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KOF XV Official Reveal !!

Kukri joins the fray:



Glad to see him back. One of my favorite new characters in XIV. Plus it's not every day you see a North African character. Sadly the sand effects don't look too good.

I can see Kukri teaming up with hat girl and the black kady.

C'mon SNK, show us K' already. I'm thinking he could team up with Whip and Heidern.
 
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Mister Wolf

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I've been waiting 30000 years for Kula, it better be her.

K' looks great, familiar but with a few new things thrown in.

Is he base roster or are we into the first DLC now?
We’re still in the base roster. There’s 39 characters in total so there must about around 8 left. I’d be mad if K’ was dlc lol
 

NeverYouMind

Gold Member
I am looking forward to this new iteration. Even if some of the roster picks are underwhelming (7/33), they are unlikely to contribute to much salt. The smaller roster is a double edged sword as it reduces the newbie filler, but also reduces the chances of old badasses returning. I can't wait to see Kim Kaphwan return as he is a litmus test of the relative quality of the game he is in for me.
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As unlikely as it is, I hope that Shion (KoF XI), Gato (MotW), and Lin (KoF 2000) all come back in this installment so that I can play as the ultimate Kung Fu Killers team.
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I would also dig a South Town Mob team with Geese, Billy, and Yamazaki.
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It would be neat to see the other iconic NeoGeo bosses/sub-bosses like Rugal, Mr. Big, Saisyu, and Mr. Karate return as well. However, most of all I desire the improbable debut of the cookie throwing judoka, Jubei Yamada, in KoF. He is so dominant and unusual that playing Fatal Fury 2 with him completely changed the flow of the game. It would be refreshing to experience that again in a modern KoF title.

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GrayFoxPL

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I am looking forward to this new iteration. Even if some of the roster picks are underwhelming (7/33), they are unlikely to contribute to much salt. The smaller roster is a double edged sword as it reduces the newbie filler, but also reduces the chances of old badasses returning. I can't wait to see Kim Kaphwan return as he is a litmus test of the relative quality of the game he is in for me.
pic_kim.png


As unlikely as it is, I hope that Shion (KoF XI), Gato (MotW), and Lin (KoF 2000) all come back in this installment so that I can play as the ultimate Kung Fu Killers team.
win_gato.gif
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pic_lin.png

I would also dig a South Town Mob team with Geese, Billy, and Yamazaki.
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It would be neat to see the other iconic NeoGeo bosses/sub-bosses like Rugal, Mr. Big, Saisyu, and Mr. Karate return as well. However, most of all I desire the improbable debut of the cookie throwing judoka, Jubei Yamada, in KoF. He is so dominant and unusual that playing Fatal Fury 2 with him completely changed the flow of the game. It would be refreshing to experience that again in a modern KoF title.

ff2jubei-1.png
Love your idea but I think SNK are in raper with flying gloves thing. Already stared with KOF XIV.

Maybe they will feel urge to go back to ideas like yours after that.
 

NeverYouMind

Gold Member
SNK Playmore has always been very experimental, even more so than SNK. As long as this keeps them from burning out, they include Fatal Fury characters, and they make a gameplay design system that does not make me want to jump into older entries I will buy their games.
 

NeverYouMind

Gold Member
I am sad that Heidern doesn't have his flying guillotine special anymore. Also, having his holsters and belts in yellow is very tacky, but fortunately there are other color variations. Still, I am happy to see him back.

On another note, given how often both Heidern and Leona appear in the same installments I am surprised they did not just go all in on the Orochi version of Leona to further differentiate them.
 

Celcius

°Temp. member
I usually wait and buy these once all the dlc comes out and it’s 75% off for the whole package. I’m debating buying this day one this time…

edit: I'm in day one
 
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Mmm, sooo thicc 🍑😍

Man I'm glad at least Japan can make sexy-looking black female characters (and female characters in general; South Korea and China trying to encroach on that now too tho 😁👍). I don't know what the hell is going on with Western devs I mean compare the above with this:

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No this has nothing to do with her being non-binary; there're hot non-binary women this isn't one of them.

And it's literally no contest. Keep winning, Japan.
 
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Pejo

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I dunno if it's just that most of the latest trailer was in a darker "night time" stage, but the lighting and shaders are looking way better on this trailer than it has even recently in the past. The textures are still kinda rough, but it's at least looking better now.
 

Celcius

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This looks better graphically every time I see it. Much better than KOF14 now.
Would you say that KOF has caught up to Street Fighter graphically at this point? I think so based on the latest trailers....
 

Not crazy about Heidern's new design -- designs in this game in general are going "hard anime," an aesthetic that doesn't really appeal to me.

That theme though ❤️. That's a slight remix of "In Spite of One's Age" which is the KoF '98 theme of the old dudes team (Saisyu, Heidern, Takuma). One of my favorite KoF tracks of all time, and that's saying a lot, since I really dig the KoF soundtracks (in many cases, more than the games themselves).
 
Whip joins the roster? Nice. So she must be with K'. In which case who's going to be the third member? Maxima or Kula? Hmmm... seeing how they favor waifus over big old dudes, Kula seems likely.

Still wondering who's in the last team and who are Ash's teammates.
 

NeverYouMind

Gold Member
Does Whip still whip out her gun, fire it at the opponent's feet, and reload it? Otherwise, I think she should just be replaced with Lenny from Art of Fighting 3 who was the original SNK whip user.

Only 6 roster slots remain in the base roster.
And 9 more days before the beta test.
 

Futaleufu

Member
Does Whip still whip out her gun, fire it at the opponent's feet, and reload it? Otherwise, I think she should just be replaced with Lenny from Art of Fighting 3 who was the original SNK whip user.
Nope, guns and knives (Yamazaki) were removed from XIV. Whip also used to have a hidden blade in her boots, thats gone too.

IIRC Choi's claws no longer bleed opponents.
 

Dr. Suchong

Member
Anyone know if there's any written history within the game, bringing us up to speed with story lines, character motivation etc?
I'd love to be up to speed with things before diving in.
I love Kof but I'm totally out of the loop these days. Last one I bought was probably Kof 2003 and I still had no idea what was going on lol
 
Oh, it’s slutty 2B.

That’s one wrestler too many for me.

Wonder who she is with? Ash? K’?

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Damn that dumb shitposting looking leak streak continues.
TheDuskwalker TheDuskwalker can you tell me who the characters are? I can recognize some Lady Oscar, Tetsuya, and Axl Rose, but the others??
 
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