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New characters revealed for KOF Sky Stage photo

The official blog for SNK's upcoming arcade title King of Fighters: Sky Stage was updated today, unveiling two new characters. If you haven't already solved this great mystery by looking at the picture above, they are Iori and Kula. (Yay Kula!)

The games goes on location test this weekend in Akihabara, and Iori and the new blog post says Iori and Kula will be playable. Andriasang reports that these two will take a bit more getting used to than the previously revealed Athena and Kyo, who are supposedly pretty easy to use.

You can check out a few screenshots of Kula and Iori in action below. Who else would you guys like to see join the roster for this weird shmup/fighter mash-up?

 


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Spinda's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 15:24
Spinda
Some deep and forgotten pat of me wants this to come out. It's the peanutbutter and choclate combination of two of my favorite gaming genres.
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 15:26
Magnalon
It'll probably get higher scores than KOF XII. I'll be there.
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 15:29
Demtor
Huh, a KoF shmup. Who would have thought? That's kind of cool though.
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 15:33
CocoJambo
What's with fighting games being re-released within a year of the original release?
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 15:36
CocoJambo
Lol, sorry for my ignorance, that's what I get for reading diagonally.
the7k's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 15:42
the7k
Iori AND Kula? F'en Awesome! They are, by far, my favorite KOF characters! Thank you, SNK!
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 15:44
Shin Oni
Kula? Sold.
electric goldfish's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 15:57
electric goldfish
Silly game is a bit silly. Still, B Jenet would be fun to see. Maybe she could have a special move called Rolling Thunder! (like in Garou)
theswitcher's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 15:57
theswitcher
Already has a better cast than XII.
casualweaponry's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 16:07
casualweaponry
No Mai no Buy!

I kid. I love KoF and I love shmups. I'm all over this.
BulletMagnet's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 16:38
BulletMagnet
@Magnalon - In my experience, very few genres get consistently cruddier scores (and more ignorant writeups..."it's too short! unlimited continues make it too easy!" etc.) from modern reviewers than the shooter does. If there's any way that the franchise's name could be dragged any further through the dirt (regardless of the game's actual quality), it's via this game.

Anyway, I'd like to see Chin return in his previous incarnation, breathing fire, whacking things with his gourd and generally being goofy (heck, just making him float around in the air would be funny enough).
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 18:03
Magnalon
@Bullet

True; I was half joking. I hope that this game flies under the radar for sites like Kotaku, and only the grassroots blogs with true, capable gamers review it.
Edgeward's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2009 21:21
Edgeward
OH shit, Kula! I need this..
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