Orochinagi: The King of Fighters

SNK has announced the arcade version of XIII will be released July 14.  Time to move to Japan?

The King of Fighters XIII Technical Reference Chapter 3 ~Japan Team~ Kyo Kusanagi Benimaru Nikaido and Goro Daimon Click on Read More to see some match Videos From Famitsu

The King of Fighters XIII Technical Reference Chapter 2 ~Elisabeth Team~ Also, REAL SHEN WOO DAMAGE!!!

If you were watching the SNK’s youtube channel, you would have seen Iori perform his Neomax against Kyo, who has “Saiki” in his team.  I didn’t even notice as I was going wow at the Neomax.  They’ve now removed the video. Saiki?  Some people believe it’s the “White” Ash character seen in the intro/intermission videos.   [...]

I have this feeling I would actually find this fun.  And I would try to find out the actual storyline, even though it would be complete balls. Aha, yes, small round things jiggling around… but this isn’t pachislot, it’s traditional one armed bandit gambling.  Is this part of SNKP’s plan to track down fans who [...]

Lucent Heart is an MMO, one of those sprawling online RPGs.  That’s all well and good but er… Kyo’s hair looks a bit off (see below).  And of course, it’s Japanese only.  But why is it that I get the feeling that all the KOF characters would fit into RPGs quite well?  Perhaps it’s because [...]

It was advertised a little while ago, and here it is now.  Podsumaki is a fighting game podcast that I (Wry Guy, the guy who writes the King of Fighters Love Letter) do on the side with other members of the Destructoid community.  Lots of random banter and smack talk is to be expected, and [...]

NGBC was released for xbox live a few days ago, and it has reports of decent netcode.  This is good news if it means that SNK has been working to please the western fans, as I speculated they had to! Having a quick flick across the mainstream sites, while reviews are not exactly favourable (with [...]

Clark and Ralf’s are in no way as impressive… but you can go see them at SNKPlaymore’s youtube channel It’s really good to see 2D shining with the use of CG!!

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SNK is an interesting company to research and write about, especially because they’re completely downplayed and have been outside the public scope of knowledge for a long time.  Despite this they used to produce some of the most advanced gaming hardware of the “Golden Era” that is the age of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega [...]