The King of Fighters: Destiny CG animated series episodes 1 and 2 now available on YouTube
SNK has released the first two episodes of The King of Fighters: Destiny, its CG animated series based on its The King of Fighters fighting games, on YouTube.
In total, the series will consist of 24 episodes.
Watch the first two episodes below.
Episode 1: “South Town”
The King of Fighters – The world-renowned tournament starts now! After arriving in South Town, Kyo, an invitee to KOF, runs into another formidable fighter, Terry. Ten years have passed since the tragedy that changed his live forever… The destinies of the fighters now cross here in South Town.
Episode 2: “Kyokugen Style”
When Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon visit the Kyokugen Style Dojo in South Town, they come across Ryo chasing down men in black suits. Kyo and his friends head off to Geese Tower in pursuit as well. Once they arrive at the tower, Geese’s right-hand man, Billy descends on them.
The King of Fighters XIV will add a Saudi Arabia-themed fighter and a Masmak fort stage as downloadable content, SNK announced.
In September, the company Manga Productions held a social media contest in the Middle East to design a character and stage to appear in a fighting game. Over 300 entries were received from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and more, and a character and stage were chosen from among them to appear in The King of Fighters XIV.
To choose a winner, Manga Productions established a selection committee with SNK, and a winner was chosen on October 18. The selection committee consisted of 10 staff from SNK, including The King of Fighters XIV producer Yasuyuki Oda, character designer Eisuke Ogura, and art director Nobuyuki Kuroki, and three staff from Manga Productions, including CEO Essam Bukhary and COO Amr Almaddah, for a total of 13 members.
In the character category, the design of a female combatant from Najd (pictured) by Mashael Al-Barrak of Saudi Arabia was selected. And in the stage category, the design of a modern day Masmak fort in the form of an arena by Zainab Al-Lawaty of Oman was selected.
Both winners were publicly announced at the Misk Global Forum in Saudi Arabia on November 16. SNK chairman and executive director Zhihui Ge, Manga Productions president Badr Al-Azerkel, and CEO Essam Bukhary participated in the ceremony.
A release date for the new fighter and stage was not announced.
The King of Fighters XIV is available now for PlayStation 4 and PC.
The King of Fighters XIV new DLC character playable at Evo Japan 2018
A new downloadable character for The King of Fighters XIV will make its playable debut at Evo Japan 2018, SNK announced.
The new character will be playable at the SNK booth located in exhibition hall B on the fourth floor of the Sunshine City Bunka Kaikan Building in Ikebukuro, where SNK-original goods will also be sold. It is unknown if the character is the Saudi Arabian female fighter announced in November. Rather, the teaser image seems to hint at it being Oswald, who uses a card-based fighting style.
Evo Japan 2018 will be held at Akiba Square in the Akihabara UDX building from January 26 to 27.
The King of Fighters XIV is available now for PlayStation 4 and PC.
The next downloadable content character for The King of Fighters XIV is Oswald, developer SNK announced.
Oswald will be playable for the first time at EVO Japan 2018, which runs from January 26 to 27 at Akiba Square in the Akihabara USDX building.
The King of Fighters XIV is available now for PlayStation 4 and PC.
The King of Fighters XIV to add four more DLC characters in April, including Oswald
The King of Fighters XIV will add four more new fighters via downloadable content in April, including the recently announced Oswald, SNK announced.
SNK released a new version of the Oswald trailer first released earlier this week, this time featuring a silhouette teaser of the three other, still to be announced fighters.
The King of Fighters XIV is available now for PlayStation 4 and PC.
The Mercenary Corps. Commander-in-Chief Heidern Makes His Way to The King of Fighters XIV!
Soldiers salute! Heidern will be entering The King of Fighters XIV as DLC this April! He's the leader that Ralf and Clark look up to and the father figure to adopter daughter Leona. Always keeping a cool head, Heidern uses his martial and assassination arts to take out his foes without hesitation. His hand strikes are nothing to take lightly. Watch Heidern make an example out of his competition in the latest trailer above.
In addition to Oswald and Heidern, two more new characters will also be added to the game this April for a total of 58 fighters!
To get more info on The King of Fighters XIV visit atlus.com/kofxiv.
SNK 今(22)日宣布,贩卖中的 PS4 / PC 对战格斗游戏《拳皇 XIV》,将于 4 月释出从中东设计比赛中脱颖而出的下载新角色「娜基德(Najd)」与新关卡「利雅得(Riyadh)」。
本次的新角色「娜基德」是 SNK 与沙特阿拉伯王储穆罕默德·本·沙尔曼创设之米斯克财团旗下子公司 Manga Productions 合作,在中东地区透过社群网络举办的设计比赛所募集到的角色。 是名身穿阿拉伯传统黑纱袍(Abaya)、体内潜藏特殊力量的女大学生,由福原绫香配音。
搭配娜基德的新关卡「利雅得」则是以了沙特阿拉伯首都利雅得旧城区的「马斯麦堡垒(Masmak Fort )」为蓝本,搭配现代高楼大厦的远景所构成,将于 4 月的更新中免费提供。
Najd is a very quiet person dressed with an Abaya (traditional Saudi garment) with extraordinary powers. At night, she puts on her Abaya and turns into a vigilante to protect her fellow citizens. In contrast to her mysterious appearance, she is a college student during the day.
Fan-Favorite Character Blue Mary Joins the King of Fighters XIV Roster
Hey KOF XIV fans, we have some really big news for you today! As most of you may already know, we have a big Ver. 3.00 update releasing for KOF XIV in the coming days, which includes four new DLC characters.
Today, I am pleased to announce that the final DLC character to be added in Ver 3.00 is Blue Mary! She was one of the most requested characters by fans, and will now be playable in KOF XIV!
For the uninitiated, Blue Mary is a veteran of both the Fatal Fury and KOF series. I was involved in her creation when she made her original debut in Fatal Fury 3, and she quickly became one of the most popular characters from that series. Her popularity meant that she was also selected to make her KOF debut a couple of years later in KOF ’97, after Japanese fans voted for her via gaming magazines. A total of three characters were chosen that way to form the ’97 Special Team, and now that same team can be re-created in KOF XIV!
Blue Mary has always had a very unique fighting style, with moves that are based on the Soviet martial art, Sambo. Her move set includes a lot of grapple moves and as you can see in the trailer, we worked very hard to faithfully recreate all of those bone crunching attacks in KOF XIV! Blue Mary has always been a challenge to design as a result of how complex her grapple moves are to animate. Back in the day, when we were designing her for Fatal Fury 3, not many people on the team knew much information about Sambo. At one point, one of the designers working on Blue Mary, Youichiro Soeda, actually used me as a training dummy to show off some of the attacks he had in mind to the rest of the team. Just watching this new trailer of hers, I think I can feel my neck hurt a bit…
We got to have a lot of fun while creating Blue Mary for KOF XIV thanks to the new engine. It was always difficult to put an emphasis on her grappling moves when they were created with 2D sprites, but with KOF XIV we were able to use the 3D camera and go crazy with the cinematic shots for her flashier moves, which meshed really well with her unique fighting style.
Blue Mary is the last DLC character to be announced for this update, and we have previously announced 3 more additions to the roster!! Feel free to check out the previously released trailers below for more info! The new Ver. 3.00 Update will also include character balance adjustments, which we know the fans have been waiting for!
These characters will be available for purchase when the Ver. 3.00 Update goes live on April 12th, 2018!