Proto Ryo is Ryo before he found out about SNKP’s netcode. He’s just too pissed nowadays
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ugh, iori looks like a queer in the costume next to athena, also athena looks like a character of cyborg 009 
Miss the old Ralf/Clark, definitely. Japan misunderstands US sensibilities. Sure, Epic roided out GoW and it’s a good game, but it would have been a good game even if they looked leaner. The big style is a choice Epic made, not a public preference. We would have liked the game either way.
When it’s done as a choice, to me, it’s fine as long as gameplay is intact, but when it’s so obvious an “influence” on their product (Like SF4 Ikeno thinking he knows what Americans like), then it becomes distracting. Artificial.
Nice find though.
That’s who it seems like, but the guy seems new I dont think he was in the EX series. SNKP does have a habit of sticking older obscure characters in their new games though.
I like the little hat and question mark next to Iori’s alternate outfit. Like, “should he have a hat?”
What bothers me the most is not Nona’s style (i quite like him), it’s that they could’ve cut down on production time if they had gone with this style. They wouldn’t have to make or trace 3D models. They simply would have to clean those up.
He’s wearing heels.
Hmm…those 3 definitely look like they could come from Ash & Elizabreasts’ flame keeper clans.
Also, I thought it was obvious that Mature was slapped together at the last minute. She definitely wasn’t originally supposed to be in KOF XII, because it was planned to be the Ash story conclusion, not a dreammatch.
If the time esitmates of how long it takes to draw the characters for XII is true or anywhere near it, I don’t think “slapped together” is an appropriate term Mature’s inclusion.
Plus I doubt they’d bother putting her in one game only to scrap her the next (again with how long it takes to draw everyone). Plus her redesign/eyepatch seems to indicate to me that shes back and wasn’t killed off to start with.
Imma call it now and say the entirety of XII’s cast will be in the next game.
I didn’t recognize either of the two proto girls as being from the EX series (tho I never played them and the only exclusive character to that series that I remember seeing pics of was a Malin-looking teen girl). The dude kind of reminds me of Yamazaki somehow.
they wouldnt be able to give them alternate outfits because they would have to redraw the entire sprite animations wouldnt they?
No they already did a cheap save time route by just copy and pasting there heads on one anothers bodies when perfrom almost all normal moves(95% normals are copy head on body animations).
I like your inability to detect sarcasm.
speaking of characters the only camo character I spotted in KOF XII is Jin Fu-ha.
Is there anyone here that can translate the Boss section?
looks at Jun and Miu
Nope, don’t see the resemblance. Adding Reiji would be awesome though, he was my favorite of the 3 and he’d fit with the story.
Damn. I really liked Leona’s new outfit. Everything does look a lot cleaner tho, and I don’t have a problem with the three new characters.
I miss Liz’ old costume =(
in fact i checked the chars in the EX series… my mistake… anyway could have been good if they take some chars from those games… some new chars were not bad…but they doesnt fit in the Ash Saga … well we’ll see with XIII :lol:
Since Athena is always one to change, I suppose XIII will have her returning to her adult look. I’m surprised that they didn’t keep the look she had in the concept art.
And it seems as if XII was really supposed to be a rebirth of the KOF series as there are 16 returning characters and 16 new characters who more than likely would play a part in the Tales of Ash saga.
I hope they are free DLC for 12.
I like tits too.
interesting stuff!