{"id":12584,"date":"2021-02-12T00:26:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T00:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/joe-higashi-joins-the-king-of-fighters-xv-roster"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:49:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:49:01","slug":"joe-higashi-joins-the-king-of-fighters-xv-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/the-king-of-fighters\/joe-higashi-joins-the-king-of-fighters-xv-roster","title":{"rendered":"Joe Higashi joins the King of Fighters XV roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with their big announcements for the launch of The King of Fighters XV, SNK has revealed their plans to introduce yet another combatant to the roster, already joined by legends like Iori Yagami and Benimaru, the Shooting Star.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the company has introduced another of its classic characters as its newest addition to KOF XV, known for being an expert in Muay Thai and for his great combat skills: Joe Higashi.<\/p>\n<div style=\"left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; max-width: 650px;\" data-ephox-embed-iri=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=33zNUxCddys\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/33zNUxCddys?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/33zNUxCddys?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/33zNUxCddys\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Through a new trailer, accompanied by the voice of Kozo Mito, Joe will bring back his powerful fighting style that has marked him for generations, with kicks, knees and uppercuts that leave anyone in front of him out of place, with powerful combos and tons of punches.<\/p>\n<p>The latest fighting location has also been revealed in more detail, situated on a beach with a vehicle and several people in the background enjoying the fight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/z7KbfoXfgVsUVDthe1I9OkpWWp3vrCcqfCcdaSF8m_U\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL0pvZV9IaWdhc2hpXzEucG5n\" alt=\"Joe Higashi The King of FIghters XV\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(Picture: SNK)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the moment Joe&#8217;s intentions for this edition of The King of Fighters have not been revealed, however Joe is expected to be part of Iori&#8217;s team or have something in common with him, something that will be fully revealed next week with the announcement of another new character for the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with their big announcements for the launch of The King of Fighters XV, SNK has revealed their plans to introduce yet another combatant to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10177,"featured_media":12585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-king-of-fighters","genre-fighting-games","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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