I for one feel that only good can come from an appearance at EVO, look at blazblue I think it was 09 the game had barely came out on console and it was put into the lineup with some really mediocre play except for the dude who lives in japan and played in arcade, we can't possibly do worse than that, especially since that game was a totally new series
and even after all of that they were still asked back for the following year until they gave up their spot for mvc2, because nobody was playing that game anymore and moved on to CS. Bottom line nothing but good can come from this for the community if it happens
i think what meta said is being a bit overly optimistic. KOF has fallen into the shadows as far as most fighting gamers in america are concerned. a lot of its core base has moved on to other franchises or simply stopped playing games altogether. added to the stumbling block that was KOF12, and there's a bunch of work KOF fans have to rebuild to once again become respected in the FG community.
blazblue isn't really a good comparison. from the get-go, it generally received positive critical reception. while at SCR, i tried to pay attention to onlookers and their thoughts on the game, and i heard quite a few of them say something along the lines of, "the game looks good, but i have no interest in it." why is that? personally, i feel that aside from dedicated KOF fans, all the hype building over the years since the series' inception has died out. face it, US gamers don't care about KOF anymore. we've all seen it. all the headliners are always SSF4/BB:CS. spectators didn't seem too impressed but SCR grand finals either. i'm not saying i didn't enjoy them, just that people didn't seem hype at all to watch.
as for EVO, i don't think it's enough just to have KOF13 as a main game. you can't want people to just want this game to be seen. what if the game isn't represented well? even if it is, it's not a guarantee of anything. think about where the series evolves from here. in some ways it was pretty similar to Melty at EVO. no one heard of it and no one cared. yet, the community pulled big numbers by holding tournaments and introducing new players to the scene. they brought high level play and talked to big names about their scene. they got involved without pushing anything down anyone's throat. granted KOF13 doesn't yet have a console release so i understand that bringing it to BYOC at tourneys isn't really an option, but start thinking about the long term. even now, the state of Melty is in question. sure it was generally well received, but where do the game and its players go from there? similarly, with SNKP's troubles, we should all be thinking of what effects will EVO have on KOF for the future. EVO alone won't have the game accepted. it's something to think about.
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