King of Fighters XII at AOU 2008

by Majed Athab { Feb 11th 2008 at 9:00PM }

Some of you might remember our post about King of Fighters XII coming to the PS3 in 2009. That seems like a long time from now, but don't worry old school fighting fans -- 2008 won't be going down without a little SNK love. The SNK-Capcom website tells fans that the AOU 2008 expo in Tokyo's Makuhari Messe convention center will feature King of Fighters XII in video format.

Not much else is know about what will be shown at AOU, but we do know that KoF XII will use a whole new game engine and rehashed old character sprites will be a thing of the past. The game is expected to come out first in the arcades by June/July 2008, running on the Taito Type X². A PS3 port (and possibly an Xbox 360 port) will follow in 2009.

Tags: 2d, fighting-games, king-of-fighters, king-of-fighters-xii, kingoffighters, kingoffightersxiii, kof, kof-xii, kofxii, snk, snk-capcom, taito

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

doom saber @ Feb 11th 2008 9:30PM

Hopefully, the game will be 2d or sprite shaded rather than straight-up 3d like SF4. I mean, if they do make it 3d, they should just make it a sequel to Maximum impact rather than a canonical KOF game.

Bluebreaker @ Feb 12th 2008 12:24AM

I heard somewhere that it will be a regular 2D fighter or (3D/2D hybrid) but that ALL of the character designs will have undergone radical changes. I wonder if it's true or not.

Asian Surfer Girl @ Feb 12th 2008 11:37AM

Please be in 2-d only! Please be in 2-d only!

Please don't go the Capcom route and make an ugly 2-d/3-d hybrid fighting game. (Street Fighter 4)

That game is soooooooooooooooo ugly. Yuck! I hate looking at it. It makes me sad. :(

2-d graphics are slowly being erased. Its a dying art.

RagingStormX @ Feb 12th 2008 1:02PM

I can't wait..... KOFXI is the best KOF ever (even though KOF98 UM has my interest).....I am looking forward to this (KOFXII) more than anything else for this month. SNKP better not let me down on this....KOF 4ever!

The King of Fighters FTMFW !!!

b33eazy @ Feb 12th 2008 3:08PM

@FoAsian Surfer Girl olishness it's time 4 change u want 2-d
forever? u don't see fps or other games staying 2-d it's time 2 move on they did all they can possibly do with 2-d on the last gen consoles.If they wanted 2 release a 2-d game it would be best 2 release it on psn or xbox live.a $60.00 2-d game lol it couldn't cost anymore than $29.99 and shouldn't take more then 6 months 2 make.

b33eazy @ Feb 12th 2008 3:16PM

@Asian Surfer Girl it's time 4 change ppl said the same about fps and rpg as they were moving into the 3-d direction.There isn't any new directions u can go with 2-d,it can all be done on a ps2,and there's still ps2 2-d fighting games coming out get those.It's now time 2 let 2-d die and give birth to 3-d.2-d is last gen n ppl wouldn't buy it anyway unless it was on psn or xbox live.Also, the company couldn't charge more then $29.99 or else it would be overpriced n flop.