The great blue hope

SNK is really taking KOF Sky Stage seriously. I like that. In a post from yesterday on the game's developer blog we can see a few comparisons between in-game moves from the KOF fighters, and their attacks from Sky Stage. I wonder if this will be considered canon? It will certainly take some preassure off of the fighting games in terms of story telling, and can free up the development cycle for future installments. They can take six years to make a new fighter, if the fans get new, non-fighting entries in between. I'm up for that.