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  • they sould make another capcom vs snk..... REVOLUTION !!! :o

  • @MRDONNY2 U mean 12 or 13 cuz this is 12

  • Can anyone elaborate on the racial stereotypes? Because there's a pretty big line between stereotypes and culture in the background.

  • oops this is 12 i thought this was 13 o.o

  • I almost bought this game I got UMvC instead and glad I did.

  • the racial stereotypes are my favorite part of fighting games.

  • Joe point at his "snake" ;)

  • I'd rather play KOF '98 than KOF XII

  • @SaturdayFighter LOL...I think SNK knew most people would as they re-released 98 and 2002 on PS2 and xbox live just before they released this game. Its a solid game but lacking in depth and not worth the $60 price tag I originally paid for it.

  • @JeanVlogg I have every KOF game so far and I didn't enjoy KOFXII at all. It feeled like a demo and compare to the wonderful KOFXIII, it was.

  • @SaturdayFighter Same here. That's probably the most accurate description I have every heard of XII. If you own XIII on PS3 hit me up for a friend:darthbad.

  • @JeanVlogg I will add you! :)

  • No Mai, but at least there's Terry Bolgard. He's a close second.

  • "New character sprites, but not much else..."

    Strange, I could say the exact same thing about Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

  • @thejobloshow I love KOF more than any Capcom game, expect UMvC3. This game contents new CHARACTER MODELS. New characters, stages and game modes for the Ultimate upgrade and the full game + update can be bought for 30 bucks. WIN.

  • is it just me or is IGN progressively getting worse at reviewing and giving far more inaccurate scores as time goes on?

  • I enjoyed "The King Of Fighters XII" because of the incredible backgrounds and great hand-drawn animation but it lacked severely with no boss characters, only a handful of stages and no Mai, Yuri and King. But "The King Of Fighters XIII" is absolutely incredible. X-Play gave it a 4 out of 5. Does anyone know if those elephants are hand-drawn or polygnal; they look amazing. This is 2D fighting at its very best. Period.

  • IGN reviewers are scrubs at fighting games.

  • offensive backgrounds?!!! .........WTF stop being a crybaby jeez

  • 1:59 Oh, look. The American stage....

  • @dyldragon1 oh look another stereotypical rascist

  • @MrCognee

    is there any other kind? lol

  • @dyldragon1 lol you made my day

  • Just doesn't look appealing to me!.... The whole fighting style and combos all look like they fix in terrible! Unless these are just really bad players but I doubt it.

  • *cough* MK9 *cough*

  • Can we just get another Capcom vs SNK?

  • @s4muraib3b0p snk...?

  • @theisoganders The company that makes KOF

  • @s4muraib3b0p You mean Mega Super Capcom vs SNK Double Arcade Stick: Delux Hyper Turbo Edition?

  • @Rocketfist15 I wish that was a game =(

  • I was never a big fan of This series, I don't know why this game looks fun and all th other games did too, Maybe because the lack of creativity at the time with chararcters.. Every games fighter was just a spin off of the next

  • well i doesen`t like the game so much

  • ................. the game is boring :(

  • ¿¡PASSABLE?!WTF!!!!

  • @homeroenelinfierno blazblue

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  • @deepeyes25

    Well he gave Blazblue a 9.4, I'm happy with that.

  • no mai fck that im gonna get my neo geo again

  • @cedricgabionza well king of fighters XIII has Mai in it.

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  • And btw BlazeBlue? Give me a break the game has the worse controls out there next to Marvel vs Capcom 3. A 3 year old can kick everyones ass. Simply hit square, triangle, circle, X or any variation of those and you'll be a beast. BlazeBlue and MvC 3 are a spit in the face of Guilty Gear and MvC 2 fans like myself. They both have great graphics, perfect animations and sound, but failed miserably at the most important thing, controls. And don't get me started on broken characters.

  • @pachendrix

    Blazblue won't surpass Guilty Gear, but it's actually an awesome game itself. Although, I feel the combo sets in GG is more complicate and inconstant compares to Blazblue. And I think IGN is right this time, this is an incomplete game, why release it?

  • @Insomnia1234o00o Agree. But then again, Blazblue is based on broken characters and broken controllers, which definitely makes it an incomplete game too. It has a beautiful presentation and great gameplay, but it is no better than King of Fighters. The only great 2D fighting game out there right now is Street Fighter, everything else, is not worth mentioning. But, this game is a "first look" of what's to come(and it looks pretty awesome). And trust me, I've never been a KoF fan, just a Mai fan.

  • Offensive backgrounds? Do they have rednecks chanting "Niggas" on the background? No, its only offensive to IGN because they have to downgrade every game for no reason at all. Like another guy said, they're using sprites of course theres gonna be pixelation you dumb asses! They don't have story mode nor Mai and thats awful. But nobody cares about survivor. It has a great fighting system and great controls, thats what a fighting game is about. Should be 7.5/10, but no chance in hell only 6.

  • i like the review, its true the game is missing some key features, Blazeblue is better

  • Solid Gameplay.....but a 6.0. Isn't the gameplay supposed to be the focus?

  • @towdow3 i think they're a bit picky about the whole online thing... not only that, but ign really looks into replay value in games such as extra modes (Story, Score Attack) and bonus art content etc... the pixelated characters was a bit over the top but i think a 6-6.5 would be fair in all honesty. Not only that KOFXII was competing with blazblue and sf4 at the time so marks were pretty harsh. BUT KOFXIII has pretty much made up for all it's previous mistakes (except idk about online)

  • No Mai-No Buy!=/

  • This is the first time an IGN video review has been longer than Gamespot......... thumbs up if you're surprised

  • KOFXII was not what I expected to be...BUT OMFG KOFXIII IS FUCKING AWESOME! XD

  • wow who fukn cares about online its king of fighters come now......!!!!

  • @nolliehardflip82 r u kidding me who cares about onnline online gaming nowaday is very important

  • I fuckign hate ign reviews i swear they are completely blan in them and

    exaggeration, they dont even stat any real facts instead he does omg god they nightmare begins online this shit sucks..tahts not a review, I am sticking to gametrailers..Oh yeah go buy blazblu..what kind of shit is that? nothing to do with stating facts in a review.

  • blazblue is completely shit compared to guilty gear and prob sucks compared to this game too.

  • @marzwoody Blazblue > KOF

  • @Insomnia1234o00o lol you obviously never played guilty gear kid

  • i love blazblue......

  • wait, that is bullshit! ign is the most biased enity i have ever seen. They gave marvel vs capcom an 8, yet that game had the same flaws as this game did. They had the exact same game modes, and both had had the dissapointments in roster. I dont know kof very well, but mvc3 is missing MEGA MAN!!!! The poster boy of Capcom is not in mvc3. -_-

    I guess i can say that ign is on the payroll. next fighter imma check out is kof 13.

  • kof 12 was horrible but im over the salty stab to the heart since the real deal kof 13 is dropping in october..

    aw well *shrugs*

  • Thanks for the whinny spoiled granma review... everybody's a critic these days.

  • iF IT WHERE THE KING OF COD THEY WOULD OF GAVE IT A 10

  • @MegaNuclearNacho agreed i like cod but its a little overrated these days

  • @DrNeXX2000 Explain why we're talking about CoD on a fighting game review.

  • i think The King Of Fighters XIII is going 2 be way mor better that this 1 :D

    it comes out holyday october :D

  • lol go buy blazblue instead well.. thats some serious shit like i love both fighting games but hosestly KOF12 is better and blazblue is gd but not like guilty gear

  • @2090278 mayb kof XIII might b better than sf4 but nothing is gonna fuk with ssf4.

  • I was so disappointed with this game, but I'm glad to see KOF 13 is looking great and getting good reviews. I just hope it doesn't get messed up when it comes Stateside.

  • review KOF XIII, SF4 can fuck off now, The King Is Back!

  • kof is racist!!!

  • SNK, stop drinking capcom's shit and make something like TKOF '96 or even like the '99. Oh, and just a little bit more innovative, i.e. use the K-groove from Samurai Showdown series and enhance the gamer's experience when playing online with REWARDS and medals or badges..all this shit. What I see is purely a SF-4-based game, using SNK's ADV-Groove (from TKOF '97) and Capcom's A-groove (from SF Zero series). Come on! We have a long path together to end up like THIS?!

  • and Last but not least, PUT ALL YOUR CHARS - OR AT LEAST THE MOST USED - INTO YOUR NEXT VERSION ¬¬ (Mai lover)

  • what about Kula?

  • よくここまで復活しましたよね。10年前SNKが破産したときは­、とても残念でした。ストーリー半ばだし、友人とよく遊んだゲー­ムだったし、江坂のビルも無くなるのが信じられなかった。

    誰がどうやってここまで復活の岐路を選んできたんだろう。放って­おけば失われたであろうものを、しっかり残した力とか、kofフ­ァンとしては気になるところ。

  • @spahirush Yeah! Okay!

  • KoF XII = Get Ready

    Kof XIII = We told ya to get ready for the best evah ^_^

  • @Maxel49 KOF XII was straight ass

  • @masterscheme1 with all respect kof was good but not perfect there were a few edges to take care there and there as for character pixelation, network gameplay, little more character, but it was great in terms of a new generation of 2D fighting and hopely KOF XIII will take care these edges

  • This is better than BlazBlu ,in that its not based in some fantastic high rez nightmare that doesnt relate to martial arts or streetfighting, if your into the fantastic then blazblu will probably be a magical game , in my opinion if your into martial arts styles then stick with this , or streetfigher 3 or 4 , The best 2d fighter is still the Real Bout Fatal Fury series for martial art realism. I wish Real Bout would get updated to todays graphics.

  • @ksvillani cool story bro

  • KoF12 was the "Street Fighter 4" of the KoF franchise X.X

  • snk always try to add something new in the kof , new fighting system , new characters moves , interesting game story thats why i love kof

  • I dont care watz wrong this is one of the best fighting game ever

  • IGNorant... this is my favorite game... and KOF IS NOT BLAZBLUE!!!

  • NO MAI NO BUY !!!!

  • What people fail to understand was that this was one of the experimental titles in the franchise, the last one being KoF 2003. Of course there won't be much because they are basically just seeing what they could do in next gen. It's safe to say that KoF XIII basically perfects everything XII was built on and more, can't wait :D

  • @Werewulf150 no...the last kof was in 2005

  • @JasperCorp I meant as in the last experimental game they had before KoF XII, I didn't mean the last in the series.

  • this game was sad. it was KOF "The demo edition" ^___^

    >_> yeh right. the game was half complete due to issues at SNK. we all know that shit was half done if Terry bogard didnt even have all his moves. No power dunk or Buster wolf? SMFH....but anyway as SF2 fan first im still happy to read recently that KOF 13 is coming soon for Consoles after SSF4 AE is released. Extra chars the arcade version dont have. Stages. music and bug fixes. I seen KOF 13 once in arcades and WOW!! forget i u saw kof12

  • KOF XII it's a great star for franchaise.

  • they got to fix the online thing

  • In an alternate reality, this would be Art of Fighting 4....ridiculously tall sprites and that classic Neo Geo zooming

  • "As a side note, alot of the backrounds in KOFXII use unfortunate stereotypes of different ethnic groups. We know theres some artistic license to be had, but some of these things are plain offensive."

    MADE THE WHOLE REVIEW FOR ME LOL!

  • Please don´t put noobs to test new games. It´s boring to see them playing

  • the system of playing is bad,no combos!!!!!!!!!!

  • what the hell are jaggies? and why would it matter?

  • "Heavy Pixelation." It's a damn SPRITE fighter. KOF takes pride in that.

    That was IGN-orant comment....

  • It's funny how at the end he says "Go buy BlazBlue" and I just recently got BlazBlue Continuum Shift and I been enjoying every single moment of it! =D

  • @OtakuNewsSource I enjoyed it since U.S. launch.

  • This game fails for one reason only: No Buster wolf.

  • IGN shouldn't review fighters. They probably only play casually less than one week than go on reviewing the game with little experience...all the footage show no a single viable combo and anyone who pick up the controller could do as much.

    Also he didn't even mentions that new HD cancel thingy. I never played this game and I know much more about the game than the reviewer!

  • @Imsmoke855 who'd wanna play a game who's online sucks ass for more than a week

  • No Mai is like no Mario in Super Mario? No...

  • Next King of fighters will be no Iori or Kyo..

  • @GreaTMaX32 There won't be NEXT King of fighters.

  • WE WANNA THE CLASIC RALF!!!!

  • Mai was a huge edition to the KoF series, besides her breasts, it took skill to learn her. To take her out is like taking out Ryu from Street Fighter.

  • @xDamiMullen Mai isn't the main character. She's never been and never had any more focus than, say, Terry Bogard.

  • How the fuck are the backgrounds offensive, its been the same way since kof94..hell look at streetfighter 4 thats no different

    knit picking cut 

  • IS THIS GOING TO BE AN ARCADE FOR XBOX 360 OR A FORMAL GAME?

    ANYONE KNOWS

  • @xxpeacekillaxx wtf you talking about, for a start this has been out for over a year now

  • HOW THE FUCK IS THE "ETHNIC" STUFF OFFENSIVE?! FUCK YOU AND YOU'RE PC RHETORIC ign.

  • The game looks wonderful. Stop bitches about not seeing Mai. if you want big tits go look at hentai. No Mai...! BIG FUCKING DEAL. Have a little respect for the game creators.

  • Is the japanese dialouge retained for the US n PAL version? I would hate if this game was in english only!

  • almost bought this game for some reason... so glad i didnt.

  • i think this game is decent. 30 bucks is probably the sweet spot for the purchase.

  • any1 know when xiii comes out on ps3?

  • i just cant believe this shit...king of fighter was one of my favorites fighting games of all time.. what happened to this series??? =(

  • @EBCX Bankruptcy, and reviewers bitching about OMG IT NO HD DIS GAM SUX.

  • @Lioyd1rving well i heard KOF XIII is actually pretty good, so im waiting for it to come to america so i can finally play kof again, im becoming more fan of street fighter 4 now ;-(

  • Stereotypes of ethnic groups....LOL.....

    Stupid little liberals are always offended

  • I was so pissed when i bought this out of being a fan of snk and having extra money in my pocket. I came home, saw no Mai and was liek "maybe i have to unlock or download".... nope. Its on the way back to the store tomorrow. Gogo store credit

  • @ISeenACar87 wow you have a lot of respect for the game creators >.> .... Take it back, and leave the rest of us to enjoy it. Stop being a troll and ruining it for everybody. No Mai. Big fucking deal. The game looks wonderful.

  • @manoljo Yes, I'm a troll; That whole thing was said to piss you and everyone off (That's sarcasm btw genius). Considering how offended you got from my non-troll post and the last three posts in this one video are from you flaming anyone who disagrees with you, it's looking more and more like you're a whiny fan boy. Yes, the game looks great ,"big deal". I like Mai yes, but it's far from the best in the franchise and seems completely dull compared to other fighters out there hence me returning.

  • no mai, no buy... no k, no way.

  • 2002 is the best in my opinion

  • i cant wait the king of fighters xiii waw! i miss u mai!!!

  • @IGNentertainment It's not that surprising that the menus are bland, there are so few stages, the online is laggy, and no Mai. SNK isn't like Capcom where they have tons of money. They overtly went with a bare bones approach while focusing mainly on the graphics and animation aspect. The gameplay is good so that's a relief. As a note, KOF XIII is out on Japan and will probably come out on he USA PS3. That game has Mai in it.

  • I think people like MALDASF can serve as an example between different kinds of fighting game fans: there are those who usually buy more than 2 fighting games a year, who might also like and play 1 brand (like Street Fighter) more than other brands, but can also respect other franchises as well. Then there are those fanboys who decree everything as shit compared to their favorite game and makes everyone who share their interest (say other SF fans) look like a bunch of dicks.

  • @neon6 Just challenge them to a match and see if they're still talking shit then.

  • I think people like MALDASF can serve as an example between different kinds of fighting game fans: there are those who usually buy more than 2 fighting games a year, who might also like and play one brand (like Street Fighter) more than other brands, but can also respect other franchises as well. But then there are those fanboys who decree everything else as shit compared to their lord and savior Street Fighter and makes everyone else who share their interest (say other SF fans) look like dicks.

  • the reviewer is a blazblue fan period.

  • No mai.......no buy........

  • smoother animations. but blazblue is better...

  • 700 wtf

  • "Go buy BlazBlue instead". I lol'd.

  • No Mai, no buy

  • @Qingy123 for me No Vanessa No buy! haha

  • No big boobies!? T~T I has a sad

  • "Go buy Blazeblu instead."

    Ok ._.

  • No Mai is like No Chun-li in Street Fighter....No Sub-Zero on Mortal Kombat... no Mario in Super Mario...No Zombies in Resident Evil...

  • @LordSey

    haha brilliant xD

  • @LordSey

    I hate that the no zombies thing actually happened, and the Mario thing, but I never played that one.

  • @LordSey uh. no

  • @LordSey So very true. I like the game but I was disappointed that Mai and Yuri were not in the game and no boss to fight. Not to mention only a handful of stages; even though some of them are stunning. Thank goodness that Mai, Yuri and King are back in The King Of Fighters XIII.

  • @LordSey no litchi in blazblue n no morrigan in darkstalkers seem like better comparisans

  • @LordSey  no nudity in a porn film

  • @ryspirit The fact that you compare KOF to porn shows how little consideration you have for it...

  • @LordSey re 5 technically had no zombies

  • @LordSey Mai is neither a main character nor even relevant to the plot. The only thing she has that people like is boobs, and there are tons of doujins specifically aimed at those who like Mai that way.

  • @Lioyd1rving

    and she sells games you idiot

  • @michiyoyoshiku The only thing she ever sold was H-doujins. Gameplay sells KOF.

  • @Lioyd1rving

    KOF XI is Mailess....did so poorly in the arcade SNK had to put her in the Home version to ensure it sold.

    KOF XII is Mailess and considered the worst in the series

    you're a complete idiot.

  • @michiyoyoshiku Because that's clearly why XII flopped. Not because of a tiny roster, four stages, terrible netcode or mutilated movelists. Nope, it's all boobs.

    Who's the idiot in here, exactly? Oh and if XI did anywhere near poorly, I'm a fuckin' unicorn.

  • @Lioyd1rving

    Hi Mr Unicorn

  • @LordSey RE4/5 have no zombies :P

  • jeez we get it

  • R I P kof. epic fail

  • i bought this day one,i thought i was gonna cry on how good it was gonna be.But i cried for my money back. -_-

  • @RichardCornelia91

    thank god...for king of fighters 13.

  • @TheAngelmisa

    they also need to add extra characters like Malin, Oswald, etc to the console versions of KOF XIII

  • @RichardCornelia91 can this game be played in neogeo?

  • I'm waiting for KOF13. It's obviously a fixed and much more upgraded version of this.

  • Well , after SNK anything , was the same... Playmore must be called PLAYNOMORE

  • @BIMBOBOOP

    good news king of fighters 13 did amazing in japan.

    it is alot better then shitty king of fighters 12

  • wow Internet war!

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  • no mai, no buy...

    and apparently it's a no k, no way deal too...

  • lets hope they learn from their mistakes

  • @dman6996 They did. Look up KOF XIII. :3

  • Where's K' and Where's Mai?

    MAI IS VERY IMPORTANT OH C'MON!

  • @BahBahBlackPepper They're in XIII. :3

  • @Lioyd1rving Oh thanks lots :D

  • No Mai no Yuri = :( but I've clocked a lot of hours on this game playing mostly as Leona + Athena + One of the others. It's a solid fighter but the online is still a mess and with XIII on the way I'm thinking SNK is gonna leave it as is, shame.

  • @ARX78

    dont worry kof 13 will be awesome.^^

  • nice review apart from that stupid stereotypical bullshit, world has bigger problems then that petty crap, game looks okay, think id prefer street fighter.

  • that game sounds boring and i would suck at it but nice video

  • I'm pumped about Mai, Kula and King for KOFXIII, but I JUST WANNA' SEE THE '94 AMERICA TEAM AGAIN!!! I always played as Heavy D or Lucky Glauber but they just restricted them to background cameos since '99. Still...I be gettin' KOFXIII instead of KOFXII.

  • this game was garbage and i love KOF series..it pains me to say that

  • @neoarcadezr

    thank god for kof 13.