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#The king of fighters 2002 unlimited match series
The original, NeoGeo KOF 2002 is no longer available. Desc: The King of Fighters 2002: Challenge to Ultimate Battle is a fighting game produced by Eolith and Playmore for the Neo Geo in 2002.It is the ninth game in The King of Fighters series and the second one to be produced by Eolith and developed by Playmore.It features new teams, a new visual layout, new game balancing, new desperation moves and spliced artwork during super attacks. All of the dialog is in English (most win quotes are taken from the original 2002). The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match ( 2002 ) is a remake of the original The King of Fighters 2002 made by SNK Playmore.The XBLA version, gameplay- and presentation-wise, is based on the Arcade version.The camera no longer pans down at the start of every fight.All backgrounds are now rendered in high definition 2D rather than 3D.Nightmare Geese (Real Bout Fatal Fury Special version not in arcade release).(None of the following characters are available in the arcade version) There are new backgrounds and new audio tracks, and perhaps more importantly, a player's life bar changes color to indicate that a MAX2 move can be performed. Unlimited Match also improves upon the overall presentation of the game. Additionally, MAX and MAX2 Moves (also known as Super Desperation Moves and Hidden Super Desperation Moves, respectively) can be performed without entering MAX Mode this comes at the cost of an extra stock of super meter. For a myriad of reasons, K9999 is replaced by Nameless, an original character who looks different than but functions identically to his predecessor.Īs in '98 Ultimate Match, most characters regain previously unavailable moves in Unlimited Match. The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match builds on the original release with new characters, upgraded visuals, new stages, and more and Unlimited Match is basically the only version of The King of Fighters 2002 worth playing today. This game includes every character from The King of Fighters '99, 2000, 2001, and the home version of 2002, except for K9999 and Orochi Iori. The arcade version was then re-ported to the Playstation 2 as "KOF 2002UM Tougeki Version," and was later released on the Xbox Live Marketplace where it became available to Western gamers for the first time.
The game was initially released for the Playstation 2 in February 2009, but would eventually be rebalanced and ported to the arcade, where it has remained one of the top ten most profitable arcade games according to Arcadia. Like KOF '98 Ultimate Match before it, it expands upon a previous, well-received entry in the King of Fightersfranchise (in this case, KOF 2002) by adding every character that appeared in the three games before it, adding moves to several characters, and making balance changes.
The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match is a 2009 fighting game developed by SNK Playmore.