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Using this information, Heidern decides to focus his efforts into using the next KOF tournament to lure both K′ and Maxima out of hiding so that they can be captured and interrogated by him for crucial and critical information about the NESTS cartel.ĭepending on the player's performance during the tournament, Kula Diamond might appear to eliminate K', but fails from within her mission. Ling, a fellow commander and long-time friend of Heidern, tells him that K′ and Maxima were once NESTS operatives and that they may hold the key to locating the whereabouts of the mysterious organization. Main article: List of The King of Fighters charactersĪfter an incident at the previous tournament, the commander of the Ikari Warriors Team, Heidern, is determined to investigate the objective of the NESTS cartel and stop it from achieving its ruthless ambition. The console versions includes additional Maniac Strikers by completing a certain number of matches in the "Party Mode". There is another set of alternative Striker characters known as Maniac Strikers, which are selected in the arcade version by entering codes for notable characters only. These alternative Strikers are characters from previous KOF games and other SNK franchises such as Fio Germi from Metal Slug 2 and Duke Edwards from Burning Fight, as well as alternative versions of in-game characters such as Iori Yagami and Robert Garcia. The player now has two choices after selecting the Striker member of the team he or she can choose to use the regular character or an alternate character officially known as Another Striker, a character used exclusively for striker attacks. The player can also replenish Strike Bombs by either losing rounds or taunting the opponent. The game has an Active Striker System, which allows the player to summon a Striker member in any situation, whether the player is attacking or being attacked by the opponent, allowing the player to use his or her strikers in combos. The gameplay in The King of Fighters 2000 is based on that of The King of Fighters '99 it expands on the "Striker Match" format introduced in its predecessor. The bottom bars indicate how many Strikers the player can use.
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K' calling Vanessa to attack Kasumi Todoh. Two novelizations and an audio drama have also been published in Japan. There were mixed reactions to the company's handling of the graphics and backgrounds, which divided reviewers opinions about its status as one of the best games of the series. The PlayStation 2 version of the game was released in North America in a two-in-one bundle with its immediate sequel, The King of Fighters 2001, as the first two games to be published by SNK Playmore USA.Ĭritical reception to the game's fighting system and characters has been mostly positive due to the improvements SNK brought to the franchise. SNK attempted to add further depth to the NESTS cast with K' 's new enemy Kula Diamond other new characters like Vanessa and Seth were intended to attract different audiences. SNK entered into bankruptcy while The King of Fighters 2000 was still in development, resulting in glitches and bugs remaining in the game because staff members-most notably producer Takashi Nishiyama-left the company before the game was complete. The gameplay retains the Striker system of the previous games in the series, but the assisting character can also cooperate with the playable character to generate combos. The game's story, a sequel to The King of Fighters '99 and the second part of the "NESTS Chronicles" story arc, focuses on a new tournament held by the commander of the Ikari Warriors, Heidern, who seeks to capture and interrogate former NESTS agents K' and Maxima into revealing crucial and critical information about the NESTS cartel. The game was ported to the Dreamcast (in Japan only) and the PlayStation 2 in 2002.
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It is the seventh installment in The King of Fighters series for the Neo Geo and the final game in the series SNK produced before the original company's bankruptcy. The King of Fighters 2000 is a fighting video game that was produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 2000.