King of Fighters 15 developer SNK has released the character trailer for Athena Asamiya, one of the fighters that will be appearing in the upcoming title. The latest entry in the long-running fighting game series was finally unveiled earlier this year after a lack of updates from the studio since it was initially announced way back in 2019. After a few delays, due most likely to the ongoing pandemic, the title is now set for release sometime in the first quarter of 2022 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

King of Fighters 15 continues the relatively new storyline that was started several years ago with the release of King of Fighters 14. However, it features several significant changes from its predecessor, one of the biggest of which is the move to Unreal Engine 4. The switch to the new engine has allowed KOF 15 to feature massively improved visuals than its predecessor. The studio has also mentioned that King of Fighters 15 will be utilizing a form of rollback netcode to bring the series up to par with other modern fighting games – such as the recently released Guilty Gear Strive.

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SNK released Athena Asamiya’s character trailer on the company’s YouTube channel last weekend. Similar to the game’s previous character trailers, this latest one for Athena Asamiya shows off not only the character’s visuals but also her gameplay displaying some of her moves and abilities, which include a mix of psychic powers and Chinese Kung Fu. The high-school pop idol is known for featuring a different hairstyle and outfit for each of her appearances in the series and it’s no different in King of Fighters 15, with the character donning a short bob with bangs and a Chinese-inspired outfit.

The character trailer also unveiled the characters Athena will be teaming up with in King of Fighters 15, namely Mai Shiranui and Yuri Sazaki, to form Team Super Heroine. SNK previously released the character trailers for both Mai and Yuri but only announced their team-up with Athena in this latest video. Team Super Heroine is just one of the many named teams of characters that will be included in KOF 15, with each team featuring its own stories and endings for players to experience.

Athena Asamiya’s character trailer marks the 26th shown off so far, with only K’s trailer left based on the list of characters announced so far. It’s possible that more characters, and as such more character trailers, will be announced for King of Fighters 15 in the months before the game’s release. It may be announced that K’ will team up with both King of Dinosaurs and Ramon when his character trailer is released as they are the last characters without a team in the current confirmed roster for the game.

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King of Fighters 15 is scheduled for release in Q1 2022 for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Source: SNK/YouTube