The King of Fighters XI
Promotional arcade poster for The King of Fighters XI.
Developer	SNK Playmore
Publisher	Sega (AW) / SNK Playmore (PS2)
Released	AW: October 26, 2005 PS2: June 22, 2006 July 06, 2007 November 13, 2007
Genre	Gaming crossovers/Versus fighting
Mode(s)	Team Battle, One-On-One; Up to 2 players simultaneously
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation 2
Input methods	8-way Joystick, 5 Buttons
Arcade cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	Atomiswave

The King of Fighters XI (KOF XI) is the latest installment of The King of Fighters series. The numerical distinction for the series now is based primarily on SNK Playmore wanting to avoid being locked into a rigorous yearly schedule of releases. A North American version was release on the Playstation 2 on November 13, 2007, as stated on SNK Playmore USA official site. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 424 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (933 × 1320 pixel, file size: 318 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Pomotional poster for The King of Fighters XI. http://www. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... “SNK” redirects here. ... This article is about the video game company. ... The Atomiswave is Sammy Corporations 2003 custom arcade system board and cabinet, which is based on Segas NAOMI system board (Thus its often common to see the Sega logo on its boot up screen). ... “SNK” redirects here. ... PS2 redirects here. ... The Atomiswave is Sammy Corporations 2003 custom arcade system board and cabinet, which is based on Segas NAOMI system board (Thus its often common to see the Sega logo on its boot up screen). ... 2005 2005 in games 2004 in video gaming 2006 in video gaming Notable events of 2005 in video gaming. ... PS2 redirects here. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Notable events of 2006 in video gaming. ... Image File history File links European_flag. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... (NOTE: Some release dates listed are not global release dates. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... (NOTE: Some release dates listed are not global release dates. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... Gaming crossovers occur when otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media in a video game meet and interact with each other. ... This article describes fighting games in which opponents face off in a battle. ... In computing, a platform describes some sort of framework, either in hardware or software, which allows software to run. ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... PS2 redirects here. ... For other uses, see Joystick (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Button (computing). ... This arcade cabinet, containing Centipede, is an upright. ... An arcade system board is a standardized printed circuit board or group of printed circuit boards that are used as the basis for multiple arcade games with very similar hardware requirements. ... The Atomiswave is Sammy Corporations 2003 custom arcade system board and cabinet, which is based on Segas NAOMI system board (Thus its often common to see the Sega logo on its boot up screen). ... The King of Fighters ), officially abbreviated KOF, is the premiere series of fighting games by SNK Playmore, formerly SNK. The series was originally developed for SNKs Neo-Geo MVS arcade hardware, which served as the main platform for the series until 2004, when SNK retired the MVS in favor... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Storyline

Mukai, a member of a mysterious group, stole the Orochi seal. Taking advantage of all the confusion caused by it, Ash stole the Yata Mirror from Chizuru. In the advent of the new tournament, new faces are handed invitations, while old faces, such as Eiji Kisaragi, return to the ring. Among the new KoF participants are Oswald, Duck King (a South Town veteran fighter himself), Momoko, and Elisabeth. All these fighters will find themselves in a tournament full of mysteries and secrets started by motives that they’d ignored. Behind this healthy competitive tournament hides a hidden force called "People from the Past" that has a lot of mixed objectives.

Game mechanics

Aside from the already known gameplay maneuvers that add much depth to the gameplay, Runs, Rolls, Short Jumps, Guard Cancel CDs and Rolls, Empty Cancels, and the returning Quick Emergency Roll, the four largest innovations KOF XI brings to the franchise are the Quick Shift, the Saving Shift, the Skill Bar and the Dream Cancels.

The Skill Stocks significantly complicate the gameplay of KOF. The Power Stocks that existed previously are still present, and are filled in the usual fashion. However, there are now Skill Stocks as well, which gradually build up over time. Each team begins a match holding the maximum of two Skill Stocks. Offensive maneuvers, such as Desperation Moves, Guard Cancels, and Tag Attacks, continue to use Power Stocks. However, more defensive or tactical maneuvers, such as Guard Evasion, Saving Shift, and Quick Shift, use Skill Stocks. A desperation attack in a video game, commonly in fighting games, is an unusually powerful attack a character will do, desperate to even the odds or defeat the opponent. ...

KOF XI utilizes the Tactical Shift System from KOF 2003, but makes very important changes. The Quick Shift allows you to change into another character in the middle of any combo, prolonging it, or in the middle of any attack, no matter if it was blocked or not, canceling the frames of animation of the attack, if it's needed. The Saving Shift allows the player to take out a character when he is being hit as soon as he is hit, or in any moment, at the cost of both skill bars. This effectively cuts many combos that otherwise would do a lot of damage, eliminates the possibility of infinites by repeating chains of attacks on the ground (excluding aerial juggles) and brings an element of balance to the game. While it is possible to escape from any combination of attacks on the ground, it is not possible to use Saving Shift to get out from a Desperation or Leader Desperation move.

The last new feature of KOF XI is the Dream Cancel. Like the Super Cancel that first appeared in KOF '99, Dream Cancel allows players to use stocks to interrupt a move in the midst of its execution with a more powerful move, allowing devastating combos. However, the Dream Cancel is more deadly than ever, allowing a DM to be canceled into an LDM, at the expensive price of two Power Stocks and one Skill Stocks.

Should the timer run down in a match, the winner is no longer decided based upon who has the most life remaining. Instead, the judgment bar, a new bar of circular shape composed of two colors, each one representing one player (red or blue, which are the colors displayed in the portraits of the characters of each side) acts as a quantifier of the skill of each player. Whichever player has the judgment bar towards his side will be the victor if none of the teams win defeating all three characters from the opposite team; rarely, if the bar is exactly in the center, the match will end in a draw and both sides will lose. The bar is affected by each attack that the players get in, combos affect progressively more, and when a character of the opposing team is defeated, the bar suffers a big change against that player. This makes taking care of keeping one's characters alive pretty important, giving strategy to the tags system.

Characters

As the character roster receives a major shake-up, the 5 recurring characters (Chang Koehan, Joe Higashi, Mai Shiranui, Leona Heidern & Robert Garcia) have been dropped from the roster. However, Eiji Kisaragi returns after a long absence. Also, Robert and Mai, as PS2 only characters, appear on the roster in their NeoGeo Battle Coliseum versions. Chang Koehan (Korean: 장거한), is a character in the King of Fighters series, part of the Korea Team in the series. ... Joe Higashi ) is a character in both the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series, used mostly for comic relief, he is currently dating Lilly Kane, the sister of another Fatal Fury and King Of Fighters character Billy Kane, who disaproves greatly of this. ... Mai Shiranui ) is a character from both the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series of fighting games by SNK (now SNK Playmore). ... Leona Heidern is a video game character who made her first appearance in the Neo Geo fighting gameseries, The King of Fighters. ... Robert Garcia is a character in the King of Fighters video game series. ... Eiji Kisaragis own fighting style makes him a deadly rival of the Kyokugenryu family. ...

Teams

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Bosses

Mid-Boss Fighters

• Adelheid Bernstein: The Bad Ending Boss from KOF 2003.
• Gai Tendo: The Main Hero from Buriki-One.
• Sho Hayate: The Main Hero from Savage Reign/Kizuna Encounter.
• Jyazu: The Final Boss from Kizuna Encounter, where he was called "Jyazu".
• Silber: The Final Boss from Buriki-One.

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• Shion: An assistant of Magaki skilled in the use of martial arts and weapons, particularly a long spear and Flying Dart.

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• Magaki: The final Boss of the game and a Herald of Orochi; uses powerful energy attacks.

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PlayStation 2 exclusive characters

• Mai Shiranui
• Robert Garcia
• Geese Howard (Fatal Fury)
• Tung Fu Rue (Fatal Fury)
• Mr. Big (Art of Fighting)
• Hotaru Futaba (Garou: Mark of the Wolves)
• EX Kyo Kusanagi (KOF: NESTS Saga)

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External links

• The King of Fighters XI at the official Japanese website of SNK Playmore
• The King of Fighters XI Official European website of Ignition Entertainment.
• The King of Fighters XI Teaser development page of SNK Playmore USA
• SNK Playmore USA Message Board features KOF board
• The King of Fighters XI review at insomnia.ac