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
» Bonus "King of Fighters: Another Day" DVD

Until NCS updates otherwise on our shopping sites, all new orders for KOF: MI2 will include the bonuses.

View the back cover, bonuses, and screenshots on the main NCSX website.

Game Intro
»» 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
»» 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
»» 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...

»» Along with the two forms, four color variations for every character may also be chosen.

Button Scheme
»» 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

»» Only the D-Pad is used for control. Analog is out. Again.

General Musings
»» 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.

»» When we pitted Mai Shiranui against Lien Neville, the obvious attractions swung and swayed with each and every breath the girls took.

»» 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.

»» Sixteen stages may be battled on but only 8 are available at the outset of the game. Each stage also has two variants each.

»» 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.

Original NCS solicitation
«©NCSX» Tatsuhiko Kanaoka aka Falcoon, producer and character designer for KOF: Maximum Impact 2 directs the series to another 3D incarnation where the likes of KOF stalwarts such as Iori and Kyo are joined by new fighters, fighters made over, and someone from the old school - Billy Kane.

In the cinematic introduction to MI2, Billy is seen snaking out his segmented staff and whipping it. Alba and Soiree Meira factor heavily in the storyline once again and the game system features reversal moves as well as cancel move capability.

Every order will include the following bonus items:

» King of Fighters Booklet
» Miniature Maximum Impact 2 POP
» Post Card
» Bonus DVD

Jan Code: 4964808300754

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