Holy hell Orochi is in this?
i hope Orochi, Goenitz, and Orochi Iori/Leona are tourny legal.
Yeah we saw it it was posted earlier…so that people can stop the prehgate on KOFXII…we can talk about KOF98 UM!!!
Here are some promotional psters for-
KOFXII (you’ve seen it )- http://www.cyberfanatix.com/img/news/tgs2007/kofxii2.jpg
Sam Sho Slash- http://www.cyberfanatix.com/img/news/tgs2007/t_sssen2.jpg
World Heroes Gorgeous- http://www.cyberfanatix.com/img/news/tgs2007/t_98whg.jpg
Samurai Spirits Collection- http://www.cyberfanatix.com/img/news/tgs2007/ssss.jpg
KOF98 UM- http://www.cyberfanatix.com/img/news/tgs2007/t_98whg.jpg
Theyve already shown artwork and confirmed Orochi and Leona and al of them are in this. Goenitz too…
But…if they are not default characters they wont be tournament legal…and if you look at the character select screen…there arent enough places for them…plus we’ve seen the default chaacters…meaning also Eiji, Kasumi MAY NOT be default also.
My bet is they will e SECRET only.
98UM has all the stages you see from 96-97 also…thus making many believe “Will this make 96 and 97 extinct?”
DG - what can janne do? she seems like the worst in the game by far. shura has a good ex and amazing dp, and his guard break normal is fast. carn has forward and medium kick. id gon through firebals with this and won matches with nothing else. alternate forward plus mk, wk. strong pressure.
i wish this game got more competitive play. its charmed the hell out of me, just the same way ST did (so much bs… every character has something totally absurd))
Janne was in her best in WH2…1 frame jabs etc…but the best she has is the Ivy mixup with the whip…she is good to counter SOME…but yeah she aint THAT GREAT…I still use her though…
WHP will get more competitive play, dont you see thats THE GOAL?
Plus the more talk about it…the more interest it garners…so you’ve found your second lost love…just by me deciding to throw a tournament in it at Evo World.
Hyperhal I hope you see a WAKU WAKU 7 Sunsoft collection with another game Galaxy Fight) coming out also dont you??? IN the pic with Samurai Spirits… More can jump on the Waku Waku 7 love.
Yes also just realized some of those pics are DOUBLE. Breakers Revenge next needs to be released to PS2…the Breakers collection with 1 and 2 though Revenge is gonna be played lol.
Does that mean UM is getting a US release? I haven’t heard any official word on if it will drop here or not, I would like to know…stress induced migraines need to go lol.
It’s possible DG that they were left out on the character select screen purposely just to give them something to show at the Tokyo game show. But you are right on spacing on the select screen, so who knows. I would like to see them be tourney legal, either way it’s some characters to have fun with and make UM bigger.
Thats retarded to say characters wont be legal if they are not unlocked by default. look at marvel.
how about we ban based on whats broken instead? even kof98 has characters that dont ave their own slots that are default unlocked and legal (o’yash/chris/sherie, old kyo etc).
dont get ban happy!!
O Iori and O Leona could probably accessed by holding Start before picking them if they’ll stick to what they have does before with Alternate versions of characters. im guessing Eiji/Kasumi/O Leona/O Iori/Goenitz/Orochi will be tourney legal.
I have a friend who is a die-hard Geonitz and Joe fan, it’d be easier to get him to play this if Geonitz is indeed tourney legal. Guy is pretty nasty in most games, I don’t expect that to change much.
Well Keits…thats been the rule overall…also looking at that…you cant apply that across the board…
Across the board you cant apply that to NGBC even because we know Mars Peep and G.Athena and Mizuchi and King Lion and Neo Dio aint god tier broken right?
Okay then guys I guess the only thing constant about banning is-
“If they are console characters only!!”
Which wont apply because this is A CONSOLE GAME.
So its gonna be hard to enforce ban eh??
Until we get some rules across the board, so then first 98 Um tourney should that mean NO HOLES BARRED?
So you telling me I can win playing Orochi? or Orochi Iori? Because I will form the ULTIMATE TOURNAMENT TEAM…
Winning tournaments/placing high isnt about looking pretty or playing to be approved by your peers 
…its TO WIN.
So I could have a team of Orochi Iori, Goenitz, Orochi, assuming they all get toned down from their boss counterpart correct?..
Also why ban Ultimate Mode by that token? We dont have an arcade to compare it to…so why not let everything be tested out first right?
That includes EX characters right??? That means the first 98 UM tourney is gonna be hard to form rules on!!!
Like with Boss Young Geese vs. regular…I will know PRETTY FAST whether the boss versions playable is different from the CPU versions.
Just playing devils advocate here.
98 UM i also coming to the Wii in America.
Just had a pleasant surprise. Ignition is gonna release AOF Anthology over here in Europe. Very random but great news for a semi-collector like me.
Anyone excited for Sam Sho 2 coming to the sexbox? Maybe some online play will bring a tiny itsy bitsy revival. I don’t know, I am a fan of the game so I am pretty elated that they are releasing one of SNK’s greatest games onto Live. Even though there are other means of playing the game online, we saw how HF and FFS had a decent amount of players on the servers within the first few weeks; something tells me a similar feat will happen with this title, if and when it gets released.
Does anyone know why SNK is releasing a shit ton of games in late 2008 / early 2009 and not now? It seems KOF 98 UM and KOF XII is taking way too long, but that could just be me.
Props to DG for maintaining this primo thread.
YEs, the first tournaent should be no bans. we ban AFTER we prove something is worth baning. not on a hunch.
http://the-magicbox.com/0709/game070922d2.shtml
Alt. link for UM stuff. Hm, not digging the cockpit and the look so far, reminds me alot of NW (then again, technically it is something like 98’s NW). But I’ll be more than happy if the gameplay turns out alright.
Iapetus- Thanks man its getting time for the 3rd thread.its getting on up there…as soon as the EVO vids plus discussion comes then yeah its off to the 3rd thread!!! Ihope you liked those Sam Sho 1 matches!!!
Also yes I am stoked for more promotion of SS2 because then I know more will buy it for the Wii…and more will play SS2 tournaments when I start holding them!!!
As far as more info on 2008/9 not so much…we do know they are making Reg A part 2…
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Keits- **True…but think of this…does this mean we need to hold a 98UM tournament or bunches of tournies BEFORE FRXI?? Why? Because if we dont then FRXI will come up with rules in the game…which we may or may not like correct?
FRXI has it as an OFFICIAL GAME…thus we need to have a good amount of tournaments in the game right? Thus we need to push tournaments for KOF98UM ASAP right?
Playing Devils advocate again.
4neqs is right…this is KOF 98 NEOWAVE…think about it…yes it IS!!!
HEre’s what I think on new chars and banning…
I’d say we need the mode that allows the most balanced characters.
The 96 bosses/Kasumi/Eiji should be legal- otherwise why not just run arcade 98? When you have something BETTER, you should run it.
The EX version of characters should be legal if they add to balance, banned if not.
Goenitz/Orochi/O-Iori/O-Leona- wait and see.
Kasumi/Eiji/Big/Krauser/Geese- allow unless they are god tier (as in way better then Iori/Goro)
As for tournies, I Hope NC December tourney holds one.
I’m just surprised KOFXII isn’t for Wii.
Why not?
It’s unique and adds excitement and extra strategy to matches.
So, why not?
I’ll only be excited about 98UM**** if**** it’s the NEW arranged version that’s used for tournies and not just the old NeoGeo version which I can see happening if:
- There is something terribly wrong or broken with UM
or
- The hardcore purists who never want to try anything new (especially new versions of “perfect” games) whine and get their way about playing the original version over the new.
Can’t wait for 98UM! Comes out in November for the PS2 import?
That soon? Damn SNK, you are a busy company this year.
Anyone know when the Orochi collection will head to PSP and if it’ll include wireless multiplayer? Would be dumb if a fighting game didn’t, but you never know.
From those pics posted Eiji and Kasumi are with Kyo’s reject protege. Orochi, Geonitz, and the two Orochi’s aren’t shown. There are two blank spaces next to Rugal, so I’m guessing that is for Orochi and Geonitz and the Orochi’s will do the whole hold start and select Iori or Leona.
…I’m sure if I came up with this everyone else already drew the same conclusion lol.