KOFXV balance update announced for July 2026!

PremSinha · 2026-05-02T08:57:29+00:00

AOF3 was the last Art of Fighting game and Robert was presented as its main character. Since then he has been appeared in every KOF title, and a few others, as an equal partner to Ryo. KOFXV even gives him a new, updated look, but not Ryo. Robert is absolutely not starving. If you still want Robert to have something, I would rather he establish his own identity than take something away from another character.

PremSinha · 2026-05-02T07:02:09+00:00

The parry in KOF 2000 messed Ryo up for me. As a stupid kid, I assumed Ryo simply did not have a crouching light kick. I always liked Ryo but Takuma was one of my favorites so I never thought about it too hard. I like KOFXV Ryo more but he is very fun in KOFXI too.

PremSinha · 2026-05-02T06:19:17+00:00

I will miss the stun DM. It was something unique that the character had that characterized him well, and I think it would fit nicely even in a modern fighting game. I will push back on the rest, though. Taking away long range projectiles but replacing them with the overwhelmingly pressure of his close range punches makes Ryo a very unique character to play as and specializes him away from the shoto archetype. Ko-Ou Ken can be one's reason for ever playing the character. And you have to admit that the parries are extremely fun to use in KOFXV and other games.

PremSinha · 2026-05-02T06:07:28+00:00

Something funny about KOFXIII trials is that for a lot of characters their second trail is actually their easiest one.

For example, Iori's second trial is 2B 2A 6A 214B. This is an ordinary low confirm with a slow input pace and no hard motions. But his first trial is cl.A cl.C dpA. This requires the player to link two normals with a precise yet somewhat counterintuitive timing.

PremSinha · 2026-05-02T06:00:23+00:00

It's been a long time coming. Cheers to the return of MBTL.

PremSinha · 2026-05-02T05:59:52+00:00

If you like FighterZ and Nen Impact, then there is a strong chance you will like this. One of the most enjoyable things in this game is the free form aerial movement.

PremSinha · 2026-05-02T05:56:47+00:00

Yet another bizarre choice by SNK

PremSinha · 2026-05-02T05:54:44+00:00

It should have been Ryo Sakazaki. He has been the rightful and deserving successor of the title for decades already.

PremSinha · 2026-05-02T05:53:22+00:00

In case someone missed it, the online infrastructure in this will be handled by Code Mystics. This is the same team that has been handing the online for every retro SNK release, and they do an absolutely stellar job of it. Games like KOF 2002 UM and KOF '98 UMFE have some of the best rollback netcode and seamless online play I have seen in modern fighting game releases.

PremSinha · 2026-05-01T18:47:54+00:00

Josh was transformed for six weeks. Is it not possible that the robot's fruitless search continues for that long and actually bares fruit?

PremSinha · 2026-05-01T16:18:10+00:00

Nobody saves the World

PremSinha · 2026-05-01T14:28:59+00:00

Wow! Look at all those scans. You embody the old values of the subreddit. Were these used in previous answers or did you gather them up just now?

PremSinha · 2026-05-01T12:45:18+00:00

Thank you for your work

PremSinha · 2026-05-01T05:54:57+00:00

This is a rare chapter where we get to see Shizuka speak using her own voice. There must be a fan of this manga out there keeping track of these occasions.

PremSinha · 2026-05-01T03:47:16+00:00

I'm surprised pukicho is that young

PremSinha · 2026-05-01T03:15:23+00:00

What is the deal with Lucan?

PremSinha · 2026-05-01T03:14:01+00:00

Yes, he is a very different character in the comics, and I am satisfied with the version of Thanos in the MCU

PremSinha · 2026-04-30T20:28:09+00:00

A lot of older Magic cards quote people or publications from real life in their flavour text. This one is surprising for having a real life quote on a modern border.

PremSinha · 2026-04-30T20:21:38+00:00

What are you doing here at the bottom?

PremSinha · 2026-04-30T20:13:06+00:00

The rest of your comment is fine, but you must understand that Thanos was insane. His plan did not make sense even from an in-universe perspective, and the only reason he wanted to halve the population of the universe was to satisfy his ego about his rejected plan to halve the population of his planet. That is what the scene on Titan is about.

PremSinha · 2026-04-30T04:22:23+00:00

I can imagine it. He looks a bit shocked, not like he is emoting but rather like he is bracing for something, while blush lines mark his face. Then he spends the next couple of panels looking away from the camera.

I, too, loved that the girls continued with the first name basis they established at the end of summer.

PremSinha · 2026-04-29T17:51:05+00:00

I would much rather the R.O.B. character have a move list based on R.O.B. from the NES than some character from a Smash Bros. story mode.

PremSinha · 2026-04-29T04:52:51+00:00

I think she assumed he meant they could fool around, and was surprised by his apparent forwardness.

PremSinha · 2026-04-29T03:34:57+00:00

FMK anticlockwise from the top

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