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PS2 King of
Fighters Maximum Impact Regulation A-
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NCS Game Synopsis
«©NCS»
Once upon a time, all the fruits of SNK's game
development were released on the Neo Geo console and
the MVS arcade hardware. Those were the golden
years. As it is however, the market marches on and
the Playstation 2 has become the console of choice
for most of SNK's home development. Nevermind the
PS3 since it's probably still a year away at minimum
from replacing the PS2.
Using the same formula as previous KOF games, Maximum Impact
Regulation A pits teams of fighters against other
teams in successive bouts. Players select three
fighters from a roster of 41 characters and battle
an opposing trio in 3D battlefields. SNK updates the
KOF Maximum Impact II game with two new characters
named Xiao Lon and Makoto Mizoguchi , adds new
desperation moves, and retunes the game play for
more balance. Ash Crimson and Blue Mary feature
prominently in the game but we generally prefer the
powerful attacks of B.Jenet. The PS2 version of the
game also features Multi Matching BB compatibility
so fighters can link up with other fighters online
and engage in bouts. For added convenience, the
moves for an active character may be viewed at any
time during a match by pressing START and
highlighting the Command List option.
Jan Code: 4964808300921
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NCS Game Notes
» The save data file takes up 82KB.
» The intro depicts a green neon wire image of Ash
Crimson lifting her hand to her face and features
hard rock music along with blistering images of
the characters in the game mixed with lens effects
and filters which would make a video producer
happy. At the end, there's a blur of characters
phasing in and above each other before a full
image of Ash Crimson appears with a flaming left
hand that she holds near her face. Soon
afterwards, the title screen pops up with the
announcer bellowing, "KOF Regulay-shun Ayy."
» The game supports the Multi-Matching BB service
for online bouting.
» The fighters are large and fill up nearly 3/4 of
the height of the screen. Punches and kicks are
accompanied by loud sound effects to accentuate
each blow. The moves of the fighters are fast but
we got used to it.
» Press START and the following options appear on
the MAIN MENU:
TIME ATTACK / Choose a trio of fighters.
Next, select NORMAL MODEL or ANOTHER MODEL
incarnations for each character and fight in 60
second bouts.
PRACTICE / Select one fighter and an
opponent and test your skills against a dummy or
active opponent.
VERSUS / Play TEAM PLAY, SINGLE PLAY, TEAM
VS, or SINGLE VS.
JUKEBOX / Listen to the vocal sayings of
every character in the game along with 31 BGM
selections.
NETWORK MATCH / Go online and challenge
someone on the Multi-Matching BB service to a duel
OPTIONS / Set difficulty, number of rounds,
sound volumes, button configuration, view records,
etc
» The 8th song in the JUKEBOX is titled, "THE
NATIVE IN MY HOLE" while the 14th song is titled,
"Looks Like Chinese?" and the 15th song is "DRAGON
CHINESE." Those are their caps.
» There is a total of 41 characters in the roster
split into three rows. The full cast rosters is as
follows:
First Row from left to right: Alba Meira,
Kula Diamond, Maxima, K', Athena Asamiya, Luise
Meyrink, Ash Crimson, Blue Mary, Nagase, Fio,
Leona, Clark Still, Ralf Jones, Soiree Meira.
Second Row from left to right: Kyo Kusanagi,
Kyo Kusanagi-C, Mr. Karate, B. Jenet, Wild Wolf,
Rock Howard, Xiao Lon, Makoto Mizoguchi, Nightmare
Geese, Billy Kane, Lilly Kane, Richard Meyer,
Seth, Iori Yagami.
Third Row from left to right: Duke, Hyena,
Hanzo Hattori, Chae Lim, Kim, Terry Bogard,
Jivatma, Ryo Sakazaki, Yuri Sakazaki, Mai Shiranui,
Ninon Beart, Mignon Beart, Lien Neville.
» There are 20 stages to fight upon as follows:
01) WAR MEMORIAL
02)
WAR MEMORIAL ver. night game
03)
TEMPLE OF RUINS
04)
TEMPLE OF RUINS ver. dead of night
05)
FLEUR-DE-LIS
06)
FLEUR-DE-LIS ver. celebration
07)
KYOKUGEN DOJO
08)
KYOKUGEN DOJO ver. yozakura
09)
HUNTING CAVE
10)
HUNTING CAVE ver. mad initiation
11)
SACRED GARDEN
12)
SACRED GARDEN ver. evening calm
13)
GRAND MOSQUE
14)
GRAND MOSQUE ver. farewell
15)
DRAGON'S LAIR
16)
DRAGON'S LAIR ver. gamble night
17)
INFERNAL GATE
18)
INFERNAL GATE ver. ghost castle
19)
DOTONBORI
20)
DOTONBORI ver. minami's night
» Only the D-pad is used for movement - the
L-Analog does nothing.
» Before each match, players may select four
different color schemes for the characters by
pressing the four face buttons on the joypad.
There's a dark-skinned, blonde-haired color
variant for B.Jenet that's pretty radiant on the
battlefield with her skull-logo dress flaring
around and her fighting skills on full display.
Iori as a blonde is also a striking visual...
» Sayings from the announcer include the
following: "Ooh, a counter hit," "That's going to
leave a bruise," and "Suck it up and get ready for
war."
» After selecting your characters, there's roughly
10 seconds of loading time before the stage
appears on screen. There's about 6 seconds of
loading time between each round and whenever
there's a character change. While loading, green
diamonds appear on the screen with the KOF MI
letters within them.
» The default controls are as follows:
SQUARE / L.PUNCH
TRIANGLE
/
S.PUNCH
CROSS
/
L.KICK
CIRCLE
/
S.KICK
R1-TRIGGER
/
L.P+L.K
R2-TRIGGER
/
S.P+S.K
L1-TRIGGER
/
PROVOCATION
L2-TRIGGER
/
SABAKI
VIBRATION
/
OFF
» To view the COMMAND LIST of a fighter, press
START during the match and highlight the COMMAND
LIST.
» Like the animal he's named after, Hyena can play
dead and lie face down on the ground only to rise
up and perform a devastating attack.
» Kula Diamond has a wacky spin move where she can
go into a rotation and then spin forever if you
continue tapping the CIRCLE button. If the
opponent makes contact, he'll be blown backwards
by the force of Kula's spin. She's also impervious
to projectile attacks when spinning.
» The new character Xiao Lon has long draping
sleeves in her NORMAL MODE and a long ponytail
that reaches down to the floor. In her ANOTHER
MODE form, she still has draping sleeves that are
somehow even bigger and her hair is now in a
compact bun on top of her head. She's also decked
out with blue roses on her belt, on her biceps and
on her hair for a total of six roses in all. She
can perform a spinning evasive maneuver and throws
out attacks that have a good amount of reach since
she lunges forward when attacking.
»
The other new character Makoto Mizoguchi is a
thick-bodied bruiser who wears a headband with two
trailing lengths of material that fall behind his
back. He punches and kicks with power and his
provocation move shows him leaning back slightly
and throwing a piece of candy into his mouth.
Afterwards, he's seemingly energized but there's
one occasion when he threw a piece of candy into
his mouth and then grabbed his belly as if it was
aching. He's like a more muscular version of Ryu
of Street Fighter fame and shares the same
fireball throwing skills by performing a
semi-circle + punch move. He isn't capable of
throwing a dragon-punch however. We're guessing
Capcom would be knocking on SNK's door if he was
able to. One other special skill that Makoto has
is a headbutt (R2-TRIGGER) where he juts forward
abruptly and knocks anyone in the way backwards.
Makoto's ANOTHER MODE strips him of all clothes
except for underwear, fore-arm wraps, and wraps on
his lower leg. He wears wooden sandals as well.
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