Falcoon Interview - Future of SNK

[Dangerous J]

courtesy of MMCafe and Gamefaqs KOF 11 board......

Translated and summarized by Iggy from MMCafe.
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His opinion of KOF MI is near the one some people expressed on this very board recently "it's just for fun. It's supposed to be a fun game". Even if the game can be played online, they focused on the 1P expericence so the lonely player would have tons of things to do.
KOF MI is definitely set in a different universe than the regular KOF Series. This means nearly all the characters can appear, even those dead in the regular KOF series (like the Orochis, for example)

KOF MI3 is scheduled for the PS3. He already has some ideas for it, and for eventual sequels should the game sell well.

KOF Another Day was an experiment and an advertisement to MI2 and KOF XI. It's not cannon, and it doesn't mean the two universes are close, nor that Ash will appear in MI nor Alba in XII.

They have no plans right now to make another anime.

The US name change MI => KOF 2006 has been made to reflect the different market, like Ryûkô=>AoF or Garô => Fatal Fury. The decision has not been taken by Falcoon, and he doesn't seem to appreciate it much, nor does he seem to really care.
MS6 is the last MS on Atomiswave.

They don't plan to make a real fighter on PSP nor DS. The studies show many players use their PSP at home, so there is no use to make a game on PSP if they can play one on PS2.

The name "KOF XII" is not definitive, but the game is definitely being worked on, as Nona's presence the other day implyed.

Interesting discussion about Alfred's position in the Garô universe.

No more DJ Station, but they would like to continue with the CD dramas.

The reason most voices in Ken Samu were changed was because the format was too old to sound good on AW.

THERE WON'T BE A SEQUEL TO LAST BLADE.

They would like to port the HNG64 games on current generation system, but they can't because... They don't have any data anymore. It has disappeared. They would need to buy a board and games to begin with. But they would like it, even though they know thet would sell very little
quantities.

They don't want to ditch 2D yet. They think 2D fighting game are still interesting. They also talk about a possible collaboration with Arc system. They would like to, even though it appears quite difficult to do.

They say if the 2D genre was to disappear, they want to be the last maker to make 2D games

[Terry_nb]

Thx for the infos, so good to hear they still do some 2D Games in the future.

[cygnus]

They don't want to ditch 2D yet. They think 2D fighting game are still interesting. They also talk about a possible collaboration with Arc system.
I'm listening.

[Dark Geese]

So they decide to ditch LB3 plans huh...damn they need to make LB3 seriously..but then again if they keep on making NGBC games I can get my fix there..

[Zazzarius]

They don't want to ditch 2D yet. They think 2D fighting game are still interesting. They also talk about a possible collaboration with Arc system. They would like to, even though it appears quite difficult to do.

Guilty Gear vs Samurai Shodown: TIME PARADOX EDITION

i'd play it until my fingers fell off

[Henaki]

oh man sammy vs snk would be pretty sweet

[rukawa_kaede]

They don't want to ditch 2D yet. They think 2D fighting game are still interesting. They also talk about a possible collaboration with Arc system. They would like to, even though it appears quite difficult to do.

They say if the 2D genre was to disappear, they want to be the last maker to make 2D games
I'm moved

[Zazzarius]

oh man sammy vs snk would be pretty sweet
sammy isn't credited as the publisher anymore for GG games. now its Sega

meaning, OH SNAP THEY CAN USE SHINOBI :lovin:

[ytwojay]

What does Falcoon do? I thought he was just an artist [?]

[Nocturnal]

Arc Systems + SNK = Garou 2 completed :lovin: would be pretty sweet if something like that happened but you can only hope and see.

[maxx]

What does Falcoon do? I thought he was just an artist [?]

i believe he started out as an artist but like after wut was it king of fighters 2004 he became more involved with the behind the scenes stories and stuff. ever since he's been working with snk beyond just art.

[Vyral React]

o0o0h man snk v.s. arcsys man, some serious system changes (grooves) or somprimises will really need to be made X_x, and shit i hope they put guilty gear music in it only well atleast composed by the guy not all old music

[shadowcharlie]

i think i had a heart attack after the LB comment X_x
>=(

[cam347]

damn them 4 LB!

[Akutabi Gamma]

Why are ppl so pissed at there not being an LB sequel? What in heck are you expecting to be in it? A Speed mode where you do a 999 combos in 10 seconds? SSJ3 Kaede? Mecha Setsuna? Orochi Kagami? Mukuro after taking a bath? Besides what would the game's story be? What more could they add to the story?
With that aside, this whole 'no 3D Ash or 2D Alba' is utter BS, I mean aren't they Fatgoon's designs?

[Lantis]

KOF MI is definitely set in a different universe than the regular KOF Series.

Well, thank God for THAT! I was about to go crazy trying to link both series and shit. :sweat:

[FatalFuryD]

Why are ppl so pissed at there not being an LB sequel? What in heck are you expecting to be in it? A Speed mode where you do a 999 combos in 10 seconds? SSJ3 Kaede? Mecha Setsuna? Orochi Kagami? Mukuro after taking a bath? Besides what would the game's story be? What more could they add to the story?
With that aside, this whole 'no 3D Ash or 2D Alba' is utter BS, I mean aren't they Fatgoon's designs?
People usually expect the new game to fix BS of previous games, not extend it. The story of LB2 was a cliffhanger also.

[bill_rizer]

Arc Systems + SNK = Garou 2 completed :lovin: would be pretty sweet if something like that happened but you can only hope and see.

thats exactly what i was thinking, MOTW 2 seems more likely now, and perhaps a arcs vs snk, if those games came out, oh man that would fill the void left by no SF4.

[Athanasy]

Arc Systems + SNK = Garou 2 completed :lovin: would be pretty sweet if something like that happened but you can only hope and see.

Please yes. Garou for victory.

[evilmuffinmanX]

i hope the snk/arc game is a dating sim!


finally I have m cake and eat it too!

malin and bridget FTW! :lovin:

[JackTenrac!]

...no mention of MOTW II?

...sheer dissappointment.

[supaman]

...no mention of MOTW II?

...sheer dissappointment.
wurd

[Festival6667]

Arc Systems + SNK = Garou 2 completed :lovin: would be pretty sweet if something like that happened but you can only hope and see.As usual you read my mind. I mean : they have already forsaken LB3 and messed up the ps2 LB collection so at least give us back the MotW team for a real and completed LoM !

[Overworld]

Aww, no card fighters clash news....


...don't look at me like that, I'm not the only one who wants to play it!

[bill_rizer]

clash is comming screens

http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/704/704066p1.html

[roninwarrior24]

If Garou 2 happened to appear, would Rock be the main villian? Last time I checked, his ending didn't really portray him as a "hero", and it would probably turn out pretty cool. MOTW 2 would really be awesome indeed, especially on better hardware.

[jae hoon]

Their most be Garou 2 :(

[Wellman]

Sucks to here about the HNG64 games' data being lost. Not a lot of them were great... okay NONE of them were but they had potential. Especially the 3D Samurai Shodown games, which deserve remakes if only because they had potentially great characters, that are wasting in limbo.



If Garou 2 happened to appear, would Rock be the main villian? Last time I checked, his ending didn't really portray him as a "hero", and it would probably turn out pretty cool. MOTW 2 would really be awesome indeed, especially on better hardware.


I don't really see it like that, all Rock did was follow Kain to find his mother. No telling where you could take that. Although Rock struggling to choose between good and evil would be a nice sub-plot other than just having him be another nice guy hero.

[NEBULOSO]

So they decide to ditch LB3 plans huh...damn they need to make LB3 seriously..but then again if they keep on making NGBC games I can get my fix there..

So did they give a reason as to why they won't make another Last Blade?

LB2 was such an improvement (gameplay wise) over the 1st one.... Though I can somewhat see as to why they would not make another LB, as LB2 is pretty damn good and would be quite the challenge to top. But still!

As for NGBC, I would rather see a 3rd LB. NGBC is pretty fun, but I guess I just like my Weapons-based fighters, sigh.:sad:

[Dark Geese]

Yeah I agree there I would much rather have a LB3, bc then they will max out the LB 1-2 characters quickly in NGBC2-3, bc there aint many..I mean come on..Last Blade has to have enough games to make a "Last Blade Tenka" or something like that to compete with Samurai Shodown.


Did anyone ask Falcoon about the status of NGBC2?? I guess not...

[bill_rizer]

I dont think they have started on that, I remeber somewhere he said it depends on how well its sells on ps2, which makes me wonder was it made for consoles in the 1st place? I mean it did come out pretty quick, when everone thought it would be a year wait.

I dont care just give me KOFXI already, GEESE being playable oh shit that just put that game at the top of my list.

[Dark Geese]

I totally agree, having the NGBC characters and GEESE puts XI over the top..how are they gonna top XI? XI is what many consider the best KOF right now...It seems only Dream Match will top it,..and in the dream match heaven forbid if they bring back Strikers and Tag battle..hahahaha MVC2 anyone?

I guess the conclusion of this saga is with KOFXII...The Return of Orochi/NFT!!!!

[bill_rizer]

easy way to top XI in XII you simply put GEESE/ROCK/KAIN on the same team the new age boss team!!! then you put a boss nest team together ZERO/Kryzalid/Igniz then top that off with Mukai/Magaki/Orochi team from hell, then lol put in an over powered ASh at full power. hell just throw the rest of the garou Characters in for good measure.

what? too much over the top well yea but thats the only way to top XI, and yea it would have to be a dream match or port version.

yea i know its totaly unlikely but I wouldnt have said GEESE would be in XI so who knows.

[roninwarrior24]

For me, the most awesome team would be just like above. The slight difference is that I prefer Young Geese (with suit) over Hakama Geese. Anyone with me? Young Geese/Rock/Kain would own so hard (for some reason, I would laugh if they gave Rock a new, suit-like outfit in order to blend with the partners).

[JackTenrac!]

SNKP ruined KOF by stating that it wouldn't be done yearly. Distrupts the entire flow of each sequel now. Before, SNK had a plan: Three games with the same plot(minus '94 since it's just Rugal getting his arse kicked), then tally up the fanboy votes to create the perfect Dream Match, then, repeat.

Now, what is really going to happen?

XII(or 2006) is supposed to end the "God knows what the hell to call it" saga and Ash just toppled Chizuru and Iroi. Will there be a dream match after that?

I don't buy the whole "we changed the subtitle to number releases because we need more time to produce KoF" crap. KoF came late each year ANYWAY. You got your feet wet, had a few bad runs, then through the help of Research and Development, you bring something everyone seems to take alot of interest in. Failing to keep consistant by "changing" tradition won't give you enough time to please all if you're just going to produce something that wreaks the flow. Kudos to you for staying with 2Ds and your efforts for 2003 and XI, but if you're not going to produce a dream match, or a Garou MOTW II, better sell these franchises to Midway or Activision.

...knowing y'all, you wouldn't, so please. Do your job.

...that went well.

[Superking]

^ Actually them ditching the yearly KOF scheme was the best idea in a long time. They no longer have to pull a Madden with a new game every year with bugs or just poorly planned things. The yearly idea worked well for KOFs 94-95, and 96-98 as you saw a gradual improvement and how they fixed bugs and balance issues. But the yearly KOFs eventually became a curse when 99 hit, and them trying to do too many different things every year and by trying to reinvent the wheel every year. Now with XI, they were able to improve the newest incarnation of the KOF engine (the tag system from 2003) and fix pretty much all the stuff that was wrong with 2003 and made it better(ok there maybe some new problems, but those will be probably fixed in the next incarnation of KOF). They couldn't have done that in just a year either, though the game does need new animation, but that's a different story for another day.

[bill_rizer]

theirs nothing wrong with the animation, it has better animation than guilty gear, what it needs is to be in a higer res, even if it was in cvs2 style I could be happy with that.

[Dark Geese]

I prefer Young Geese also..or give me Nightmare Geese as well..Young Geese is definately more powerful and can have people shitting in their pants faster..give him a new super, some more moves and make it very clear he is more powerful than his older old-school incarnation-See NeoWave hehehe.

I agree with the changing it from the years being the best thing SNK could do because now we get QUALITY OVER QUANTITY...XI is the most refreshing KOF in quite some time possibly ever...all in my opinion due to more time on their hands..producing a very high quality title that has gotten Capcom fans to play it as well as others...


Dream match they can give us Young Geese in a suit vs. the New DM boss-YOUNG RUGAL In a Suit..hahaha only in my dreams..

Where Young Rugal is as he was supposed to be in KOF 94-The Kuroko of the game.

[bill_rizer]

the only thing I dont like about YG is his lack of moves, if they added yes he could be a contender.

as for Nightmare Geese now that wouldnt be fair on all the others would it now dark geese lol, meaning over powered hell yea put him in so I can bash my friends omega rugal to death.

[niggitynignig]

^hi res wouldnt change the fact that most of the KOF cast movements are stiff and awkward
i still love it depite the fact it is ugly, and i wouldnt be mad at new animations for some
also hoping for more SNK ports to live (KOF XI, tenka, LastBlade 2)

[Dark Geese]

Lets all just hope they magically rebuild all their older franchises on the Aurora board..and put the time they put into XI, Tenka, and NGBC in it and things are great for SNK in the future..a bright future indeed!!

Yeah Nightmare Geese should be a Final/Hidden Boss, complete with RBFFSP 4 air fireballs etc...just for destructive value.

A dream match with Geese in it should have it where you start with Old School 96 Geese, and can hold select for Young Geese, Hold Select and Square for RB2 Geese, Select and R2 for SVC Chaos Geese and Select+R1+R2 for Nightmare RBFFSP Geese plus more moves hahahah!!!

Oh the agony I can see it now!!

[Atb_555]

Arc Systems + SNK = Garou 2 completed :lovin: would be pretty sweet if something like that happened but you can only hope and see.

Oh man that would be a dream come true!

[BOSS MONKEY]

...no mention of MOTW II?

...sheer dissappointment.
Amen brotha

[Fadedsun303]

Guilty Gear vs Samurai Shodown: TIME PARADOX EDITION

i'd play it until my fingers fell off

Oh, shit. Best game ever! :looney:

That won't happen though.

[Dark Geese]

Amakusa would fit in a GG game make no mistake about it..teleporting his ass off..hahaha.