Kula makes her first appearance as well, although she’s initially a mid-boss. The new fully playable characters are Vanessa, Seth, Ramon, Lin and Hinako.

The emphasis on these Strikers makes KoF 2000 even more unbalanced than usual, though. There are also hidden “Maniac Strikers” activated via a code. Some older characters like Vice, Mature and various members of the Orochi team also return as Strikers. It even brings in Syo Kirishima, the original unused design and name for Kyo Kusanagi, which really reaches back into the series’ history. Some of them are just alternate designs of existing characters but others include Kim Sue Il from Kizuna Encounter, Fio from Metal Slug, Kaede from The Last Blade, Duke from Burning Fight and many more. These alternates aren’t actually playable characters, but SNK took this opportunity to do a ton of fan service by taking characters from other games. Now each character has an individual counterpart that can be chosen as a Striker. The King of Fighters 2000 © SNK CORPORATION / SNK CORPORATIONThe King of Fighters 2000 puts all its focus on the Strikers, greatly expanding the system from the previous game. Now each fighter has his own character, which is associated with him and can be called instead of him. This time, the main villain is Zero, one of the NESTS officers trying to destroy an entire city with his Zero Cannon.Īs in the last part, you have to manage a team of four fighters, and the Striker system has undergone some changes. THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2000 is the seventh game in the THE KING OF FIGHTERS series, the second game in the NESTS saga, which tells the story of the confrontation between the main characters – Kyo, Iori, Kei and the terrorist organization NESTS, trying to create an army of Kyo clones and with its help world. Moreover, in addition to the numerous nostalgic SNK characters returning as Another and Maniac Strikers, KOF 2000 welcomes newcomers such as Ramon, Vanessa, Seth, Lin, Hinako Shijo, and Kula Diamond.

Released in 2000 as the 2nd installment in the Nests Saga, THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2000 features an improved Striker call system with the Active Striker System, which allows the player to call his Striker character in any situation, whether he is attacking or being attacked by the opponent, allowing him to use their strikers in combos.

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