The King of Fighters XIII/KOF-i News Thread

[kadosho]

I have my copy in my backpack, sadly can't play it till I get home tonight 7pm-ish.
But in the meantime, I'm listening to the bonus KOF OST collection. So I'm happy

[Shiny]

Thank You Based Atlus. No seriously, thank you.

[hadoolket]

i actually waited until my gamestop opened this morning to pick up my copy

the guy at the register who also opened the store (waiting purposefully until the clock actually struck opening time just to be weird) asked me if geese howard was in this version

i told him that i was sad to say he wasn't in, but maybe in the next game

but it was pretty amazing how someone knew about something like that

i got home and played a few trials, i need to get the hang of the timing down badly because i had trouble with even the smallest of trials, like leona's 3x lowkick into neutral lowpunch into moonslasher (i kept whiffing moonslasher because the kicks would send takuma too far to hit?)

i almost nailed the j.D cr.C +A airqcb+C moonslasherC grandbladeD into ex v.slasher but i JUST missed the v.slasher :T

not confident enough to show my lack of skills online quite yet so i haven't exactly given netplay a try but i might do so later when i can find someone who won't make fun of me

[Gunsmith]

hehe

I guess we can stop using spoiler tags now.

I expect you all to have major difficulties getting used to the jumping distances for a while (if you've been playing os kof recently).

KOF fansite traffic should die from now until a week or two after Dec 3rd. And then shit gets serious. Happy holidays!

[SonicTempest]

Just picked up my copies from Gamestop. The guy at the counter chatted with me a bit about how XII was such a letdown and then asked me if there was a story mode in this one. I was happy to confirm its existence.

Maybe Gamestop employees are humans after all.

And just because I can:
https://twitter.com/?photo_id=1#!/sonic ... to/1/large

[Iie-Kyo]

Numerous confirmations from the guys at the SNKP channel that the netcode indeed is unplayable from 2-3 bars. One player was from Iowa, the other guy was from NYC. Input delay galore. Felt like playing underwater.

2-3 bar seems to indicate to me somewhere along the lines of 120-150ms ping. 120-150ms is *extremely* playable on GGPO. Sometimes you don't even have to set the input delay to 1 frame (1 frame is the highest threshold for a tourney-worthy match IMO).

I'll continue collecting data on this, as the SNKP channel guys can ask each other and directly challenge each other and get location tests.

[Mature]

^ its all about internet connection. whats their speed?

[Gunsmith]

IK, I think you missed the part about how GGPO and KOF13 isn't going to happen. And the part about how GGPO cannot work with new games such as Tekken or KOF13 because of data packet size.

Played 94 on PSN? Crap. 95 - meh. Have you played KOF 96 on PSN? Flawless. From UK to Japan, a little input delay but smooth and playable. SNKP does not need GGPO.

Saying that, I'm not going to hope for perfect KOF online play. This is KOF we're talking about here, you know, with hyper hops and twitch guessing games. I'm just going to assume it's playable. But it will never match offline KOF.

If you're going to wait for perfect netcode before giving up on your ggpo career, don't bother. But can you resist spamming up the internets with Shenwoo punch?

[Foxhole]

Just picked up my copies from Gamestop. The guy at the counter chatted with me a bit about how XII was such a letdown and then asked me if there was a story mode in this one. I was happy to confirm its existence.

Maybe Gamestop employees are humans after all.

And just because I can:
https://twitter.com/?photo_id=1#!/sonic ... to/1/large

Did you pick up my copy dear sir?

[SonicTempest]

I did indeed. I'll IM you when I get home.

[Fuu]

Just realized that between European release date and shipping I'll see the game next week. Oh well, have fun guys!

*chugs down sleep pills*

[ZeroSoulreaver]

Got my copy yesterday evening. My friend got screwed, she isn't getting her copy til Friday. Poor girl was so hyped to play it too.

[yamazaky96]

I asked the biggest games retailer here "geekay games" about the price of kof 13 on facebook where they usually answer or regret...
but they simply removed my question
they are having a game festival this Friday and UMVC3, ssf4ae, MK and www12 will be there for console challenges

not a single word about KOF..!!

[kadosho]

Okay something is wrong with them. KOF takes on all challengers! *I give XIII the best kudos for making tons of changes.
Seriously it is better than I dare say SSFIV, UMVC3, blah blah blah... (insert title here) C'mon that's not fair! No mention of KOF shame on them.

This is what you should say to them

[Gunsmith]

I asked the biggest games retailer here "geekay games" about the price of kof 13 on facebook where they usually answer or regret...
but they simply removed my question
they are having a game festival this Friday and UMVC3, ssf4ae, MK and www12 will be there for console challenges

not a single word about KOF..!!

This is where you need to get all your friends to post the same question.

Show us the facebook page.

When they see that KOF is wanted, they have to do something about it.