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Lizarcube (Street of Rage 4 ) shared their vision of a (not real) "Garou Mark of the Wolves 2" game with a mock-up concept art
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I think it's a mistype, doesn't really make sense with the emoji. Either way they both seem š about it.
Is samurai showdown part of the kofverse? I guess that black samurai guy could count but he's never showing up again.
That's really interesting. Makes me think two must have talked it over before, whether it's happening or not who knows, but this sounds like it isn't the first time this has come up between the two companies.
Seth, Duck King, Marco/Khushnood, Heavy D, Lucky, Nelson, Bandeiras...
AFAIK, they did just the art for SoR4, while another studio worked out the rest of the game.
They could do the same here, with another studio or SNK themselves handling the rest of the game.
Oda is usually super nice so this is very curious.
They might be working on something together, or at least having some discussions.
Not really. Fighting games were born from beat-em ups and visa versa. Final Fight was originally suppose to be the sequel to Street Fighter 1, and a big amount of the Devs who worked on Street Fighter II came from Beat Em up games. The two genres are very strongly linked cause at the end of the day a fighting game is just a 1v1 beat em up.
It is more of a cartoon style art if anything.
Though I have a feeling it is the same type of complaints SOR4 got where people were saying it felt like a flash game. I disagree with that though, the game looks so damn good.
No I mean, do weebs just not like this kinda art? I think this and SoR4 look great
Ah I got you.
If that's the case then I feel it is silly. A lot of anime fans complain when people dislike anime art style so for them to hate on this for not being anime enough... that would be ironic.
Damn it how good is rock howard design and why his designer isnt lead chara designer on every game ever
Nobuyuki Kuroki.
He's still at SNK by the way, and worked on Rock in XIV (animation etc.).
Also directed the new SamSho.
Seems like an odd thing to put so much effort in "fan art." I bet some sort of Lizardcube/SNK team-up happens and I'm there for it if it does.
One tweet suggested that it could be a mistranslation of "not bad" which would make the emoji make more sense
You do realize they've literally made a game that looks like that (Streets of Rage 4), right?Cool concept but it's just that, a concept. I'd only be interested to it actually implemented in motion.
Reminds me of the Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter art:
Mid compared to what other 2D beat em ups??
No, it's the current SNK the one that should be kept away from SNK properties.
Have you looked at SNK games lately? What's in the OP is miles better than the trash tier 3D graphics in KOF14 for sure
I'd prefer pixel art.
If we're gonna do something super time consuming and expensive, might as well go all the way.
If we're gonna do something super time consuming and expensive, might as well go all the way.
Streets of Rage 4 is the best scrolling beat em up ive ever played, the art style is stunning and between wonderboy & SOR4 lizardcube have clearly shown they know how to respect treasured IP.
I hope this actually happens.
I hope this actually happens.
I remember when Oda gave some sort of COVID update in late 2020 before we even knew when the first KOFXV trailer, beyond what we knew at the time, was gonna be shown he did mention wanting to with Fatal Fury in the future. Considering Garou is part of the Fatal Fury universe who knows...
Won't hold my breath but hey, it's something!
I dont dislike how samshow looks but for kof i'd wish they go back to 2d even if i know it's impossible these days
Same, it's insane. These guys are talented af, and SoR4 is a beautiful game. The "flash art" comparisons are completely baseless.
They actually created this as part of a showcase for the French National Library, they mention it on their Twitter. Wasn't just a fun fanart thing.
I think it may have been 2019 when he was on a twitch stream showing off concept art that he said he'd like to make Garou 2 before he retires. Sounded like a matter of when and not if.
This is the same takeaway I got when looking at this piece of mock-up art for the FNL, and LizardCube have a solid track record for working on legacy IP.
I'd be down for a possible MotW2 handled by these guys, especially if they include fighters that were in design documents that (for some reason or another) never made it in a SNK fighting game. This dude looks slick, and I'd main him for that jacket alone.
You're not wrong, but Streets of Rage 4's beat em up mechanics were already very "fighting game"-like in design, and rather fantastic at that. There's also precedent of that genre experience transitioning well into the other. Microsoft hired Double Helix to do Killer Instinct because of their history working on action beat 'em ups like Buffy and Green Lantern, and KI's quality speaks for itself.
Love how SOR 4 turned out, but this conceptart doesn't convinve me, it doesn't quite capture the visual essence of Garou imho.
Also, every typographical element looks bad, with the Kanji in the logo strangely traced/upscaled... it looks completely broken.
But A for effort!
Also, every typographical element looks bad, with the Kanji in the logo strangely traced/upscaled... it looks completely broken.
But A for effort!
Not saying it is a bad art style, but I don't like it for Garou, sorry. It's clean, sure, but nah, I would honestly, hand on heart, have the XIII look for Garou 2 (or KOF but whatever). Chalk it up to a cartoon look vs anime look, sure.
Lizardcube artists are amongst the very best in this industry and the people calling it flash based or even remotely similar are simply lacking the knowledge to understand what these words mean. They could remake or follow up anything and it'd be gorgeous.
Given SNK is most likely never returning to 2D based pixel art I definitely think this would've been the next best thing. SOR4 didn't have me entirely convinced at the time of reveal, but by release it looked so much better. The way the game handles lighting effects along with some cool dynamic rim-lighting did so much to make the game look like concept art brought to life. That the above image is a direct screenshot from the game is still really impressive to me since it's something so many other hand-drawn games tend to overlook and it makes the game feel grounded.
It looks great, but not unique like Garou did. I wouldn't mind it, but I definitely prefer the aesthetic of the original Garou.
Those guys do amazing art honestly, my problem with it is the same i had with SoR4. Pixel art, or even 3D look organic, while 2d traditional art look like it's from a comic book. There is something cold about it, flat. Pixel art from KoF tries to reach a 3d look, with a lot of depth. This was always a cheap conflaction to think "ha it's a 2d game so it should look like a cartoon". Some 90's 2d games tried to look like cartoons (ith a certain shading type) but things like KOF tried to look 3d and realistic.