King Of Fighters General Discussion

More info for KOF XIV:

Producer Oda:

- "We're going to have 50 characters from launch, which is the most that the series has had. We've been having a crazy time making them."

- "As for the online, we want to polish it up and make it high quality while keeping in mind the issues that our past releases in the series have had."

- "The Ash chapter has reached its conclusion and XIV is going to be a new saga. Please look forward to the new characters and how the returning popular characters will get involved with them."

- "We're planning a gallery mode that features past artworks from the series, and we think everyone will be happy at the volume [of contents] in KOFXIV."

- "SNK has been out of game production after KOFXIII. We're starting off from scratch again, so we're taking this as a new challenge and stepping into a new direction (with XIV)."

- "We've assembled a new team of developers [for the creation of XIV], but we're completely starting off from scratch and building up knowledge. We're experiencing the hardships of creating something new and it's been pretty tough. (laughs)"

- "We hope to [have XIV] participate in various tournaments both large and small. It's something we'll need to think about."

- "We've been talking inside the company about hosting our own original tournament, but there's nothing solid to talk about for now."

- "We're working on XIV so that it'll be a very balanced game from launch, but we'll consider updates later on while checking on the reaction of players."

- "We've announced 3 new characters this time for Taipei Game Show, but we'll be releasing more info to come. Please look forward."


Oda replied:

- "You mean in the default 50, or as additional characters? Well it sounds interesting! We'll give it a thought."

Explanations on several of KOF14's character concepts:

- Kula, Leona, and Iori are designed to play similarly to previous iterations.

- Andy has some changes from the past; for example, he has a new twirling move in the air done by down and fierce kick.

- Kyo is likewise a bit different from before, and he has a new low-hit move available for his Rekkas.

Other notes:

- The meters are kept "simple" in KOF14 and this won't be changed in the final version.

- The Chinese language version of KOF14 was announced.

- The build shown at the Taipei Game Show presentation was in Chinese, but it featured the same roster from December's showing in LA.

- The slideshow shown during presentation said 無需追加DL which has the words "free" and "DL" in them, but it simply means that the 50 characters are available by default and there's no need to buy them as DL add-ons.

Terry Bogard, Clark Still, Maxima and possibly Tizoc returns in KOF XIV.

Here are the current characters as of now



King went back to her KOF '99 look, nut she looks great. K' as always look straight good.

Choi, Tung Fu Rue, and Chin revealed in KOFXIV.

Ugh.....Choi.

Don't care much about Tung Fu Rue and Chin Gentsai.

SNK, PLEASE DON'T BRING BACK BAO! He is so lame as hell!

Is this one true or something?

It's a leak.

It looks fake to me. But it looks impressive.

Who is this girl? She looks quite interesting.

EDIT: The name of the new character, the cute girl, is Sylvie Paula Paula (weird name) who wields electric powers like Benimaru. She is also a former member of NESTS. Looks like K' will kill her if he sees her. Nice to see Vice and Kim!

Everyone favorite idol, Athena Asamiya returns along with 2 newcomers, Nelson, and Luong.

Finally! Athena Asamiya! Luong looks cool.

Good to see Ryo Sakazaki! Geese Howard's return is cool.

Mui Mui looks interesting, the same for that hooded fighter who controls sand.

Pffft.........Mai Shiranui.

It's cool to see Joe in. The name of the new character is Banderas Hattori.

Complete Teams and Characters in KOF XIV:

Japan team: Kyo, Benimaru, Goro

Women Fighters Team: King, Mai, Alice

Yagami Team: Iori, Mature, Vice

K' team: K', Kula, Maxima

Mexico team: Ramón, Angel, King Of Dinosaurs

Kim team: Kim, Luong, Gang-II

Fatal Fury team: Terry, Andy, Joe

Art Of Fighting team: Ryo, Robert, Yuri

Psycho Soldier team: Antena, Kensou, Chin

Ikari Warriors team: Ralf, Clark, Leona

South Town team: Geese, Billy, Hein

South America team: Nelson, Zarina, Banderas

Another World team: Nakoruru, Mui Mui, Love Heart

Villains team: Chang, Choi, Xanadu

China team: Tung Fu Rue, Shun'ei, Meitenkun

Official Invitation team: Sylvie, Kukri, Mian


Newcomers are: Zarina, Love Heart, Alice, Meitenkun, Shun'ei, Mian, Hein, Xanadu and Gang-II.

Yuri, Nakoruru, Kensou, Ramón, Mature and Goro return.

It will hit on PS4 in America on August 23rd. This game is not getting an European release so I'm left out. Thanks alot SNK. It's not getting the PAL version. I am absolutely furious.

Hype for Shun'ei, Gang-Il, Luong, Alice, Love Heart, Geese, ARE YOU OKAY?!, K', Kula, Mai, GODDAMNIT TOO MUCH TO LIKE!

K', Kula and Shun'ei will be my main team. K', King and Nakoruru will be my second main team.

However, I'm still pissed at SNK for not releasing this game in the European region.

Isn't the PS4 region free though? You could just import it