SNK presents King of Fighters...SkyStage?

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:11 am

This is going to be a round to remember! SHOOT!

moonblood · Post by **moonblood** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:17 am

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:54 am

^My thoughts exactly...

I can dig the Psychic team I guess, given Psycho Soldier. Kyo just looks WTF there though. Will be interesting to see how it turns out at least.

It'd be nice if this allowed some more IP-appropriate stuff like a new Ikari Warriors.

D · Post by D » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:03 am

Finally a shmup with special moves and combo's.
Not intended to be sceptical, I really applaud this.
Perhaps coming out on Type X2 and then 8 months later a ps2 port?
Or will it be included as an extra in one of their games?
WTF! cool!

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:31 am

What are the power bars going to be used for?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:33 am

cool, graphics so far look very type-x to me..

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:36 am

it's xbox live.... sorry no PS2 port. Str8 to 360 along with futari and every other shooter to hit home console this gen....

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:44 pm

sven666 wrote:cool, graphics so far look very type-x to me..

Yes, and that's a good thing - can't wait...

Three new shmups in a day makes our beloved genre feel very much alive!

cyprien · Post by **cyprien** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:46 pm

If it plays anything like the Shikigami no Shiro games I can't be mad.

Will be interesting if they make you do their special moves, however.

neist · Post by **neist** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:53 pm

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

I think it's mostly indifference, at least until I actually get to try it.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:55 pm

I get the feeling that they're just trying to cash in on the name. Yeah, King of Fighters. The game looks like a doujin at first glance.

This also seems to be coming to PSN.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:57 pm

Crap, I was hoping for a versus shooter.

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:43 pm

I wonder how they're going do grappler characters...

Edit: And where the fuck is Terry?!

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:10 pm

LORDSTAR APROVES!

D · Post by D » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:24 pm

Lordstar wrote:LORDSTAR APROVES!

That's it!
I'm pre-ordering.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:52 pm

It certainly looks nice. But I can't tell much from those shots.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:52 pm

I need to pre-order Deathsmiles Mega Black Label before it gets rare...

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:49 pm

Dave_K. wrote:Crap, I was hoping for a versus shooter.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:31 pm

Oh sweet, a new Shikiga- oh wait, what?

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:43 pm

It'll be interesting to see if Arc System Works will develop a similar arcade shooting/fighter game with their Guilty Gear franchise. Perhaps, SNK Playmore is on to something cool with this new fangled KOF:Skystage spinoff. The arcade developers will definitely be waiting to see how this one fares in the Japanese game centers. ^_~

I recall of past shmup threads asking for a high-res Guilty Gear type of tate shooter and this just might the answer after all, except with the KOF franchise instead. Has there been another time in the past of having three brand new shmups titles announced all on the same day? Sounds like 2009 is off to a good start in regards to the shmup genre. What other new shmup announcement(s) await us down the road of 2009? ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

AraraSPAMWitch · Post by **AraraSPAMWitch** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:58 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:It'll be interesting to see if Arc System Works will develope a similar arcade shooting/fighter game with their Guilty Gear franchise. Perhaps, SNK Playmore is on to something cool with this new fangled KOF:Skystage spinoff. The arcade developers will definitely be waiting to see how this one fares in the Japanese game centers. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Ha, that'd be bangin', and ArcSys has made some sweet games, I think they'd pull off the shooter thing quite well if they tried. I think a BlazBlue stg'd be even cooler though, I'd love to see Tager flying through the sky with his magnet beam, he'd suck in enemies Triggerheart-style and throw them across the moon or something, and Litchi and Noel are the sex...I am gay for BlazBlue, but yeah, either GG or BB would be sweet.

But anyway, this Skystage business is a cool idea/cheap way for SNK to make money, but I agree that it looks doujiny as all hell. Might be fun and I'll give it a shot, but I doubt that it'll make me cry out in ecstasy or anything.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:13 pm

Fiya, Psycho Soldier.

Bill wrote:It'd be nice if this allowed some more IP-appropriate stuff like a new Ikari Warriors.

Hell yeah. The Ikaris have been guests in recent Metal Slug games, and I wouldn't mind if they extended the same hospitality to the Peregrine Falcons.

nash87 · Post by **nash87** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:27 pm

SockPuppetHyren wrote:I wonder how they're going do grappler characters...

Edit: And where the fuck is Terry?!

here's hoping for tizoc spinning in circles like a loli mech and then throwing shit! If terry is in the game, i hope he can Rising Taco or Buster Wolf! lol at the hyper/super bars. I was really hoping when i saw this game that it would play like an improved version of cannonspike/gunspike. think about it... lp, lp, lk, power dunk cancel, power geyser! take that pirate robots

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:36 pm

...because sometimes one facepalm is not enough.

Rozyrg · Post by **Rozyrg** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:03 pm

Looks pretty cool. Put in an Ikari or two and I'm sold.

Especially Leona... just give her a jetpack and a machinegun and she's good to go.

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:37 pm

FINALLY! isn't this what we've all been waiting for?

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:58 pm

Stormwatch wrote: ...because sometimes one facepalm is not enough.

You're wrong, this only appropriate if Bao is in it.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:00 pm

Darn guys, I was hoping for something more like this.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:42 am

I, uh, can't say I expected something like this, but I'll probably give it a try regardless. Obviously it looks pretty Shikigami-no-Shiro-ish, which is fine.

Next up from SNK: Last Blade Cart Racer!

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:00 am

wtf ARE THEY SHOOTING AT

looks like total mock-up fake images.