The King of Fighters 15 just received its first pack of DLC days ago with Team Garou, but it seems like there was another big surprise in store for fans.
During the Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable tonight, SNK announced that Omega Rugal will be coming to KOF15 next month as a free DLC character.
SNK’s arguably most infamous boss character finally returns after decades away from the KOF scene, and he’ll be available to all players starting April 14, 2022.
On top of the big bad that everyone’s been asking for, SNK is also releasing a special Boss Challenge mode featuring an even more powerful version of Omega Rugal that the developers promise will offer the experience “from hell” fans expect.
For those who manage to overcome the bonus challenge, players will unlock the new Strange Plateau stage as well as the special Omega Armor costume for Rugal in the mode and a new version of the track Conclusion R&D.
Infused with some of Orochi’s power, Omega Rugal still clearly has his iconic and crazy Genocide Cutter, projectiles, wall-to-wall grabs, super speed and so much more including an eye laser Super.
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After his defeat in the original title, Omega Rugal first appeared as the final boss of King of Fighters ’95 where he was defeated once and for all… except now he’s back and certainly looks to be itching for a fight.
The even more powerful version of Mr. Bernstein was also included in the dream matches of KOF’98 and KOF2002 where he’d become infamous for being so busted that he was banned from some/many arcades.
So it’s going to be very interesting to see how Omega Rugal is balanced this time around for general play in KOF15.
You can check out the full reveal trailer for Omega Rugal below.
