
#KOFXIV Panel at #EVO2016
Panel news, demo, Garou, Footage, Podcast and art! Check it all out below. Tournament footage and full results to come later.
SNK Panel: Demo confirmed for US and China and…. ?
So the big news was of course the demo being available on the 19th in the USA.
It hasn’t exactly been announced for Europe, but as we already know the demo will be available in China on the 20th, surely it’ll be available for EU and other regions either on the same date or just after.
At any rate, there will be 7 characters available to play, confirmed!
Some people are concerned that players will need a PSN+ account to play. I doubt this is the case, but it might be needed to go online. Let’s wait and see.
At the panel was Gio from Sony, who dressed up as Chang! It was great to see Sony being really involved with SNK which is really really great news for the players. With Sony behind SNK, it’s gonna be very good in terms on online support and eSports 😉
Well I did it! Chang cosplay complete! Thanks for the support @AtlusUSA @SNKPofficial @EVO #KingOfFightersXIV pic.twitter.com/ck6EmVurpq
— GIO? (@giocorsi) July 16, 2016
The SNK team was there, including Jim, Adam, Neo G, Ogura, and Oda of course. Frionel was on hand to relate what happened at the panel!
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Oda's favorite character is King of Dinosaur (not Griffon haha)
Watanabe is Luong (his type of women)
Neo G is Xanadu (very deep character)— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Neo G helped a lot for balancing, especialy the new characters since he arrived during the dev.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Ogura one is Sylvie (he hasnt designed her but love her crazyness. Desined by Oda).
Gio one is Chang (obviously).— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Neo G input for the game was mainly leading the team and applying his own strict and precise management process.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
KOF XIV story is happening a few years after XIII and some really unexpected events will occurs during the tournament.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
US Limited edition items.
The artbook is edited by Udon! pic.twitter.com/UJWnEYdNIA
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Ogura is discovering the art book and is saying that he do wants one since it's really amazing (and better than the japan one?).
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
The game contains arranged soundtracks from older KOF games done by the original SNK sound team.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Metal Slug 3 on PS4/Vita success leads to Last Blade 2. They choosed LB2 because the series wasn't brought back since a long time.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Metal Slug 3 on PS4/Vita success leads to Last Blade 2. They choosed LB2 because the series wasn't brought back since a long time.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Neo G was working on SF3 3rd strike when he slipped out of work to go to Garou MOTW location test.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
For the moment no other alternate costumes besides Kyo and Geese. But if the fans keep asking they may add some others.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
They are all discussing with Atlus, Deep Silver and Sony about a KOF world tournament tour.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Asking if CVS3 is a possibility : Neo G answers that if he has a chance, he'll be glad to do it.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
About ragequitters in XIV : They will be penalized.
— inwi|frionel@KOFXIV (@frionel26) July 16, 2016
Mark of the Wolves
Then on top, they announced Garou Mark of the Wolves on PS4 and Vita.
Garou: Mark of the Wolves returns on PS4 and PS Vita: https://t.co/Ds1HPAy6OR pic.twitter.com/nqDIYNDr4v
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) July 16, 2016
with the build in fact being playable at EVO!
They will also be holding a poll to find out which classic game should come next.
PS3 Compatibility
PS3 sticks will be compatible with the final version, but not the demo!
It’s a surprising move as again it won’t help the peripheral manufacturers such as Madcatz and Hori but it will help the fans save money. At the same time, if you want these companies to make more controllers, they need to pay their employees, every month. They need to make money. Anyway if you’re tight on cash right now and just about able to afford a PS4, you’ll be ok!
PC Version Not Planned At the Moment
Heart (and wallet) breaking that it is, it still doesn’t mean that there will never be a PC version, but it does certainly mean that if you want to play KOFXIV on day 1 with everyone else, you’ll need a PS4.
New characters burst forth!
Kensou, along with all the remaining new characters were revealed at EVO.
We had a few videos in this post.
Here’s Alice’s climax!
If you didn’t see Kensou’s Climax, check it here!
#KOFXIV Kensou Climax pic.twitter.com/9aePbzDygk
— Gatoray (@gatoray_kof) July 16, 2016
Discussion /Podcast
Started an English Commentary but then the XIV panel started and Atlus turned off the stream. As we couldn’t see anything we started discussing things again, such as CVS3. Have a listen to the discussion here:
Here’s some great artwork too
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