NESTS Kyo - Random Notes

Had a quick chance to test out NESTS Kyo (aka Kyo With The Power Of Fisting) yesterday at the One Month Later event, I believe he is out tomorrow on XBL (maybe PSN too), so just thought I would share my initial notes on what I could test.He is able to do his rekka punches from light taps (i.e cr.B, cr.A, qcf+A ~etc).He has his old 97(?)/98 combo cr.B,cr.A -> qcfx2+A/CHe can do his qcf+K~K -> qcf+A -> (delay) into another qcf+A~qcf+A ->...

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1up Interviews Takashi Nishiyama

Earlier today I found out that 1UP.com has recently interviewed Takashi Nishiyama.Whilst the article/interview is titled 'The Man Who Created Street Fighter' as you find out in the interview he also was a big part in the development of quite a few of the major SNK fighting game titles, and personally I consider him as one of the 'Fathers of 2D fighting games'. You can check out the full interview over on 1UP, it's actually pretty rare for him to...

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SRK KOFXIII Hyper Guide Wiki

Saw this via DreamCancel's forums.A few of the members over on Shoryuken.com have put together a guide wiki for KOFXIII covering much of the basic, intermediate, and advanced elements of KOFXIII.Although I have not read the entire thing as of yet (it is fairly extensive), from what I have read it is very good and would be helpful to all levels of players to check it out. As it is a wiki page I'd imagine it would be updated periodically with fresh...

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Iori With The Power Of Flames DLC Out Now

Just saw over on Rising Star Games' Facebook page that EX Iori is now available for purchase on XBL Marketplace, not too sure if it is out on PSN today (judging from the EU PSN blog it doesn't look like it is).Bought an instant code for 400MS from Game's website (£3.50) for free using my Game card points, so I've set it all up so i can download the DLC when I get home tonight.Also it seem that there will be a poseable figure of Terry Bogard coming...

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KOFXIII Colour Edit - (Clark) DUFFMAN OHHH YEAHH!!

During the stream for SouthTown Arcade's ranking battle last night a few of the members of the chat room were speaking about creating a Duffman version of Clark.Thinking about it, the idea was a perfect fit for Clark so after work today I decided to give it a try and came up with the above colour edit. Just a bit of a shame you can't edit a red cape on to Clark....

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Upcoming December KOFXIII UK Tournaments.

Seems like KOFXIII is picking up fairly quickly in the UK, with tournaments being announced thick and fast, bit of a shame that as KOF has finally started to become popular here that I'm going to be out of the bloody country for a year... =_=But still, great times for the other UK KOF players and of course for the community as a whole. Coming up this weekend -Nth Gen / Neo Empire @ London Gaming Con (3-4th December)Then up in Scotland they will be...

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Fio - Metal Slug - 1/8 Scale Figure [Embrace Japan]

Saw this over on TinyCartridge just now.A figure of Fio from Metal Slug, as well as a mini Metal Slug tank and mini prisoner, made by Embrace Japan.From the information I can find via Google it should be about 20cm tall, and according to the listing on Playasia it will be released next March. Considering when I used to play Metal Slug X on a weekly basis that my main character was Fio, and the fact that I should be able to pick it up while in Japan,...

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KOF02/KOFXIII - A Kuso Introduction To BC/HD Bypass Technique

Finally decided to make the video public after a few edits here and there, there's not much else I could think to add but if then if there is later I could always just make another video.Pretty much I decided to make this video after discovering BC bypass worked in this game as well, and as when originally learning KOF02 a few years ago this was how I learnt to get used to the BC combo system I thought it would be useful for some of the newer players to know about it.Something introduced in XIII though is the ability to EX BC bypass, as you can...

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KOFXIII Console Version - Day Four

Spent most of today working on the BC Bypass video i mentioned in the previous entry, going to check it again tomorrow to see if I've made any mistakes before publishing it to the public. For now you can check out a preview of it here. Also as you can see from the opening images I also worked on a 'B.Jenet' colour scheme for Mai today. As I seem to remember B.Jenet was supposed to be like the 'replacement' character for Mai in MoTW so I thought it...

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KOFXIII Console Version - Day Two/Three

I've pretty much been playing in whatever spare time outside of work so forgot to post up last night. Found out you could edit the colours of Yuri's bottom area to skin colour, as well as her bra, so that had to be done. Also finally got enough colours to attempt a Ninja Turtles version of the FF Villains Team.Was supposed to be spending my day packing away my belongings today, but ended up working on a BC bypass video. There's still more work to...

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KOFXIII Console Version - Day One

Just wanted to share my first colour edit and a quick impression of the netcode before i popped off to bed. (Almost 4:30am here...) Netcode so far I've found 2 bars to be a bit similar to 02UM's level of input lag, and 3 bars a bit more playable but still slight delays. Both online sessions I played with players in the UK. Still I am enjoying the game so f...

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KOFXIII - Console Version ! \o/

I received both of my copies of KOFXIII earlier today both without the preorder CD, apparently they are being sent out seperately...But an e-mail I receieved from Shopto seems to say that i might only get one set instead of two. =_= I've sent an e-mail to them so hopefully they'll clarify what's going on.So far I've only played through the game once, unlocking Saiki along the way (apparently you just have to complete as many target actions as possible...

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KOFXIII - Fanta Stick PX / US KOFXIII -360 - Region Free

Playasia now has stock of the KOFXIII Edition of the Fanta Stick PX, according to the product description it has compatibility with both Xbox360, PS3, and also PC.At £64 it is not a bad price for a stick that is dual supported right out of the box, although shipping seems to be quite high at £48 for Fed Ex. (No ordinary shipping options appear to be available on this item.)If I wasn't heading out to Japan next month I'd probably consider importing...

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KOFXIII - Neo Magazine Review

Just a quick note to mention that the thread on Neo-Geo.com regarding the review of KOFXIII in Neo Magazine has been updated with a few images.Also SNKPlaymore updated the official KOFXIII blog yesterday with some details about the game's Network and Replay Mode. (Translation available via MMCaf...

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ON Show 23 - This Saturday (Tomorrow)

I will be joining Gunsmith, and Cristina, on the Orochinagi Show tomorrow where we will be streaming live footage of KOFXIII.Amongst the things we should be showing are basic character tactics/'tutorials'.I will be demonstrating with Athena, and a joint demonstration with Gunsmith about Clark. Check out Orochinagi for more details, and the actual stream will be running on General Skirmish's Twitch chann...

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MCM Expo - KOFXIII Tournament - Semi Final pt.1

Gamespot uploaded the matches from the MCM Expo to their Youtube channel a couple of days ago, only just found out whilst browsing through Neo-Geo.com's forums. The uploads include the missing video from the archived stream, where I played MichelS in the semi finals.Also seen on Neo-Geo.com's forums is that the latest issue of Neo Magazine (no relation to Neo Geo) contains a feature on KOFXIII, according to the topic creator it is a four page spread/review.If...

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Usagi - New Elisabeth Cosplay Photo

Usagi has just uploaded a new photo of an Elisabeth cosplay to her Cure page.Also whilst browsing through her gallery again today I found an older photo with her cosplaying a Maximum Impact version of Athena. <3In unrelated news I went to pick up the results of my working holiday visa to Japan today, and my application was successful. So I will be off to Japan for a year from the 27th December, all I have to hope for now is that the £ -> Yen...

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DontDropThatCombo - EX Iori

Dontdropthatcombo has updated his Youtube channel with a special EX Iori combo showcase, amongst the things shown you can see his tap -> scumgale, and his EX hcb+KK blowing them up on the floor.  (This is also shown in a video uploaded by EXDragonProject, see second video.)I'm liking the hcb+K -> DC -> scumga...

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KOFXIII - Wednesday Brawl - GamerBase Live Stream

Streaming right now @ http://www.twitch.tv/exdragonproject[Edit]: I ended up heading out to Gamer Base after work since I finished work earlier than usual, and although I did not enter the tournament I did play a few casuals.Unfortunately the machine which was being used for casual matches did not have Saiki, Billy or EX Iori unlocked for play, the machines used for the tournament did have them, so I did not get the chance to test out much new things.Cristina did tell me however that it is possible to do tap -> scumgale with EX Iori, as she...

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KOFXIII Official Blog Update - Console Changes pt.4

The next part of the console changes have gone up on the Official KOXIII blog, an English translation is available over on MMCafe's front page. From what I've been reading on forums, the reaction is that Kensou has been considerably buffed although I'm not too sure considering I still haven't worked out how to play Kensou in XIII yet. Duo Lon is also looking quite interesting, possibly the closest thing I am going to get to Lin in this game, so I might try to pick him up at some point. Finally a video I watched a couple of weeks back but forgot...

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KOFXIII Sprites / Backgrounds

As you may have noticed I changed my blog's banner last night. As Raiden's drop kick was a point of personal obsession for a while I have dedicated it to (some of) the wonderful drop kicks of KOFXIII. The sprites themselves come from a site called Logical Bends (click here for sprites), which i found via MMCafe's forums.The great thing about these sprite rips is that they are all on a transparent background, so are perfect for creating avatars/sigs/banners...

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MCM Expo Day Two - A Quick Look

MCM Expo is over for another year, a great event for KOF this year, and I really enjoyed this expo. Normally I tend to just go to look at people's costumes and buy a few Dragon Ball or One Piece figures, this year was completely spent playing KOFXIII. If you never caught the live stream earlier you can check out the archived version from EX Dragon Project's Twitch.TV page. Watch live video from EXDRAGON Project on Justin.tv(If the video doesn't load,...

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MCM Expo Day One - A Quick Look

So I've just gotten back from day one of the MCM Expo where KOFXIII was being previewed, the latest build including EX Iori and some of the new changes shown in the latest SNKP videos.Of the things that i had the chance to test I can confirm in this build at MCM you could do Clark's EX command grab -> Elbow follow up -> Super Grab. So I'd imagine this is getting pretty much as close as playing on the final game before it ships next month.Slowdown...

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KOFXIII Official Blog Update - Console Changes pt.3

SNKP has updated the KOFXIII blog again with more of the console changes, translations this time have been done by SonicTempest from Orochinagi's forums....

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NG:DEV TEAM: Gun Lord [AES, MVS, DreamCast]

NG:Dev Team has just released a whole load of new images and video showing their latest game to be released for the Neo Geo AES, MVS, and Sega Dreamcast. The game is looking pretty good, it's been a long time since i've played any side scrolling shooters, hopefully once it's out and i have a bit of spare cash i'll try to pick up the Dreamcast version. (I would love to own the AES/MVS versions but unfortunately it's a bit out of my price range.)If...

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KOFXIII Fanta Stick / King of SoundTracks Trailer

Just found out that Korean joystick makers Gammac will be producing a KOFXIII licensed stick with the lovely artwork from the US 360 version of KOFXIII.I'm not familiar with the Fanta Stick range of sticks, here's an older version of the stick on Playasia, but i'm personally not too fond of the idea of bat top sticks.I'd imagine with a seimitsu/sanwa stick installed, plus a clear washer so the artwork isn't blocked off by a big black circle, it could...

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KOF-i Dialogues - Eilsabeth (Full Set) / KOF-e Profiles

I don't think i'm going to have much time before KOFXIII console version comes out to finish off doing the character dialogues, so i've decided to upload Elisabeth's dialogues all in a set. This is currently the last set that i have done screenshots of so far.Elisabeth DialoguesAlso as requested by Toxico, the profiles from KOF-e:KOF-e ProfilesAnd finally a11111357 posted up a link to VideoGames Plus on NeoEmpire's forums with images of the US preorder...

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KOFXIII Official Blog Update - Console Changes pt.2

SNKPlaymore has updated the official KOFXIII blog with the second batch of notes about the console version changes.Professor from MMCafe has done a rough translation of the notes.(Scroll down that page a little bit.)I'm liking the off of the floor grab with Goro (0:38 in the embedded video), although we didn't see it in the previous video update i believe the translated notes stated Clark also is able to pick up the opponent off the floor within certain set ups.Probably my favourite part of playing KOF94 was the off the floor grab infinites, so...

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Preordering KOFXIII [UK]

I was e-mailed a couple of days ago by lonelywolf23786 regarding the preorder of KOFXIII, which has gone up on HMV with the preorder bonus for £33.99.Although it was stated that all retaliers should be getting the bonus as long as you preorder so far as far as i am aware the bonus has only been announced on HMV (£33.99), ShopTo (£32.86), and Game (£39.99).I have never ordered with ShopTo before but i have read that they are normally pretty fast with...

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King of Fighters Encounter [iPhone] - A Quick Look

So after finishing work last night i spent some time trying to get KOF-e installed on my iPod Touch, most of that time being spent trying to remember what my login username was, in the end i managed to download it from the Japanese iTunes account i made when i first got my iPod Touch.As a side note it seems Apple have made it a bit more difficult to make a new Japanese iTunes account now without a credit card, at least i couldn't figure out how to...

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