You know, this game adapts and portrays the kof characters pretty well and faithfully in 3d, give or take a few odd things here and there (like the lessened launch height for Terry’s Fire Kick, or the severe lack for range for Leona’s Moon Slasher). I had a thought: that remake of kof 98 that was announced? What if they did it in 3d instead of sprites? I think it would work pretty well…and a cgi version of the dreamcast intro…sweet.
I don’t know if anyone else has mentioned this but it seems that some of the designs were inspired by other Namco games. Someone earlier in the thread stated that one of Mai’s costumes looks like Taki’s from SC2/3. Then you have Soiree’s alternate B costume is clearly Eddy Gordo and Duke’s head looks very much like Kazuya’s.
There is a lot of costume discussion here.
Credit discovery of this link to Lone Dragon over in the Other MI2 thread.
Duke’s best costumeis obviously the jason one, haha it’s so badass.
Also terry bogard fio is hilarious. oh and another good one is Setsuna iori, and Kain rock howard.
Oh and has anybody else noticed that terry’s alternate costumes with the jacket are colored and numbered based on poolballs? that’s pretty dope.
I swear sometime soon I’ll post up fio combos.
Oh and as promised japanese match videos
http://www.jfast1.net/~gfy/mi2douga.htm
I think those videos were posted somewhere earlier in this thread. But it’ll be easier to find now hopefully.
I like Rock’s Kaede costume since he looks more like him, but I have yet to unlock it. The Kain costume looks cool too except for the silver hair. They should have kept his hair color as default and made it a little longer. Wild Wolf’s normal costumes have Blue Mary and Rock colors.
Maj posted these awhile ago in the combo vids thread but here you guys go again.
Screenshots from the arcade version? http://www.neo-arcadia.com/News/voir_news.php?action=voirtout I wonder what they’re calling it because there’s a ‘^’ or “A” symbol in the very first screenshot. Looks like Ash will be in it.
It’d be doper if he wasn’t dressing up like his girlfriend at the same time 
Nice vids though, killer link.
Hey! Terry’s alts are fine…it’s Rock who has alts that look like he’s crossdressing. And then there’s Jivatma…
The arcade version is King Of Fighters: Maximum Impact ^regulation A
i just call it KOF MIA for short
it looks like a port of MI2 / 2006 with Ash for kicks, he looks miiiighty broken…he has his Leader from XI for some reason, as if he needed his corner ridiculousness from that game here too
not to be confused with MI3 btw, that’s not coming out till 2007, but Falcoon said something in a recent interview along the lines of every SNK fighter ever made being in it…which would be ridiculous…Kizuna Encounter characters ftw
those Azu573 combo vids are also on youtube:
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some interesting things i notice when watching these a second time:
terry can evidently link normals from his Round Wave now
Luise has a ROM like Magneto!!
it looks like it starts off of kick super or a high launcher like her f+C f+C, then cancel the hit to airdash since she’s just off the ground, then do air D while falling and repeat? i really want someone to help me figure this out, this would make her a good counter for Billy
Where can I find videos of Ash? The link I posted only has those screenshots. If it’s going to be an arcade game, hopefully there are some balance fixes, and Armor Ralf taken out. =\
I don’t know were you can find videos of ash, though I think I saw one from the tokyo game show.
Here’s another combo vid, showing some 100% and interesting combos.
http://toal.jp/kof-maximum-impact2/movie.html
it’s the top video the rest of links are forbiden I think.
Oh special note, that duke 100% on I believe hyena, there is actually a semi-practical variation that can be done, it’s not a 100% but it does allow you to use two of his flame supers in 1 combo for big damage.
Whoah those are some pretty crazy combos. In the ones where power stocks are infinite, it’s kinda difficult to tell if they super cancelled or whether they used a 1, 2, or 3 stock stuper.
yeah, I’m pretty sure they were all legit, at least legit 5 stock combos. Remeber if you lose a round you get to have 5 stocks.
That’s true. Seeing these makes me wonder how practical they are in real matches. I guess if you’re in the right position then maybe.
it is confirmed so far that Armor Ralf isn’t in MIA
TGS 2006 SNK??? KOF MAXIMUM IMPACT regulation A
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Ash stuff is about midway through
the video also shows some interesting things like Iori’s geyser super’s invincibility properties and various invincibility frame trickery
the game’s standard stock format 3 on 3 like default KOFs of yesteryear
too good 
hope the Japanese take this game up seriously, hope it has a IC card system too
Yeah, hopefully there are plenty of balance fixes because I would like this game to see tournament play yearly, not just a one-time appearance. Any other characters who have been confirmed as returning/not returning?
Some combos are 6 stock combos. As-in, Lose one round to get a 5 stock meter. Then getting the first hit of a round gives you a free stock.
Like test23.wmv, the one with Luise, is a 6 stock combo. (5-3+1-3)
How do you get the dp+C to connect in Kyo’s BnB? He doesn’t seem to recover from the qcf+A,hcb+P,P fast enough. Does it require them to hit the wall?
I don’t know about Soiree being that bad…anyone who can cancel sweeps into fast overheads (QCF+k) has serious mix-up capability. Plus, his surf-on-your-face dashing grab is pretty fast, and hard to punish (plus it picks up people off the ground). Lots of OTG potential…
Your character flashes white when you use a super cancel…
That’s great news about MIA, by the way. I want this series to take off. It deserves to.