Momoko in King of Fighters XIII?

Will the latest KOF see the return of this barefoot cutie?

The recent releases of the 2D King of Fighters titles haven't been footfan-friendly with the lack of any unshod beauties in the roster. Heck, they added Mai Shiranui but sadly she's not wearing her toe and heel-exposing instep guards from the Real Bout series. Well, the drought of barefoot babes may end with the possible inclusion of Momoko to the roster. While as yet unconfirmed, sprites of Momoko and several other fighters- Malin, Oswald and Chang Koehan, have appeared in an entry on the official KOFXIII blog. This has led to some speculation that perhaps they'll be added to a possible console version as additional fighters?

Well, Momoko's enough reason for me to pick up the home version of KOFXIII if she is indeed included in the game. Let's cross our fingers and hope that we have cute Capoeirista feet dancing on our TVs later this year.

Momoko (King of Fighters)

Perhaps the youngest and cutest Capoeira fighter yet in games, Momoko!

King of Fighters XIII is coming, and while I'm pretty disappointed that the returning Mai Shiranui is once again sporting her tabi instead of her sexy instep guards, I am keeping a little bit of hope that maybe we'll be seeing a barefoot babe in KOFXIII. But Sole, you may say, the King of Fighters series is infamous for being anti-barefoot! Well, not always- there as one instance where a shoeless siren appeared in a KOF title, and that was back in King of Fighters XI, and the barefoot babe was the cute, ever-dancing Momoko. A practitioner of the kick-heavy martial art of Capoeira, Momoko was just a little girl but she had enormous power and the ability to hurl a Dragonball-esque energy blast when she wasn't pummeling her opponents with a rain of barefooted kicks. Momo was more cute than deadly, but in the right hands she could be a fighter to be reckoned with. With several slots in the KOFXIII roster still blank and unknown, who knows- maybe we'll see this cute combatant return. It's a long shot, but what the heck. In any case, enjoy the vids and just end this post imagining Momoko waving her adorable toes and soles in your face.

This vid shows off Momoko's music-based combos. Pretty rhythmic girl, isn't she?


The next vid is a tribute MTV to this cute barefoot babe, showing off a lot of her cool animations.

Mai Shiranui (King of Fighters XIII)

Mai shows off some toes, care of fellow footfan Kross!

Update: Posted 'bare-toed' Mai artwork contributed by fellow footfan, Kross!
Okay, SNK-Playmore recently announced a new KOF, named appropriately enough King of Fighters XIII. This latest 2D brawler is set to correct a lot of flaws in the previous game- one of them being the exclusion of one scantily-clad ninja babe. Yep, Mai Shiranui will be returning to action in KOFXIII, and the good news is she's as liberal with her clothing as ever. UNFORTUNATELY though, once again the King of Fighters designers have opted to have the kunoichi wear her all-covering tabi instead of her sexier, toe-and-heel exposing instep guards from Real Bout Fatal Fury. So sadly, Mai's sexy toes adn soles are lost to us once again. This is hardly unexpected though... KOF's artists have always been anti-barefoot, save for that one instance they added in Momoko the Capoeira Kid.

However, I still decided to post the scrumptious character art for Mai in KOFXIII- she IS fetching indeed in it, and the way the artist drew those restrictive tabi lets us see a li'l glimpse of Mai's pretty toes through the dark cloth. It's just that li'l teeny, thin layer of cloth keeping us from seeing Mai's pearly peds... damn it! Maybe someone with great Photoshop skills can do away with those coverings? Thanks to Kross for obliging this request!

Anyway, here's to SNK eventually releasing a new Fatal Fury with Mai either barefoot or near-barefoot for us loyal footfans. For now, enjoy the pic, and perhaps check out the barefoot Mai art I've posted before in last year's postings. Later!

Chae Lim (King of Fighters Maximum Impact)

The King of Fighters series isn't known for a lot of barefoot babes... but there are a couple of hotties us foot fans can enjoy. One of them is in the 3D Maximum Impact series- taekwondo student Chae Lim. The star pupil of longtime Fatal Fury fighter Kim Kaphwan, Chae appears to be a very upstanding young woman. She enters the tournament to battle evil with her taekwondo skills, and won't let anyone or anything stand in her way. Pretty standard stuff, but of course the icing on the cake is that Chae is a hot barefoot babe whose feet are as deadly as they are beautiful. I'd think that Chae here is a really loving and caring person, if just a bit too serious... and Kim is a lucky guy to have such a hottie following in his footsteps.

This vid shows off Chae in the game's Story Mode. The views of Chae's feet aren't too good (which pretty much goes for the whole game as well, since the camera never really gives us a good look at her feet), unfortunately. But at least we'll all have a laugh with the atrocious voice acting and funny dialogue. Enjoy!