NCS
Game
Synopsis
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After Alba Meira whupped Duke's ass in the first KOF:
Maximum Impact, the Mephistopheles gang leader slunk
away and Southtown became a sort of demilitarized
zone. As MI2 starts, a powerful organization known
as Addes sends invitations to the usual bunch of
fighting stalwarts and another "Mother of All
Fighting Games" tournament gets underway. As the
story goes, Mephistopheles was but a small tentacle
on the mighty Addes hydra and Southtown will finally
bear witness to true power...
Bonus Schwag
All preorders and new orders for
KOF: MI2 are shipping today and every shipment will include the following
bonus items:
» KOF MI2 Navigation Guide - 64-pages with moves for
every fighter
» Miniature Maximum Impact 2 POP featuring Iori and
Kyo
» A pack of seven KOF: MI2 and KOF: MI Maniax Post Cards
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Bonus "King of Fighters: Another Day" DVD
Until we update otherwise on our shopping sites, all new orders for
KOF: MI2 will include the bonuses.
Game Intro
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In the introduction cinema, the classic Neo Geo logo
appears followed by the camera panning out on a neon-lit
rendition of the logo. A blonde pixie named Nagase
leaps into view and inserts a disc into the clunky
CD player on her wrist. Someone needs to tell her
about the obscure device known as the iPOD. Looking
down towards street level, she spies Ryo Sakazaki
and Andy Bogard engaged in a street fight while a
crowd circles them. Ryo gets knocked the chuck out
but he makes a comeback and smashes Andy twice in
succession - the second blow sends him into a light
pole which becomes warped. The scene shifts to a guy
throwing a basketball behind his back and missing
the hoop when he's confronted by Billy Kane with his
segmented weapon. They fight. The next scene
features the big bouncy boobed Lien Neville as she
battles Nagase in a fast paced bout. Nagase leaps on
top of a limousine and throws an invitation to Lien
who snatches it. Other invitations reach their
targets such as the Meiras, Iori, etc. At the end of
the intro, a surfer dude type drawls, "Maximum
Impact Twooooo."
Game Modes
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Press START and the game options are as
follows:
STORY / Select one of 24 fighters and battle
your way through the ranks
PRACTICE / Select one of 24 fighters and train
your brain
VERSUS / Single Play, Team Play, Party Single
Play, Party Team Play and VS variations thereof
PROFILE / Requires unlocking before anything
may be viewed
CHALLENGE / Time attack, Quest Survival, Easy
Mission, ? ? ?, Extra Mission
OPTIONS / Set difficulty, number of rounds,
sound, button config, etc
NETWORK MATCH / Online Multi-matching BB by
KDDI
Normal and Another Character Configuration
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Every character features two forms that may be used
in STORY MODE or PRACTICE MODE - a NORMAL type and
ANOTHER. Some examples:
» Mai Shiranui is her red costumed self in NORMAL
mode but in ANOTHER her hair is dyed brown and she
wears a black costume. Her thighs are exceptionally
large and jut out as much as her breasts do.
» Lien Neville wears a black and yellow outfit with
mass cleavage hanging out in NORMAL mode but she
dresses up as a cowgirl sheriff of some sort in
ANOTHER. Her prodigious bosom is laughably awkward
in the cowgirl getup.
» Mignon Beart is dressed relatively conservatively
when NORMAL but turns into a sex kitten (literally)
in ANOTHER.
» Perhaps most radically changed is Clark
Still. He is normally a white dude in flak jacket
but he becomes a shirtless black guy with buzz cut
in ANOTHER. K' also transforms into a black man and
Ryo Sakazaki undergoes a noticeably darker shade
when in ANOTHER mode.
» Nagase's outfit is critically bad in NORMAL but it
gets worse in ANOTHER where she wears a frog cap and
snake-head gloves.
In the case of some of the men, the ANOTHER mode
turns them metro-sexual and shall we say,
flamboyant...
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Along with the two forms, four color variations for
every character may also be chosen.
Button Scheme
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Default button assignments:
L-PUNCH / SQUARE
S-PUNCH / TRIANGLE
L-KICK / X-BUTTON
S-KICK / CIRCLE
L.P+L.K / R1
S.P+S.K / R2
PROVOCATION / L1
SABAKI / L2
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Only the D-Pad is used for control. Analog is out.
Again.
General Musings
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The fighters tower at least half the height of the
screen and some tower as much as 3/4 of the screen.
The controls are fast and responsive with easy
chaining of attacks and combos. Nagase has a weird
attack where she sits on an opponent's prone buttocks and
then beats it a few times before knocking the
fighter
forward. Like the original KOF games in the series,
KOFMI2 is a 2D fighting game but there's a pseudo 3D
element where a character may rotate around an
opponent by pressing and holding the R1 button. The
actual fighting takes place only on a 2D plane.
Although the fighters never get too far away from
each other due to the enclosed nature of the
battlefield, the camera accommodates the action
smoothly as fighters range near and far and rush in
for the kill. The control feels substantial and the
fighters have weight to them as gamers move and jump
around.
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When we pitted Mai Shiranui against Lien Neville,
the obvious attractions swung and swayed with each
and every breath the girls took.
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In Story Mode, a scrolling detailed storyline for
each character updates gamers (in Japanese) on past
events and the current situation. Before the actual
battle starts, the fighters do a little trash
talking as they strut, jump, and roll onto the
stage. Winnings are also celebrated with a saying.
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Sixteen stages may be battled on but only 8 are
available at the outset of the game. Each stage also
has two variants each.
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There's a
Max Gauge on the bottom of the screen that gathers
energy and scales levels as your hits connect with
opponents. One Maxxed out, it turns a shimmering
yellow. Super cancellations and super moves are
available for fighters to hone their attack and
defense.
Character Roster at the outset
Kyo Kusanagi
Iori Yagami
Terry Bogard
Seth
Mai Shiranui
Lien Neville
Luise Meyrink
Yuri Sakazaki
Ryo Sakazaki
Billy Kane
Alba Meira
Soiree Meira
Athena Asamiya
Mignon Beart
Nagase
Ralf Jones
Clark Still
Kula Diamond
Chae Lim
Leona
K'
Maxima
Rock Howard
Duke
Secret Characters
Kim
B. Jenet
Ninon Beart
...and many many more
From the publisher
The previous
THE KING OF FIGHTERS, held in Southtown-
Many contended that this illegal fighting tournament
was held by the gangland syndicate "Mephistopheles"
to achieve the annihilation of their rivals and
procure some operating capital. But after its
"King," Duke, suffered defeat at the hands of Alba
Meira in the finals, he and his organization
vanished from Southtown. Meanwhile, the media,
firmly under Duke's thumb, grew a new backbone and
released a fusillade of sensational exposes-based on
information from confidential sources
(naturally)-regarding their former oppressors. In
spite of this new torrent of "information," however,
almost no one knew that an even larger entity had
been pulling Mephistopheles' puppet strings.
ADDES
The truth behind this name was only known throughout
the dark recesses of the underworld. And
Mephistopheles, the force that swept over and
completely subdued Southtown with such overwhelming
force? Just one of Addes' subsidiaries, one of its
countless tentacles. When and who created it? Where
was its headquarters? How far was its reach? No one
really had an inkling as to what this organization
truly entailed.
And now...
Still yet another of Addes' long black tentacles has
sliced down the veil with its sinister scythes of
the grim reaper to reveal a new battle royale.
The invitations in white envelopes will soon reach
the world's mightiest, who will surely find the call
of the reaper irresistible.
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