Saiki

I'm just posting a pic of the supposed boss from KOF13. He's Saiki (or Psyche or White Ash) which was cloned from Ash after Ash absorbed Iori's purple flames in XI. I'm not sure if he's an entirely separate persona. I saw a pic of him once with Orochi emblem on his chest.

The rest of the post are just reupload of the other characters which  forgot to post before.

Athena in her updated white default costume. 

Nothing has changed from her design from XII.

I wish they'd assembled a Taekwondo team for Kim (Jhun and Maylee?!)

and a Muay Thai team for Hwa Jai. (Joe and King?!)

Team Yagami

Iori Team
06.24.2010

I'm getting a bit busy that I haven't seen this update. Presenting KOF '96 team from the 2k2 roster. I don't know how the hell they got the team reassembled. But he slashed them both?! After the final match in '96, Iori went into a riot of the blood state and slashed both Vice and Mature. The duo has been seen only in dream matches and crossover games.


Iori Yagami - 



Iori slashes the from below to an upward arc before turning his back. The screen turns red and only shadows are seen, almost similar to his riot of blood mode.


Mature - Awaking Blood




Mature poses holding her head up. The screen turns block and a red eye is seen. Sauron anyone? A reddish snakelike wave punishes the enemy.



Vice - Awaking Blood




Vice turns her back then pulls her top down. The eye appears and a snakelike wave streams past the enemy.

You can also dress you team into Iori's default palette from '95.

KOF13 Posters

Team NEST

  K' Team
07.05.2010

So I wasn't paying attention to the updates from KOFXIII's official blog because I have some chorva to attend to. And voila what do we have here, K's team profile. As usual I don't know what the hell the staff are talking about because it's all in Nihongo. But I struggled, really. I could read some of those kana but that's it. All the rest are thank you babelfish.

Anyways, we all now that they're continuing with the set-up from KOFXI's team where Kula enters as a replacement for Whip. Whip was last seen in XI's Team Ikari but now she's booted out from that team as well. Whip's not being given love. Hugs Whip, I miss your pa-sweet dominatrix-esque style.




K' - Hyper Chain Drive

Well, the move starts out with a normal Chain Drive DM, the difference is that he wears the shades before hitting his enemies. It ends with K' bursting into a pillar of flame. Not very creative I must say. It reminds me of Kazuki's Rage move from SamSho IV. Even Nameless' HSDM from KOF2k2UM looks better.





Maxima - Maxima Laser

Looks like a beefed up Maxima Beam from 2k2, that one recycled sparks from Andy Bogard's DM. This one uses a Kamehame-ha type beam. The XI version shows Maxima using robotic gun. This one shows nothing, the laser just comes out of his chest, and it's still covered?!?




Kula - Neo Freeze Execution

Starts out like a normal Freeze Execution with Foxy doing the first stab. Diana rushes from the other side saying "Chou no youni mai" which means 'fly like a butterfly.' She then teleports leaving a butterfly emblem behind her. Foxy reappears and does another stab saying "Hachi no youni satsu" whch means 'sting like a bee' then teleports the same way leaving a bee emblem. Then Kula reappears midscreen performing a final Freeze Execution dealing 12-hits.


If Whip was in this game, maybe they could give her a NEOMax ala-Omega Red's Omega Destroyer. Or maybe not, too flashy.

Team Ryuko

 
Art of Fighting Team
07.01.2010

The official blog site updated to show Ryo's Team including their NEOMaxes.



Ryo Sakazaki

Same animation as his Tenchi Haoh Ken, except that he does it slowmo and after he delivers the blow you see a burst of energy at the enemy's back. Kinda reminds me of the ice chopping ki minigame in Art of Fighting.







Robert Garcia

Robert jumps overhead then kicks the enemy on the face and rides them to the edge of the screen before doing a backflip, similar to Leona's transformation move in KOF 2002 UM.






Takuma Sakazaki

Takuma punches the enemy under then chin, Ryu-Shin-Shoryuken-style, then does a lower chop Gouki-Kongou-Kokuretsuzan-style. Who'd thought that it's not only Yuri ripping Shotokan moves. It must run in the family.

Team Mai

Women's Team
06.18.2010

The official blog featured the Women's Team to showcase their new NeoMax.



Mai Shiranui - Kunoichi no Mai

Mai performs a Musasabi no Mai to jump to the wall then lunges forward. Upon contact, she attacks the opponent in angles forming the kanji for Onna (Jp woman) then teleports in front. She poses with her hand outstretched, fan in hand, before making the kanji at her back explode, Sentai style!





King - Venom Shot

King jumps a bit then does an angled Venom shot which explodes below. She can also do this in midair, I think.






Yuri Sakazaki - Haoh Raiouhken

Yuri jumps higher up, then charges a bit before release a larger, more powerful Raiouhken which splashes upon hitting the ground.

Team Ikari

Team Leona Staff Blog
06.10.10

Official blog for KOF XIII has been updated to showcase Team Ikari and their NeoMAXes.



Leona's NeoMAX is called Leona Blade, sorta looks like a beefed up Rebel Spark DM with bigger flame splashes. The difference is that her hair changes color to red, hinting a blood riot awakening.



Ralf's NM is called Jet Vulcan Punch. He does rapid punches, kinda reminds me of Krizalid's DM and Real Bout Rick Strowd's P. Power. I've seen another reference this move to Luffy's rapid punches from One Piece.



Clark's NM is called Ultra Clark Buster. Or was it crackbuster? Anyways, he just throws the enemy up then smashes them on the ground. Samurai Shodown Hanzo's grapple technique looks cooler than this. It also borrows inspiration from Tizoc's  supers.

Honda and Seth

KAiWAi posted new alt costume for SSF4. I'm still waiting on Vega/M.Bison's alt costume. What's taking it long? hahah

Honda in Hawaiian costume?! Aloha!

A Seth in Gill's loincloth (in pyro and cryo skin discoloration as well.)

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Source: Capcom Unity

Farewell to a Legend

That was title of the petition for the Elite Mark Yiazmat. Indeed it was a legend. It took me 10 hours and 8 rounds to finish off this monster. And I'm on Level 96. It could have been shorter if I had known he can regenerate its lifebar if you let him recast all its buffs. (Make sure when you see him casting Faith to immediately debuff him with Dispel.)

Anyways, Yiazmat has 50 million HPs at Level 73, which is equivalent to 50 full screen boss bars. You can escape the Coliseum at Ridorana Cataract anytime to save your accomplishment just make sure he hasn't casted any buffs. It took me long enough but it really paid off having to use Shellga everytime to avoid being instantly killed by Death Strike. I put Shellga as my second priority gambit for Vaan. Once you're Shelled, you can have at least one party member by the stairs to avoid being crushed by his Rake which hits as much as 12 times around 2k-3k damage each. He absorbs Holy so you can't attack him with Excalibur, but who says you can't Telekinetically attack him?

If his HP falls below half, damage will be capped at 6999. Once he reaches below a fourth of his life, around 12 bars left, he casts Growing Pains to double his level effectively diminishing any level gaps you had before it. And did I mention he's immune to stat-lowering skills except Expose? Make use of that as well. After a short time, maybe 2 if you are that good (unlike me who leaves the game running to discover my party leader is dead and the game is paused), you'll see him vanishing in green light. Get your reward from Montblanc afterwards.

WTF 30,000 gil?! I can earn that in 1 hour. Screw you moogles! Good thing they threw in that Godslayer badge. Next step: Wyrmhero Blade! (Where shall I use this? The strongest enemy has already transmigrated.)

Trivia: Yiazmat is named after one of the series director Yasumi Matsumoto. He lost lots of the Squenix finances so they gave him the boot. They named the strongest beast in memoriam.

My checklist:
FFX-2 - Trema - farewell (thanks for the Iron Duke)
FFX - Nemesis - missed (I'm not good at the monster arena)
FFIX - Ozma - farewell (must. absorb. darkness.)
FFVIII - Omega Weapon - farewell (via Holy War boo!)
FFVII - Ruby Weapon - missed (where the hell in this gerdamn desert is it?!)
FFVI -  I can't remember any tough bosses here. (Vanish+Doom boo more!)
FFV - Omega - farewell (Dancer+Redshoes+Thundaga sword)
FFIV - Plague Horror - farewell - (WTF Mega-Doom)

Team Psycho

Psycho Soldier team is featured in the developer's blog of KOFXIII. We get to see at last their NEO Max.



First is Athena's Psychic Medley-ish Neo Max. Instead of standing in place while changing through her different incarnations, we see Athena teleporting while attacking the opponent from '94 to XI, then finishes up with her floating midscreen while summoning six Fully armored Athena bearing different weapons: rod, hammer, ball and chain, bow (although you can't attack without an arrow... nevermind), mace, and a flaming sword. Then the six transforms into psychic energy form smashing the ground ala Crystal Shatter.

You can also reflect Ash's Thermidor while retaining its properties to multihit and cause green-flame-burn.



Kensou's Neo Max looks kinda like Xiangfei's 100 hit DM. I wish they had infused him with more Dragon Power, but that power, I think, has long been abandoned since the fall of the NEST cartel.

Chin's Neo Max looks like his HSDM from '02. The only difference is that instead of just one flame which you can control where to detonate it, now he spreads the fire around his body before throwing them as projectiles.

The official blog features Team Kyokugen's story, but it's in Nihongo so that means wakarenai for me. hahah