The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match

Yeah thats when I am gonna hit 98UM exclusively hard…when it hits…

Yes it will be in tournaments…

Time we started bugging Ignition Entertainment about a Euro release!

I went to their press gathering at GDC. Even though they had a playable version for the PS2, they still told me that it is set for a late Q4 release. :sad:

…For the States, right?

I can’t imagine the Japanese having to wait that long, at least…

Yeah. For the US release. I should have asked when it was supposed to be released in Japan while I was there. Oh well…

I was able to go through all the menus and stuff like that so it looks like it’s pretty much ready.

Oh yeah…will be fiending on this when it comes out for sure! Time to practice my combos with Regular/Orochi Chris again!

Yeah it should come out in the states the same time as in Japan right? Thats how they make games nowadays from what I heard

Hahaha I don’t think you understand how SNK USA operates.

ive should of been in this thread a long time ago. at last, Rugal will finally get his revenge for losing his eye to Goenitz and Takuma will get his revenge on Mr.Big for kidnapping his daughter kof style.

Krauser and Bernstein have the best intro, i love it. this reminds me of the time i ask Darkgeese and Return of Shiki about these two fellas.

respect the House of Strolheim School of Martial Arts.

I lolled pretty hard

Same here. But seriously, snk games are pretty much already completed as far as american localization when they’re released in japan. There’s no need whatsoever for the hold-up, except for the english version of the instruction manual. Retarded. We still get the exact same game as they get in japan, with the same hidden characters, music, ect. I could understand if we got exclusive added conent, but for what we get, the release dates shouldn’t be so far apart.

In the Gamespot interview the SNK person said KOF98UM will come out in US in Q4 2008.
Let’s hope they keep up their word.

They need time to add slow-down. :wonder:

COME ON PEOPLE, LET’S HYPE THIS SHIT UP!!!

who are u looking forward to? what are ur teams?

im fucking happy Wolfgang Krauser’s back even tho he was in one game. but despite his crappy moves in the past, it was Rugals’ homage that inspired me to choose him without ever doubting him again. plus i found out they modified his moves along with some new ones…!!! all i can think of is… “I’ll chisel you gravestone, sleep well.”

my team for kof98 um:

Team House of Strolheim
Wolfgang Krauser
Rugal Bernstein
Saisyu Kusanagi

Team KYOKUGEN, BITCH!
Takuma Sakazaki
Robert Garcia
Ryo Sakazaki

Team Loud and Proud
Joe Higashi
Ralf
Yashiro

find me on ggpo -> Lag

Haven’t been in here in a while, any pre-orders available yet for the JPN PS2 version?

No pre-orders are available yet…

Man, releasing this during the Christmas Season? I know people are hype for dat '98, but that seems like a fool’s gambit if they want to make anything remotely like good money. Still can’t wait, Brawl to SFHDRemix to SFIV (hopefully) to '98 and on and on. Life is good.

But wait…if you all just wanna play regular 98’ you can warm up on the US PS2 version of Orochi Collection…

Is this the version that will be used at Evo East? I haven’t played in a tournament yet so I don’t know what version is used.

Back cover please