20 years ago SNK released King of Fighters 98

[Russell Resthaven]

Somebody let me hold $839

 

[raidersreceiver]

Yashiro, orochi iori and Kim was my squad

 

[JuvenileHell]

Snk needs to give props to her originator, rick

Real nikkas know what's up



Rick Strowd gave Vanessa a style to run with

 

[Hovsta]

Yashiro, orochi iori and Kim was my squad

Bro I swear to god Kim Kaphwan was the rock lee of the KOF universe. Always putting in that work.

Always on my squad.

No c00n shyt but my team was kkk

King Kyo Kim

Then they fixed Takuma and Ryo and been using them with my boy

 

[King Crimson]

This series should have been bigger. Shame.

One of the biggest mysteries in gaming to me. I never understood why KOF wasn't bigger in the states. Everything about it was better than SF in my opinion. From characters to story to fighting mechanics.

Hot Take:
SNK >>>> Capcom (fighting games)
Fight me.

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

One of the biggest mysteries in gaming to me. I never understood why KOF wasn't bigger in the states. Everything about it was better than SF in my opinion. From characters to story to fighting mechanics.

Hot Take:
SNK >>>> Capcom (fighting games)
Fight me.

The games had graphics that looked dated even when they were released. Capcom dropped Alpha 3 and Marvel vs Capcom in 1998 (Street Fighter 3 in 1997), Namco dropped Tekken 3 in 1998. This game looked old in comparison. Also I rarely saw KOFs at any arcades back in the day (would see other neo geo ones like samurai showdown and metal slug tho), and it also had an intimidatingly large cast full of characters from games that were never really popular over here.

Most people in the states (me included) didn't fukk with the series until Capcom vs SNK dropped. I think if SNK invested more in upgraded tech they could've been way more popular over here, but the cheap cost of the arcade hardware is also why the series is so big in south america and china

 

[DonkeyPuncher718]

SNK characters shyts all over Capcom characters Capcom lost their soul a long time ago but their graphics are pretty good the gameplay not so much.

KOF 13 is the greatest fighting game nobody played

I truly believe if they kept KOF 13 art and just added more characters for KOF 14 they would have made great strides with the failure of SFV at launch

 

[NZA]

better art than street fighter

 

[Hovsta]

SNK characters shyts all over Capcom characters Capcom lost their soul a long time ago but their graphics are pretty good the gameplay not so much.

KOF 13 is the greatest fighting game nobody played

I truly believe if they kept KOF 13 art and just added more characters for KOF 14 they would have made great strides with the failure of SFV at launch

Any fighting game using sprites should most def have a large ass roster by now

 

[Jone2three45]

SNK characters shyts all over Capcom characters Capcom lost their soul a long time ago but their graphics are pretty good the gameplay not so much.

KOF 13 is the greatest fighting game nobody played

I truly believe if they kept KOF 13 art and just added more characters for KOF 14 they would have made great strides with the failure of SFV at launch

 

[KravenMorehead™]

One of those games I never got to play. Like I was on the outskirts of the phenomenon just peekin

I had King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood for GameBoy Advance and it was classic

 

[feelosofer]

I miss the days when Arcade games were about making the game as fun as possible. Still one of the dopest games in the series if not the best. Game still holds up today.

 

[Take It In Blood]

It was a classic like Nas and Illmatic


Word to Smiles and Southstar

 

[_genocidecutter_]

SNK characters shyts all over Capcom characters Capcom lost their soul a long time ago but their graphics are pretty good the gameplay not so much.

KOF 13 is the greatest fighting game nobody played

I truly believe if they kept KOF 13 art and just added more characters for KOF 14 they would have made great strides with the failure of SFV at launch

KofXIII style graphics are mad expensive to create.

 

[DonkeyPuncher718]

KofXIII style graphics are mad expensive to create.

I understand they which is why all they had to do was take those sane sprites from KOF13 which had a huge roster already add 4 teams (12 new characters) and boom SNK is bigger than ever in the US