Here comes another familiar face. The tall-haired Muay Thai practitioner Joe Higashi will be playable in the 3v3 fighting game The King Of Fighters XV.
It’s another 1-minute trailer showing off a quick edit of his special moves and combos that, again, starts with a close-up to the character’s crotch. Nice.
Joe is a new character reveal- this is the first time we see him. But that’s not what fans on the comment section of the video reveal are surprised by. Rather, it’s that he is revealed right after Iori Yagami.
Seeing the pattern of the first three character reveal forms the first three-person canon team, now fans are speculating whether Iori and Joe are on the same team. Which would be quite against the expectation- considering Iori was always the antagonist character, and has always been teammates with fellow Fatal Fury character Terry Bogard.
We shall see next week who else will be joining KOF XV, and whether the trio forms another new team fans have never seen before.
KOF XV is expected to release this year, though no platforms have been confirmed yet.