They died in '97, and now that the seal on Orochi is fine again, they can’t come back as ghosts.
Source link?
But allegedly Vice and Mature are back in this game as well.
Is IV confirmed story or is it a dream match?
Ask Tony.
It’s not confirmed anything, but dollars to donuts it’s not a dream match.
but they’ve appeared tons of times after '97
Those weren’t canonical games.
Really? 98 isn’t cannon? Mind blown :o
*I’m glad you’re going. Dating back to the pre-kof12 release you’ve been one of the most fair people posting about KoF games gameplay mechanics. *
98 is what we call a Dream Match. Typically at the end of a story saga, SNK will throw the canon out the window for a game to make a dream match. This game will not be held to the rules of the story, so characters who are dead/too young can join and characters that aren’t in the KoF timeline can jump in because none of that matters. That’s one of the big reasons these games are so popular, they generally try to get in as many fan favorites as they can, but also because it’s the end of the saga they additionally tend to be more balanced and well designed because they had several games to adjust to the changes to the engine and such.
Uh…yeah…98 was the very first KOF Dream Match Game.
As you may have guessed, I’m pretty new to KOF
“No K’ no Cash”?
Yamazaki appeared 2003 as well. He didn’t die because of Orochi’s seal.
Since I’m most likely to get an answer here: How active are '98, '02, and XIII on Steam?
I have all three on stream but only tried to play 02 online. That game is a ghost town. The netcode wasn’t good enough to sustain a community. The handful of times I played online there was heavy lag. A few times it turned the game into a slideshow.
Tomorrow is the day!!!
No, Yamazaki never died because he never actually participated in anything involving Orochi.
Yamazaki and Billy shared a hospital room after the events of 2003.
Then Billy was rejuvenated when he put on his old overalls again, fresh out of the washing and drying machine (Thanks Lily!). The power of Snuggle Soft brought Billy back.