why this game should not be called The King of Fighters 2006

User Rating: 8.8 | King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2 PS2
I wonder what the American station of SNK Playmore where thinking, this game is The King of Fighter: Maximum Impact 2, and of course I, your favorite review man will give you two reasons why. One there is three characters in this game that are not in the usually in the main King of Fighter saga. And the last one is that I thought SNK Playmore was not going put year on the games anymore?

King of Fighters MI was made for the next step if fighting game because Capcom would not take that step. This game was a test, to see if they could do it and if it will work, and it did. When MI2 was coming out the same character that have been in the last one was going to be in the next one of course. However; when this one was coming out the three characters that been in the game has never been in any other one except for MI and now in MI2. This is mess up, one these guys have not been seen since MI, and why now they are in an official KOF tourney. I am lost, I know training is hard but man taking two years off must be hurtful.

Here is the true thing that threw me off when I found out that the American station did to MI2. Ok we will go back two-year from this year. After 2003 they was a big gap here in the US, they was two game that came out that did not came here in America, King of Fighters Neo Wave (hint 2004) and The King of Fighter XI (hint 2005), which never came to the US. These two game that came out where not named by year but named by what they where. Neo Wave was a dream match that had past and current character. XI was the newest of the set of 2-d Fighting that features the atomaswave engine and played like a weird version of Mavel vs. Capcom 2 (you know if you played it with the jump in thing. However, it was an awesome game thought.) I heard form a very good source (Falcon the producer and character artist of MI2) in all retrospect of past game that they will not give year to the next King of Fighter but name them by number or by a sweet dream match name. But of course we American have to name something by it traditional name and not be creative. Marketing may ass. Everyone should know that this is the latest KOF that has came out since XI. Hopefully; and surely, I hope you know that this game is very well balance 2-d to 3-d game that this gamer has seen in a long time. However: I am still waiting for The King of Fighter XI to come to the US. I really do not want to buy a imported PS2 because I want to save my money on the WII. Well the numbers is on the side if you don’t agree with me who care because this game rock. One more thing< why the voice actors in this game suck kana badly.