What to do? KOF 2003 question.

Recently I have been going through alot of various topics through several different forums and have noticed people keep talking about if KOF 2003 is going to come to XBOX. I'm not exactly sure if this is true or not, but let me get to the point.

The point being- IF they were to port it to the Xbox (or Japanese PS2) do you think it would be as worthy of a purchase as if I were to buy an AES or MVS purchase and if so can somebody tell me why and if not can somebody explain to me how the overall feel of KOF 2003 on AES and is it worth it or should I just wait it out and get a more affordable Xbox (or ps2 JP if realeased) port?

It feels great on aes and mvs, of course depending on the stick, machine and your preferance. How could an opinion about the ports be given until one is played? This should be all your decision.

Good point. I guess a better question I could ask if someone has played a 2d fighter on xbox and how are the overall performance of the controlls? (capcom vs snk 2 mainly since thatws the only thing close to an SNK release on the xbox thus far.)

Controls aren't the issue here; fighters play exactly the same on Xbox as they do on PS2, Game Cube, or any other system. If you don't want to use the Xbox controllers, you can always get controller adapters to use PSX/PS2 or even Saturn controllers and joysticks on the system.

But to answer your question, playing with the larger Xbox controllers could be better, although I generally have little problem using the S-Type to do everything. Like with anything else, you get used to it.

I have played KOF 2003 on the Xbox already (I have a modded Xbox; if you don't know what it is, it basically means I have emulators on the system and can play all the Neo-Geo games off my Xbox HD, CPS2 games, etc.), and I don't have any problems with the controls.

As for why you'd want to get a port, Playmore has been very good about increasing the quality of their ports and added features to them with each new release.

KOF 2002 for the PS2 has 3D backgrounds and Geese, Goenitz, and Orochi Iori have been added to the cast.

Both KOF 2002 and SvC Chaos are now high res and have transparancies and blur effects on the special moves (which looks really cool). Samurai Shodown 5 has been announced to have a brand new story mode plus the bosses playable for the PS2 release (all PS2 releases are Japanese-only now, so we would have to wait months to see an Xbox port later on, and then hope that the story mode gets translated, which I doubt will happen)

The trade off is that the characters look a little bit thinner (due to the resolution being doubled) and are a bit pixellated, just like how the sprites in CvS2 look, but the overall look is awesome, and the better your TV/monitor, the better the picture looks (playing KOF 2002 PS2 on a projector looks amazing; there's no pixellation to be found either)

But the best thing about these games being ported to the Xbox and the biggest reason I'm going to be buying games like SvC Chaos AGAIN (Had it on AES, now have it on PS2) is because of Xbox Live support. You can't beat having online play in a fighting game.

Anyway, I wouldn't really worry about seeing KOF 2003 on the Xbox anytime soon...it won't come out until sometime next year. Metal Slug 3 is supposed to be released soon, SvC Chaos is sometime in the fall, and KOF 2002 is slated for the end of the year IIRC.

Lee

Thanks for letting me know that bit of information. Do you know for sure if KOF 2003 will be out this year on ps2? If so I will definently just go ahead and get the ps2 version of 2002 and 2003. By the way, I know mod chips tend to be very bad on the laser for playstation 2's but is there some sort of converter disk they have out on the market? I looked around a few places and I couldn't find anything. If they don't I will go ahead and just buy a a japanese ps2 anyway.