Aye yo, I just got a crazy prediction for next weeks trailer.
Ok you know how for the last two weeks they have been opening the trailers with some creative gimmick using a cute girl character. Well I think they will go 3 for 3.
Picture this: you see the āBurn To Fightā banner and then you hear in bright girly voice āAre you ok?ā. The screen flashes to Alice fighting Terry. She does a bunch of girly versions of Terryās move(which I will probably hate, but itās ok. Thatās not the part thatās supposed to make me hype). And next We see Ramon fighting somebody(the part thatās supposed to make me hype), he does some hype af lucha bullshit. And lastly we get to see Ryo fighting Robert. He does shoto stuff like a shoto. Also he has the chop and air fireballs
This works perfectly, the last two trailers have perfectly balanced Cutesy little girls(Sylvie and Athena), characters for the OGs and the dudebros(Kim and Nelson), and something in between(Vice and Luong)
If I am right about even one prediction, I am officially the new King of this discussion
I have always love Kyo he is my main, but if they dont fix his face and hair Im afraid im not going to use him anymore. As for cannon team obviously i will go for Team Mexico I love Angel and Ramon as for KoD I will give him a chance
Anyone with a grounded overhead gets bonus points on my list of potential mains, extra bonus points if itās super cancelable like a few of XIIIās were (both Ioris, Vice, Ryo). Overhead, quick max, low, combo to EX shenanigans for one meter, or thereās low, quick max, overhead, SDM for two (when applicable). Just something to consider when looking for a main with mixups. Vice should receive special mention as she can probably still do throw mixups as well (if they donāt alt guard) ⦠Alternate guard is still in, right?
On Athena: Iām not really a fan of the āmoeā face they gave her, and that extends to the other cutesy characters they revealed as well (Kula and Paula). Like SAC-CA has already mentioned I think it might be an uncanny valley thing for me, as her eyes just seem a little too big along with the nose being too small.
Itās at least an improvement over what they did to her in KOF13, though my favourite iterations of Athena were these:
Those lighting effects are nice but I doubt SNK will implement them. I think the game will unfortunately look like a high res PS2 game. It will be graphically dissapointing but I think as a KOF fan you get used to shitty graphics. The appeal of KOF has never been its graphics since itās always been a terrible looking series. It would have been nice to have a 2D.5 KOF game graphically on par with its competition but thatās fine, the gameplay has and always will be what sells KOF and so far the game looks really hype.
Wow thatās an old ass post. Well that first one is wrong, after people complained about the jumps being slow and floaty at PSX Oda said they would bring the jump speeds closer to classic KoF. Everything else though yeah. If you liked 13 because of combos you should probably just start playing anime games.