Two years waiting for another KOF, worth the wait!
KOF XIII still has the awesome graphical change, if not even better 2D style that we look for in SNKPlaymore games. All of the faves have returned (so fanservice is back with a STRONG vengeance i.e. blood, bounce, and for the first time since '95 exploding shirts for King and Yuri [routine from Art of Fighting]. The soundtrack is all kinds of awesome, and the storyline is very induced.
However, with most KOF games, the annoyingly cheap bosses are back as well, so you can get back to hair pulling on Demon Saiki and Dark Ash. With this you can be very happy and revel that KOF is finally back.
I had only a few gripes, but then again, not many people play KOF, with everyone enthralled in SFxT, UMVC 3, or MK, but all in all it's a great title in the series, all I ask for is KOF20 (20th Anniversary to have everyone from KOF '94-XIII, or XIV (if XIV comes out).
The King of Fighters XIII is an awesome game to prove to the big boys, 2D fighting...IS NOT DEAD!