Originally posted by EvilWasabi:
<strong>I agree completely with the sentiment of this thread. I think it would be pretty cool to have more of the SNK squad, instead of these completely unique characters. I don't mind new characters, but I feel like it's all new characters that have nothing riding on them - no other series that they belong to. Other than Xiang-Fei, since 1999, the only new characters we recieved are completely new characters, and not characters from the other popular SNK games.
KoF 2001 was crap anyways. KoF 2000 was crap too. And KoF 99 was dog crap - the worst of the bunch, and no, I don't give a shit about their stupid backgrounds (they didn't fit the action of the game - a museum?! COME ON!). I enjoyed playing the later KoFs, but when you look at them in the same scope with KoF 94 ~ 98, they don't stand their ground.
The only new characters I would keep would be Vanessa, Ramon (I know I'm alone on liking him, but he's so shameless you gotta love him) and Lin. We already have Kyo and Iori, so no need for K'. Seth and Whip are pretty uninspired. No need to talk about Bao or Hinako. But yeah, we need Eiji, Geese, Wolfgang Krauser, Billy Kane, Yamazaki, Duck King, Kasumi Todo, Kim Su Il, Rock Howard, Gai Tendo, Takato Saionji, and Rob Python. I really want a King of SNK Fighters and not a King of the Circus Freak Fighters.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree and disagree with you here. All I hear from people are complaints about having no new characters in 2K2, now people want characters from other SNK series. Wait till SNK Vs Capcom for a plethora of SNK characters from various series, KOF isnt the grounds for this imo. Far as characters go, I am all about Ramon. He is such an awesome character, as well as Vanessa. Eiji is retarted in my opinion (flame bait here) so I am glad he has never returned. Besides Eiji, I agree that I would love to see all those characters in a fighting game, but not a KOF game. If we were to have "new" characters I'd like to see Geese or Krauser return or some other older KOF character like Saishu. If Eiji ever returns I better see some Saishu happnin!
Just my 2 cents.