Begginers Guide to KOF [ The King of Fighters ]

I've never been a big fan of this series, but this it what they should have done with SFIV. It's beautiful.

Holy shit, it does look beautiful. Like a Hd version of SF3.
I Like the KOF 4 button attack and dodge system. It avoids all the needless complication of the SF 6 button system and corner traps.
I've played the KOF series a little but I suspect I'm gonna get raped online when I buy this. Infact I don't know why I bother playing 2d fighting games online at all. I consistantly get my ass handed to me at SF2HDremix.
Should stick to fighting games I'm good at like tekken. But goddamn it I really wanna master a 2d fighter. Gonna give this a shot for sure.

Thanks for tutorial link. Ace.

I stopped paying attention to this series years ago when it started suffering from Virtua Fighter syndrome (read: if you skip a game, you're fucked.), but I can't help but show love to anyone keeping 2D alive.

Orin Quon, Thank you for the...King Of Fighters XII update...it is very cool indeed. For me...the only fighting series that is better is...The Street Fighter Franchise...Street Fighter II,3,IV. I cannot wait for this game. I also just bought...KOF 98 for my PS2 and it is...Glorious. I am also looking for...Samurai Shodown Anthology for the...PS2.

That soundtrack is amazing.

Did any SNK fans buy the Samurai Shodown Anthology, It is fantastic? This is especially true of Samurai Shodown VI the most recent 2D Shodown. There is also a 3D Samurai Shodown in Japan, that I do hope comes to the USA as well. Apparantly it is an M Rated title.

Back On topic, I can't wait to play SNK's first 2D King Of Fighters on the XBox 360 in July. I have been an SNK fan since I went to The Broadway Arcade 52nd and Broadway in NYC where I used to play Metal Slug, King Of Fighters, and King Of Monsters. It is one of the few laments I have about the cleaned up Times Square. That is I miss the old school arcades and theaters. On 47th and Broadway I saw Jackie Chan's Supercop and First Strike. The Criterion on 44th ST and Broadway still had the 6 player X-Men arcade game by Konami. There was an arcade on 42nd where you literally had to step over sleeping people (I always thought that they might be feigning sleep to take some of the players wallets, but they actually were asleep.) In the 90's I went to the XS arcade on 42nd and got to play awe inspiring titles like Tokyo Wars (a 3D Tank Battle game set in Tokyo. 4 machines were linked together so you could play 4 at once. I also played Gunblade NY there. I know I drifted extremely off topic, so please forgive me.

Wow, I remember all those arcades especially the one on 52nd st. I knew the owner there and he hooked me up beta testing Primal Rage.

I always liked KOF but just knew the basics. More of a 3D fighter person, but I'd like to give it a try.

Orin Quan, Do you know if Mai will be unlockable, or will she BOUNCE into the player roster right away?

WOW!!! I never thought I would see the day, that a...KOF game, could possibly be better than...Street Fighter. I can't wait to play this.