Lost in life bars? Confused about combos? This tutorial video for The King of Fighters XIII is like a general education course for fighting game majors with EVO competitor Metaphysics as the teacher.

Six new character videos show off Takuma, Ryo, Robert, Vice, Mature, and Iori.

Since Iori with the Power of Flames is in the console version, the development team waned to make Claw Iori play a bit differently. You can string combos using his fierce Shogetsu and Geshiki Kui has a larger hitbox.

Art of Fighting final boss Mr. Karate will be a playable character in The King of Fighters XIII. However, you will need to unlock the extra fighter through downloadable content.

Six more videos of The King of Fighters XIII’s playable characters.

On top of adding new characters, SNK made significant tweaks to the other challengers in The King of Fighters XIII. For example, you only need two super meters when in hyper drive mode to use a NEOMAX attack instead of three.

Atlus have released videos of Team Elisabeth’s Duo Lon, Elisabeth and Shen Woo, and Team Kim’s Hwa Jai, Kim and Raiden.

The King of Fighters XIII adds missions to teach players how to string together complex combos. You can find these in the trial mode menu. Trials can be done in any order, so you can skip from level one to ten if you want.

Atlus USA announced a month’s delay, alongside a new trailer for the game.

Replays from The King of Fighters XIII can be uploaded for worldwide viewing if you fulfill certain conditions during rank matches.

Alternate title: How Iori got his flame back for The King of Fighters XIII.

Atlus USA released nine videos of the King of Fighters XIII, each focusing on a single character.

The King of Fighters XIII has a few more fighters on consoles such as Billy Kane and Saiki. These videos give us a look at Saiki’s teleporting combos and the metamorphosis NEOMAX move.

And SNK Playmore demoed Billy Kane’s moves with a few combo exhibition videos. One new technique (back + LP) makes Billy lunge forward and extend his pole.

Pre-ordering The King of Fighters XIII from Amazon or Gamestop will net you four discs of music spanning the series.

SNK revealed Saiki one of the brand new characters made for the console version of The King of Fighters XIII.