NeoGeoCD Cover Thread

[KaiserWAVE]

KOF 94 - 97 is known as the Orochi Saga.
 
The main character from '94 to '97 is Kyo though there are other characters introduced in the later games who are vital to the storyline.

'95 introduced Iori, a member of the Yagami clan who is the nemesis of Kyo's Kusanagi clan.

'96 introduced Leona and revealed that she is a member ot he Orochi bloodline. For the final battle of '96 Kyo and Iori teamed up. After defeating Goenitzl Iori entered the Riot Of Blood (this is what happens when the power of the Orochi blood awakens) and disappeared.

'97 introduced Shingo Yabuki, a former student of Kyo and Iori. Also new to the tournament was the "New Faces" team (Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie and Chris). At the end of the tournament the New Faces team revealed they were of Orochi Blood as well and that they were 3 of the 4 Heavenly Kings Of Orochi (Goenitz the boss of '96 was the 4th). At the end Yashiro and Shermie killed themselves, Chris gathered their enegery and transformed into Orochi. Orochi battled Kyo and threw him to the ground when Iori appeared and once again teamed up with Kyo. They fought Orochi but he used his power to once again awaken the Riot Of Blood in Iori in order to turn him against Kyo. But Iori turned against Orochi and Kyo made one final blow to defeat the distracted Orochi.

'98 is a dreammatch. It's not part of the KOF storyline. So you could choose one of the fighters you find the best artwork for to be on the cover. I'd like to see Shermie, Yamazaki or Heidern but I don't know how easy it is to find decent artwork. You could also go for a group shot or maybe no fighter at all on the cover. It's your call.

'99 starts the NESTS storyline. The most notable new entry is K', he is the main character of '99. The game's Hero Team was K', Maxima (another new entry in '99), Shingo and Benimaru.


I know that this was a rather long answer to your simple question, but for a fighting game KOF has a pretty estensive and elaborated storyline

[Dante_Ali]

KOF 94 - 97 is known as the Orochi Saga.
 
The main character from '94 to '97 is Kyo though there are other characters introduced in the later games who are vital to the storyline.

'95 introduced Iori, a member of the Yagami clan who is the nemesis of Kyo's Kusanagi clan.

'96 introduced Leona and revealed that she is a member ot he Orochi bloodline. For the final battle of '96 Kyo and Iori teamed up. After defeating Goenitzl Iori entered the Riot Of Blood (this is what happens when the power of the Orochi blood awakens) and disappeared.

'97 introduced Shingo Yabuki, a former student of Kyo and Iori. Also new to the tournament was the "New Faces" team (Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie and Chris). At the end of the tournament the New Faces team revealed they were of Orochi Blood as well and that they were 3 of the 4 Heavenly Kings Of Orochi (Goenitz the boss of '96 was the 4th). At the end Yashiro and Shermie killed themselves, Chris gathered their enegery and transformed into Orochi. Orochi battled Kyo and threw him to the ground when Iori appeared and once again teamed up with Kyo. They fought Orochi but he used his power to once again awaken the Riot Of Blood in Iori in order to turn him against Kyo. But Iori turned against Orochi and Kyo made one final blow to defeat the distracted Orochi.

'98 is a dreammatch. It's not part of the KOF storyline. So you could choose one of the fighters you find the best artwork for to be on the cover. I'd like to see Shermie, Yamazaki or Heidern but I don't know how easy it is to find decent artwork. You could also go for a group shot or maybe no fighter at all on the cover. It's your call.

'99 starts the NESTS storyline. The most notable new entry is K', he is the main character of '99. The game's Hero Team was K', Maxima (another new entry in '99), Shingo and Benimaru.


I know that this was a rather long answer to your simple question, but for a fighting game KOF has a pretty estensive and elaborated storyline

From the 'if-you-thought-Dragon-Ball-Z-had-a-bad-story' department...

[KaiserWAVE]

At least they came up with SOMETHING, unlike some of SNK's competitors

And this is just the story up to '99 (because '99 was the last KOF to be released on Neo Geo CD). It just starts to get confusing after that

[shenske]

KOF 94 - 97 is known as the Orochi Saga.
 
The main character from '94 to '97 is Kyo though there are other characters introduced in the later games who are vital to the storyline.

'95 introduced Iori, a member of the Yagami clan who is the nemesis of Kyo's Kusanagi clan.

'96 introduced Leona and revealed that she is a member ot he Orochi bloodline. For the final battle of '96 Kyo and Iori teamed up. After defeating Goenitzl Iori entered the Riot Of Blood (this is what happens when the power of the Orochi blood awakens) and disappeared.

'97 introduced Shingo Yabuki, a former student of Kyo and Iori. Also new to the tournament was the "New Faces" team (Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie and Chris). At the end of the tournament the New Faces team revealed they were of Orochi Blood as well and that they were 3 of the 4 Heavenly Kings Of Orochi (Goenitz the boss of '96 was the 4th). At the end Yashiro and Shermie killed themselves, Chris gathered their enegery and transformed into Orochi. Orochi battled Kyo and threw him to the ground when Iori appeared and once again teamed up with Kyo. They fought Orochi but he used his power to once again awaken the Riot Of Blood in Iori in order to turn him against Kyo. But Iori turned against Orochi and Kyo made one final blow to defeat the distracted Orochi.

'98 is a dreammatch. It's not part of the KOF storyline. So you could choose one of the fighters you find the best artwork for to be on the cover. I'd like to see Shermie, Yamazaki or Heidern but I don't know how easy it is to find decent artwork. You could also go for a group shot or maybe no fighter at all on the cover. It's your call.

'99 starts the NESTS storyline. The most notable new entry is K', he is the main character of '99. The game's Hero Team was K', Maxima (another new entry in '99), Shingo and Benimaru.


I know that this was a rather long answer to your simple question, but for a fighting game KOF has a pretty estensive and elaborated storyline

thanks for all the much needed info.

i'll start back up on these tomorrow after work.
(i took the day off today because its my birthday  )

[KaiserWAVE]

Well then Happy Birthday! That calls for a toast to you. Cheers

[shenske]

Well then Happy Birthday! That calls for a toast to you. Cheers

thanks for the birthday wishes!

unfortunately i've had a very long day and i'm hitting the hay.

the revision will have to be postponed another day 

[shenske]

(oh wow i guess this is my 100th post  )

well after much consideration, i've decided to keep the front bottom right black snk curve.
i really want it to match the back cover and i think it looks great with the covers. 

here you go KaiserWAVE ...

kof 95
(with Iori wielding flames)

A


B


I haven't decided which i like better.

tell me what you think. 

[shenske]

and here is the new and improved ...

King of Fighters 96



tell me what you think

[Ragnarok2103]

i think it looks good. i like the black curves too.  it makes me want to go and buy a neo geo cd just so i can put those games on my shelf. very nice

[pasaitoh]

Just one word on this.  WOW!

They look totally awesome.

[shenske]

and here is another one for the shelf

King of Fighters 97


(i'm not quite happy with this one yet so i still need to make a couple revisions to it, but here it is anyway)

once again, tell me what you think 

[SMMM]

I do like the 95 one.  The 96, not so much.  For a couple reasons

1.  That Leona is distinctly Falcoon, an artist of the more recent games.  His style really clashes with the old art styles.  Doesn't fit.

2.  Leona isn't really the "star" of '96.  She was an important part, but not enough to get a solo cover.  You had a whole lot of stuff also going on.  The boss team, Irori with Mature/Vice, Chizuru, and I think Kyo/Iori teamed up against Geonitz.  Here's a scan for '96 that was used a lot at the time.

http://spoooooooon.googlepages.com/kof96.jpg

I also scanned this that you should definitely use for '97.  There isn't a picture anywhere that sums it up better than this.

http://spoooooooon.googlepages.com/kof97cover.jpg


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edit: oh for the love of god don't use Shingo for '97.  That'd be like putting Dan from Street Fighter on the cover.  The main focus should be Kyo (he's always the main focus up until 99), Riot of the blood Iori/Leona, the New Faces Team, and Orochi.  They're all in the pic I gave you, as well as Shingo, so usssse it.

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if you want stick to the character portrait deal, here are some good ones to use for '96.

Kyo
http://www.kawaiidream.net/data/media/293/Kyo_Kusanagi.jpg
http://www.kawaiidream.net/data/media/293/Kyo-3.jpg

Boss Team
http://www.kawaiidream.net/data/media/293/Boss-Team.jpg

Iori with Vice and Mature
http://www.kawaiidream.net/data/media/293/Yagami-Team.jpg

Chizuru
http://www.kawaiidream.net/data/media/293/Chizuru_Kagura.jpg

Goenitz
http://www.kawaiidream.net/data/media/293/Goenitz.jpg


Check em out and see if you can make something similar to the 97 pic.

[shenske]

I do like the 95 one.  The 96, not so much.  For a couple reasons

1.  That Leona is distinctly Falcoon, an artist of the more recent games.  His style really clashes with the old art styles.  Doesn't fit.

2.  Leona isn't really the "star" of '97.  She was an important part, but not enough to get a solo cover.  You had a whole lot of stuff also going on.  The boss team, Irori with Mature/Vice, Chizuru, and I think Kyo/Iori teamed up against Geonitz.  Here's a scan for '96 that was used a lot at the time.

http://spoooooooon.googlepages.com/kof96.jpg

I also scanned this that you should definitely use for '97.  There isn't a picture anywhere that sums it up better than this.

http://spoooooooon.googlepages.com/kof97cover.jpg

edit: oh for the love of god don't use Shingo for '97.  That'd be like putting Dan from Street Fighter on the cover.  The main focus should be Kyo (he's always the main focus up until 99), Riot of the blood Iori/Leona, the New Faces Team, and Orochi.  They're all in the pic I gave you, as well as Shingo, so usssse it.

thanks for the scans i appreciate it.
if you have any other kof scans that would be great!

i'll go ahead and make some alt covers with the older artwork.


... and about the whole shingo thing, i've stated this before i don't know much about the kof series.  I've just been taking the new characters from each game and putting them on the front cover.  I've just been using the very detailed list that KaiserWAVE wrote.

P.S. Dan from street fighter does suck! a lot! So i understand why you don't want shingo on the cover.

[SMMM]

... and about the whole shingo thing, i've stated this before i don't know much about the kof series.  I've just been taking the new characters from each game and putting them on the front cover.  I've just been using the very detailed list that KaiserWAVE wrote.

P.S. Dan from street fighter does suck! a lot! So i understand why you don't want shingo on the cover.

I know, didn't mean to be harsh.  Just pointing it out to ya.

[shenske]

the links you provided seem to be broken or something ... all i get is an error