It was on dreamcast. But was renamed into 99 the dream match.
Holy shit this is too good to be true.
If play-asia ever puts the pre-order for it up…been checking for months now.
For those that wish this game should’ve been for the 360 or X-Box, isn’t the PS2/PS3/Wii/Revo more favourable than the X-Box in Japan?
Getting this on release for sure, I’m a big fan of the pre-SNKP Kof
True but it shouldnt be that hard to put it up for download on xbl. And it would make a lot of us/eu ppl happy, not that they care about that on this one.
they put neowave on the ps2 in japan and the xbox in the states (both in europe), no reason they can’t at least do xbox outside japan if not both
Is it right there’s still no definent release date for this?
Supposedly December 31, but play-asia has no pre-order for it. They usually have pre-orders up months in advance, so I wouldn’t say that date is in stone just yet.
Oh god not the old-school Athena voices. It’s one of the few things they actually fixed in '99.
EDIT: SNKP’s sites still say the date is TBD, but I’ve heard dates ranging from November to December in rumors.
So the 2nd fighting game next to MvC2 to have so many characters. And is also good.
That intro with Krauser and Rugal is too much kickass put on the screen your eyes implode after seeing it. KAISER WAVVEE!!! I also like how Krauser’s Kaiser Wave turns crimson red when charged to max. Plus the blitz balls are red after he does the move. Kinda like how Kairi gets his powerup off of SFEX3 after that Beam Hadoken super. Man Im so pumped for this it aint funny. I already got my team on standby even though I play with every1. Hopefully they are taking into consideration to be able to play any country online like they maybe doing with VF5.
Yes! I always play King of Fighters '98 in my Arcade!
And it’s also out for the Wii!
Instant buy!
Most will say that it actually never left, but the most popular KOF game ever is getting an update now scheduled for the arcades too. The PS2 version of The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match has been in development for almost 2 years now and supposedly it’ll be out next January. It will be the base, according to the latest issue of Arcadia Magazine, of the now-officially-announced-for-the-spring version for the arcades. Which makes us wonder, of course, what system will SNK Playmore be using for this iteration – Taito’s Type-X doesn’t look like the best choice, you know (not that it has too many options, anyway).
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20071129/kof.htm
http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/event/kof98_um/index.html
And here I was saving up for an end 2007 console release which I was hoping for.
I am checking up for pre-orders for months also.
Next to adding " Ultimate Mode", the other being " Advanced Mode" and " Extra Mode",
it seems they are going to re-balance the game.
The King of Fighters 98 is the reason why I have got a Neo-Geo MVS.
So no news on a Western release I assume?
No, look at mvc2 and CFJ. THAT’S some mugen shit.
But it probably will be. Just because the TX2 has the power, doesn’t mean that SNK has to, or even has the ability to utilize all of that potential. They went with the TX2 because of the ease of development that the platform offers, as well as being relatively cost effective. Not so much because they were all that interested in HD-capable games. I mean, Samurai Spirits SEN looks real nice, but it probably is in the same shcool of graphical quality that VF4 was capable of. In short, SEN’s about as next-gen as KOF:MI Reg A.
Furthermore, the TX2 is basically high-end Windows hardware. Can’t be that hard to get a port of a port of a heavily upgraded MVS game to run on Windows-based hardware, now can it?
But in any case, I can’t wait for this game. The only thing that stands to disappoint me about it is that they decided to stick with the pre-98 versions of Kasumi and Eiji, instead of their much better versions that came later on…ah well, maybe their EXs will offer something interesting. EX Geese and EX Yamazaki (with their Real Bout FF2 stuff) stand to please, most definitely…
I am betting EX Geese is Real Bout Geese…without a doubt…meaning either way Geese will be probably high on the tier list…
Another reason to love my Japanese PS2.
Co-sign…