Nona is my favourite too. Since he left KOF project, for me it's very obvious some sprites lost style. Just looking new sprites showed in KOF-i 2012 trading cards it can be seen that KOF XII's initial sprites style has been lost. Maybe they will better than new Athena or new Ralf/Clark but they will be worst than that great srpite of Terry, Benimaru, DuoLon, Chin, Goro, Mature, Joe, etc. I think new sprites (included K' and Kula sprites) are more conservative and less stylish.