Here are the teams at the moment:
Ash Crimson, Oswald, Shen Woo
K', Kula Diamond, Maxima
Terry Bogard, Kim Kaphwan, Duck King
B.Jenet, Gato, Tizoc "The Griffon Mask"
Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, Shingo Yabuki
Vanessa, Blue Mary, Ramon
Ralf Jones, Clark Still, Whip
Ryo Sakazaki, Yuri Sakazaki, King
Malin, Kasumi Todoh, Eiji Kisaragi
Elizabeth, Duo Lon, Benimaru Nikaido
Athena Asamiya, Sie Kensou, Momoko
Adelheid
Controls:
A - Weak Punch
C - Strong Punch
B - Weak Kick
D - Strong Kick
E - Thrust (C+D) attack
Start - Taunt
Evasion - A+B
A+C / B+D - Partner Change
40+ characters expected.
Tags are like KOF2003.
Most of the sprites are slightly better looking than KOF2003.
Maxima, Ramon, Benimaru, Kensou, Momoko, Duck King, Eiji, B.Jenet and Iori are unplayable at the moment. They are grayed out on the character select screen.
Robert, Daimon, Chizuru, Yamazaki, Billy, Jhun, Hinako, Choi, Chang, Leona, Mai and Joe are not in the game so far.
Boss/Sub-boss is Adelheid.
The final boss was also seen once. She is a female with long hair (pigtail). She is very well animated with tons of hands animation.
Same engine as NBC, not like KOF98, KOF2k2 or KOF2k3.
Tactical Leader System from KOF2003 is also in.
Modern and Hyper interface, bars and loading screen. Very polished.
New backgrounds are very animated and beautiful, unlike Neowave and NBC.
New backgrounds:
Aqueduct: takes place on tiled roof tops in a European town. A large aqueduct can be seen in the background. Not much animation, but looked good.
Beach: Some kind of military site on the coast. On the left side you can see some soldiers and jeeps, while over to the right is the beach. Looked nice.
Temple: Similar to the temple stage from NGBC. The fight takes place on tatami with elaborately decorated panels in the background. A bunch of animated characters wipe the temple floor over on the right hand side.
Alley: a good old fashioned back street alley with some shops. Not really different from KOF99. Not much going on.
Ruins: Some kind of ancient temple ruin.
Ice Festival: A 3D Ice castle. Action takes place on ice surrounded by ice sculptures with an alpine mountain range in the background.
Lots of transparencies in special moves. Great looking unlike KOF Neowave.
Animations and movements are very smooth.
Timer is 100 second a battle.
E button does C+D attack for each character.
Loading screen takes about 8 to 10 seconds.
Moves motion is changed for some characters.
Alot of new systems in the game.
New judgment system for time-outs. The usual timer on the top of the screen keeps tilting towards (what the game judges as) the player that's fighting more skillfully during the match. If the match ends with a time over, the person that the timer is tilted towards will win. It's not decision by remaining life any more.
Skill Meter System. its on top of the usual power meter, there's an additional new bar called the "skill meter". It's used to pull off a number of systems. The skill meter builds up on its own as time passes by. you can stock up to 2 skill meters. The match starts out with the skill meter full.
A+C / B+D during an attack does Quick Shift (Changes to partner, requires 1 Skill stock)
A+C / B+D while getting attacked - Saving Shift (Changes to partner, requires 2 Skill stocks)
Guard Cancel Evacuation - A+B during guard (requires 1 skill stock)
Guard Cancel Thrust - E during guard (requires 1 Power stock)
Leader Super - Requires 2 Power Stock
Super Cancel (cancel special attack into super attack) - Requires 1 Skill + 1 Power Stock
Dream Cancel (cancel from super attack into leader attack) - Requires 1 Skill + 2 Power Stock
Oswald is a tall old man that wears shades, a dark suit, red shirt and yellow tie.
He is very well-animated and has lots of SNK feel to him.
He's supposed to be a gambler judging from the way that he fights by using playing cards as most of his moves are with cards.
He appears to be a very strong characters. Lots of people are using him at beta tests.
His super sees him dash forward and push the opponent to the far wall like a move of Rugal. Then, he steps back, three cards appear in each hand, the screen goes dark and he does a hail of slashes with the cards. Once finished he does a nice little finishing taunt animation.
Elizabeth fights using a horsewhip as a weapon, but she keeps it in a sheath by her side when not in use. Kind of a cross between a horse whip and a sword.
Some of her special moves seem to use ice, or some kind of white energy.
One of her supers involves firing a barrage of this at the opponent, which seems to hit long range and do a fair bit of damage
B.Jenet is her Garou self.
Kula is same as her previous KOF appearence in 2k2/Neowave.
Athena Asamiya has new sailor (schoolgirl) outfit.
Some strange colors: Ryo Sakazaki has pink hair and pink gi.
Ryo Sakazaki has a new fast elbow dash, like Andy.
Sho Hayate is no where in the game.
