King of Fighters 14's character select screen may have already been shown in the first trailer, and it looks like it has 48 fighters

Posted by Steven 'Dreamking23' Chavez • November 17, 2015 at 10:40 a.m. PST • Comments: 69

This past weekend, we here at EventHubs ran a story that showed a quick look at the graphical improvements King of Fighters 14 has gone through between its first and second trailer. Taking a closer look at Kyo's character model, we can see that the game is definitely becoming more detailed.

ATRyoSakazaki has gone a step further, creating a video that shows clear-cut instances where you can see the improvements between trailers. Not only are the character models being touched up, but the stages are also becoming more robust.

You can check out a handful of screenshots below that show the comparisons.

What's even more interesting, though, is that the first King of Fighters 14 teaser trailer may have slipped a very quick shot of the character select screen right past us.

By slowing down the footage, ATRyoSakazaki uncovered what appears to be the King of Fighters 14 character select screen, or at least a basic form of it. We see that there are a number of blank boxes organized in threes -- three-character teams being the usual format for KoF games.

This seems too specific to be a simple background pattern in the trailer, and considering the fact that it only appears on screen for what doesn't even feel like a second and is mostly hidden by flames, it's easy to think that this might be a hint at what's to come.

In the following images, you can see that there are 16 sets of boxes (48 potential character slots). The King of Fighters titles usually divide characters into teams (team Yagami, K' team, etc.), so this only further legitimizes the character select speculation.

You can check out the full video below, and in it you'll see examples of what characters could potentially be included in King of Fighters 14.

So, what do you think? Did the first KoF 14 trailer actually reveal the game's character select screen? Or are we just looking too far into this? Let us know in the comments below.

Great find by ATRyoSakazaki. Sent in by icejohn.