KOF 13: Here We Go Again

King of Fighters XIII was announced a few weeks ago and today SNK released the first of what promise to be tons and tons of screens. They made a point of featuring Mai and her jugs first and foremost too as if to say "look fanboys we know we screwed up but please accept our apologies, in the form of Mai's jugs".

Will the inclusion of Mai make everybody forget that KOF 12 was essentially a very good looking piece of mediocrity? umm probably not but the inclusion of King and Yuri will probably do the trick. Actually no, we'll have to wait until we see actual gameplay and some improvements in both the main arcade/story mode and online gameplay.

Lets face it, SNK, Capcom has all but eaten your lunch when it comes to retro goodness both in terms of profiting from nostalgia and delivering a great gaming experience. You still have your great looking revamped 2D sprites to fall back on but with BlazBlue and Guilty Gear cornering that market its hard to figure out where exactly it is that you belong.

I, of course, want to believe that this will be a return to form for SNK and I'm a sucker for great artwork so I'll give this a try. That is, of course, if the reviews dont bury it before it arrives.

By the way you know what else I appreciate SNK? stuff. How about including some tangible extras in a special edition? hell how about including some extras in the regular edition just as a way of asking for forgiveness. Give us stuff, SNK, and I assure you we will forgive you. Give us a good game and I assure you you'll become relevant once again.