While I’m happy about the hand-drawn sprites and the smooth animation, after watching some of the loketest vids, I’m not sold on everything. Ralf is way too big, like steroids big, Joe is way too skinny, and other guys like Ryo, Terry and Andy are just a little too thick. I admire them for redoing the art, but some of the sprites are wrong. On the other hand, Leona and Kensou look pretty good. Somewhat undecided on Iori’s new look though.
That said, the gameplay looks pretty solid, and when this gets a stateside release I’ll be picking it up. Glad to see Joe back.
Oh well, hopefully they’ll put more ladies in XIII. Also, maybe there will be a few console-exclusive characters… crosses fingers for Mai’s godly bewbage
they don’t play for story…they don’t play for characters, even…I guess they play for tits, yet go figure they diss DoA (with good reason, though, but still…it’s the tittiest Alright fighter of the bunch)
Who’s this “they” you refer to? The people who notice that only 2 out of 20 characters are female? Ppf, this isn’t 1993… that few female fighters in a cast this size is a bit unprecedented, perhaps even sexist.
Though, the King of Fighters franchise wasn’t ever exactly renowned for its female characters… I can count memorable KoF ladies on one hand.
the people saying that they don’t play fighting games for story (in which case, you just want a moveset you can win with…which means why even fucking bother developing characters if thats how it’s gonna be for you?) and the people complaining about the fact that Mai “Tits McGee” Shiranui isn’t in it…
Really though, it should be taken as sarcasm…since I don’t take the internet seriously like, ever…
And that shit looks too sick. And I’m glad they made the change because it looked too simple and now it looks stylish. Now just come out on PS3 so I can import the bitch.
New meters look Gorgeous. And seeing Kyo glow with flames again is very cool. Man, I wish SNK had a more sensible, focused way of showing off their game… especially something in ENGLISH. SNK desperately needs it’s own “Capcom-Unity” style site, seriously. It’s be a “cheap” way to, you know, pretend they actually care about promotion, and keeping their overseas fans informed. Not to mention that I’d be a great hub for the XBLA releases to have some fandom.
Oh, might as well ask, does anyone know what happened to snkneogeousaconsumer.com’s forum? At least it was SOMETHING for SNK community people to frequent, that was actually tied to the company…
Their sensible way of showcasing their game in English will be at my event (I’d interview staff, players reactions etc on the DVD for the Major)…(On the 2nd draft of my business proposal for their assistance at the SNKP Major in El Paso, Texas)