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Zakeru · January 30, 2016, 11:28pm

1st video from Taipei Game show
https://twitter.com/NuraYagami/status/693491165287616513

Hadoking · January 31, 2016, 12:12am

Gotta admit, that was kinda lame.

Diavle · January 31, 2016, 1:26am

I’m fairly certain they aren’t doing 2D art because of the move to 3D, they want people to get accustomed to that idea. It makes sense, that’s why even the in game art and promo art are CG, makes sense imo.

Magegg · January 31, 2016, 1:58am

Then why Street Fighter and Tekken does it?

JohnGrimm · January 31, 2016, 2:59am

Capcom and Namco are not SNK. They do not have the same team, the same budget, the same goals, they are different people with different ideas. What they do is irrelevant.

Magegg · January 31, 2016, 3:06am

I was just trying to point 3D graphics and 2D artwork are not mutually exclusive. SF and Tekken for example, have no problem using traditional artwork even when their games are 3D.

samirerre · January 31, 2016, 3:14am

your both right, snk is not restricted to only 2d art,they already did this in the past with ff wild ambition and kof 2000.
however i also think this time around they will use 3d art.and thiere delaying it for until the ingame visuals are finalized.

Diavle · January 31, 2016, 3:20am

This is their first foray into 3D with the mainline series and it’s a pretty big deal, both to them and their fans. This way it’s loud and clear that the series has moved to 3D no matter if you look at a screen shot, character art work in the game, a win screen or promo material. If you are an existing fan then your attention will be caught regardless, if you weren’t into KOF before then this might catch your curiosity.

Pertho · January 31, 2016, 6:41am

When is this coming out?

djseifer · January 31, 2016, 7:41am

2016 is the only announced date.

AT_Ryo_Sakazaki · January 31, 2016, 9:17pm

KOFXIV’s developers at SNKPlaymore are well-aware of the complaints on graphics and are working hard on polishing them up, according to a new interview posted on Impress Gamewatch.

game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20160131_741552.html

The following is a synopsis provided by MMCafe / The Madman’s Cafe.

The developers at SNKPlaymore are making sure that KOFXIV has the “feel” of KOF, so that when anyone touches it, the controls still feel like a KOF game even though the visuals are in 3D.

KOFXIV’s development team has staff returning from the 1990 as well as KOF 02, 03, and XIII. The ratio is about equal.

Kyo’s physique have gotten muscular over the years so they’re making him slim again and giving him a more modern design

Reconfirming what he said numersou times, Oda stated that XIV will feature a new storyline.

There won’t be minigames in KOFXIV, but SNKPlaymore has a ton of past artworks in their collection so they’re planning to include a gallery mode in the game.

KOF going 3D doesn’t mean that all games in the future will also go 3D. However that’s also to say that past SNK titles have the potential to return in 3D.

(Talking about XIV’s game system)
“Before going on to adding new systems, we went through a reevaluation of all the systems in KOF. For example, whether we really needed 4 different kinds of jumps, whether the Maxmode is good, which titles were most loved by the players, whether there were unneeded systems, and so on. After doing so, we decided to brush up on each of the system and make them new.”

“For example, previous KOF games had different number of supers per character and only some had an EX version, so we made that universal. And since it’s a console game, we threw in the Rush Combo system. We also wanted something fun that people can challenge during battles, so we added the Just Defence system that we’re still tweaking.”

(Regarding new characters)
“I can’t reveal the number, but there’s quite a few of them when you include the new characters and SNK characters. Quite a number of them. (laughs)” **Note that Oda says SNK characters, not KOF

(Regarding XIV’s 3D graphics)
“We’re getting a lot of negative feedback on the visuals, so we’re still polishing up on that. I think everyone will be happy by the time the game is finished.”

(Will there be stories for each character?)
“We’re planning on making a solid story mode.”

(Will story mode be in 2D or 3D?)
“Please look forward to the final product (laughs)”

(Will there be official tournaments, events, etc?)
“We can’t make a solid reply but we’ve thinking of it.”

(KOF is poplular in China. Are there plans to include Chinese character(s)?)
“The game will have Traditional Chinese/Simplified Chinese support. There will be a stage based on China and Character(s) too so please look forward.”

Hadoking · January 31, 2016, 10:04pm

Glad to see they’re making progress. The way he said SNK instead of KOF kinda gives the leaked roster more credibility. Also…

KOF 5,110 already came out? :o

rukawa_kaede · February 1, 2016, 12:32am

I thought it was a good idea to reserve the 2D style for smaller projects like make a garou2, samsho vii/last blade 3 or even metal slug with XIII graphics.

Laban · February 1, 2016, 1:08am

I’m thinking they should finish Garou Mark of the Wolves 2 in 2D and do a KOFXIIIUM, of course in 2D. I’d like to see new Samsho and Last Blade in 3D though but with Xrd-like character model warping and cel-shading to make it look like it’s 2D. To make it distinct from Xrd, I’d like to see thick ink-like outlines around models like they do in some of the Samsho art that mimics thick brush strokes found in Japanese calligraphy. I guess the closest thing to that kind of idea is Okami, but at least with the newly discovered Arcsys Team Red technique, SNKP could take that art style and make it even more 2-D like.

If anything, I’d like to see an SNKP & Arcsys collaboration for Samsho and/or Last Blade. I especially want to see it for Last Blade since I perceive the Guilty Gear series as the spiritual game-play successor to Last Blade.

ReoGeoSRK · February 1, 2016, 1:19am

I think KOFXIV’s graphics will be good when all is said and done. The trailers and gameplay vids don’t tend to the the visuals justice and the game only seems to look good in screenshots which is odd. Also did oda just confirm the leaked roster list is legit given he mentioned SNK characters and not just KOF characters.

Laban · February 1, 2016, 1:21am

I’m wondering if Nakoruru in Alternate World Team is a test bed for a new Samsho.

BzChoy · February 1, 2016, 1:30am

They better make her busted like in CvS1.

Magegg · February 1, 2016, 2:22am

Yes, Last Blade was designed by a guy that went later to form Arc Sys, right? I think the game is extremely underrated, it had lots of cool characters like Okina, Shigen and Akari, some of them you can find big resemblances in the Arc System games.

If great art can return to the game, I would love a new Last Blade, but I don’t think the game was popular enough and I don’t think a new development team could make it an honor U__U

ReoGeoSRK · February 1, 2016, 2:55am

How come the graphics for last blade are so good compared to other SNK games. No joke, if SNK made all their future fighters with last blade level graphics but at high resolution I wouldn’t give a fuck about 3D graphics. On that not why doesn’t SNK just do that I’m pretty sure everyone would universally love that look

Naeras · February 1, 2016, 4:28am

I know I’m late on this, but making saying that making promotional sprites is a “waste of resources” assumes that the graphics designers could spend their time on something else. This is often not the case. If you’re making the visuals, you’re likely good at that particular aspect of game development, and nothing else.

Also XIII was a very good looking game.

PS: because I’m bored, here’s the background of the computer I’m sitting on:

Spoiler

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/Nan0/iori_zpswk8upmb6.png

I don’t really like the design of most KOF-characters, but Iori is one of my favorite characters design-wise.