You haven’t even played MK9 yet.
Part of me hopes that game sucks so people will learn not to count their chickens before they hatch.
I meant the direction it’s headed. The direction of series looks much better now under Warner Bros than it was under Midway. It also helps that it gathered the mild interest people who turn their noses at the franchise.
Ah. Well, I’m admittedly pessimistic about the game until it actually gets play and we find out its not like the pedigree of the previous series. Its actually just like how I think about Sonic; they’ve been poor for so long I just find it better to assume the worst until proven otherwise. Rather than have all the built up hype and have it potentially shattered… =/
What have weeaboos done to you bro?
Although very shocking bad news, as Kane said on DreamCancel, as one door closes, others might open up…
When the original SNK died in around 2000-2001, we got KOF 2002 and SNK vs Capcom out of nowhere…so who knows what will happen now
In other news, KOF 98 UM Final Edition and KOF 2002 UM just got dated for release this month on Taito’s revolutionary NESiCAxLive Arcade service.
KOF remakes for ?98 and 2002 coming Jan. 24th to NESiCA ? Arcade Heroes
98 UM …FE!!! \o/
Even if SNK does go back into making new fighters, they are going to go that NESiCA crap route which means now only JAPAN gets to play SNK fighters and the rest of the world is screwed!
Just like what happened with BBSCII!
Hecatom
9268
dont tell me that you are one of those fucking fools that believe that asw only makes gg clonse, cuz that is bullshit
they have Battle Fantasia a good example of the “old school” formula
plus the people behind gg were the ex snk’s who made the last blade 1 & 2, they are more than capable to do the series great justice
Kofing
9270
I’m one of you that would rather KOF ends forever than seeing Capcom handle KOF.
And CAPCOM always fail me.
Xavion
9271
Having Capcom buy the IP wouldn’t necissarily be the worst thing in the world, as long as they also get most of the KOFXIII team on board as well. Hell, that would almost be ideal because KOF projects would actually have a proper QA team and proper marketing (two of the many things at which SNKP was wholly incompetent).
However, given that Capcom would almost certainly treat KOF as the read-headed step-child compared to SF, ASW would be good, or maybe another Japanese gaming company that currently doesn’t have a fighting division can buy the IP, absorb the gaming staff that SNKP would almost certianly be jettsoning after this move, and have that team work as they did before but with competent business management. SNKP’s problems were never really on the creative side; it was always the business management that managed to fuck things up left and right. Like James Callis (Baltar in the recent Battlestar Galactica) said about SyFy, “Those people couldn’t sell water to a man marooned in the desert.”
I think however that we all have to face the more probable reality that KOF is going to go the way of Wing Commander, Legacy of Kain, Homeworld and Descent as a great series trapped forever in the IP limbo of an effectively defunct company.
RIP.
I think it’s pretty much a no-brainer for them to license their franchises to other developers, they just won’t be making them in house. They could let the other company absorb a lot of the risk that they’re trying to avoid. I just hope that developer isn’t Capcom. I would be seriously sad if KOF became another Street Turtler 4.
I don’t see how Capcom getting a hold of it would be the end of world. SNKP themselves haven’t been doing them any justice. Metal Slug hasn’t been good since the third game. SNKP follow ups have been mediocre at best. I only even get into the travesty that is Metal Slug 3D. All the other crap they dished out like SVC: Chaos, Samurai Shodown Sen, Maximum Impact series, KoF 2k3. It really feels no different from what Sega is doing with Sonic.
I don’t want the IPs to die. Like them or not, I rather see someone else who knows what their doing to handle it than let it sink further down a hole by it’s owner.
To be honest, I KNEW this might? happen ever since the KOF12 fiasco so I am not too surprised about this.
Still sucks that this is happening though. 
Laban
9275
Implying LB1 and 2 are actually good and Battle Fantasia was a dull game. By ASW’s current track record in recent times, it’s been iffy. Sure Team Neo Blood and all but I don’t see the magic touch anywhere in current games. Don’t get me wrong, I love Last Jump 2 but it doesn’t mean it’s a good game as evidenced by the many bugs, bans, and tier compressions. The only character that seems to win tournies that isn’t in the top tier is Amano who is just one spot below the top 5. If anything, if ASW picks up franchise it’ll most probably be mediocre with strange balance adjustments. Not much different than SNKP has been doing but with the advent of 98umFE and how well the top viable characters in 02um are diverse in style and counter each other has been a good sign of balancing competence from SNKP’s side. The main problem currently in XIII is just Narrow Spike > Minute Spike > DP being possible, Drop Kicks, and Ex Shoulder Tackles. Otherwise each of the characters in the game actually have been crafted to actually be good and be in one of their best incarnations within the series except for Terry.
XIII should just get one last competent rebalance, be ported out, then SNKP die in peace.
I really doubt Capcom would buy KOF. They have enough fighting game franchises as is. They might buy it just to take away the competition in Asia, but Capcom has been focused on getting business from the West. So I don’t see it. Another company will probably take it.
Hecatom
9277
battle fantasia is not dull, this is a sad missconception, the game has a lot of interesting stuff, the problem is that many people dont understand the game at all
as for tlb2, well, how many fighting game series have come without bugs and weird shit on them, it take iterations to get the games on a “perfect” spot, just remember the glitches on sf2 or sf3 2i for example
the more freedom that you give the chars on the game, there is more posibilities for shit poping up from no where
as for sbx and hnk, their problems came from time restrictions and other stuff concerning the requeriments of the projects
I just find LB series ridiculously boring. Offensively so. Beautiful visuals, but that’s all I gleaned out of it.
/Opinion
c001357
9279
no one plays SNKP games anyway
