This or KOF98 is probably my favorite KOF games in history
@neok1yte4942 жыл бұрын
Eyyyyyy Justin
@Mersak1682 жыл бұрын
From these 2, for certain 98. But we all know that 2002 is the greatest of them all.
@battlericky172 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@suneelkumar5552 жыл бұрын
U don't like 2002?
@DrMario-2 жыл бұрын
@@suneelkumar555 He probably likes 2002, but his favorite is just between 98 and XIII.
@nex15872 жыл бұрын
This game's visuals were so good that it made me attempt to learn the game despite not knowing anything about KOF.
@Petronixman2 жыл бұрын
Overmuscled guys, disco pants and freaking fat people on every second stage? This is worst visuals ever made in KoF history.
@imaginaryfriend68442 жыл бұрын
@@Petronixman Who?
@ChrisMS08152 жыл бұрын
@@Petronixman Yeah some characters looked off with this artstyle but it did look good. Yuri, Athena, Terry, Ralf and Clark had ugly designs
@Petronixman2 жыл бұрын
@@imaginaryfriend6844 Gachimuchi Ralf and Clark, overbuffed Terry with disco pants, Kyo, Kim with disco pants and a lot of ugly fat people on arenas and many more.
@imaginaryfriend68442 жыл бұрын
@@Petronixman cares
@pockystyx40872 жыл бұрын
Most KoF fans: "Ah yes; the complete legacy so far" KoF XII: ". . .b-but what about me?" Most KoF fans: "Yup; the COMPLETE legacy; pretty sure I didn't forget anything."
@ssantos882 жыл бұрын
Maximum Impact: “You too?”
@penismightier92782 жыл бұрын
It was weird that it went from KoF11 to KoF13, but that's just how things go.
@rogankane69012 жыл бұрын
Vanilla KOF 2002: *Crying in the Corner*
@TonyTheTGR2 жыл бұрын
Look, he talked about it for the first 30 seconds
@gokusondbz2 жыл бұрын
KOF2006 😢
@mypal19902 жыл бұрын
KOF XIII had so much to offer. But no one got around to playing it at launch. Now it's a hit after all those years.
@Renegade777842 жыл бұрын
I never played KOF before unfortunately but I will definitely be playing KOF XV though. The game just looks great.
@Salty-Josh2 жыл бұрын
@@Renegade77784 always glad to see someone positive about KOFXV
@nethxing2 жыл бұрын
Why is it a hit what happened? I have it on pc but don't know what happened that is hype right now
@aegisreflector12392 жыл бұрын
SNK could have just updated the gameplay a little add new characters and stages and I would prefer that over kof 14 n 15 3D. Kof 13 had the bad luck to come out at the same time as MvC3 a game I loved at the time,that when I go back to now feels really slippery,jarring and crappy. When compared to KOF 13 still feels responsive tight fast and dynamic. KoF13 is in the top 3 of the 2nd fighting game golden age.
@anthonychessar71792 жыл бұрын
But they COULDN'T do that tho! Those sprites are EXPENSIVE as hell and they alone is what almost drove SNK to bankruptcy.....AGAIN!(they're not even that much better financially now unfortunately) this game at least got the spotlight it deserves, but they will NEVER go back to those sprites because they didn't help with sales despite how good they were(very much diminishing returns for them)
@falguard2 жыл бұрын
The real reason the roster is the way it is is simply because animating characters like this is labor-intensive; they basically rendered in 3D and then drew over every frame pixel-by-pixel. The results speak for themselves, but it just wasn't viable.
@mistakenumber78802 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me where to find more information about KOF XIII’s development? Thank you in advance.
@falguard2 жыл бұрын
@@mistakenumber7880 The stuff about the graphics I got from SNK's own website, so you can start by taking a look over there, under the KOF Anniversary.
@mistakenumber78802 жыл бұрын
@@falguard Thank you so much.
@saadhasan25182 жыл бұрын
Yeah it really was a taxing process which meant that some chars were to be cut in the end and for me Adelheid is the tough pill to swallow since he was heavily involved in this game's story.
@toledochristianmatthew99192 жыл бұрын
@@mistakenumber7880 so many characters were cut off from 13. Geese and Adelheid were supposed to be in the game but were cut off because of time constraints.
@dhanocore2 жыл бұрын
Damn, This game holds an special place on my heart. I played a shit ton of this game since it was on arcades and completed all the trials 10 years ago on console version. Here on my city we had an official XIII arcade bought to SNK and there was an amazing opening tournament when XIII released and the cabinet was available. Here on Mexico if it wasn't for the 2002 hacked versions, this was the most played KOF at that time. When it released on console there was tournaments left and right on the whole country. Sadly it's online was baaaaaaad. The music, the stages, the characters, the art are amazing. If at that time this game would have a decent online this would have been the most successful KOF. Glad that despite the years a lot of people respect this game despite not playing or not being a KOF fan. Thanks for doing this whole series Max it has been amazing watching you play KOF, It's like I'm living once again my favourite videogame saga of all time.
@PikangsFutaba2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, hacks aside, this probably was the most played KOF game, and I have to say that is beacuse of the hacks that I kinda despised to play KOF against other players as they were crybabies if they didn't have unlimited Super meter or super fast charging said bar, outside fighting other players, I could play them whenever I didn't want to take it seriously against the AI (because of that when it comes to 2002, I liked to play 2002 UM/Road to Revenge more than the vanilla game as it was back in the day impossible to find hacked versions of UM)
@looknofurther68852 жыл бұрын
You beat Vice & Daimon's trials 👀???
@dhanocore2 жыл бұрын
@@looknofurther6885 Yeah I remember I left last Daimon and Ash both trial 9 bc I was having trouble with those. Vice was not that hard if I remember well.
@looknofurther68852 жыл бұрын
@@dhanocore im glad they changed that input command. It was unnecessarily difficult evn Justin Wong & Max had trouble w it. They've finally improved that fan gripe.. Kudos to SNK program team
@NaniMadres2 жыл бұрын
Pues de qué parte de México eres? XD Acá en gdl nunca llegué a ver alguna Arcade de KOF 13, solo una del 11 pero la mayoría eran arcades multi-juegos o esas de un solo juego (mi abuelo solía tener como 20 arcades diferentes en su negocio). Y sí, las versiones Plus y Magic fueron bastante jugadas siendo la 2002 la más popular. También jugaban otras entregas pero era raro que lo hicieran (al menos en todos los lugares a los que llegué a ir).
@TheLandofObscusion2 жыл бұрын
The craziest thing about KOF XIII is that, despite all of the amazing work put into the character sprites (literally traced over polygonal models, frame by frame(!), and those models were then partially used for XIV), the outstanding gameplay, and the memorably bittersweet ending for Ash Crimson... This is still technically an incomplete game, at least when compared to everything SNK Playmore wanted to put in. Mukai was apparently supposed to be an actual boss fight, Shroom & Botan were also supposed to be fightable (if not be part of a "Those From the Past" team), Rose & Adelheid were meant to have much more importance, & I think a couple of other things; the Story Mode even hints at some of this, especially for Shroom. It's just that making those sprites were such an endeavor that the staff had to keep cutting stuff that was planned just so that the game could even get finished. Also, I have a feeling we'll never see the return of Shion, despite him being confirmed as having escaped Magaki's dimensional portal (via on the the team endings in XI), which is a shame since I thought he was a cool character.
@saadhasan25182 жыл бұрын
Shroom and Botan were to team up with Saiki imo and Iori was supposed to have Oswald and a newcomer in his team but due to time constraints they were replaced by Mature and Vice but Adelheid's exclusion is quite sad.
@SuperLlama422 жыл бұрын
I will always be salty about how little Adelheid's been used.
@tailedgates92 жыл бұрын
Damn. So even though XIII was more of a complete version of XII, it STILL wasn't finished? We need a 3rd release, SNK!!! >.
@TheLandofObscusion2 жыл бұрын
@@tailedgates9 I wouldn't call XIII "unfinished" by any means, but the team at SNK Playmore were definitely way too ambitious with it, in some regards.
@purwantiallan50892 ай бұрын
@@SuperLlama42Adelheid and Silber were originally planned to be added in KOF 13 but were later gone because of time constraints.
@drummachine772 жыл бұрын
SNK needs to hire code mystics to put rollback netcode into this game and it would be perfect. I also wish they had an "UM" version for this saga with these visuals. One could only dream.
@victorhugocosta11272 жыл бұрын
My dream would be a UM release with rollback netcode and scrapped characters like Oswald and Adelheid. That'd be fantastic
@danriu2 жыл бұрын
for how good KOF XV is selling they for sure will have the money to do it, it's already on Steam best sellers.
@thunter9925 ай бұрын
Rollback got added
@AlphaladZXA3 ай бұрын
Wait really that's sick
@BroomPusher20242 жыл бұрын
28:00 Max: tries to "Hit your opponent with 3 hits of Normals..." The AI almost immediately: "FOOT DIVE"
@tailedgates92 жыл бұрын
I heard Doom and it was glorious. XD
@DroWarriorOfLight2 жыл бұрын
I really like Ash saga, man. I love the general sad ending with Betty, but completely forgot how big of a hommies Shen and Duo Lon were standing there for a whole day waiting for Elizabeth to go out after wanting to be alone griefing Ash's loss
@meganinten00782 жыл бұрын
Despite not liking the story of Ash Saga. The finale was bittersweet. Poor Betty 😢 Too bad KOF XIV ruined that bittersweet ending making Ash returning I am not a fan of bringing back characters that were officially dead or erased from story.
@Blockugu2 жыл бұрын
@@rainofkhandaq6678 No she was the only one who didn't forget him
@donkeydarko772 жыл бұрын
Ash Saga is the best Saga in KoF. How can I be so brave, and so correct?
@GavTheAv2 жыл бұрын
Was so happy to see this episode is almost an hour long. Easily my favorite KOF and arguably my favorite fighting game of all time.
@DrSlump-fz9ki2 жыл бұрын
The only KOF to this day to be in EVO 3 years straight, and my fav KOF of all time, such a beautiful and fun game.
@spacedoubt152 жыл бұрын
EVO tournaments of this game were hype af. Watching someone getting fullscreen murdered by Beni's neomax super was *amazing.*
@tanusrichandra62862 жыл бұрын
Honestly kof 13 is kinda boring to watch
@saadhasan25182 жыл бұрын
Yeah the top 8 for Evo 2012 especially the Grand Finals b/w Bala and MadKof was legendary and Reynald's Evo 2013 loser bracket run is something so great.
@Zeronigel3322 жыл бұрын
@@tanusrichandra6286 compare to the other games around that time it was vastly interesting to watch only thing more interesting to watch was Zangief in sf4
@Nimrod3362 жыл бұрын
My son is considered special ed.(autistic) And on top that he has a dexterity mucle control problem. I'm part of the fgc and been playing fighting games since I was 5..the best moment for me is he saw me doing trials in kof13. He asked if I could teach him. So I worked with him and he got his first combo 3rd try. He started playing fighting games with me. When we went back to the doctor he was dumbfounded by his motor control to the point where he said there was no major problem anymore and shouldn't worry about it as much. Even his cognitive ability went through the roof. Kof13 tekken7 and dbfz and 3rd strike literally help save my son alot if grief by giving him his dexterity back....we bond over the fgc and watching you max thanks for the content keep it up
@benearthside2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Congratulations!! I've been thinking about this too as a musician-specifically a drummer. KOF really feels like learning an instrument. I've noticed my coordination on the drum set has significantly improved since diving into KOF and XIII's combo trials. They teach you in a fun way how to break down complex motor challenges, and that's a skill that's applicable to almost any task in day-to-day life.
@Nimrod3362 жыл бұрын
@@benearthside nice,I been wanting to bring this to light more maybe get a doctor behind it and turn it in to a therapy.
@benearthside2 жыл бұрын
@@Nimrod336 That would be so cool. I think there's a lot of potential there :)
@purwantiallan50892 ай бұрын
I ever had 19 hit combo using Takuma in KOF XIII.
@terryandjoe2 жыл бұрын
The best of the bunch, for me. I have this level....or maybe just the tiniest smidge below CvS2, as my favourite fighting game of all time. It does help that I grew up playing through the KoF lore like a lot of people here. I've definitely got some bias going on...
@DrMario-2 жыл бұрын
While this game may not have been stupidly popular in its heyday, with it getting a small revival much later, I have a feeling KoF XV with avenge XIII and be a hit from the very beginning, and stay that way without falling off quickly. This game, while difficult was way too fun and good looking to deserve its fate.
@TheControlBlue2 жыл бұрын
It was indeed beautiful and fun. I unfortunately have very low expectations for 3D SNK by hey, we will see.
@chrismdb56862 жыл бұрын
@@TheControlBlue Agreed, 3D SNK and Capcom just look bad and because of that there's a constant barrier to mass appeal.
@MayJeremiah2 жыл бұрын
picked this game up to play with friends one weekend deal, and i could hit almost no links with the characters that interested me. that and the troublesome netplay turned me off, but i'm hoping to give XV a try when i can.
@bloomallcaps2 жыл бұрын
Man, it's not even THAT hard, I hate this belief about the game; if you can do low>low>special>super you can DEFINITELY play the game just fine
@DrMario-2 жыл бұрын
@@bloomallcaps I just said it was difficult. Does it mean it's THAT hard? not necessarily. What I really meant by hard was it's high skill ceiling, and I was thinking of those combo trials.
@viniciusraraujo2 жыл бұрын
I think after the last 3 games it's safe to say that the Ash Saga is Max favorite,who could ever predict that? XD
@Maxbeedo22 жыл бұрын
Watching KOFXIII combo videos has been an obsession of mine for a while. The game is just pretty to look at, the soundtrack is amazing, and the combo variety and routes are expansive (for most characters). Highly recommend Persona Entertainment's channel for a full list of vids covering every character. Duo Lon, Ash, Hwa Jai and Joe were probably my favorite for showing just how good they could be compared to how even pros were playing them, though I learned a lot from all of them.
@saadhasan25182 жыл бұрын
For me it was Ash, Duolon, Hwa Jai, Reg.Kyo, Benimaru and Takuma
@KamonShirow2 жыл бұрын
One thing I've learned from this KOF legacy is that SNK doesn't shy away from giving bosses all the cheapness.
@NightmareSnake2 жыл бұрын
Man, I really wanted to see KOF XII. Here's the one thing that makes KOF XII interesting: it plays more like it's Art Of Fighting 4 than a KOF game. I have yet to see Max play it once. If he's not gonna do it now either, it would be nice to see it maybe as part of an Art Of Fighting retrospective. That would prepare him for the gameplay better than coming off of KOF XI.
@budaroddy2 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes it is, the best 2D sprites, one of the best gameplays, this is top tier KOF
@HerrZenki2 жыл бұрын
i've always loved the stages in kof. they give you a feeling of "big fight" energy
@KnifeToMeetYou_2 жыл бұрын
KoF XIII, the game that introduced me to one of my all time favourite characters in Elisabeth (So glad she's back, now if only they could add in Kasumi Todoh to XV), and had my favourite rendition of Billy's theme The London March. I may suck at this game but goddamb do I still love playing it.
@chuaher2 жыл бұрын
My fav fighting game of all time. I wished that SNK would bring rollback to this game and patch up some of the balance issues (esp with the DLC characters). I'm sure this game will go down in KOF history as one of the greats along with 98 and 02.
@purwantiallan50892 ай бұрын
Dont forget XV also that is as great as XIII and 94.
@jbbelenkokoro26732 жыл бұрын
I’m really hoping that Shen Woo and Dou Lon will make into KOFXV as DLC.
@donkeydarko772 жыл бұрын
You and me both. Two of my favorite characters. I also like Shion.
@gamerkingdom14422 жыл бұрын
Seeing Max explaining about the importance of a fighting game being FUN, then closes up the 🎤 to the controls and hearing the CLICKING sounds of the Buttons, just shows why I love seeing his videos. HE GETS IT. He understands Fighting Games, maybe even more than EVO PROFESSIONALS…..
@000mjd2 жыл бұрын
Yeah KOF XIII the game everybody says now "i wish the next KOF could look like XIII" but when was launched almost everyone criticized, Third Strike effect
@jeremyroberts88222 жыл бұрын
I’ve noticed that happens with a lot of games from all types of different genres not just fighting games. I guess it’s because sometimes people just won’t give games a proper chance at first but then they do years later which is why so many games end up being late hits that people remember fondly
@mjmelo92032 жыл бұрын
I just love this soundtrack... The intro, the menus, the teams themes... It's just too perfect
@cinecrypt852 жыл бұрын
Played it so much both on PC (when the arcade version got leaked), at the arcades in china, Hong Kong and Japan. Even joined a couple of tournament in shenzhen back when it was released. People hated 12 then 13, i honestly liked both haha, from the art design and the combat system
@Xzeihoranth2 жыл бұрын
The sound design? Top notch. Foley FX, soundtrack, voiceover. Spritework speaks for itself. Haven't played the game myself, brain doesn't work well when it comes to fighting games, but the combos seem very crunchy and satisfying like Max says.
@Gamesta1002 жыл бұрын
I can't play fighting games for crap. Players like Max and Justin Wong seem like fighting Gods to me because I can only dream of being half as good as them lol Despite that I own over 80 fighting games.
@altnova66432 жыл бұрын
I'm good enough in the mobile version of 13 of all things lol, since special moves are made simple in that version. The tight link window is a non-problem when you can just spam the special attack button until it comes out, the stuffs Max did in this video with Shen and Duo Lon is piss easy as a result.
@rxmirai78572 жыл бұрын
@@altnova6643 I recommend taking off the "Simple special moves" in the settings once you want to progress further. I started playing fighting games this way and it really helps with the basics of fighting games (such as fireball motion and dp motions) if you choose to play shoto characters to learn command inputs. After learning to do command inputs precisely on your mobile device, you might not even want to turn on Simple special moves ever again lol.
@3slicessenpai2 жыл бұрын
I love how, even while possessed, Dark Ash is still overflowing with smug. That "Ohrah~!" kills me XD
@joshualowe9592 жыл бұрын
It's great to see 2D fighting games still be made in the modern era
@Starfox4062 жыл бұрын
I used to watch tournament matches from this Kof, it was really fun
@DippedInInk2 жыл бұрын
KOF 13 is actually my favorite one. The animation and all was well done.
@Max-ej4oh2 жыл бұрын
I like that this KoF "rewards" you with the little miscellaneous quest with special meter.
@BroomPusher20242 жыл бұрын
"Doesnt he remember KOF 12?" "NOBODY remembers KOF 12."
@mauriciosfrecola34282 жыл бұрын
Kof 12 doesnt exist Never mention again
@Renegade777842 жыл бұрын
When you put it that way early Street Fighter 5 should be forgotten too. 😅😂
@cyanide1672 жыл бұрын
@@Renegade77784 I mean sorta? The thing is that sfv kept getting better and better over time, meanwhile xii stayed in that beta-esque feel
@irvrod2 жыл бұрын
I love xii
@AHMEDRAVENBARNACLE-842 жыл бұрын
I have a copy of KOF 12 on the ps3 to see why no one likes,now I see why everyone don’t like KOF12,I hope snk make an ultimate dream match edition in the future and fix everything about it.
@TonyTheTGR2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, XIII is where you start KoF. The smaller cast and simpler matchups, combined with the looser, more forgiving controls really does make it the definitive "first KoF experience" now.
@Guile_The_Exile2 жыл бұрын
The most underrated game in the whole series (my first KOF ever) with the BEST Sprite work we'll never ever see again... I'm also trying to figure out why people like Shen honestly.. like sure he looks cool but his moveset this far hasn't shown me anything interesting besides sub par punching ya know? And Vanessa does the punchy punches way better and cooler... Has Max just not done much with him so far or am I not wrong?
@mechanicat19342 жыл бұрын
Comes down to playstyle I think. Shen is more Balrog to Vanessa's Dudley ya know? Ya gotta play him to get it. AND he looks cool.
@acydrayn732 жыл бұрын
Vanessa is a million tiny punches, Shen is like 20 big honkin PAUNCHES. Very different feeling, I want Shen back, badly lmao.
@xGunbladeKnightx2 жыл бұрын
I think the most underrated is KOFXI, especially because of the lack of ports, but quite a few people consider KOFXIII the best of the saga, perhaps because another slightly underrated game like KOF 2002 UM hasn't been given as many hours of gameplay XD I think they like Shen because he is a not so complicated character to play, but for me it was an attempt to replace Yashiro, this is because they resemble each other in personality and design.
@maninredhelm2 жыл бұрын
KoF11 is definitely the most underappreciated and underexposed KoF. 13 if anything is obnoxiously overrated.
@brianpbillingsley36872 жыл бұрын
People underrate this? Who are these people?🤔
@lordkiesor222 жыл бұрын
Uuugh, this game is forever breathtaking and one of my favorites on a more visual stand point, as well as the closing saga of Ash and The Ones of the Past.
@Flipsh0t2 жыл бұрын
I'm in the historical minority, but this was my favorite KoF.
@AirLancer2 жыл бұрын
A lot of people love 13, but there's also a vocal group of people who trash this game any time it gets brought up.
@amestrisgone2 жыл бұрын
@SNES Nes -Combos are too long even for KOF -This is the only game that gets consistent praise from the FGC(not exactly kof fans) while the other games are just sort of ignored -this game is constantly praised for its visuals, even though it dramatically changed how many characters looked ina bad way, many characters just have odd proportions while characters like elisabeth, kyo and iori look great, while clark doesnt even look human anymore -a lot of fanfavorites are missing, I aint even talking characters whos absence makes perfect sense like rugal and orochi team, but characters that were fairly common place in kof, like vanessa, blue mary, choi, shingo kasumi, many which to this day still havent come back -many characters lost so many moves, kim lost its rekkas, yuri her command normals, clark his command grab with his legs just to name a few, and many moves are just getting them back, and yet they still miss many -many of these caused due to the sprite work, which many people insist SNK should go back to, even tho capcom was allowed to move on to 3D with no issue TL;DR This game is a massive departure in many ways of how kof is like rather than an evolution and it has become the Standard in which every other KOF game is judged by people whos their only KOF game is XIII
@aizensa97082 жыл бұрын
Randomly got this game on my xbox 360 a few years back, easily still one of the most memorable games purely cos of the visuals and the soundtrack (which I still listen to today), absolutely insane game especially considering i was an extreme casual a few years back
@ParanoidTheMarvin2 жыл бұрын
I still think they need a dream match for the Ash Saga. I can't see that happening without them downgrading their sprites though.
@zachataxxii71262 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, KOF XII is supposed to be the Dream Match game for the Ash Saga. Why? I have no idea
@MystWonka2 жыл бұрын
@@zachataxxii7126 It's not really a dream match. Some people just consider it as such because there's no story. But there's no element of a dream match, and was originally meant to, well, have XIII's story and boss and everything. But they couldn't finish it in time and SNK needed the money so they released XII in a quite unfinished state and then XIII a bit after.
@KonohazFinest2 жыл бұрын
I would love an entire KOF collection that's stops at this game on one disc or digital download.
@CasualRemy2 жыл бұрын
I love that you can really feel the rhythm of each character's combo routes in XIII
@kingdomcomesuperman36692 жыл бұрын
The game that seriously got me into KoF, from the combo system, controls, and one of the best visuals I've seen in a fighting game. Plus how fun and busted Kim Kapwhan was(I will say though some character styles like Buff Ralf and Clark or Athena I could leave behind).
@meganinten00782 жыл бұрын
Idk. I really like how Athena and Kensou look in XIII It is a reference to their design in the original Psycho Soldier arcade game.
@kingdomcomesuperman36692 жыл бұрын
@@meganinten0078 I agree with Kensou having one of his best looks in this game imo but for Athena I just never liked the schoolgirl aesthetic along with how young she looked. Same with Clark and Ralf looking more like Ikari Warriors but too buff for my liking.
@meganinten00782 жыл бұрын
@@kingdomcomesuperman3669 Oh well. Different tastes. I like the anime artstyle KOF XIII has. It is different but not bad. Takuma and Mai look much better in XIII than previous games
@kingdomcomesuperman36692 жыл бұрын
@@meganinten0078 Definitely, Takama and Mr Karate were badass in this game and Mai looked great.
@saadhasan25182 жыл бұрын
Kof XIII Kim is his best version hands down and Mr.Karate being strong also made sense since they put alot of respect on AOF's name
@marplatense312 жыл бұрын
This was the game that got me into KOF! Love it!
@furrywarrior76422 жыл бұрын
KOF 13 feels and looks clean. It's funny how everyone wanted 15 to be this style
@Petronixman2 жыл бұрын
Dont know but why every one love overmuscled guys, disco pants and freaking fat people on every second stage?
@meganinten00782 жыл бұрын
Do you want SNK to going bankrupt again? Making this artstyle was SO expensive that almost killed the company
@Lunaria.Praesentia2 жыл бұрын
Maybe if SNK hits the right spots and kof XV, as well as a couple more future KoFs, sells really good, they'll bring this animation style back, one can only dream
@furrywarrior76422 жыл бұрын
@@meganinten0078 ouch 😬 rly? I didn't know this theme costed so much 😬
@meganinten00782 жыл бұрын
@@furrywarrior7642 Yeah. Both KOF XII and XIII were so expensive to make. After XIII the company fired many employees and was almost over, it barely survived the upcoming years making mobile games.
@isumairu252 жыл бұрын
Never in my entire life of playing fighting games has the storyline of The Tales of Ash Saga having no business being that good. The Steam Edition intro hits you right in the feels. Ash is one the best anti-hero in KOF.
@donkeydarko772 жыл бұрын
Everything you said is correct.
@NegoClau2 жыл бұрын
This, KOF 98UM and KOF 2002UM... This is basically what KOF is all about... With some honoring mentions to KOF XI and the Nests Saga as a whole...
@NeffJeff952 жыл бұрын
Kinda wished Ash got to keep his fighting pose from 2003 and XI, made me like the character more. Which is weird to say an idle animation pose does a lot for characters in fighting games. XIII is a master class in fighting games and its the result of all the years snk had worked on since 94'
@zachataxxii71262 жыл бұрын
Canonically, this is Ash at his strongest after stealing Chizuru's mirror & Iori's flames, so I think they wanted to give Ash a laid-back idle to emphasize how he's hardly even trying now. I prefer his old idle too, though
@S_Boomer982 жыл бұрын
One thing I will always appreciate about Dark Ash is how silly he sounds whenever he throws his fireballs.
@jessepeterson66942 жыл бұрын
So some story gap fills i personally heard were canonical: So after Kyo and Shingo got injured by Iori before Ash stole his magatama the two got sent to a hospital but Kyo (not one to let a situation involving Chizuru and Iori slide) snuck out and eventually encountered some members from those from the past who gave him an invitation to THIS kof and joined Benimaru and Goro to get back at Ash hoping he'd be there. Meanwhile Betty recruited Shen and Duo Lon cause they now had a common goal; bring Ash down cause Duo wants to know what Ash's true objective was and Shen was still mad about the whole Oswald thing in the previous game. Iori (having lost his dark flames) developed his fight style to be able to combat without them, now it's never been explained why Vice and Mature appeared to him physically (my guess? Orochi's seal was still breaking during this time so maybe this influence coupled with nightmares i heard he's had over killing them may have been the cause) but they appeared and they agreed to help Iori get his magatama back to seal Oroch. During all this the Ikari mercenaries were investigating those from the past, after Haidern got a call from Adelhied about his sister Rose hosting the next kof tournament without telling him he sent a recon team consisting of Mary, Ramon, Seth and Vanessa to where the kof arena would take place where they found out that those from the past were manipulating the tournament to further weaken Orochi's seal, which leads to those from the past's goal. Saiki and his cult in the far off past fought humanity for dominance but lost, they found out about a mystical door of time that Saiki hopes to use to return to his original time and change things which lead to his cult somehow living immortally in secret till the time was right. So basically this was not just tournament for money, it was a tournament to decide humanity's fate.
@jessepeterson66942 жыл бұрын
Kinda makes you appreciate the opening to this game a bit more.
@jvshotta88452 жыл бұрын
7:37 Did...did he just put the mic to his "stick" to have us listen to him beating it? lol
@marcelo558692 жыл бұрын
Not a single mention of the best Kim's pants animation to date... This game refined and perfected the concept pants animation
@jessepeterson66942 жыл бұрын
Some conclusions here: I'm not sure if this is canonical but it may have actually been the combined effort of Betty, Kyo and Iori who fought the true form of Saiki as well as Ash after Saiki's soul overwhelmed him. Now we already know how things ended with Betty but if the endings i saw are to be believed it was Kyo's official team who won the tournament. Iori got his magatama back as well as getting Chizuru's mirror, Vice and Mature ask if he really wants it back cause the Yasakani magatama held Orochi's curse the riot of the blood ultimately Iori keeps it and he and Kyo start fighting again. (Don't worry they return the Yata mirror after) oh and like everyone else except Betty they also lost all memory of Ash Crimson.
@jessepeterson66942 жыл бұрын
OH almost forgot, the disappearance of Ash contributed to the appearance of Verse kof 14.
@redcomet64512 жыл бұрын
This game is amazing. Definitely one of my favorite KOF. I really hope 15 ends up feeling like a combination of 13 and 14. PS: it would be sick to eventually see a team those from the past with Makai Botan and Rimello or Shion.
@StudioMod10 ай бұрын
Neogeo Battle Coliseum is so disgustingly underrated. Evenstill, CVS2 is easily my favorite fighting game. But in terms of King of Fighters, XIII is definitely up there.
@KMmouse202 жыл бұрын
God I love Dark Ash's theme so much.
@saadhasan25182 жыл бұрын
Yeah the theme really does a great job for a boss battle.
@DFloyd842 жыл бұрын
You think by now everybody would know that the King of Fighters tournament is always a front for some world-domination scheme
@mechanicat19342 жыл бұрын
You know I think that I read once that it's canonical for it just be "part of the festivities" now.
@Mentis_Umbra2 жыл бұрын
I remember getting the demo/trial for this game and it sparking my interest in fighting games again. Even got me to interesting in MK again, jumping back in for the 9th game. Mk10 is the game where I decided to actually learn combos, before then I was like a lvl 10 button masher. Still kinda am as I mostly rely on muscle memory and get myself caught up in stupid stuff XD I learned pretty much just to abuse the reach and fastest hits
@xShinigamiRyukuux2 жыл бұрын
"You two can have your emotion reunion inside me!" Oh no. "How's that for a happy ending?" *OH NO*
@futureicon232 жыл бұрын
I would certainly say this is the best non-Dream Match KoF for sure (since I see it as the Third Strike of this series), close second being KoF XI. It's just one of those precious masterpieces. 1998 UM and 2002 UM are the best Dream Match games so far.
@brent50452 жыл бұрын
"duo lon is crazy fun in this game" Max, you should try hwa jai.
@andydepizzalover96702 жыл бұрын
That combo at 7:13 matched the beat of the music 😂
@Marcelo2802892 жыл бұрын
KOF13 is so nostalgic because it brought back all the classic stages from all games we loved from KOF94 up to that point including some of the Fatal Fury Special stages and those were some of the most amazing stages we always wanted to reach like Billy's stage in Special man
@BloodSportA22 жыл бұрын
This is the one that really got me to start investing serious time into KoF, and Ash is one of my favorite characters, so XIII is always gonna have a special place on my nostalgia shelf.
@millimeterpeterderekjeter Жыл бұрын
I bought this game recently as an average fighting game player. Someone who can do the inputs but lacks fundamentals. That being said, this is the greatest fighting game ive ever played. As someone with good input knowledge, this game caters to me completely. Great art style, banger songs each stage, and unique characters that make you want to learn every character. This game also does a great job at making pixel models feel modern. I wish this game had more traction because I think the legacy players will feel at home with the mechanics, but new players will see the cool roster and be encouraged to learn the game to get good with these characters.
@mestre122 жыл бұрын
KOF 13 is a great game.KOF, in general, is great. I remember, during college, there was a bar in one other building of the college i did go, where, there was a bar, where, there was one arcade cabinet, and, its was KOF. i do remember playing a few times there, since, i dint go to that building that much.
@BroomPusher20242 жыл бұрын
Kof 13: The game that pushed Shen from Unga to BUNGA.
@mr_0n10n52 жыл бұрын
This game had the best version of Iori's Arashi no Saxophone theme
@bigshorty48552 жыл бұрын
I love this game. Wish it had rollback netcode. Also lack of characters like Yamazaki, Geese etc sucked. Everyone was fun to use though, made this game just great nonetheless. Drive cancels and ex moves were the best additions to kof, really missing drive cancels.
@jesusdamian18748 ай бұрын
The visuals, music, story, combo mechanics, and roster make this KOF my favorite by far and my favorite fighting game no competition. Perhaps customization isn’t the best, maybe the combos are difficult, or any other thing you want to criticize, but I have yet to play any other fighting game that feels as fluid and satisfying to play/master.
@SuperFusionAJ932 жыл бұрын
12:44 If they're old enough to crawl, they're old enough to Brawl.
@ryuzxa2 жыл бұрын
Max love playing 2003 and XI is because it gave him the MVC vibe
@orlanzo26212 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt one of the most beautiful 2-D fighting games ever. Absolute eye candy man. I remember buying it when it first came out, it came with like 4 soundtrack CD's with music from KOF 94 all the way to Xlll itself. One of my top 3 favorite games in the series, it might just be number one honestly, i bounce back and forth between this one an 2002 UM.
@Petronixman2 жыл бұрын
What so beautiful in overmuscled guys, disco pants and freaking fat people on every second stage?
@orlanzo26212 жыл бұрын
@@Petronixman You have your opinion and i have mine. To me KOF 13 (and 12) look amazing.
@orlanzo26212 жыл бұрын
@@aceattorneygeneral3922 Yea he seems to be butthurt about KOF 13 for some reason, lol.
@meganinten00782 жыл бұрын
Hello Orlanzo. I have a love and hate relationship with KOF XIII Love the visuals, sprites (which btw, weren't 100% hand made) and music BUT I Hate the roster. It is one of my least favorites. It doesn't feel like part of the Ash Saga. It feels like the Orochi Saga all over again. I missed so many characters from 2003 and XI 😢 (Duck King, Malin, Momoko, Adelheid, Gai, Silber, Jenet, Oswald, etc) The worst part is that... The development of KOF XII and XIII was so expensive that forced SNK Playmore to cancelled the rest of the upcoming Maximum Impact games 😭😭😭 That's why we never got Maximum Impact 3 and Regulation A 2 (which btw, SNKP have announced it in public!)
@orlanzo26212 жыл бұрын
@@meganinten0078 Yea i hear ya...but man it's just so fun and pretty! lol. I seriously love this game man, but i will admit that a lot of favorites were left out in this one, and the roster is definitely less diverse than XI. XI has one of the best rosters in the series easily. But i don't like it more than Xlll tho. (But it is in my top 5)
@striderreborn14672 жыл бұрын
KOF 12 could've in theory worked as a tech demo and 13 as it's final product. The only good thing it has going for it was the decent merchandise it had. (I still have my KOf 12 Mousepad that I use to this day.)
@tailedgates92 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, I simp hard for Saiki. XD Fun to play as too. What I wouldn't give for KOF to return to this kind of sprite and artwork.
@meganinten00782 жыл бұрын
*Trivia* The development of KOF XII and XIII was so rough that forced SNK Playmore to cancel many future projects, they spend a lot of money. They cancelled *3 upcoming KOF Maximum Impact games!* *KOF MAXIMUM IMPACT REGULATION A 2* for Arcades *KOF MAXIMUM IMPACT 3* for PS3 *KOF MAXIMUM IMPACT XBOX 360* The Maximum Impact games were a success. Maximum Impact 2 being the best selling KOF game in the PS2. *Falcoon* the producer of Maximum Impact Regulation A 2 said there was going to have 4 returning characters making their 3D debut. Hotaru, Tizoc, Joe and Angel. Plus some newcomers. SNK Playmove even announced the game in public. Showing the logo! So yeah. The reason why the story of the Maximum Impact ended in a cliffhanger was because of KOF XII and XIII 😢😭😭😭
@mechanicat19342 жыл бұрын
You just broke my heart my dude. I was so ready to see where the KOFMI story was going. And considering how big an improvement MI 2 was over 1? MI 3 would have been dang good I bet.
@meganinten00782 жыл бұрын
@@mechanicat1934 Ikr? It is such a tragedy 😢 I really liked the Maximum Impact games... MI2 being my favorite. Falcoon is now working for SNK again and has made some interviews. He wants to do everything in his power to end the MI storyline.
@DIOBrando-ij2bp2 жыл бұрын
This KoF always felt to me like the Garou: Mark of the Wolves sequel they never got to make as a King of Fighters game.
@jonssogaming82552 жыл бұрын
That ending is fucking crazy. Ash erases himself and the only person who remembers him is Elisabeth whilst her teammates have no clear about what just happened.
@MystWonka2 жыл бұрын
Anyone else think about how this game's story ending is just like Madoka Magica's? Even Elisabeth keeping Ash's hairband like Homura did with Madoka's ribbons.
@saadhasan25182 жыл бұрын
Man I love this Kof it's my favourite game in the series from gameplay to graphics I loved doing combos in the game especially the big boy HD combos it's my favourite game from the X360 era I remember putting so many hours into it playing VS mode with friends doing trials and so much more plus this is where Kof kinda hit it's competitive peak particularly in Evo 2012 and Evo 2013 have the best top 8s in all of Evo history.
@RinrinFran2 жыл бұрын
I feel like Terry would become like Shen if he's not humble like he is.
@albertovinicio1232 жыл бұрын
the only thing I find bad about KOFXIII is the longer combos. Because looking at the apex of KOF gameplay which is KOF2002/02UM, KOFXIII has many combo loops that for anyone who hates infinite combos, watching KOF XIII is pretty boring. 100% combos in KOF2002 usually don't have this constant repetition of hits (except in infinities, but that's a bug). And I think it's cool that KOF XV doesn't have this damage reduction to keep a loop longer than it should.
@dextergarner12862 жыл бұрын
I don’t know. I enjoyed watching tournaments where people landed combos and TODs...there were definitely some tight gameplay moments for me even as a spectator.
@marche8002 жыл бұрын
Andy being called the "White Wind" is hilarious
@TowerShield_2 жыл бұрын
XIII was my introduction to the franchise. But I am loving just going back through the past of this franchise
@meganinten00782 жыл бұрын
I really like the anime artstyle KOF XII and XIII have. Mai, Takuma, Ryo, Athena, Kensou, Kim, Iori, King, Joe, Mature, Vice, Leona look amazing! About the story of KOF XIII I really like the finally it was so bittersweet. Too bad KOF XIV ruined it. I am not a fan of reviving characters that were officially dead...
@FarticusSnottington2 жыл бұрын
This game has the best graphics, but combine the graphis of this with the roster of 2002 UM and movesets and gameplay of that game and that would be the perfect KOF
@sir_will_iam2 жыл бұрын
Even the mobile version of this game is epic. It plays so much like the console version that it isn't even a mobile version. More like a mobile port.
@christhechilled2 жыл бұрын
I forgot about Ash's throw when he put your head towards his crutch.
@flyingparkinglot15302 жыл бұрын
Before KOF 14 and now 15, 13 was absolutely peak! They made the old school 2D graphics just looks so perfect, character select screen music was awesome as fuck, tons of modes, customization like I played this game to death back on the PS3. What a time to be alive. My only complaint was the small roster? Compared to games like 2002 or maximum impact it didn’t have like KOF14’s 48 or so characters. Like the SNK series of fighting games has soooooooo many characters from so many series. Art of Fighting, Garou, Samurai Shodown. King of Fighters and Street Fighter by the way are tournament games combing characters from the company’s series of games (SNK games or Capcom games), in case anyone was confused. I feel like towards the end of 15’s cycle I predict we have 70 characters max. It would rival Smash Ultimate’s roster which would be crazy and kinda taunt Street Fighter in “hey Capcom you have a lot of SF characters too that aren’t in the modern games still…what’s good?” Tons of characters is also a good thing because you can narrow down who you personally love using, hate using, who needs a buff/nerf online and who should’ve/not be in this game. I hope the dlc gets 2002/MI/14’s roster plus some OCs. With how good it looks in graphics too, might be the place to fight in. Like GG Strive is awesome, but Arc Systems really needed to launch with way more characters and also not be just a PlayStation/PC only game. KOF 15 is literally on everything anyone can play on and would get word of mouth much faster. I’m curious to how much 15 will sell this coming weekend 🤔
@brettdallman38852 жыл бұрын
It’s unlikely, but I really hope Shen and Duo Lon come back in XV. Considering they’re doing team DLCs, I can’t think of anyone who would be a third to round it out, but I think they’d be good additions and I want to see them in the new style. Edit: Put Kim in the team. I want Kim back. Don’t care if it doesn’t make sense
@jeremyroberts88222 жыл бұрын
Well I’m sure you already know but Kim is actually coming back along with shingo. Also it looks like season 2 isn’t gonna have team focused dlc but rather single fighters one at a time
@dextergarner12862 жыл бұрын
The music hits so hard in 13 too. Good shit.
@TheKidDoc812 жыл бұрын
16:40 Yes, This song.: King of Fighters XIII OST Esaka Continues.
@InvaderBrandon2 жыл бұрын
I never got to play this, and KOFXV looks pretty as hell, but man I can't help looking at this spritework and thinking we could have had it all.
@marcushamner59942 жыл бұрын
KOF XIII’s animation is unique because I saw a Hwa Jai’s gameplay and he looks so cool! It’s a little “dank” like you said, Max HAHA! I don’t see the flack for KOF XIII though! I thought the animation was awesome! It’s one of the reason why I enjoy playing every Fatal Fury and KOF game when I was little! I love the intro music! It’s the best!
@saadhasan25182 жыл бұрын
Hwa is really fun in this game his combos are really fun and he has some really great tools especially his SDM and a Neomax that has great utility in the corner
@mjmelo92032 жыл бұрын
And Yeah. This is my favorite KoF
@traviscummings91782 жыл бұрын
15:28 Max has spoken, SNK. Make his dream a reality
@rockhyde77752 жыл бұрын
KOF XIII holds up extremely well today as does AH3 and BBCF.
@TechMetalRules11 ай бұрын
The backgrounds are WILD
@Ilovevidgames1232 ай бұрын
Robert running up and Neomaxing was hysterically funny.