The King of Fighters Neowave

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The King of Fighters Neowave
Developer(s)	SNK Playmore
Publisher(s)	SNK Playmore
Platform(s)	Arcade, Playstation 2, Xbox
Release date	Xbox March 30, 2006 April 18, 2006 October 13, 2006 PS2 July 21, 2005 October 13, 2006 October 30, 2006
Genre(s)	Versus fighting
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players simultaneously
Input methods	8-way Joystick, 3 Buttons
Cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	Atomiswave
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 on 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 Sony Computer Entertainment America's policy of not allowing straight ports of 2D games to North America) and in Japan, North America, and the PAL region for the Xbox.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Stages 2.1 Car 3 Playable Characters 3.1 Japan Team 3.2 '99 Team 3.3 '96 Team 3.4 '98 Team 3.5 Fatal Fury Team 3.6 Psycho Soldier Team 3.7 '97 Team 3.8 Art of Fighting Team 3.9 Ikari Team 3.10 Dream Team 3.11 Korea Team 3.12 Women Fighters Team 4 Special Characters 4.1 Secret Characters 4.2 Boss Characters 5 Special Teams 5.1 New K' Team 5.2 New Ikari Team 5.3 New Agents Team 5.4 New Kyo Team 6 External links

[edit] Overview

The game reverts back to the 3-character elimination system from KOF '94 to KOF '98, ignoring gameplay features from later games such as the "Striker" system used from KOF '99 through KOF 2001 and tag team system in KOF 2003. The game's sprites are mainly recycled from KOF 2002, but it uses fully 3D backgrounds similar to the Capcom vs. SNK 2 for the home version.

Like KOF '98 and KOF 2002, Neowave has no storyline and is considered a "dream match" game. The game is a gathering of numerous characters from previous installments, including dead 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 was done by Tomokazu Nakano (of Power Instinct fame).

[edit] Stages

[edit] Car

This stage is taking place on a bridge. The cars are driving on the road, but no wheels.

[edit] Playable Characters

[edit] Special Characters

[edit] Secret Characters

• Orochi Yashiro
• Orochi Chris
• Orochi Shermie
• Vanessa
• Kim Kaphwan
• Ramon
• May Lee (only in PS2 version)
• Angel (only in PS2 version)
• Seth (only in console versions)

[edit] Boss Characters

• Kusanagi
• Young Geese Howard (as he appeared in AOF2)
• Omega Rugal

[edit] Special Teams

[edit] New K' Team

• K'
• Maxima
• Kula Diamond

[edit] New Ikari Team

• Whip
• Ralf Jones
• Clark Steel

[edit] New Agents Team

• Vanessa
• Ramon
• Blue Mary

[edit] New Kyo Team

• Kyo Kusanagi
• Iori Yagami
• Shingo Yabuki

[edit] External links

• The King of Fighters Neowave at the official Japanese website of SNK Playmore
• The King of Fighters Neowave link to the official european version for the PS2 by Ignition Entertainment

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