After we have played the first series. SNKP has come with the new series of the game. well personaly I love this game with new sprite in every character and very variative combos just like tekken but more variative because we could add some special move or even DM,SDM,HDM.

A new game by SNK Playmore, this is the sequel of King of Fighter : Maximum Impact.
The last installment was heavily criticized by the fanatical fans of the KoF franchise who strongly against the loss of the trademark tag team battle system, the very thing that had gained so much fandom since the first one of the series in 1994.

And now, the franchise is back, introducing a brand new dodging style (although the old Fatal Fury series had already introduce the concept of dodging moving side-by-side).
This KoF Maximum Impact 2 has come to relieve the dissappointment of the fans, reeling for the ever less number of releases of this genre, and for the failure of KoF 2003, much despised for its terrible graphic and gameplay.
The new installment is a side story of the original KoF storyline. It starts a couple of months after the conclusion of the first King of Fighter : Maximum Impact, with Alba Meira came out as a winner eliminating the last boss, Duke. And now the fighters are invited back to the still-illegal King of Fighters to decide who deserved the title of the strongest.

The graphics in King of Fighter: Maximum Impact 2 is superb with new sprites for almost every characters. The game is repleted with special effects which make the whole display so astounding, as with the choice of colors both striking and beautiful.

In this game, you?ll find 30 characters from all other SNK series as default characters and another 10 hidden characters for the satisfaction of loyal fans. The roster includes all fighters from the first KoF:MI plus Luise Meyrink, Nagase (whose fighting styles reminds me of Hattori Hanzo from the Samurai Spirits series), Billy Kane, and Kula Diamond (now armed with a devastating SDM). The hidden charactes obtained after finishing the game with certain characters are Kyo Kusanagi (classic), Ninon Beart (mirror of Minon Beart), B. Janet (Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolf), Kim Kaphwan, Richard Myer (from Fatal Fury I), Armor Ralf (a much stonger Ralf), Hyena (the host of the first dari King of Fighter: MI), Wild Wolf (Terry Bogart from Mark of the Wolves, lacking of his Round Wave), Lilly Kane (Billy Kane?s daughter), Nightmare Gesse, Fio (Metal Slug 4 and 5), Hattori Hanzo (Samurai Spirit), Mr. Karate (Takuma Sakazaki with a mask), and Jivatma (the final boss).
As for the ending, I?m pretty much satisfied with it even though it still can?t match the Tekken series in terms of revealing of its characters. In KoF : MI2 endings you?ll only find the characters chatting in front of the ruin of the last battle site. Only a handful of characters have their own interesting short ending movie, in line with the game official story.

Played the game?
I dont even own the first one.
I dont even own a PS2! How sad is that!?
BTW Lilly is Billy's daughter? I thought she was his sis...

Wow, I didn't even know there was a second one. Thanks for that info, I'll have to be on the lookout for it. It sounds like a good selection of characters.

It's no longer called Maximum Impact 2, the next one is called The King of Fighters 2006

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"It's no longer called Maximum Impact 2, the next one is called The King of Fighters 2006"

May be it`s the title of the English version coz I have played that game on Japan version. Please check on http://www.gamehoof.com for more detail and screen shoot of the game.




This message was edited by w2ngamehoof on Jul 31 2006.

This message was edited by w2ngamehoof on Jul 31 2006.

yep. japanese MI2, english is KOF2006. which is totally weird.

So in English, the 3D KOF series has turned into the regular series? I liked the first Maximum Impact, but I always preferred the 2D KOF games with the years in the title.

KOF2006 will still be 'maximum impact', it have nothing to do with the 2D series. since they're using XI, XII so on... still, using 2006 gonna get people confused.

May be it`s some kind of new policy from SNK that they will use XI,XII.... and so on for tha 2D series of the game,and by years (2006,2007....) for their 3D series in English version of the game.

I don`t think that any one would played the 2D series since it`s not worth to playing that game. I have many reason not to play that game. Is there any one who have played the KOF XI and feel the beauty of that game?. I think KOF XI is the worse fighting game that i ever played.

I haven't gotten the chance to play XI, so I can't comment on that. Anyway, thanks for explaining it, guys. I'm glad the 2D series will continue as well as the 3D one, albeit under a different title.

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I don`t think that any one would played the 2D series since it`s not worth to playing that game.

if no one wanna play it, so how come the series have 11 games already? you might not like the game, but there are lotsa fans out there.

I agree. In fact, I'm sure there are more fans of the 2D KOF games than of the 3D ones.

I like that game much, but I dont seen any progress on its sprites and ultra cheap boss. Thats why I feel so desperated when I play this game. I really hope that SNK might concern with it.

Here is the boss:



and his SDM:






This message was edited by w2ngamehoof on Aug 10 2006.

no sprite progress? well no, unless they give em new clothes or new characters. or do you mean they gonna change it like cvs or sumthing? dont think that gonna happen...
cheap bosses... yeah, cheaper and cheaper, i think thats how theyre gonna do it. make em hard, not cheap.

Well, SNK has always been infamous for including cheap boss characters, after all.