The King of Fighters 2002

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The King of Fighters 2002: Challenge to Ultimate Battle, also shortened as KOF 2002, is a 2002 fighting game developed by Eolith and published by Playmore for the Neo Geo. It is the ninth installment in The King of Fighters series, the second to be produced by Eolith and the first to not have any involvement from the original SNK. Similarly to The King of Fighters '98, it brings together characters from various SNK franchises and has a diverse roster of fighters. The game maintains the original series' rooster of three character per team that face each other until reaching the victory of one team. Due to negative feedback to the Striker System from the NESTS video games used before, Eolith removed it in favor of the original one. Among multiple characters, a clone of the protagonist Kyo Kusanagi was created under the name of Kusanagi with his classic outfit and moves to appeal to veteran gamers. In 2003, the game was ported to the Dreamcast in Japan, followed by global ports to PlayStation...

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