king of fighters

Here’s Your King Of Fighters XII Roster

4:00PM Luke Plunkett | Street Fighter IV’s able to whip up an internet shitstorm every time it announces one character. King of Fighters XII, meanwhile, likes to be a little more subtle, announcing its full, final roster quietly. More »

More Mai Shiranui T&A Figures For The Pile

12:00PM Michael McWhertor | It doesn’t look like The King of Fighters‘ jiggly ninja Mai Shiranui will be returning for The King of Fighters XII, but that won’t stop SNK from pumping out another plastic knock-up of the girl. More »

King Of Fighters Movie Sounds Like A Disaster-In-Waiting

1:40PM Luke Plunkett | To refresh: Gordon Chan is directing a King of Fighters movie. Previously, details were scant, but today, details on the flick have surfaced. We wish they’d remained scant. More »

Lets TGS! Oh, Mai, Mai, Mai, Mai, Mai

2:30PM Michael McWhertor | SNK Playmore knows how to draw a crowd at Tokyo Game Show — just line up five girls in Mai Shiranui cosplay get ups and let the booth babe hungry masses snap dozens and dozens of photos of their perfectly smooth knees. Then, hope that at least one of them will be interested in playing King of Fighters 2002 or Slot Panic on a cell phone. More »

SNK Talk KOFXII’s Gorgeous, Gorgeous Graphics

10:20PM Luke Plunkett | You know one of the key differences between product and art? It’s in the craftsmanship. Lots of people can churn out a 3D model of an alien, few can hand-draw and then animate lush, vibrant, 2D sprites. So those that can, we treasure. And we treasure SNK! Speaking yesterday at the Tokyo Amusement Show, King Of Fighters XII producer Masaaki Kukino spoke at length about not just their upcoming fighter, but its “traditional” graphics: Overall, it’s a very hard process that could take 16 months for even an experienced designer to do alone. In terms of data, the character size is about four times larger [than in previous installments]. But when considering the extra errors that come about in doing the [bigger] pixel art, the trouble is more than four times what it used to be. Each character in KOFXII has around 400 to 600 [sprite] patterns. Every single one of them is hand-drawn, and it’s something that we’re proud of. I’ll only say it here, but we believe that this is something that no other company can imitate, something that only SNK Playmore can do. Amazing. King of Fighters XII knuckles up next year [GameSpot] More »