Console Exclusive characters

[Xxenace]

im actually glad to see that people want blue mary in XIII
also i would love to see kasumi in this game

[marchefelix]

um, yamazaki has always had this many moves in kof.

I'm not saying that he hasn't. I'm just saying that if you want him to be in XIII, he can't have all those moves. Some cuts will have to be made. It's only fair since all characters in this game have skimpy movelists.

[GenocideHeaven]

If I may... I'd say:

- Geese Howard (to have Geese is a must in console versions and he is too great to not be in next gen KOF)
- Adelheid Bernstein (after his presence in 2003 and XI and having his sister announcing KOFXIII is just  wrong that he wasn't in the game from the arcade release)

btw where the hell Ron and the other guys are gone?

- Krizalid (I know he is a boss character but he is too cool to not be bringed back as a normal playable character, I would love to see him in a sort of NESTS returns Team, maybe with Nameless, in a future chapter of the game)

[Remzi]

Genocide, according to the story Geese is dead. :P

[GenocideHeaven]

Genocide, according to the story Geese is dead. :P

even at the time of KOF 96 he was dead if I remember correctly so there is always hope... 

[Remzi]

I know he was in dream matches, but those really don't count to the storyline. Maybe if they make a UM / Dream Match version of 13, it'd be fine. :3

[GenocideHeaven]

I know he was in dream matches, but those really don't count to the storyline. Maybe if they make a UM / Dream Match version of 13, it'd be fine. :3

I was referring to KOF'96, he was there and it wasn't a dream match (there was even BIG) and KOF storyline differs from FF if I remember correctly, because so we can use AOF chars that should be much more older. I believe that he can be put in either case as a console character for KOF XIII as they have already done a lot of times a not only in dream matches (as they have made in KOFXI).

[Remzi]

SNK Wikia = "The major difference from this series's continuity than others is the fact that Geese is still alive. An interview with Neo Geo Freak reveals that this is mostly due to the fact that the King of Fighters development team wasn't initially aware about Geese's fate in the Real Bout series. Once they heard about it, the developers from Real Bout team approved his appearance in the series due to their desires to create the Boss Team. Additionally, Geese's profile statistics during this series are the same ones for Fatal Fury Special (excluding his age)."
He actually died at the end of Fatal Fury Special, so 96 wasn't too unbelievable that he was there. In later versions they put him as Nightmare Geese, who was a ghost of Geese himself. Most of those games were dream matches anyways.

KOFXI was a bonus character featured as a sort of dream-match thing, like UM versions. There's no reason Tung / Big / Robert would be there. They just used characters from NGBC as a PS2 exclusive.

[LouisCipher]

You know what would be fun? If they created a Son of Boss team. Rock Howard, Adelheid, and Sinobu (son of Goenitz). I would play the shit out of that team and it would satisfy anyone who wants Geese and Rugal back.

[Remzi]

Mirror'd from Here
"Momoko or Malin, although Shermie really should be in KOF.

I really want Kojiroh, but unfortunately it won't ever happen."
We need Sanada Kojiroh in KOF. Being serious.

Rock would actually be really cool in KOFXIII, and so would Shion. Too bad Shion's dead too.

Shingo / Okina / Rock? (Lol, Okina.)

[Rex Dart]

FF timeline: Geese died at the end of Real Bout Fatal Fury. This is referenced in Real Bout 2 and MOTW.

KOF timeline: Geese never died. He appears in the story for KOF 2003. He's the one who organizes Billy, Yamazaki and Gato into a team.

In my opinion, he shouldn't be included as a simple extra. This is goddamn Geese Howard. The ORIGINAL SNK boss. He needs to return to the series in style, as a headlining-villain. It just feels wrong to have him as a normal character (IMO).

[Remzi]

If you get Geese, can I have Kojiroh? (LB2 is based in the year 2023 or something like that.)

Wait, geese in is 2003? Wat. Official KOF2003

EDIT : I translated the official Gekka no Kenshi page for Kojiroh. Here's what you get.

Date of birth: March 02, 1995
Age: 28 years

and other misc information that isn't relevant.

And for Washizuka (which was the only other character I could find which I could actually understand the Engrish)
Date of birth: May 20, 1996
Age: 27 years

:3

[Rex Dart]

Wait, geese in is 2003? Wat. Official KOF2003

He appears in the story for KOF 2003. He's the one who organizes Billy, Yamazaki and Gato into a team.

2003 Outlaw team story

I think you may have to wait for NGBC2 for Kojiroh. Or, God willing, Last Blade 3.

[Remzi]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I don't think either one will ever happen. < / 3

Anyways, I guess you're right, he isn't dead according to KOF. I guess he survived the second fall in FF after all.
Edit : That, or he doesn't die if he's killed.

[MUSOLINI]

well if i had anything to say about it, it would be:

Ryuji Yamazaki

Oswald

Geese

Krauser

Blue Mary

Anhel

Vanessa

Gai

Silber.

pretty much the coolest and most diverse characters not in KOF XIII.