Month: November 2016

A Chinese language version of The King of Fighters XIV is coming out later this month. With the country being a major market for the series, as well as the home of SNK’s new owners, Ledo Millenium, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the country is getting a special premium edition. What’s interesting however is that this version may be getting something that other regions don’t have.

Based on an image supposedly released by the game’s Chinese distributor Gamepoch, The King of Fighters XIV’s Chinese Premium Edition will come with an exclusive classic costume for Iori Yagami. The image was spotted in a KoF chat group and was shared on the web by Twitter user Tox.

Chinese deluxe ver of KOF14, I want that box and art book. pic.twitter.com/lK0L7HoHQf

— tox (@ttox_x) November 4, 2016

The other items included in the premium edition seem to be the same one in the Premium Editions for the rest of the world: a steel book, 3-disc soundtrack, and a premium art book.

Whether or not the Classic Iori skin will be made available for purchase in other regions is as of yet unknown. However, it is likely considering that the pre-order exclusive Classic Kyo and Nightmare Geese skins were later made available for purchase.

Source: Tox (Twitter)

While Smash Summit 3 and Red Bull Battle Grounds were raging on the West Coast of the US, a tense Super Smash Bros. for Wii U online qualifier was raging in cyberspace. The Hero to ZeRo qualifier saw players from North America fighting it out to win that all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for 2GGT: ZeRo Saga in December. The top 8 was quite different to what you usually see in your typical Smash 4 bracket, with a Shulk, two Yoshis and a Mr. Game & Watch making an appearance, and a Palutena taking the whole event.

The winner, TLTC, actually started top 8 in the Losers bracket, sent there by fellow top 8 entrant Regi Shikimi’s Mr. Game and Watch in round 1 of pools. This resulted in a tough road for TLTC, fighting Burst’s Yoshi and Calculus’ Bayonetta before getting a short break with JK’s disqualification due to connection issues. After that, he had to contend with Dufaux’ Shulk before facing top ranked Villager, Aardvark in two sets of Grand Finals. Aardvark actually chose to stick to secondaries for the first two matches of Grand Finals, taking a game with his Morton before switching to R.O.B to fight off TLTC’s Palutena. After dispatching the robot, Aardvark finally pulled out Villager from his back pocket to duel with the goddess.

With the bracket reset, TLTC and Aardvark traded games, eventually reaching a game five situation where the goddess eventually won the day, rewarding TLTC with that golden ticket to Vegas. However, even though he won the grand prize, TLTC will actually be giving the flight away to a secret recipient so possibly expect one of the other top 8 contenders to be coming to 2GGT: ZeRo Saga.

RESULTS:

1. SCB|TLTC (Palutena/California)
2. Aardvark (R.O.B, Morton, Villager/California)
3. Dufaux (Shulk/Michigan)
5. Calculus(Bayonetta/Utah)
5. SF|Regi Shikimi(Mr. Game and Watch/Mexico)
5. JK (Bayonetta/Nevada) (5th due to disqualification)
7. YellowRello (Yoshi/Texas)
7. Burst (Yoshi/Ontario)

Sources: smash.gg; TLTC