The King of Fighters 2002: Challenge to Ultimate Battle

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Description

The second plotless "dream match" in The King of Fighters series, this game sports 39 normal characters and 5 hidden characters, some of whom haven't appeared since KOF98. The King of Fighters 2002 also has five characters exclusive to the X-Box, the PS2 and/or Dreamcast systems: Shingo Yabuki, King, Geese Howard, "Riot of the Blood" Iori and Leopold Goenitz. Shingo and King are available on all the non-Neo Geo systems, while Geese and the rest are only available on the PS2 and X-Box platforms.

The gameplay system has also changed. The striker system and four-character teams found in the last three KOF releases have been totally removed. In their place are the old-school three man teams and the "Advanced system" from The King of Fighters '97 and The King of Fighters '98.

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Alternate Titles

• "KOF '02" -- Informal title
• "ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ 2002" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Arcade Archives series
• King of Fighters series
• Middleware: CRI

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Critic Reviews

Consoles Plus	Dreamcast	Aug, 2003	94 out of 100	94
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Sep 12, 2005	15 out of 20	75
Defunct Games	Neo Geo	Oct 16, 2005	75 out of 100	75
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox	Dec 05, 2005	15 out of 20	75
Insert Credit	Dreamcast	Jul 04, 2003	6.8 out of 10	68

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Version differences

The Dreamcast port adds King and Shingo to the character selection, and the PS2 version adds both of them plus Geese Howard Orochi Iori and former KOF 96 boss Goenitz.