King Of Fighters Maximum Impact 2

#v#kof.jpg#v#I've always been a fan of the King Of Fighters series and am happy to say that the latest installment is very enjoyable indeed.
King Of Fighters Maximum Impact 2 just came out for the PS2 and is packed with fighters, cool graphics, cool musak and most importantly great beat em up game play.
Each character has at least two variations of costume and tons of color schemes to choose from - more hidden costumes and colors crop up each time you complete the game under certain circumstances. Costumes and colors are not the only hidden goodies in the game - at least 8 hidden characters are included - one of these characters being the bouncy B.Jenet. You dont have to complete the game several times before you get to use a bouncy character and can opt for Mai Shiranui or Lien Nevielle.

Having loads of characters is all very well but how about the moves? Well there are a zillion moves for each character and special moves that leave you with sprained fingers after each play. If you thought a Hadouken was difficult (which is quite easy) then the moves in KOF MI2 will have you tearing your hair out at times. Throughout the fight scenes in this clip, I was trying to pull off a "down, down-left, left, down-left, right+punch" killer move but only managed it a couple of times! I guess thats one of the things that make this game satisfying for me - finishing off the other dude with a special move. Lien Nevielle is the character you see me using and she is the only one who I have been playing with so far ^^;

Needless to say that Dead or Alive fans are bound to like this game and you can see more decent screenshots at Watch Impress.
Folks in Japan can order theirs at Amazon for 6,069 yen.

Oh and before I forget, the sound in this clip is a bit crap and there is some strange clicking noise - time to get a new video camera.