I still can't say I'd be a fan of every pick people think of for this game. As I stated in my other post I'm really tired of the boss syndrome crap (even with Goenitz getting serviceable rep at East Coast Throwdown back in October) and I can't think of much who'd be missing from XIV that would be easy to implement while appealing at the same time. Crossing that off the list gets you all the boring one-off characters which would require more effort and wouldn't really offer a lot that KoF hasn't done before in either the 2D or 3D spaces. I can't say I'm a fan of MI characters joining and I really don't think SNK would be able to go ham with guest characters outside of other SNK franchises because they don't really have enough money for it (just like how Game Freak is a "small indie company" only SNK actually puts effort into their most successful franchise)

The DLC wouldn't only be just the "fan favorites" that they're missing, or at least I wouldn't think it'd be that. A decent amount of the past DLC was recycled from... something, Team South Town was just a bunch of characters from XIV that werent in the base game, of course people made a big stink over the orochi versions of CYS, 3/5ths of season 2 were also XIV vets, Rock and Nakoruru are standout recycled content compared to other members in their teams who were actually new. It's been a pretty common theme for KoF especially since the DLC isnt Smash huge or whatever and the older games were full of recycling and regurgitating.

I get that there are a lot of fan favorite characters who havent appeared in a while but at the same time it gets really tiring hyping them up because they've been in games before and arent exactly "new" content. Kasumi is reasonable, Shen is... okay I guess since duo lon and elizabeth are also there, boss syndrome shit is just really tiring because all of the characters with that special treatment wind up becoming mid tier at best and their boss versions are really just yuotube content fodder. World Heroes and Maximum Impact content wouldnt fit with the kind of style SNK is going for now. I don't hate MI but I don't really understand why so many people hype it up, especially since it was just a small line of spinoff games and wasn't actually canon to the main games.

TrinitroRoy said, August 11, 2023, 12:42:23 am

...I am just hoping for the newcomers from the scrapped MotW 2 to show up in this game

...am I asking for too much?

I think that's a reasonable thing to ask for, honestly. I felt the same way when they did the initial reveal last year, especially since it was hot off all of the Garou 2 assets getting dumped online.

I did like the new trailer but at the same time I have the same worry as everyone else that they're just gonna dump all of the FF characters that were already in KoF into the game and call it a day. I wasn't as worried about this when they revealed that Andy and Joe were gonna be in somewhere (since they were in the aforementioned leaks) but all of the talk about Mai's voice really heightened it as I really would've wanted them to keep their promise about her not playing as big of a role due to her getting old (or something like that).

Yeah, I really hope they don't just shove a bunch of KoF characters in this. Its supposed to be a different game, not just another KoF.

Honestly, I'd rather want them to shove more of AoF if they are to shove any other outside of the FF cast.

I want this game to have a City Tour mode similar to SFVI World Tour mode, which could be its story mode. In this mode, you travel around South Town. It can do something similar but more condensed. You are playing as an original character going on missions and learning from the masters.

Kirishima said, August 06, 2023, 06:47:19 pm

Magma MK-II said, August 06, 2023, 06:35:24 pm

Hokutomaru, Kevin Rian

Many are saying that it's actually Andy and Billy Kane.

The voice just before Mai sounds way old for Hokutomaru, but for Kevin, just before the "fire" that might be Billy, isn't that also Kevin's "bingo" kick super ? And the airport was already his stage in MotW too right ? I love his style and I hope he comes back, same for Jae Hoon. And Freeman. I think Grant's staying dead though.
Is Jenet not there ?
Trailer without reaction noise https://youtube.com/watch?v=1bMKYAeMWr4

I do expect a story mode that takes place after Mark of the Wolves and might see those characters from that canceled* (more like postponed) Neo-geo sequel along with brand new characters.

I mean, they are, they literally are, its just a different coloring style.