LoneSage said:
I've seen the side-by-side comparisons of KOF 94 and 94 Rebout (the one with the pixelly girl and the smooth Rebout version of herself), and I was wondering if there are any comparisons of characters in the series? I was wondering if there were any graphical improvements, because I've only played 99, 00 and 01, and it seems there's basically no improvements graphic-wise between the characters.
As far as in-game graphics, the characters were redrawn in '96, then mostly stayed the same after that. Yearly improvements or tweaks were made to the gameplay: the engine, and some characters gained or lost moves, but most of the sprites didn't change. There are some exceptions, like Athena, who changes every year, and of course new characters in every game, who of course would have new sprites. Kyo got a whole new sprite in '99 and then again in '03. Other characters had tweaks here and there (like Kim's improved standing animation in '02, and Andy's had some changes), but nothing too major.
It's kind of like Capcom's Alpha sprites, which were also used mostly unchanged for a decade through the Alpha, then the Vs. games. Not to mention the Darkstalkers sprites. No reason to get upset if the gameplay is still great.
