The King of Fighters Neowave
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| Developer(s) | SNK Playmore |
| Publisher(s) | SNK Playmore |
| Release date(s) | Xbox April 11, 2006 July 7, 2006PS2  July 21, 2005 July 7, 2006 October 30, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Versus fighting |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Playstation 2, Xbox |
| Input | 8-way Joystick, 5 Buttons |
| Arcade cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system(s) | Atomiswave |
| Arcade display | Raster (Horizontal) |
The King of Fighters Neowave is a fighting game by SNK Playmore, released in 2004 for the Sammy Atomiswave arcade platform. It is the eleventh arcade game in SNK Playmore's The King of Fighters series and first fighting game by SNK Playmore to be developed Atomiswave hardware rather than the Neo Geo console that their previous games appeared on. It was developed specifically to test the hardware and is not counted in the new numeral progression followed by The King of Fighters XI (with 2003 being the tenth game in the series).
Ports of the game were released in Japan and the PAL region for the PlayStation 2 (due to SCEA) and in North America and the PAL region for the Xbox.
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[edit] Overview
The game reverts back to the 3-character elimination system from KOF '94 to KOF '98, ignoring gameplay features from later games suh as the "Striker" system used from KOF '99 through KOF 2001 and tag team system in KOF 2003. The game's sprites are recycled from previous KOF games, but uses fully 3D backgrounds similar to the Capcom vs. SNK 2.
Much like KOF '98 and KOF 2002, Neowave has no real storyline and is a "Dream Match" gathering that features numerous characters from previous installments, including killed off characters like Mature and Vice from KOF '96 and the New Face Team from KOF '97. The character roster is similar to 2002 with only a few minor differences, including the addition of the young Geese Howard from Art of Fighting 2 as the new final boss. The character artwork were done by Tomokazu Nakano (of Power Instinct fame).
The character roster was extended in the Japanese PlayStation 2 port, which adds May Lee, Angel, Seth and Rugal Bernstein as hidden characters. However, due to licensing issues with Eolith, Angel and May Lee (who were created for the Eolith-developed KOF 2001) were omitted from the PAL release of the PS2 port and the later Xbox port released in North America and Europe.
[edit] Playable Characters
[edit] Hero Team
[edit] Fatal Fury Team
[edit] Art of Fighting Team
[edit] Ikari Team
[edit] Psycho Soldiers
[edit] Ladies' Team
[edit] Special Characters
[edit] Secret Characters
- Orochi Yashiro
- Orochi Shermie
- Orochi Chris
- Vanessa
- Ramon
- Kim Kaphwan
- May Lee (only in the Japanese PS2 version)
- Angel (only in the Japanese PS2 version)
- Seth (only in console versions)
[edit] Bosses Characters
- Kusanagi
- Young Geese Howard (as he appeared in AOF2)
[edit] External links
- The King of Fighters Neowave at the official Japanese website of SNK Playmore
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