King of Fighters XI

[Daeval]

Wow.....when will the horror stop?

Too many of these crappy games already.

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They'll keep milking it forever. As long as threads like this exist and people get excited from every scrap SNK throws out, they'll keep taking advantage.

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Meh. While I'd like to see some more innovation, the last few have been good solid fun. I can understand getting tired of them, but new 2D fighters are a rare breed these days, so I get my fix where I can.

[L.S.D]

I still enjoy 2D fighter better than 3D one. 3D = eye-candy

with not much gameplay (ok, I do like Tekken and Soulcalibur )

[Agozer]

Eh, I'm fine with all this as long as someone is still making 2D games (2D fighters to be specific).

[Max]

The story is in the KOF mooks, which are released for every game from what I hear. A member on another site once gave me a taste of the story by translating it a little, it was 2001 and man was it cool (A LOT more than whats shown in the games). And this stuff is canon.

 

As for the new KOF, I love the shake-up the roster took, it was so needed its not even funny. I've wanted Eiji since 97 and that was also the year that I thought the next one would have Kyo, Shingo, Iori in one team. My prediction was off by about 8 years lol.

[Wizard]

The story is in the KOF mooks, which are released for every game from what I hear. A member on another site once gave me a taste of the story by translating it a little, it was 2001 and man was it cool (A LOT more than whats shown in the games). And this stuff is canon.

 

As for the new KOF, I love the shake-up the roster took, it was so needed its not even funny. I've wanted Eiji since 97 and that was also the year  that I thought the next one would have Kyo, Shingo, Iori in one team. My prediction was off by about 8 years lol.

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The team and game stories are in the mooks. Each mook was released when a KOF game came out (it would follow a few months afterwards). However, those mooks don't tie the story together.

[Wizard]

Well, more information, little random details and gameplay alternations have been posted.

[Daeval]

Of all the characters to nerf, why Malin? Was she more powerful than I realized?

[Wizard]

Of all the characters to nerf, why Malin?  Was she more powerful than I realized?

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She sorta was if you think about it. You could control space with her yo-yos and use the shock treatmeant to rush down on.

[Daeval]

Of all the characters to nerf, why Malin?  Was she more powerful than I realized?

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She sorta was if you think about it. You could control space with her yo-yos and use the shock treatmeant to rush down on.

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That was one of those things that sounded good, but I never really saw it happen first hand. She was a nice jumper, but her yoyo attacks were slow and predictable, and her shock prod attack laaaaaged - it was too easy to jump over. I'd be more worried about the little sumo wrestler chick comboing her dms and ldm together in 2k3 (at least on ps2).

[Wizard]

Of all the characters to nerf, why Malin?  Was she more powerful than I realized?

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She sorta was if you think about it. You could control space with her yo-yos and use the shock treatmeant to rush down on.

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That was one of those things that sounded good, but I never really saw it happen first hand. She was a nice jumper, but her yoyo attacks were slow and predictable, and her shock prod attack laaaaaged - it was too easy to jump over. I'd be more worried about the little sumo wrestler chick comboing her dms and ldm together in 2k3 (at least on ps2).

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Thats what they said about Bridget in XX and look what happened to him. Moved up the listing in terms of usefullness.

[Daeval]

Of all the characters to nerf, why Malin?  Was she more powerful than I realized?

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She sorta was if you think about it. You could control space with her yo-yos and use the shock treatmeant to rush down on.

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That was one of those things that sounded good, but I never really saw it happen first hand. She was a nice jumper, but her yoyo attacks were slow and predictable, and her shock prod attack laaaaaged - it was too easy to jump over. I'd be more worried about the little sumo wrestler chick comboing her dms and ldm together in 2k3 (at least on ps2).

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Thats what they said about Bridget in XX and look what happened to him. Moved up the listing in terms of usefullness.

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But bridget was actually quick enough, and manueverable enough, to take advantage of his space-controlling moves. It was much easier to fill the screen with hurty things, and keep those things moving unpredictably, with Bridget. He/She/It didn't have a hugemongous, visually and aurally telegraphed delay before every move like Malin does in 2k3.