KOF XIII General Discussion/Rant Thread

[Toxic Avanger]

http://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20111207038/

According to this site, KOF XIII (PS3 version, at least) sold out and is ranked 10th at one of Japan's console games sales ranking this week (November 28th-December 4th) in it's first week (Mario Kart 7 is at 1st). (21,525 sold/21,525 units)

Technically week 1 is not over yet, the game has something like 5 days in the commerce, though since it's sold out that number can't improve anymore.

It's saddening that SNK produced roughly the same amount of units for XIII than the ones they produced for 98UM or 02UM for PS2; this game has been much more hyped and demanded that those two and they could have taken more risks about it, it would have payed off. I remember that 02UM needed like 2 weeks to be sold out, I even remember reading many rage filled comments about being unable to find copies in blogs that I followed

I wonder if most of the royal prerogatives from international sells goes to the publisher (as they should), that would mean that SNK really lost a chance to make good cash with this title, thus we are better of burning money with that on disk DLC, gentlemen.

[MDog]

I would absolutely burn money on that on disk DLC if it was up!

[shinefist]

http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/ ... part1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New snk blog is up!!

[Yuki Yagami]

http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/ ... part1.html

New snk blog is up!!

It's SNKP's turn to reveal NESTS Kyo...

But wait, there's more...



New sets of Maniac Combos... (Why don't you give it a try?)

[MDog]

Checked out RSG's forum, due to Sony's certification process for DLC being ridiculously slow, PSN users will be seeing DLC Iori on:

4th of January.

[Fuu]

no smiley is expressive enough for this.

[Yuki Yagami]

I'd like to correct myself from what I posted last night.

http://www.mmcafe.com/cgi-bin/forums/bb ... html#59304" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm not sure where he's sourcing the info from, but the 4gamers article says nothing about the game being sold out. And in fact, a quick breeze through most retailers sites show that they have the game in stock. Humm....

Let's face it. KOF XIII (PS3) sold at least 21,525 Units in it's first week. The reason I said "Sold Out" is because of the wordings I read.

It read 販売本数/累計本数 (roughly translates to Units Sold (or Unit Sales)/Accumulated Total Units) and KOF XIII (PS3) was listed 21,525 Units Sold/21,525 Accumulated Total Units.

i apologize if I partly mislead on what I read.

[SonicTempest]

http://dreamcancel.com/2011/12/08/atlus ... velopment/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Demo now available on XBL for Gold members, PSN next week. And there is a netcode patch in development.

[kadosho]

Sorry about that, last post must have been giving an error message. I just wanted to share that I sent an email to Hardcore Gaming 101.
In regards to posting an article about KOFXIII, They already have a comprehensive mentioning of the series history. Only missing one more chapter of the ongoing Ash Saga.

[KellyNUTS]

Here are the latest Media Create Console Software Sales in Japan for the week of Nov 28 - Dec 04, Mario Kart 7 sold 423k units this week, followed by Gundam: Extreme VS, sold 350k.

Game Title Platform Publisher This Week Total

01 Mario Kart 7 3DS Nintendo 423,619 --
02 Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. PS3 Bandai Namco 349,756 --
03 Super Mario 3D Land 3DS Nintendo 73,907 634,868
04 Assassin's Creed: Revelations PS3 Ubisoft 39,947 --
05 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Wii Nintendo 32,191 227,169
06 Itadaki Street Wii Wii Square Enix 27,640 --
07 Kirby's Return to Dream Land Wii Nintendo 27,352 282,917
08 Power Pro Kun Pocket 14 NDS Konami 24,512 --
09 Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Fourze PSP Bandai Namco 23,327 --
10 The King of Fighters XIII PS3 SNK Playmore 21,525 --
11 Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Fourze Wii Bandai Namco 21,379 --
12 PokePark 2: Beyond the World Wii Pokemon Co. 19,937 89,678
13 Wii Party Wii Nintendo 19,155 2,055,777
14 Just Dance Wii Wii Nintendo 18,070 248,338
15 7th Dragon 2020 PSP Sega 17,175 139,673
16 One Piece: Gigant Battle 2 - Shin Sekai NDS Bandai Namco 16,915 160,356
17 Taiko no Tetsujin Wii: Definitive Edition Wii Bandai Namco 16,669 48,767
18 Danboru Senki Boost [Little Battlers eXperience: Boost] PSP Level 5 16,596 77,323
19 Wii Sports Resort with WiiRemote Plus Wii Nintendo 15,856 680,079
20 Tekken Hybrid PS3 Bandai Namco 14,195 --

Source: http://www.the-magicbox.com/1112/game111208a.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Didnt KOFXIII get released in JP on the 1st? If so then XIII is doing EXTREMELY well IMO!!

[Fuu]

What characters are best suited against players that just play runaway all day, especially with Andy, Robert, Joe. I don't have that much trouble but my execution is still way iffy and I can punish as much as i could. I'm even open to make a whole team dedicated to fight these misplaced Street Fighter 2: the World Warrior players.

[Gunsmith]

Kim. You can't run away from a K, and it's safe with input lag.
Kyo is the monster - B all day with no punishment - far C cancels into it too

or you could play turtle and pick Ash

or you could just pick the same characters they use and beat them at their own game.

[ZeroSoulreaver]

Really any character can get in and beat zoners in this game if used right. It's better to learn general strategies then switching characters. Get used to rolling, jumping in, running in, and timing their projectiles to win against the zoners.

A good tip, go into practice mode and play against King with cpu diffliculty all the way up. The freakin cpu spams the hell out of her venom strike. If that's too much for you, then use record and record venom strikes until you can find a way to get through them.

Zoners are weak against heavy rushdown and mid range pressure attacks. So you really want to find your character's best moves that pull the zoner to you or move you to the zoner.
Never use a push back move on a zoner unless they are near a corner. If you do use one then be sure to follow up as fast as possible with a move that moves you in or a dash. You gotta be careful though because the only problem with this is in KOF their isn't much down time when a character gets knocked down.

The team I use all the time is Duo, Mature and Leona. So here is how to use them against zoners:

Duo Lon- Not recommended unless you know exactly what your doing at all times. He has normals that beat all zoners. He can spam light version souls to clash fbs. He has a teleport which is amazing to get close.

Leona- She can really pressure the hell out of zoners if she has meter. If you just use a v-slash you can easily beat any projectile. If you use light Baltic launcher right it can be decent pressure. Remember that Leona owns the air, so you can really get in using her x-calibur at the right time.

Mature- Use her despair to jump over fireballs. Also metal massacre is good at mid range. Ebony tears is alright for this, but the start up is slow and may cause problems.

[Gunsmith]

All the advice above is good - if you have a good connection

Rolling is not much of an option when there is input lag - same for anti air and blocking in general!!!!

Going on the attack is best when there is input lag - turn the tables and use lots of overheads and ways to make the opponent have to block in many directions - and then throw them

[Yuki Yagami]

http://www.risingstargames.com/forum/vi ... 112#p12112" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bizarre...