens were added today. One of my personal faves was Shen Woo using his bitch-slap move to deflect a projectile DBZ style.

[Wired]

The new characters seem nice enough, however looking at Elizabeth I cant help but think Whip Mk2.
Glad to see Kulas return, not happy that Yamazaki is absent, don't give a damn about the loss of Andy....
And maybe I am the only one that thought he was cool, but I wish K'9999 would be brought back, even if it was for one more game. I want closure dammit.....

One question... are these backgrounds 3D? They certainly look so much better than the mediocrity on display in Neowave and Rebout.