it always felt weird to me that the art style doesnt seem consistent across all characters, while the quality of the sprites is fantastic, some of them are extremely realistic, and others are extremely cartoonish.
c some are paying homages to their original design like Athena for example. That’s how she looked in Psycho Soldier. Don’t know about some like Ralf and Clark :/
ikr that's also the reason why i've always prefered the more realistic style of the original kof sprites over steroid street fighter alpha sprites from capcom
That makes little sense. You're not going to tell me that the spindly limbs and over-sized heads are mean't as a means of association, or that somehow these will capture the "male gaze" They had more realistic proportions before and already had the "male gaze" I'm guessing the ol' boy they had design the female characters has a Lolita complex.
HD gets the hair swishing, lighting, and soft shading done correctly, but the muscle mass, poses, and general character design is still perfect in SD. It's nice to see a game that doesn't need upgrades getting them anyway so you can appreciate how strong the foundations have always been.
KOF is many things, ANIME ART STYLE is not one of them.... infact, KOF 99 even though by everyone is the most anime one, still has features which makes it lean towards the previous more pseudo/realistic art style Hell, STREET FIGHTER is more of an anime fighter than KOF in terms of art style
@@Imadeyourun I don't agree, one look at K' with his sunglasses and open collar shows clear improvement. Plus the animation is more fluid across the board.
Robert García's HD form is perfect. That menacing feeling the character gives should be default... not the latin lover style they wanted to attach to him in several games. AoF 1 style forever.
dude, look at Joe or Robert, they look skinnier instead, but yeah they took some liberties too and some others got overpowered But i don't mind, specially on Takuma, he looks badass
jblue88 hood gamer Do you not know the lore? She ain't a high school she is a psychic fighter and an Idol. She just dresses up as a schooled cause it's her thing
Compared to her 96 sprite this isn't too different. I don't know why the uploader decided to compare sprites from like 3 different games. They have Fatal Fury 3 Andy compared to XIII and Art of Fightimg 2 Yuri to XIII. Art of fighting 2 and Fatal Fury 3 are game with completely different artstyles. AOF2 was more realistic while FF3 was more exaggerated. The uploader also didn't compare the Psycho Soldier Athena with her XIII even though they chose to compare XIII with series that weren't KOF.
@@TonyJenn Nope. SNK went bankrupt because they didn't market their games well for Western regions and had over saturated their franchises in attempt to compete with Capcom than to take years in between releases to fine-tune design and gameplay.
Regardless of what you prefer, the XIII sprites are imo one of the best animated sprites in a 2D fighting game. Just look at how smooth the movements look.
SD had a lot more details in the sprite animations compare to their HD counterpart. Also most of the HD appearance are a bit too buff or lacking charm.
Yeah, Mai looks like she's going to break her back with that posture swinging those things in HD. For some reason the old stance seems a little more natural.
Although technically impressive, the HD sprites are all over the place in terms of design. SNK’s strength has always been the realism it gives the characters through their spritework and animation. Some HD sprites like K, Kula, and especially Ash look amazing - straight upgrades. On the other hand, Terry has weird clothing, Yuri, Athena, Takuma, and quite a few others look cartoonish, and Joe looks half-finished. Ralph and Clark don’t even look human. I strongly prefer the consistency of the SD sprites.
Athena and Kensou's outfit in kof xiii clearly a reference to their original game Psycho soldier. anyway, the SD is still great but i prefer HD just a little.
HD gana en general, pero algunos (como ralf y clark) tienen una exageracion muy amplia en la masa muscular. Por otro lado, algunas de las chicas perdieron mucha masa (king) y no parecen que fuera ni siquiera del mismo juego Robert, Kim y Terry son el mejor ejemplo donde mantuvieron musculatura sin exagerar demasiado en los hombres. A su vez, Billy y Goro demuestran la musculatura que siempre fue aparente en sus sprites SD, la exageran un poco pero mantienen fidelidad con la original y amplian en esta Mature y Vice (y Leona en su mayor parte) mantuvieron un fisico decente y manteniendose fiel en su cuerpo viejo. El cuerpo denota y aumento un poco la feminidad pero sin exagerar en la masa quitada como fue el caso de King, que parece que el mismo aire le romperia los brazos.
Standard version is better overall. High definition version looks good for just a handful of characters. In standard version characters look more alive.
HD is definitely better, unlike Street Fighter HD, but man, Athena's legs are bigger than her waist. Yuri also has an awkward pose that makes her look really oddly proportioned. Everyone else looks fair.
The HD sprites are supposed to look exaggerated. Ralf and Clark look extra buff and tough for military men. Leona has that air of overconfidence and impatience about her that can be attributed to a somewhat accomplished teenager who has yet to experience the world outside the well, metaphorically speaking. King became a lot more feminine and slim, because who cares about realistic if it makes her look more appealing and less like a man in drag? Athena, being a young pop star, was made to look plump, because plumpness is an indicator of youth and exuberance. Yuri is supposed to represent a young teenage girl who hit puberty a bit too hard in the chest area, and is trying to come off as a competent fighter despite being one of the the youngest entrants, when clearly every nuance of her posture screams inexperience, self-doubt, and insecurity in a body that she has yet to get used to. The way that she presses her arms closely to her breasts, trying to keep them from bouncing too much or "spilling out", is also a nod to much earlier Art of Fighting games, where her losses resulted in her top ripping apart. To me, there was a lot of great storytelling simply in the new art style and the added animation frames that wasn't possible previously on the Neo Geo. Whoever the artist was clearly knew what he/she was doing.
I miss ryo’s old stance And Terry shoul only be a little smaller, but with better fitting and lighter jeans Takuma looks great in both, but I do wish the gi was a bit more like the older variant (the bottoms mainly, the top looks fine in both). But the lack of wristbands I think is a nice way of separating him from Ryo as well. His belt should also be a bit longer. He now looks a bit more like okinawan karate which I do like because of the fact that he’s older, but I still think the bottom of the pants are a little open. As a karateka I still adore the change Kim’s pants are the epitome of technological advancement King got a major improvement. Even if she is a bit thinner, that fits Muay Thai well. Her outfit fits better and I think her hair is a bit better too even if a bit less realistic, it makes her look younger Iori got the best treatment in this game. His looks fit his character. Perfect upgrade Fuck vice no matter what she looks like. Also I prefer her old outfit, but the HD suits her assholiness Billy is so much more patient now. Crazy to see. Looks like character growth, and his new stance is really good. But that old movement is more to his personality from what I know Where is Kula’s ice aura? Fuck ash. Especially since HD looks much better than previously
@@E24KLawson XII was way worse, XIII was one of the best KOF games I've ever played tied with XIV. '99 holds a special place in my heart because it was the first one I played since I didn't own anything NeoGeo back in the day
I think the best imagen's sprites are from KOF XI, because It fixed many of the details to complete or improve the old versions, becoming them into better sequences of movements, and also there is an option of giving them more High definition with special cables of the console. KOF XIII is only another sort of art...
Well, technically, all of the sprite work in SSF2T HD Remix was done by Udon (Whom I know nothing about), so you don't have to blame Capcom for the hot mess that was done there.
@@camulodunon udon was an art team that did a lot of comics. Capcom hired them to draw the SF2 comics for a while, and honestly, for comics it worked fine, but they should of hired a proper animator to do it properly. They either hired someone on the cheap, someone who didn’t care or think this was good, or just the artists figured they would use this project to learn animation.
2D SNK games have always captured physics very well, but my god, Kim's HD pants are the pinnacle of cloth animation. And Mai, fan service aside, has some of the greatest animation in jiggle physics. I'm not even joking that shit is hard as hell to animate, I applaud SNK for that shit.
I felt that the visuals of some characters might not have changed so abruptly, for example the military looked very different and pumped up... And poor Athena lost her iconic movements in the game. And especially her hair and her face changed suddenly, I don't think that was necessary.
Terry, Clark and especially Ralph animations look good in HD, but I personally like their older ones. I think it's because they don't look like they been taking drugs, plus Ralph can't even shuffle like he used to anymore. Mai has serious back problems Billy HD lost all hope, lol. I won't lie, but I feel like they got a little lazy with him compared to his SD sprites Kula lost her Ice spark Ashley is looking more and more like a girl (pretty sure that's the whole point, I guess) I'm not knocking any characters except the first 4 I mentioned, cuz the animations are very well detailed, like Kim's pants again.
@@Hillthugsta welp i certainly don't know. if that's the case just switch she for he, her for him and a girl for effeminate and done deal. still works.
Yes, you can see that the anime influence as affected the artstyle to the right. Personally I don't mind it, but I can see why some fans think: Muh realism!
Os sprites do Kof 13 é algo surreal , incrível como eles fizeram lindas pixel art em Hd, elevaram o nível de algo essencial da franquia que era seu capricho no 2D , pena que nem todos os sprites ficaram tão bons devido a fisionomia desproporcionais
Porque nunca salieron en el juego original solo son fanatrs basados en el estilo gráfico de kof xiii y dudo que se hagan personajes exactamente con ese estilo gráfico en mugen ya que pos esos sprites y animaciones son demasiado brutales y conllevan demasiado tiempo
SNK killed off KoF when they went 3D. This high res 2d artwork was a big selling point and probably the highest quality 2d artwork in any 2d fighter ever made.
Jackamomo Oh, please. Even with their recent 3D attempt(s), SNK’s core gameplay and passion easily thrives with what they did with KOF 14. I’m hoping KOF 15 will be awesome, as well.
Just shut up already. KOF 14 was their first game from bankruptcy without an engine. Jesus christ at least let them use the unreal engine for kof 15 before you complain
@@sladejosephwilson2300 Well Samurai Showdown was a big success but I still would prefer actual hd 2d sprites with loads of hand drawn animation. On closer inspection of KOF 14 I will say I think it's still a nice looking game.
Takuma, King, Joe, Iori, Ash, K, and Maxima make me disagree heavily. A few others make me disagree lightly. Some make me agree with you though. Over muscular and jeans are the main issues. But for many? The look straight up better
@@GokuInfintysaiyan Maybe on an objective level, but the way I look at them, I think to myself "Which looks more iconic? Which would I prefer having in Mugen?" It's the same reason why so many people prefer having Virtua Fighter characters portrayed in their original low-poly incarnations instead of using their modern "realistic" character designs
Otaking Mikohani I have my nostalgia biases but if something is just an improvement on the older variant I have to admit it. DMC3 is my favorite game, but DAMN DMC5 is fucking nuts!
it always felt weird to me that the art style doesnt seem consistent across all characters, while the quality of the sprites is fantastic, some of them are extremely realistic, and others are extremely cartoonish.
This is the exact reason why i can't agree when people say KoF13 is the best looking KoF game
because no, they're way too inconsistent.
c some are paying homages to their original design like Athena for example. That’s how she looked in Psycho Soldier. Don’t know about some like Ralf and Clark :/
@@user-io9hj9ip2d its because they talk about the quality of the sprite work and the animation
Character design is another topic
Terry looks *PERFECT*
But Kula looks cartoonish
Kim's pants is more alive than any characters in the game
R.I.P Kim's pants Kof14
They moved like water.
They were relaxing, just like the sea
Kim has the best pants in Gaming history
Mai boobies UwU
@@rishholt No
A lot of these dudes look like they’ve been taking steroids.
Its Japan
ikr that's also the reason why i've always prefered the more realistic style of the original kof sprites over steroid street fighter alpha sprites from capcom
they are taking notes from capcom
Except for King and Yuri, who seems to be taking meth.
It's because the ones on the right are from KoF XIII. A lot of the characters were super muscular in that game.
HD version can go from Straight Improvement to "Why would you do this"
Yep especially for Takuma and some of the girls.
And my gurl yuri
Me : *am I a joke to you*
Example?
Joaquin Paredes Kim’s Pants and Mai’s Boobs compared to a lot of the girls super anime faces
@@SaturnMoon Yuri is supposed to be a 110lb 18y old girl
I love how the animation and lighting of the HD versions are so crisp that it made it look nearly 3D.
I remember reading somewhere that they are traced from 3D models.
I wish XV will have these HD graphics or better a bit than from XIV
Siguen siendo 2d
@@XelchanTheBrave yeah They used 3d models
@@samerbark690 they seem to kinda inspired by xii and xiii with a 3d retouch now... What do you think? :3
Ah, my favorite KoF characters: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4, Round 5 and Round 6
Mine too, bro !
Round 5 is my favourite out of all of them, no doubt
Interesting that it seems that all hd women sprites lost all their muscle mass and are just thin and in shape
To be more attractive. Female players can associate with that more and men have something to look at
@@phoneacc174 dumb ass, they looked cooler before. Majority of men who play this games aren't muscular as the characters, so this isn't an argument
That makes little sense. You're not going to tell me that the spindly limbs and over-sized heads are mean't as a means of association, or that somehow these will capture the "male gaze"
They had more realistic proportions before and already had the "male gaze" I'm guessing the ol' boy they had design the female characters has a Lolita complex.
@@phoneacc174 yikes
@@phoneacc174 To be more attractive for what audience, pedophiles and anorexics?
One Word: Kims Pants!
@@MrConnman123 that's four words you big dummy
1 frase
BRUH THAT TO WRD Y
Rip Kim's pans 94-13
Am I the only one that misses Vice and Mature's dresses, the movement n' flow of their dresses would've looked so good in HD :(
You’re not the only one 😭
True ^
Kim's pants take all the budget for animating their dresses
Me when they got tuxedized 😐
I always felt just ONE of them should have a suit, and the other the dress.
2:17 HOLY FU-
CK
SNK has their priorities
Mai's titties are the second best animated thing in KOF history.
humongous hungolomghononoloughongous-
@@madam-mint *E X P A N D D O N G*
Kim's pants. Both perfection.
The new style is cool and all, but I really don't like that the mayority of female characters now look like fragile dolls.
King looks fucking anorexic in HD.
Eh I mean to be quite frank a lot of them already looked like that to be quite honest
And SNK is also pretty well known for having some pretty dainty guys as well haha
Just look and compare the Athenas, the Vices, the Yuris and you will understand what I mean.
Fair enough, I see what you mean.
3:21 The ice effects around Kula would've looked awesome in HD
el efecto si se lo pusieron en el juego, pero aquí no aparece xD
Um... SHE DOES HAVE THE EFFECT, it isn’t sprited however, it’s a custom drawn animated effect for her, because of that, it isn’t shown here
Sd sprites gives me nostalgic, original feeling. Hd sprites has updated stance style and sprite graphic looks very good. I refuse to say winner!
HD Ralf y Clark = Esteroides
Georgy Jojo eles conquistaram o controle sobre o Trapézio Descendente
Georgy Jojo totally agreed
Song name?
Georgy Jojo STONE FREE!
Ora ora ora ora ora
Yare yare dawa
Georgy Jojo Nyo hoy dijo el Gyro
HD gets the hair swishing, lighting, and soft shading done correctly, but the muscle mass, poses, and general character design is still perfect in SD. It's nice to see a game that doesn't need upgrades getting them anyway so you can appreciate how strong the foundations have always been.
HD Mai is the one we all had fun with
dont call me out like this man
HD's Sprite design is more exaggerated and SD's Sprite is stick to realism. Both are amazing.
@@daniel79tj Re-design of Kula and K' was overseen by their original creator, this is why they look like HD versions of their previous sprites.
@@ShadowSumac Makes sense. All characters should have been like that.
"Stick to realism"
Yeahhh REALISM LOL
Very REALISTIC
@@giantalbinoeel Compared to most other anime fighting games, KOF was very realistic.
KOF is many things, ANIME ART STYLE is not one of them.... infact, KOF 99 even though by everyone is the most anime one, still has features which makes it lean towards the previous more pseudo/realistic art style
Hell, STREET FIGHTER is more of an anime fighter than KOF in terms of art style
They just made iori more menacing, which is perfect.
I always hated Takuma's stance in XIII. Lol But they updated Terry's look in such an awesome way. ^_^
@@dieterrosswag933 Not a huge problem since all but one of his attacks are done with the arms and upperbody.
@@dieterrosswag933 Yeah I see what you mean. I was paying more attention to his baggy pants to know where his legs accualy are.
its mr karate's old stance
@@dieterrosswag933 what do you mean his legs are bigger than they used to be
I like his stance, his problem is how wide they made him
Most of the HD looks better but not all.
Nah it's the opposite
None of the HD looks better. Athena looks beyond retarded. Can't deny that the graphics were good, but I still prefer the older art style.
@@Imadeyourun imagine an hd versions of the old sprites, more animated and detailed as the hd ones, that would be dope
Clark and Ralf used way too much steroids. 😂
@@Imadeyourun I don't agree, one look at K' with his sunglasses and open collar shows clear improvement. Plus the animation is more fluid across the board.
3:42 this is the first time i ever notice his foot turned to the side
Same
I noticed before the HD but o wouldn't call turned, for me always looked like it's broken but i don't know if they did on this way on purpose.
@@murilocreations his leg is reaching into the foreground
Lmao
Robert García's HD form is perfect. That menacing feeling the character gives should be default... not the latin lover style they wanted to attach to him in several games. AoF 1 style forever.
Terry looks awesome in HD but that's it. Most of them look fat and over muscular....still not bad tho.
ALIEN GAMER INVASION it makes you wonder how old is Athena this bitch been a high schooler for to damn long.
ALIEN GAMER INVASION some of the female characters head looks kinda big in the he version LOL.
jblue88 hood gamer lmao😄😄😄
dude, look at Joe or Robert, they look skinnier instead, but yeah they took some liberties too and some others got overpowered
But i don't mind, specially on Takuma, he looks badass
jblue88 hood gamer Do you not know the lore? She ain't a high school she is a psychic fighter and an Idol. She just dresses up as a schooled cause it's her thing
Will always love the standard definition.
2:08 - Yuri, what happened to you? You're so _tiny,_ now!
Yuri: actually... I'm very SMOL
Compared to her 96 sprite this isn't too different. I don't know why the uploader decided to compare sprites from like 3 different games. They have Fatal Fury 3 Andy compared to XIII and Art of Fightimg 2 Yuri to XIII. Art of fighting 2 and Fatal Fury 3 are game with completely different artstyles. AOF2 was more realistic while FF3 was more exaggerated. The uploader also didn't compare the Psycho Soldier Athena with her XIII even though they chose to compare XIII with series that weren't KOF.
Just wished they never went to 3D in their games. I love those HD Sprites.
Expensive
3D is cheaper
They went bankrupt because of this game.
@Hollow Tim either that or they won't stay long enough from bankruptcy, so it's kinda fair trade
it's really that expensive
@@TonyJenn Nope. SNK went bankrupt because they didn't market their games well for Western regions and had over saturated their franchises in attempt to compete with Capcom than to take years in between releases to fine-tune design and gameplay.
@@Bones98 your talking about the first bankruptcy, KOF XIII was expensive as hell, and didn't sell too much
The lighting and shading on the HD version is so smooth, I mistook it for CG at first.
El HD tiene buenas animaciones, aunque, no se si soy yo, pero muchos personajes parecen bastante deformes :^/
gamecast isto es un problema de design.
Gabriel Amorim yo creo que más bien es un diferente estilo, como los personajes de SFV y sus pies gigantes :v
Pero si se fijan. Esta haciendo la comparación con los chars extraídos del kof 94 osea los menos trabajados en su momento
Ya sabes comp es el anime. Bien raros
Pinche Ralf, se pasó de tamales
Regardless of what you prefer, the XIII sprites are imo one of the best animated sprites in a 2D fighting game. Just look at how smooth the movements look.
Great animation, extremely bad looking art style/design direction. A bad, unfortunate mix to me.
SD had a lot more details in the sprite animations compare to their HD counterpart. Also most of the HD appearance are a bit too buff or lacking charm.
I'm voting for OG SD. It might be lower resolution, but the proportions and art style just speak to me more with the SD.
Yeah, Mai looks like she's going to break her back with that posture swinging those things in HD. For some reason the old stance seems a little more natural.
Mai ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Yeah, Mai wins
pakyo
2:17
@Captain mike 32 and friends Yael Perez Tsk Tsk
Captain mike 32 and friends Yael Perez uncultured
Although technically impressive, the HD sprites are all over the place in terms of design. SNK’s strength has always been the realism it gives the characters through their spritework and animation. Some HD sprites like K, Kula, and especially Ash look amazing - straight upgrades. On the other hand, Terry has weird clothing, Yuri, Athena, Takuma, and quite a few others look cartoonish, and Joe looks half-finished. Ralph and Clark don’t even look human. I strongly prefer the consistency of the SD sprites.
Athena and Kensou's outfit in kof xiii clearly a reference to their original game Psycho soldier.
anyway, the SD is still great but i prefer HD just a little.
Athena looks awful in xiii
@@edlerkrieger8045 they ruined King too
HD gana en general, pero algunos (como ralf y clark) tienen una exageracion muy amplia en la masa muscular. Por otro lado, algunas de las chicas perdieron mucha masa (king) y no parecen que fuera ni siquiera del mismo juego
Robert, Kim y Terry son el mejor ejemplo donde mantuvieron musculatura sin exagerar demasiado en los hombres. A su vez, Billy y Goro demuestran la musculatura que siempre fue aparente en sus sprites SD, la exageran un poco pero mantienen fidelidad con la original y amplian en esta
Mature y Vice (y Leona en su mayor parte) mantuvieron un fisico decente y manteniendose fiel en su cuerpo viejo. El cuerpo denota y aumento un poco la feminidad pero sin exagerar en la masa quitada como fue el caso de King, que parece que el mismo aire le romperia los brazos.
Standard version is better overall. High definition version looks good for just a handful of characters. In standard version characters look more alive.
Look how they massacred my boys ralf and clark
Unlike Street Fighter, this one I think the HD is better. The sprites don't look like a flash game.
Yeah Street Fighter 2 HD is ugly until you see it on a HD CRT sony model. Blew my mind but still doesn't look anywhere good as these.
HD versions are so damn good sprite and design wise
HD is definitely better, unlike Street Fighter HD, but man, Athena's legs are bigger than her waist. Yuri also has an awkward pose that makes her look really oddly proportioned. Everyone else looks fair.
The HD sprites are supposed to look exaggerated. Ralf and Clark look extra buff and tough for military men. Leona has that air of overconfidence and impatience about her that can be attributed to a somewhat accomplished teenager who has yet to experience the world outside the well, metaphorically speaking. King became a lot more feminine and slim, because who cares about realistic if it makes her look more appealing and less like a man in drag? Athena, being a young pop star, was made to look plump, because plumpness is an indicator of youth and exuberance. Yuri is supposed to represent a young teenage girl who hit puberty a bit too hard in the chest area, and is trying to come off as a competent fighter despite being one of the the youngest entrants, when clearly every nuance of her posture screams inexperience, self-doubt, and insecurity in a body that she has yet to get used to. The way that she presses her arms closely to her breasts, trying to keep them from bouncing too much or "spilling out", is also a nod to much earlier Art of Fighting games, where her losses resulted in her top ripping apart. To me, there was a lot of great storytelling simply in the new art style and the added animation frames that wasn't possible previously on the Neo Geo. Whoever the artist was clearly knew what he/she was doing.
2:00 wow the movement is awesome in Kim sprite HD and SD
Beimar Arturo yea ikr his pants are so beautiful
I miss ryo’s old stance
And Terry shoul only be a little smaller, but with better fitting and lighter jeans
Takuma looks great in both, but I do wish the gi was a bit more like the older variant (the bottoms mainly, the top looks fine in both). But the lack of wristbands I think is a nice way of separating him from Ryo as well. His belt should also be a bit longer. He now looks a bit more like okinawan karate which I do like because of the fact that he’s older, but I still think the bottom of the pants are a little open. As a karateka I still adore the change
Kim’s pants are the epitome of technological advancement
King got a major improvement. Even if she is a bit thinner, that fits Muay Thai well. Her outfit fits better and I think her hair is a bit better too even if a bit less realistic, it makes her look younger
Iori got the best treatment in this game. His looks fit his character. Perfect upgrade
Fuck vice no matter what she looks like. Also I prefer her old outfit, but the HD suits her assholiness
Billy is so much more patient now. Crazy to see. Looks like character growth, and his new stance is really good. But that old movement is more to his personality from what I know
Where is Kula’s ice aura?
Fuck ash. Especially since HD looks much better than previously
El Aura del Hielo de Kula si sale, solo que no lo pusieron en el video jejeje
HD muitos sprites estão desproporcionais.
The new *Athena* really has some *nice legs*...
the hd sprites now look like real anime characters but i dont understand why they didnt keep em for the kow XIV
Because XIII almost bankrupt SNK a second time, that’s why.
@@E24KLawson XII was way worse, XIII was one of the best KOF games I've ever played tied with XIV. '99 holds a special place in my heart because it was the first one I played since I didn't own anything NeoGeo back in the day
They did those sprites using 3D and animate them. I don't know why SNK wouldn't keep the artstyle.
Low budget, KOF XIII didnt sell enough, I guess, but now watching how KOF XV looks, i think SNK have enough money
HD looks really animeish
SD looks badass
I was thinking the same exact thing
Steven Giménez Both versions are pretty similar it’s just that their new renditions of the older sprites
also hd looks absolutely disgusting, did terry, clarks & others inject venom or sth...
@@nitefiend you are so right my friend
@@nitefiend most people disagree
02:16 for Mai
I think the best imagen's sprites are from KOF XI, because It fixed many of the details to complete or improve the old versions, becoming them into better sequences of movements, and also there is an option of giving them more High definition with special cables of the console. KOF XIII is only another sort of art...
For me all of then are incredible and even better but...... my poor boy Billy, what happend to you
The overhaul they did on hd is just staggering, utterly impressive
Kim’s pants
3:04 Definitivamente el mejor personaje "Round 1" el más fuerte de todos
SD WINS
Alain Azor SD Wins+1
Fong Lin is Original 👍
I appreciate the effort put into the HD sprites, reminds me of 3rd strike, though it would've been a bit better if they all look uniform
Not a fan of most of the HD designs but Ryo's design might be my favorite ever. He looks like a badass that could decimate anyone with ease.
I loved his Sprite the only detail I saw was his orange hair instead of blonde
I need the song so badlyyy 😭 it's so catchy! And these animations are so great hhhh KOF I applaud you!
Its Jonathan MT- you're my everything, although you can only find it on Spotify tho.
@@alainchristienemendoza9982 Super late reply but omg thank you I found it!!!
@@tokoshiba3784 you're welcome. I'm glad that you're happy.
@@tokoshiba3784 oh yeah. Right now, it is available on TH-cam also.
No one:
Ralf and Clark:
Ayayayayayay
The cuteness added to athena asamiya sprites in kof xiii makes her look even more adorable
Wish Capcom would have put this effort into their HD remake of Street Fighter. That stiff cardboard effort is an eyesore.
Street fighter is a stiff cardboard game, so its only appropriate
Well, technically, all of the sprite work in SSF2T HD Remix was done by Udon (Whom I know nothing about), so you don't have to blame Capcom for the hot mess that was done there.
@@camulodunon udon was an art team that did a lot of comics. Capcom hired them to draw the SF2 comics for a while, and honestly, for comics it worked fine, but they should of hired a proper animator to do it properly. They either hired someone on the cheap, someone who didn’t care or think this was good, or just the artists figured they would use this project to learn animation.
@@crussteasock4047 nah, I grew up on that, it’s a lot of fun.
2D SNK games have always captured physics very well, but my god, Kim's HD pants are the pinnacle of cloth animation. And Mai, fan service aside, has some of the greatest animation in jiggle physics. I'm not even joking that shit is hard as hell to animate, I applaud SNK for that shit.
HD Athena thighs are my reason to live ❤️
Yeah still prefer her older look with purple hair
I felt that the visuals of some characters might not have changed so abruptly, for example the military looked very different and pumped up... And poor Athena lost her iconic movements in the game.
And especially her hair and her face changed suddenly, I don't think that was necessary.
whats the name of the background music ?
Naz Dhillon that’s what I want to know it’s great
Still no one knows it? xc
That's what I wanna know
@@YamiKaiserVT Johnathan MT Darling you are my world
Terry, Clark and especially Ralph animations look good in HD, but I personally like their older ones. I think it's because they don't look like they been taking drugs, plus Ralph can't even shuffle like he used to anymore.
Mai has serious back problems
Billy HD lost all hope, lol. I won't lie, but I feel like they got a little lazy with him compared to his SD sprites
Kula lost her Ice spark
Ashley is looking more and more like a girl (pretty sure that's the whole point, I guess)
I'm not knocking any characters except the first 4 I mentioned, cuz the animations are very well detailed, like Kim's pants again.
Some HD translate the amazing SD style but some HD remake a new design and most of them become really bad
0:40 dude looks like he bout to drop the sickest dance move of all time
Am i the only one who thinks that the SD versions are way better ? Like WAAAAAAAAY better
Epcept for 2:16
Their designs yes....however this art style is the best in sprites and pixel art's pinaccle
Iori sprite in xiii is god tier tho
i'm in love with ash crimson sprites from kof xiii because it looks too cutee and adorable along with kula and athena asamiya
Ah yes, the HD 2D KOF era of beautifully animated, hand-drawn, high-resolution bell-bottoms. Perfecto.
Mai's old pose: one hand for attack, the other for defense
Mai's new pose: one hand on her butt, the other plain loose
The standard sprites will always be better in my opinion. (Athena is my Waifu)
I love kof XII design sprites, more distort and dark then the previous
Takuma's HD sprite is like having a stroke
Amazing Art!! SD is a classic, HD is the Best!
SD all the way. I like the look of HD and wished they stayed with the HD look over the new 3D style.
3:49
A - Change her idle stance. People can't even tell she's a girl.
B - How feminine should i make her?
A - Yes.
I thought Ash was a guy...
@@Hillthugsta welp i certainly don't know. if that's the case just switch she for he, her for him and a girl for effeminate and done deal. still works.
@@Hillthugsta ash is a guy
Many of the old sprites have so much personality to the character while the HD ones lack it.
I think it’s the other way around for many as well. Especially characters like Iori
Kims pants have the most personality
I'll give this to snk. They make some of the best looking sprites, like goddamn even the hair and clothes have animation on them
Soy yo? O en 2:24 o el busto de King recibió un bufeo, o se les pasó la mano con la física del rebote en XIII ._.
Why is this song so expert level✍️✍️
Whyd u add writing emojis?
Athena... look how they massacred my girl :(
I wish Street Fighter had done this style instead of their HD Remix. It just looks teeeeerrrrribe lol
Teribe?
HD Remix was done by a couple comic artists. KOF XIII was done by a whole team of seasoned professional artists. It isn't fair to compare them
Yes, you can see that the anime influence as affected the artstyle to the right. Personally I don't mind it, but I can see why some fans think: Muh realism!
SD wins
Most people disagree
Most people agree
Most people disagree and agree
HD Ash Crimson confuses me greatly, from a hormone perspective?
Thankfully Japan is nothing like Tumblr. Sometimes they have fun being girly looking, just as a matter of style.
PLEASE TELL ME THE MUSIC NAME PLEASE THAT PLAYED IN BACKGROUND PLEASE!!!!!!
STEEL GAMERS THATS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW
Someone pls tell us
Jonathan MT - Darling, You're my World
Oh thank you I appreciate it
It feels like it been years
I feel like you should use the latest version sprites if the characters compared to their 13 counter parts. Like from 02-11
2:17 bro NNN isn't over yet.....
Os sprites do Kof 13 é algo surreal , incrível como eles fizeram lindas pixel art em Hd, elevaram o nível de algo essencial da franquia que era seu capricho no 2D , pena que nem todos os sprites ficaram tão bons devido a fisionomia desproporcionais
2:32 my boi
Iori just looks the same.
emo style
His animation improved SO MUCH
And the shading too. His stance also has more personality in HD
He has so much detailed in the HD
yeah he still claws like an animal tho
por que nadie habla de los sprites de rugal, geese, igniz y orochi de la kof xiii? de echo nunca mire un char mugen con esos sprites mas que la angel
Porque nunca salieron en el juego original solo son fanatrs basados en el estilo gráfico de kof xiii y dudo que se hagan personajes exactamente con ese estilo gráfico en mugen ya que pos esos sprites y animaciones son demasiado brutales y conllevan demasiado tiempo
SNK killed off KoF when they went 3D. This high res 2d artwork was a big selling point and probably the highest quality 2d artwork in any 2d fighter ever made.
Jackamomo Oh, please. Even with their recent 3D attempt(s), SNK’s core gameplay and passion easily thrives with what they did with KOF 14. I’m hoping KOF 15 will be awesome, as well.
Just shut up already. KOF 14 was their first game from bankruptcy without an engine. Jesus christ at least let them use the unreal engine for kof 15 before you complain
@@sladejosephwilson2300 Well Samurai Showdown was a big success but I still would prefer actual hd 2d sprites with loads of hand drawn animation. On closer inspection of KOF 14 I will say I think it's still a nice looking game.
@@iwanttocomplain Sprites will always be the best. KOF 13 shows how smooth sprites can get if you invest a lot time, money, and frames into sprites.
@@sladejosephwilson2300 The problem is money and time.
In my opinion, SD has the best idle stances. And HD has the best art design.
I think Takuma and Ryo look "off".. Takuma looks a bit fat and Ryo's face looks a bit messed up
Clark and Ralf look too big as well
Robert went from looking like a dork to someone I'd actually want to play as
Kof 13 is the best kof. Yea I said it,when you take off the nostalgia goggles you will see it's true
portalsofmadnes nah, it's good but the toxic fanbase and fat characters ruined it.
Bullshit. But it's ok, there's no problem in believing in that
KoF has so few changes between every version that almost all are valid.
However, from a technical standpoint both of the most modern KoF are the best.
I don't get why everyone feels like it's factual to like one over the other. Although I like most sprites in XIII, Ryo doesn't sit well with me.
After looking at these models, I am GLAD SNK ditched sprites for their fighting games.
The SD versions all look better
Yeah
Yea, I'm gonna have to agree
Takuma, King, Joe, Iori, Ash, K, and Maxima make me disagree heavily. A few others make me disagree lightly. Some make me agree with you though. Over muscular and jeans are the main issues. But for many? The look straight up better
@@GokuInfintysaiyan Maybe on an objective level, but the way I look at them, I think to myself "Which looks more iconic? Which would I prefer having in Mugen?" It's the same reason why so many people prefer having Virtua Fighter characters portrayed in their original low-poly incarnations instead of using their modern "realistic" character designs
Otaking Mikohani
I have my nostalgia biases but if something is just an improvement on the older variant I have to admit it. DMC3 is my favorite game, but DAMN DMC5 is fucking nuts!
Using sprites from diferent SNK games to compare was not a good idea. Should've kept it KOF only.
What happened to my Boy Kensou?
And Ralf and Clark looks like a Tank
He got a re-model :( ngl I like his blue attire much better
Kensou’s redesign was inspired by his first appearance in a game called Psycho Soldier.
@@spamatorarmston I dont like it >:(
@@gusmoneyxd2737 Didn't say you had to. Your opinion is fine with me.