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btw which are you from and where is this Galloping Ghost arcade that I remember hearing about?

I'm from Lombard Illinois.

Galloping Ghost is in Brookfield Illinois.  As far as I know it is the largest arcade in North America.  They have over 250 arcade coin-ops and a few pinballs.  $15 to get in but all the machines are set to free play.

They have a huge assortment of SNK games including Capcom vs. SNK 1 and 2.

http://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/

[edit]I just checked their webpage - they are up to 259 coin-ops now with more coming (I'm not sure where they are going to put them all!)

Have fun, I'm envious you live near Bookfield and maybe I'll play you online when it comes to the home systems.

Yes same here.  I've taken a "wait and see" approach to the home port.  I'm sure the game will be great but how quickly I buy it will depend on how good the net-code is.

I've considered everything you've said very carefully and I appreciate the information.

Even though the characters I want to use hasn't changed much I will eliminate Kensou from the roster due to complexity.

I think I will stick with Athena / Mai / Kula as my main team to initially get back into it.  I know you mentioned some of these are more complex and may take less damage but for whatever reason I don't have a problem spending more time on mastering basics on these characters.

I'm not really feeling any of the others.  For whatever reason I "click" with these characters.

I think I like Kensou somewhat due to the fact he sort of reminds me of Yakumo Fuji from 3x3 Eyes.

So I haven't played a KOF since around 98 on the Sega Saturn (I couldn't afford a Neo-Geo, not even the CD).  I also just discovered a new arcade near my home (Galloping Ghost, Brookfield Illinois) that has a KOF XIII.

Since I've played way back when I find myself a different person and would like some advice on character selection.

First, I play to have fun.  The ideal match for me would be pounding going back and forth so both health bars equally go down.  I may lose often but not by much; In fact I may lose most of the time - not being a "closer" - but still I am a good challenge and may even create "doubt" in a stronger player once in a while.

I've watched plenty of videos but I am still unsure of what characters to choose.

First off, I'm not big on remember long complex sequences of movements; I'm very chill.  I'm also not too big on "special" stuff.  I don't believe a game needs to be complex to be fun.  Also what may be a part of this decision making process is I don't have a ton of time to devote to this game.  Maybe a few hours a week.  Any more than that and I would likely burn out.

Also I'm not much for jumping around like a tick on a dog.  I'm more ground based.  Think Jujitsu rather that crazy Chinese kung-fu movies where everyone is up in the air.

I'm fairly certain I want to stick with these characters either on my perceptions or my opinions on how they flow; but please give any opinions/advice you have:

Kula / Athena: The first thing I like about them is that they have projectile weapons.  The next thing I like is that they can "bounce" incoming projectiles back to their owners.  I like this kind of play - more defensive.  Also specifically on Kula I really like the quality of the animation especially (although all characters have great animation) - hers specifically is interesting to me.

Mai: I played her back in the day.  For whatever reason I like the projectiles, and also for whatever reason her moves seem to be the easiest to learn for me.  They require very few key presses.

Unknowns:

For ground based fighting what do you think of Kensou, Kim, and Yuri?  I like the "energy" psychic powers of Kensou.  Kim and Yuri appeal to me for reasons unknown to me.

The "perfect" character for me would be someone with weak kicking but strong fast boxing and/or grappler, fast sidestep/teleport, ability to return projectiles, and very lean on the movements.  May not do a lot of damage but is annoying enough that an opponent might go "not this again."

New member here.  Haven't played KOF since 97.  Just started looking into it again since KOFXIII arrived at our arcade (Galloping Ghost.)

I hope to get better at it.  I don't know if I am the oldest member but at 37 I may be...