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Thoughts on King of Fighters 95?
To me it's great as a more polished KoF94 before the big KoF96 gameplay and stylistic change. KoF94 music was more catchy tho. The stages here are some of the best in the Neo Geo KoF era. On par with KoF99 and better than 96, 97 and most of the 98 ones.
Gameplay of 94-95 might be hard to go back to from the newer KoF games but it's fine on its own. I like the guard cancel system but miss hops.
I am surprised at how good the Saturn port is. Arcade perfect with very short loadings. It uses specific ROM cart as opposed to RAM cart and it shows. Other Neo Geo to Saturn ports are trash, even with the RAM cart.
Last, 95 Kyo is the best Kyo.

>> No.10223734

>>10223696
Feels like the first "real" entry of KoF, the same way CE does to WW. For 95 it was pretty impressive, overall it's aged pretty well I would say. It still seems somewhat popular in Korea actually, probably was a common bootleg there in the 90s.

>> No.10223786

>>10223696
Not my favorite in the series
But I like pretty much all of them
Even the first one has its charm
Top tier for me will always be 98/99
But I have all of them on mvs carts +a few bootleg ports of later releases

I'm not a hardcore connoisseur of the series though & only play casually with friends; If I had to pick one I would choose whichever has the best idle mai bouncing tiddies

>> No.10223879

They still have remnants from KOF 94, like characters from FF and AOF having different abilities (FF characters can walk while crouched, AOF characters can fire Haoh Sho Ko Kens without a super bar).

KOF 96 defined what KOF would be in the future. No ifs or buts. Comparing to other games at the time, KOF 96 is the Winning Eleven 4 of KOF.

>> No.10223902

>>10223879
It's almost like they removed some cool details to homogenize and balance the roster. This made KoF more competitive but 95 was still good.

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>>10223879
Really like 96. Only negative (minor) I have to say is from this point forward, music was more synthesized i guess the word I'm looking for. We didn't hear instruments like 94 or 95.

Don't get me wrong, I like the OSTs, just wish sounded even better in relation to the arranged versions.

>> No.10224524

>>10223696
>95 Kyo is the best Kyo.
Based

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What did he mean by this?

>> No.10224661

that track is dope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyCKfhurvZI&ab_channel=NeoGeoLand

>> No.10224749

>>10224535
It's like how stage actors will say "break a leg" (because it's unlucky to say "good luck") but kicked up because Rugal is evil and actually wants the fighters to die/be permanently crippled.

It's not there in Japanese but I can't remember what it says instead. Probably something generic.

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Hey i know that chick! She's from Beats of Rage!

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>>10223696
Your post number is '96
You already know the answer
Plus 96 has guys now in Metal Slug in it.
95 is just the epitome of the old "engine"
94 leans too hard in to catchy music