KOFXII keep getting bad reviews: Famitsu 55%, OXM 65%, PTOM 60% ~ average 60%. That's disturbing, especially for someone under nickname "mai". I'm still curious to know what exactly SNKP f***ed up to get that bad reviews, but I should consider my purchase. Well, again, that's a shame for someone under nickname "mai".

I guess, this game will be a flop even more than it expected to be. We all know that best days of SNK (SNK Playmore nowadays) passed long time ago with NeoGeo, and newer generation of gamers have no appeal to KOF brand whatsoever, good reviews are vital for this game. SNKP put a lot of effort into this game, especially into presentation (maybe, that was too much effort, and that leads to very little effort put in actual gameplay and balance?.. I'll find out this soon enough, when I can get an actual review). But, again, newer generation hardly will spot any difference between KOFXII and, for instance, BlazBlue (or give more credit to the latter) level of presentation - hard to blame them. Though KOFXII is pretty much a total pixel art compared to relatively cheap-made Arc System Works games based on vector graphics, work made by SNKP was a total waste of manpower. They should have chose low cost production model instead or don't even bother developing game in HD (or make a good game at least... old method, but it works... usually =) ).

Back to cheap rehashes again? How bad this gonna hurt SNKP? Will they go out of the business? I feel bad for them.

That's bad news, i was looking forward to it to, i should get Blaz Blue first then this.

I don't trust reviews. As long as it plays 2D...it can not be bad. It jsut cant. These guys have done so many games that they can't fuck up a 2D fighter.

Online may suck, not a lot of options may be present...but core fighting game will be good for fans of KOF.

Even more disturbing for someone with the nickname of mai... there's no Mai.

That is depressing.  According to Wiki:

Characters

Ash Crimson
Duo Lon
Shen Woo
Kyo Kusanagi
Benimaru Nikaido
Goro Daimon
Iori Yagami
Athena Asamiya
Sie Kensou
Chin Gentsai
Terry Bogard
Andy Bogard
Joe Higashi
Kim Kaphwan
Raiden
Ryo Sakazaki
Robert Garcia
Ralf Jones
Clark Still
Leona Heidern

Console-Exclusive Characters

Mature
Elisabeth Branctorche

Mai is not included , she is one of the main King of fighters "Sex Appeal"

instead we get Ash Crimson.......

a Cross dresser but i'd hit that 

Mai Shiranui is from Fatal Fury.  One of the best characters to come out of that series along with Terry Bogard and Joe Higashi.

yeah , i know i forgot her name, and edited my post.

Bull**** the reviewers doesn't know a decent fighting game even when they get Burn Knuckled by it!!! Seriously, it's like they are SF fanboys that disses any other fighting games that closely resembles to their prefered franchice(but I like both). I've read about how good, if not decent, how this game is. I've even seen some gameplay vids on youtube how well this game plays. To hell with the reviews...
I just wish this game was also for the wii, I'd buy it on day one.

P.S. Mai Shiranui will be one of the console exclusive characters.

I think they need to start fresh...the gen gamers the even kno wat KoF is, look at Arc systems they created a new fighter for this gen