We support the fourth season and the future of KI!

I’m not all for S4, entirely. S3 didn’t really do it for me with all the guest characters. And if S4 is going to be a lot of guest characters, then I’d rather they don’t do it at all. I’m more than happy when S4 is going to be all stages and additional features and content if it means no guest characters at all.

With S3, I also feel that IG has struck a wall in terms of character mechanics, with the exeption of Mira. I think altogether, to me, most of the S3 characters felt kind of ‘lazy’, in the sense that the S2 characters were more diverse and unique. I feel that another season will yield characters that can not live up the the S2 standard of character uniqueness and diversity. The addition of the guest characters gave me the feeling that imagination has ran out a bit.

If they can make S4 a lot like S2, then by all means, go for it!

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KI should rest for now. Ms and IG should come up with a new game. KI vs Darkstalkers would be nice due to characters similarities.
With that being said if KI s4 happens my wishlist and the only way to make me buy this game again is:

-Sell the game cheaper. I already spent 120€ with this game and s3 was a big dissapointment for me. If knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have bought s3
-2vs2 and/or online team battle
-Online training
-Less bs mechanics
-No more shadow characters
-Less guests and if there is any, I hope one of them is either Raikoh or Crimson King from Otogi
Decent story mode (maybe) . I just feel like SL was a waste of money and potential. After 2 playthroughs I’m not touching that mode again.

sad to hear about money and disappointments, when the game has you amused and entertained all the time.

@Ravan86 I love the pics you have in your OP, though I wonder if it’d be possible to make that color a bit more of a darker gold than yellow. Either way though, I think that’s a great color scheme! Also love the idea of Joanna and Eagle joining the fun.

I for one can’t wait for a 4th season. I love these characters, I love using them and I love the idea of what new content might add to further an already amazing experience. Here’s what I’d like to see (mind you this is my “shooting for the moon” ideas, not expecting all of them obviously):

-Eight characters:
–Joanna Dark
–Djinn
–Wendigo
–Magical Archer
–Lovecraftian
–KI Training Master
–Eagle
–Returning Ichorien as the final boss

-Bonus Character: Pretransformation Cinder

-Stages: Djinn, Archer, Wendigo, Lovecraftian, Training Master, Eagle and Ichorien. Recolored Cinder Stage for Pretransformation Cinder. Perhaps it starts out looking like it does at the end of a regular Cinder match as well?

While I’d love to see stages for Mira and Eyedol, I’m guessing that ship has sailed. I’m also assuming that we’re not getting a full slate of stages if we have eight or nine characters. Maybe tie multiple characters to a single stage, like maybe the Archer’s hunting the Wendigo, so perhaps a day version of the stage is for the Archer, who gets his/her own music, and a night version with Wendigo’s own music.

I know that’s multiple stages, but I’m sure a lot of assets would be reused. They can also have some characters outright share a stage, like Eagle just uses Fulgore’s stage, but has his own music on it. The Ichorien can use Gargos stage. I’m sure they could find a balance so it’s not a ton of new stages being created, but it’d be nice if each character still felt like they had a home. I think that this has been demonstrated by a lot of people on this site at least that it’s something many care about.

-Story Mode: Bonus Pack added to Shadow Lords.
–More cutscenes all around
–More consumables, guardians, missions, choices, etc.

-UI Changes:
–Change color scheme to Black, Silver and Gold.
–Change hexagon pictures to wide vertical rectangles.
–Add a randomized slide show of hero art to the Checking DLC Screen.
–Redo combo font to match “Supreme Victory / Awesome Victory” end match font.
–Redo “Fight On” Screen to have Season One-like pre-dossier videos of characters side by side.
–Optimize load times for character models or change to hero art pictures for characters, colors and accessories.
–Continue improving cursor speed, especially for local multiplayer.

-Season 4 rebalance:
–No new gameplay mechanics.
–Perhaps some added moves and flash to earlier characters (Sabrewulf please?).

Season 4 Projects:
–Added Ultimates for every character.
–Like the stage relighting, go back and improve upon all characters faces, hair, retros and animations that need it.

KI Ultra Pack Content:
-20,000 KI Gold
-Reimagined original KI stage as voted on by fans.
-Reimagined original KI2 stage as voted on by fans.
-Bonus Character: Mimic Leader: Suit of armor held together by green mist that morphs in to a random mimic that you’ve unlocked as the announcer says “ready,” then morphs again when the screen goes black for a moment in between rounds and they change to a different random mimic that you’ve unlocked for the last round.

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They have to add some more chars. They aren’t done with the game. And if its a new season it won’t be without extra characters. The poll they had long ago implies that in my mind anyway. I think that’s a good thing, but I wouldn’t want the roster to go past 34. 30-32 is my preferred number.

Season 3 was the best season yet in every way in my opinion.

The devs said literally “We want to keep making KI as long as you want to keep playing it” and I take that as a high likelihood of seeing season 4 and beyond.

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more stuff to KI, the better. Also 50 fighters. provided they have stages.

… I thought people wanted the game to be fun?

more choice, more fun.

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Yeah I call BS on that one.

You forgot to add more memorization (like animations of ADs, manuals, linkers, character traits, etc) and matchup knowledge as well.

You see it like a problem. I find it fun.

People won’t agree about the ideal number of characters.

Some would say 30. Others, 50.

Me? I would pay each year for 8 new characters. Endlessly. I understand that some people don’t agree.

Opinions. None is better. I respect people’s opinion. I hope other respect mine

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Well spoken good sir

sadly it seems like we will not have a new KI game so soon.. :disappointed:
KI are getting dated. Its been almost 4 years! Phew! :cold_sweat:

I wish they could overhaul the graphics of the game for a full 4k resolution on xbox scorpio. Humpf.. Miracles…:unamused:

It hasn’t even been 3 years. Later this month will make 3 years. So it hasn’t been almost 4 years.

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Personally I feel with season4 coming with 8 I say they should take a break from 8 characters and give us Ultimates finally. I think the roster is far enough with balancing and gameplay solid enough that it really shouldn’t hurt the game to give us Ultimates for once.

There’s plenty of characters already especially with these next 8 coming around the corner.

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It’s never truly killer instinct without ultimates, just like all the whine for eyedol being in game.

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No God please. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
stop the waste of budget. It hurts how each character are unique. Remember that survey?
Sharkman TJ , rushdown Glacius. I dont think its a good idea have character ripoffs in the exact same game. Omen itself its too much. I agree
that ultimate and no mercy wont do anything wrong for KI so be it. There’s a lot of things that can be improved like Shadow Lords and the implement of new mechanics like finishing moves. Its all about gameplay experience. Also dope stage ultras with a challenging creativity should be a thing. Im getting eager for update 3.5. Devs said its huge so I can’t wait.

Personally, I value things that make the game better over ones that make it “truly killer instinct.”

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As a long time fan of the franchise since its first game, for me, KI was never about ultimates

It was all about hype announcer, combo breakers, ultras, and monsters and robots fighting each other.

So this KI is truly KI. I support more seasons and more characters to make it bigger , much better than ultimates

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