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And it shows!
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Granted, they were flocking to SNK because of Samurai Showdown II, mainly, but still...
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Ah well. This, BlazBlue, and MvC2 means my summer will be quite full of fighter.y goodness.
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As far has the title face in KOF, I wish it was Terry Bogard instead of Kyo.
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They basically made the whole intro about him, it's just frustrating.
Ah well, at least Andy Bogard's back. He's one of the few SNK characters I like to play as, aside from Terry, Kyo, Iori, and Rock.
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It is. I'm just pissed my boy Gato isn't in KoF12, as he's one of the few recent KoF additions that hasn't sucked terribly.
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No, but beating up incredibly, incredibly annoying people does.
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Absolutely. I don't have a Live subscription at the moment due to low funds, and the Dual Shock is better suited to my fighting game style. I've got BB reserved, grabbing it day one.
@belthegor:
I can name about 15 characters in KoF alone who're better than Ash Crimson. Don't make me do it.
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I think the purpose of Ash Crimson is to annoy and aggravate the hell out of you. How would you feel if out of nowhere, this seemingly weak punk goes around and beats the crap out of everybody like nobody's business with no clear reason.
That is simply the mark of a really good Antagonist, with irony in the fact that he's called the "Hero Team" while he is anything but. If you hate him so much, then they did his design right.
Me, I love using him, cause then it drives people even more nuts when you actually beat them with him (and he looks really powerful gameplay wise in this game as well)
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Sounds good. I'm going to probably be maining Jin, Ragna, or Bang at the moment, though I'll test everyone out until I find a character that fits my style best.
It's too bad Slayer doesn't have a clear analogue in BB.
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Sounds like the same exact thing Square did with Kefka in Dissidia. The bastard opens battles by laughing and smacking his ass in your face, then runs away and peppers you with annoying fireballs that don't do much damage...then he gets pissed and opens a portal above you that follows you around the battlefield and drops miniature versions of Ultima on you every 5 seconds until you're dead.
Both characters dress like total goofballs, too. Only thing is that Kefka's at least respectable. I get the feeling that if Ash didn't always resort to cheating to get what he wants, he'd have gotten his ass kicked a long, LONG time ago.
@[ZTF]Should I import BlazBlue?:
I'll do that. As I said, nothing's set in stone yet. I'm hoping I can get my hands on a review copy so I can get the jump on the competition.
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Yup, less Ash and more Gato please. MOTW2 would be nice too...
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Anything involving Rock would be a welcome improvement over what KOF is now. I'm still gonna play this one, but it's been like 5 or 6 years since Garou came out now, and Rock should be old enough to fight in KoF if you consider the timeline. His exclusion is just insulting at this point.
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Oops, almost forgot this.
To say you don't care for him is fine, but you're acting like he is just SOOO much worse than every other character in the game. The fact of the matter is, Ash fits in just fine. It's not like how out of place Remy was in SFIII:Third Strike.
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This is exactly why I've repeatedly contemplated skipping it until the next KoF entry. Dream matches are only good when they have large casts.
This one doesn't.
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I guess it's SFIV for me then.
3d ;_;
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You're giving up on KOFXII because it was on the PC? What kinda since does that make? The Arcade system SFIV was built on (Taito Type X2) was nothing more than a highly-optimized WinXP PC; will you give up on that now too?
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