It also has a ton of characters, including a lot of the favourites like Terry Bogard. It takes ages to get the timing down on this, which is why KoF games have always been some of the trickiest to master, but it's immensely satisfying once it does click. These allow you to cancel and link moves that would otherwise not be possible. EX moves are now in the game, working in a similar way to Street Fighter games, but KoF XIII also tweaks other ridiculously named returning systems like 'Hyper Drive Mode' and 'Neo Max Desperation'. Under the hood, KoF XIII takes some risks by giving players new techniques on top of the already complex 3v3 fighting that the series is known for. It's sad, then, that KoF XIII was the last sprite-based game before SNK followed with its own crude 3D models. It made Ken's hair look like a bunch of bananas, and that's a cardinal sin. While I've never been as into SNK's style of fighting as I have Capcom's Street Fighter, the genre's shift away from hand-drawn sprites to 3D models has never appealed to me. It's no secret that I like pretty fighting games like The King Of Fighters XIII. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. An utterly bizarre game that really shouldn't exist, and is lauded by its fanbase because it does.Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. Like, I totally get why they would want to shake things up, but why not wait to finish the current arc and start a new one in this style? I don't know, it just doesn't make sense to me.

I'm rambling here, but I just really cannot fathom why they did things this way. I mean hell, apparently Oswald and a new character were supposed to be in a team with Iori in both XII and XIII implying the former wasn't meant to be this weird nonsensical fantasy entry (again, I refuse to call it a dream match game). Characters like Magaki and Shion who were in XIII's story weren't fightable yet had sprites from 2003 and XI. Oswald and Adelheid were both supposed to be in XII and XIII yet neither made the cut. I'm not saying they shouldn't have changed to XII and XIII's style, but surely they could've finished the chapter first? You always hear about how SNK had all these characters planned for XII and XIII but not many made the cut due to the high cost and time needed to make the sprites.

Kof xiii sprites