* Ash Crimson, Oswald, Shen Woo
* K', Kula Diamond, Maxima
* Terry Bogard, Kim Kaphwan, Duck King
* B.Jenet, Gato, Tizoc "The Griffon Mask"
* Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, Shingo Yabuki
* Vanessa, Blue Mary, Ramon
* Ralf Jones, Clark Still, Whip
* Ryo Sakazaki, Yuri Sakazaki, King
* Malin, Kasumi Todoh, Eiji Kisaragi
* Elizabeth, Duo Lon, Benimaru Nikaido
* Athena Asamiya, Sie Kensou, Momoko
* Adelheid
# 40+ characters expected.
# Tags are like kof2003.
# Most of the sprites are slightly better looking than kof2003.
# Maxima, Ramon, Benimaru, Kensou, Momoko, Duck King, Eiji, B.Jenet and Iori are
unplayable at the moment. They are grayed out on the character select screen.
# Robert, Daimon, Chizuru, Yamazaki, Billy, Jhun, Hinako, Choi, Chang, Leona,
Mai and Joe are not in the game so far.
# Boss/Sub-boss is Adelheid.
# The final boss was also seen once. She is a female with long hair (pigtail).
She is very well animated with tons of hands animation.
# Same engine as NBC, not like kof98, KOF2k2 or KOF2k3.
# Tactical Leader System from kof2003 is also in.
# Modern and Hyper interface, bars and loading screen. Very polished.
# New backgrounds are very animated and beautiful, unlike Neowave and nbc.
* Lots of transparencies in special moves. Great looking unlike KOF
Neowave.
* Animations and movements are very smooth.
* Timer is 100 second a battle.
* E button does C+D attack for each character.
* Loading screen takes about 8 to 10 seconds.
* Moves motion is changed for some characters.
* Alot of new systems in the game.
* New judgment system for time-outs. The usual timer on the top of the
screen keeps tilting towards (what the game judges as) the player that's
fighting more skillfully during the match. If the match ends with a time over,
the person that the timer is tilted towards will win. It's not decision by
remaining life any more.
* Skill Meter System. its on top of the usual power meter, there's an
additional new bar called the "skill meter". It's used to pull off a
number of systems. The skill meter builds up on its own as time passes by. you
can stock up to 2 skill meters. The match starts out with the skill meter
full.
* Oswald is a tall old man that wears shades, a dark suit, red shirt and
yellow tie.
* He is very well-animated and has lots of SNK feel to him.
* He's supposed to be a gambler judging from the way that he fights by using
playing cards as most of his moves are with cards.
* He appears to be a very strong characters. Lots of people are using him at
beta tests.
* His super sees him dash forward and push the opponent to the far wall like
a move of Rugal. Then, he steps back, three cards appear in each hand, the
screen goes dark and he does a hail of slashes with the cards. Once finished he
does a nice little finishing taunt animation.
* Elizabeth fights using a horsewhip as a weapon, but she keeps it in a
sheath by her side when not in use. Kind of a cross between a horse whip and a
sword.
* Some of her special moves seem to use ice, or some kind of white
energy.
* One of her supers involves firing a barrage of this at the opponent, which
seems to hit long range and do a fair bit of damage
* B.Jenet is her Garou self.
* Kula is same as her previous KOF appearence in 2k2/Neowave.
* Athena Asamiya has new sailor (schoolgirl) outfit.
* Some strange colors: Ryo Sakazaki has pink hair and pink gi.
* Ryo Sakazaki has a new fast elbow dash, like Andy.
* Sho Hayate is no where in the game.
great were going to have another 2k3 on our hands. i'm not buying this shit
anymore
OMFG. the beta testing is on May 14-15. i can't wait to see it.
only 5 characters are confirm
Ash Crimson
Duo Lon (why just why)
Shen Woo (this guy is going to be a top tier hopefully)
Kyo Kusanagi
K'
here the offical site http://www.snkplaymore.jp/official/kof-xi/index.html
nothing there yet.
Whats that? The new King of Fighters 2004 or 2005? Or is this a New King of Fighters like the Alpha Series of Street Fighter?
Duo Lon? Say it isn't so....
KOF Wish List:
New Ash move set
New Shen Woo move set
New Iori Yagami costume
A Tag Combo System
More Garou characters....
Thanks fo rthe info man....
it's the next kof installment. i don't think they can make a kof game on a year by year bases anymore
I wonder if SNK-Playmore still going to use the tag system in 2003.
here some new info
* Ash Crimson, Oswald, Shen Woo
* K', Kula Diamond, Maxima
* Terry Bogard, Kim Kaphwan, Duck King
* B.Jenet, Gato, Tizoc "The Griffon Mask"
* Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, Shingo Yabuki
* Vanessa, Blue Mary, Ramon
* Ralf Jones, Clark Still, Whip
* Ryo Sakazaki, Yuri Sakazaki, King
* Malin, Kasumi Todoh, Eiji Kisaragi
* Elizabeth, Duo Lon, Benimaru Nikaido
* Athena Asamiya, Sie Kensou, Momoko
* Adelheid
# 40+ characters expected.
# Tags are like kof2003.
# Most of the sprites are slightly better looking than kof2003.
# Maxima, Ramon, Benimaru, Kensou, Momoko, Duck King, Eiji, B.Jenet and Iori are unplayable at the moment. They are grayed out on the character select screen.
# Robert, Daimon, Chizuru, Yamazaki, Billy, Jhun, Hinako, Choi, Chang, Leona, Mai and Joe are not in the game so far.
# Boss/Sub-boss is Adelheid.
# The final boss was also seen once. She is a female with long hair (pigtail). She is very well animated with tons of hands animation.
# Same engine as NBC, not like kof98, KOF2k2 or KOF2k3.
# Tactical Leader System from kof2003 is also in.
# Modern and Hyper interface, bars and loading screen. Very polished.
# New backgrounds are very animated and beautiful, unlike Neowave and nbc.
* Lots of transparencies in special moves. Great looking unlike KOF Neowave.
* Animations and movements are very smooth.
* Timer is 100 second a battle.
* E button does C+D attack for each character.
* Loading screen takes about 8 to 10 seconds.
* Moves motion is changed for some characters.
* Alot of new systems in the game.
* New judgment system for time-outs. The usual timer on the top of the screen keeps tilting towards (what the game judges as) the player that's fighting more skillfully during the match. If the match ends with a time over, the person that the timer is tilted towards will win. It's not decision by remaining life any more.
* Skill Meter System. its on top of the usual power meter, there's an additional new bar called the "skill meter". It's used to pull off a number of systems. The skill meter builds up on its own as time passes by. you can stock up to 2 skill meters. The match starts out with the skill meter full.
* Oswald is a tall old man that wears shades, a dark suit, red shirt and yellow tie.
* He is very well-animated and has lots of SNK feel to him.
* He's supposed to be a gambler judging from the way that he fights by using playing cards as most of his moves are with cards.
* He appears to be a very strong characters. Lots of people are using him at beta tests.
* His super sees him dash forward and push the opponent to the far wall like a move of Rugal. Then, he steps back, three cards appear in each hand, the screen goes dark and he does a hail of slashes with the cards. Once finished he does a nice little finishing taunt animation.
* Elizabeth fights using a horsewhip as a weapon, but she keeps it in a sheath by her side when not in use. Kind of a cross between a horse whip and a sword.
* Some of her special moves seem to use ice, or some kind of white energy.
* One of her supers involves firing a barrage of this at the opponent, which seems to hit long range and do a fair bit of damage
* B.Jenet is her Garou self.
* Kula is same as her previous KOF appearence in 2k2/Neowave.
* Athena Asamiya has new sailor (schoolgirl) outfit.
* Some strange colors: Ryo Sakazaki has pink hair and pink gi.
* Ryo Sakazaki has a new fast elbow dash, like Andy.
* Sho Hayate is no where in the game.
great were going to have another 2k3 on our hands. i'm not buying this shit anymore