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| DKW
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|  "Re(1):KOF stage help"
, posted Sun 24 Feb 11:25
Glad to oblige.
'94 - Fresh off of Wolfgang's toppling, the tourney retains its "grand world exhibition" look with numerous exotic (and well-attended) locations worldwide. Only five of the teams, Japan, China, Korea, USA, and Brazil, are nationals. Mexico is just Takuma's location for the latest Kyokugenryu dojo branch (and apparently where he met Marco Rodriguez), Italy is this fun place Andy discovered, and England is a "compromise" site. Or something. And the Blacknoah, of course, is the Blacknoah.
'95 - A more gritty, earthy feel (esp. Team Iori's stage), apropos to Rugal's current state of mind. King's bar introduced here.
'96 - KOF goes big time. Bright, glamorous venues, tons of fans, tons of publicity, and the finals in a massive stadium.
'97 - Same as '96, but with crowded houses everywhere. This, of course, provides a sharp contrast to the bleakness of the final stages. Almost as if the Heavenly Kings aren't even aware of the grandeur of the tournament. Which they actually aren't, come to think of it.
'98 - Retro revival, practially '95 all over again: "Down-home" locales, small (or nonexistent) crowds, and grand spectacle taking a backseat to the teams' own reasons for being here.
'99 - "King of Fighters '99? What's that?" Nests Cartel obviously doesn't give a damn about the tournament, and it shows; all the locations are full of people who can't even be bothered to watch the battles going on in front of them (an unfortunate, stupid, and unfortunately stupid trend continued in CvS).
'00 - The tournament apparently undergoes a massive budget crunch, as all the backdrops are places only a complete lunatic (or whoever picked the locales for Street Fighter EX 2) would find appropriate. I mean, a friggin' construction site?? An abandoned shipyard?????
'01 - Postcards from KOF. The stages make more sense now, but they all seem to have been chosen not because they'd be good places for a fight, but simply because they look nice on the screen (nb. especially the Brazilian racetrack).
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| talbaineric 2572th Post
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| "Re(2):KOF stage help" , posted Sun 24 Feb 12:20
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" Glad to oblige.
'94 - Fresh off of Wolfgang's toppling, the tourney retains its "grand world exhibition" look with numerous exotic (and well-attended) locations worldwide. Only five of the teams, Japan, China, Korea, USA, and Brazil, are nationals. Mexico is just Takuma's location for the latest Kyokugenryu dojo branch (and apparently where he met Marco Rodriguez), Italy is this fun place Andy discovered, and England is a "compromise" site. Or something. And the Blacknoah, of course, is the Blacknoah.
'95 - A more gritty, earthy feel (esp. Team Iori's stage), apropos to Rugal's current state of mind. King's bar introduced here.
'96 - KOF goes big time. Bright, glamorous venues, tons of fans, tons of publicity, and the finals in a massive stadium.
'97 - Same as '96, but with crowded houses everywhere. This, of course, provides a sharp contrast to the bleakness of the final stages. Almost as if the Heavenly Kings aren't even aware of the grandeur of the tournament. Which they actually aren't, come to think of it.
'98 - Retro revival, practially '95 all over again: "Down-home" locales, small (or nonexistent) crowds, and grand spectacle taking a backseat to the teams' own reasons for being here.
'99 - "King of Fighters '99? What's that?" Nests Cartel obviously doesn't give a damn about the tournament, and it shows; all the locations are full of people who can't even be bothered to watch the battles going on in front of them (an unfortunate, stupid, and unfortunately stupid trend continued in CvS).
'00 - The tournament apparently undergoes a massive budget crunch, as all the backdrops are places only a complete lunatic (or whoever picked the locales for Street Fighter EX 2) would find appropriate. I mean, a friggin' construction site?? An abandoned shipyard?????
'01 - Postcards from KOF. The stages make more sense now, but they all seem to have been chosen not because they'd be good places for a fight, but simply because they look nice on the screen (nb. especially the Brazilian racetrack).
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I feel the sameway about 2K's backgrounds. Quite possibly the suckiest next to 98's.
I like the Brazillian racetrack as well in 2K1.
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| Toxico 1493th Post
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| "KOF stage help, TBE." , posted Thu 21 Feb 15:18:
KoF '94:
Italy: Just a lot of FF characters on the back ground; they are in some gondolas.
Mexico: A lot of AoF characters and other characters on the back grounds... a party with mariachis is going on.
China: A temple with Chinese people.
Brazil, U.S.A., Korea, Japan, England and Black Ona, Rugal's stage.
Kof '95:
The same, but Black ona was replaced by Rugal's base.
KoF '96:
Korea, Osaka (x 2), Mexico (x 2), Germany, Brazil (?), U.S.A. x 2 (?), Japan (Chizuru)
KoF '97:
Monaco, Korea, Japan, U.S.A., Brazil, can recall the other...
KoF '98:
Spain, China, Korea, U.S.A.x 2, Mexico, Japan, can't recall more...
KoF '2000 & '99 does not give clues about the countries... except south town U.S.A.
KoF 2001 have the name of countries, but I do not recall them
Hey TBE, give me your mail and in some days I will send you some pics about the stages
[this message was edited by Toxico on Thu 21 Feb 17:02] |
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"KOF stage help" 
If only that were possible............ 
