KOF XIII 5th |OT| Thread: Console Change log edition

[Eripio69]

Ok now i'm definitely going to pre-order at Futurezone in Holland. I know from previous experiences that they sell fighting games earlier than the actual release date but the 18th is too sweet, that means 10 days to go!

18/11/11? That's serious? Oh man, this week is packed so time should flow and then i can just count the days! Do you think this is real?

Considering their usual releases i think it's quite realistic. Their website says 18-11-11 but i left a message on their fb just in case. Still i'm pretty sure that this date is correct, i mean SF4 and other FG were shipped a week prior to the release date so anything's possible.

In case that European dudes didnt know if u preorder from the following websites u get the 4 cd bonus that US of A get.

Here is a list of retailers confirmed to support the KOFXIII pre-order bonus (the 4 disc official soundtrack).

Please note that some retailers are known to RSG to support the bonus but have yet to update their websites - I will therefore not include them here.

I will update this as more information comes through.

Not long now!

UK

GAME
http://www.game.co.uk/en/king-of-fighte ... 20fighters

Gamestation
http://www.gamestation.co.uk/gs/king-of ... iii-143335

HMV
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDet ... sku=300567

ShopTo
http://www.shopto.net/PS3/VIDEO%20GAMES ... track.html

Belgium

PlayerOne
http://www.playerone.be/V2/id-127719-Ki ... ion+3.html

Smarttoys
http://www.smartoys.be/catalog/product_ ... 0102952978

France

Amazon
http://www.amazon.fr/Rising-Star-King-f ... 005CNUYTC/

GAME
http://www.game.fr/Product/Default.aspx?SKU=103497

MicroMania
http://www.micromania.fr/vente/achat_th ... 0-PS3.html

Germany

Amazon
http://www.amazon.de/Rising-Star-King-F ... 920&sr=8-1

Italy

GameStop
http://www.gamestop.it/core/common/defa ... romo=34083

The Netherlands

12Game
http://www.12game.com/king-of-fighters-xiii-4724.htm

GameMania
http://www.gamemania.nl/Default.aspx?ta ... game=25837

[Sharnt]

http://www.elive.pro/en/watch/9BhFUGWIChFW

AOF teams characters change (French cast)

[EDDR]

@ Darktown

Will do, the first thing i will check out is the netcode.

@ TheFluke

Yes they seem to be more BeNeLux oriented.

@ Eripio

Add:

Gamemania.be
Furturezone.nl

[MUSOLINI]

yo ed how much is it at future zone? i might also get it from them im even in rotterdam this weekend. shot too has it for around 40 euros shipped. if FZ has it for 45 or less ill get it from them.

yo ed its 50 without shipping. if we order together theres a 5% discount, let me know if you already ordered or not.

edit; ive been ordering neo cd stuff from FZ since 94 or so, great store for people near the dutch.

[Xxenace]

12 more days yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah boi

[Saitsuofleaves]

Agh, don't count it down, it will only make the wait longer.

I need my Kensou and King fix...damn it. 

[Xxenace]

i wanna see blue mary in glorious HD

[Saitsuofleaves]

Not a ton of people signed up for XIII at the moment at NEC, that's meh.  Still some killers I'm sure though.  Should change with the pot bonus announcement.

And off topic, yeah again, but I really hope there's a decently priced dual modding station or something up at NEC.  It's either that or pay $200 for a Eightarc Fusion Dual Mod Stick.

[Custle]

Closer the release date gets, more sceptical I get about the game. There seems to be lot to do (colour edit mode for my sister, unlocking stuff for me), but the gameplay and roster bother me.

I like the "basics" in KOF (different jumps, feel of the game etc.), but I always found this MAX mode bit unnecessary. Sure it is "old school", but I liked tag system. It was something new and I saw it as "evolution". Going back to basics is noble, but I want long running series' to try something new.

And the roster is disapointing for me. I liked the variety of the roster in XI (and no Mai... except in console version). SNKP should be brave and just leave some popular character out of the game (KOF game without K' team... what a dream). XIII's roster is just boring for my perspective.

But of course I hope the game will crush my scepticism. Probably not going to get on day one (no console and I don't buy consoles just for one game).

[DarKaoZ]

^ To me it's the opposite, I see the Roster as one of the best. Yes, I still don't have lots of my favorites in there, but seriously, there is no character in the game that I don't find interesting/fun to play with. Even characters I disliked before (Maxima, Chin, Kensou) I now look forward to play them.

I don't know, this KOFXIII is a great balance from the oldschool and the new stuff and the console balance changes look interesting. Few things can go wrong with this game atm and one of them is Online, but all we can do is wait and see on that.

[Saitsuofleaves]

The biggest thing to me with waiting for almost any game is the fact that people overthink things about characters and mechanics way too much, at least new ones.

Now KOFXIII seems to have avoided this for the most part since we have KOF-i for Billy...and I guess no one really thinks much about Saiki.  Person taking the biggest part of this is obviously EX Iori, but even then he's grounded in reality.  But I think most people just get so excited for certain things that they just completely overthink it.  Hell, even I got overexcited about EX Iori's j.4b even though I've seen it a hundred times in every other game Iori's in.

XIII should avoid most of it since...well, we're only getting 5 new characters (lol at me saying only), and we've played them in previous games.  Idk, I guess I'm a bit annoyed about another certain game coming out within the next week and people COMPLETELY overthinking how some new characters should be played.

Also, off topic question again guys, but what do you think I should do?  Wait and hope for a dualmodding station at NEC, or just attempt to get the really expensive Fusion stick?

[Reiki.Kito]

The biggest thing to me with waiting for almost any game is the fact that people overthink things about characters and mechanics way too much, at least new ones.

Now KOFXIII seems to have avoided this for the most part since we have KOF-i for Billy...and I guess no one really thinks much about Saiki.  Person taking the biggest part of this is obviously EX Iori, but even then he's grounded in reality.  But I think most people just get so excited for certain things that they just completely overthink it.  Hell, even I got overexcited about EX Iori's j.4b even though I've seen it a hundred times in every other game Iori's in.

XIII should avoid most of it since...well, we're only getting 5 new characters (lol at me saying only), and we've played them in previous games.  Idk, I guess I'm a bit annoyed about another certain game coming out within the next week and people COMPLETELY overthinking how some new characters should be played.

Also, off topic question again guys, but what do you think I should do?  Wait and hope for a dualmodding station at NEC, or just attempt to get the really expensive Fusion stick?

If you can afford it, buy the stick. If you can't, wait. Better to not put it off to the last minute. I've tried the stick when they were at Southtown and it might require some tightening if you like the nice snapback on a stick to reset to neutral. It doesn't seem to have that.

Anyway, yea. I'm pretty happy with the roster especially with it being on next gen consoles. This is because the system itself allows for DLC like online games and that's just amazing in my opinion. We could get more people down the road or we could not. It doesn't matter as much as how we make it when it's out.

[Saitsuofleaves]

Well I can afford it (though it is a bit tight) but it's out of stock, so I have to wait anyway...

I'm just tired of waiting, need mah games.

[darkTown2]

It was something new and I saw it as "evolution". Going back to basics is noble, but I want long running series' to try something new.

And the roster is disapointing for me. I liked the variety of the roster in XI (and no Mai... except in console version). SNKP should be brave and just leave some popular character out of the game (KOF game without K' team... what a dream). XIII's roster is just boring for my perspective.

But of course I hope the game will crush my scepticism. Probably not going to get on day one (no console and I don't buy consoles just for one game).

i think the fact that they went this road with the games was the smartest way business wise.

it would be great for them to try something new with gameplay and make a new roster that has well developed characters, but you make the risk of losing valuable customers. if you give a similar cast and gameplay concept to older versions the people who enjoyed those games will come back.  and old favorite characters will also keep alot of peoples interest in the game ( i am guilty of this although i'd get the game regardless).

and for example a game like sf3 didn't sell as well as sf2 because people didn't understand/like the characters.

[Rex Dart]

Just wanted to let people know that Amazon.com is now offering release-day delivery for XIII. This means that Amazon Prime members can get the game delivered November 22nd for no extra cost.

They also offer free trials of Amazon Prime. Might be worth it to avoid GameStop and (potentially) avoid sales tax.