As we put the final touches on the English version of Lucha Libre 7, I had to share some of my favorite pages from Gobi and Jerry's latest installment of Tequila. I love the atmosphere that's being created.

Damn. As much as I admire the hearts of the guys working on Street Fighter IV, there's something integral missing to the spirit of Street Fighter. I couldn't figure out what it was until I saw the latest trailers for KING OF FIGHTERS XII; it's the pixels.

King of Fighters XII is more than happy to fill that niche with the most beautiful animated pixel graphics I have ever seen. The characters are enormous. The animation is fluid. Even the colors feel just right. But seeing these expertly crafted visuals breaks my heart, because I would LOVE to see the same approach taken with the Street Fighter universe.

As mentioned on Kotaku, 3D models were rendered for each of the KOF fighters. The 3D models were then re-rendered in 2D and colored by hand to give it the fluidity of polygon graphics and the crispness of 2D sprites. It's a pain-staking process but the results are jaw-droppingly gorgeous.

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This looks awesome. Mascarita Dorada is amazing.