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King of Fighters celebrates its 15th Anniversary by hitting harder than ever! The world's greatest fighting tournament returns with new moves, new features, and an unforgettable new look. Master new moves like critical counter attacks, deadlock counters, and air guarding. Gather a group of warriors in your own clan, create a custom clan emblem, then take on other clans online. And just to make sure everyone knows who's the real king, you can even record your matches and upload them to the Web. But the real crowning achievement is the game's unique visual style, with every one of the backgrounds and each of the 22 characters completely hand-drawn.

Critic Reviews / Previews

GameSpy Review (1.5 out of 5 )

In an era where 2D fighting games once again reign supreme -- with Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix collectively dominating the lion's mindshare, and new-kid-on-the-block BlazBlue mixing things up with creative new gameplay concepts and the genre's best netcode to date -- ...All Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Average Member Rating: 3.7 out of 10

A casual fighting game fan review (6 out of 10)

posted by NutMan (EAST PEORIA, IL) on Aug 2, 2009
Member since Aug 2008
8 out of 8 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

I like fighting games, but I'm not super hardcore. King of Fighters has always been a series I enjoyed and this was somewhat of a letdown, but it's still worth playing. The main gripes I have with KOF XII are that there are only about 20 characters and around 5 or 6 stages to fight on. Th ...All User Reviews