In 2009, a Chinese version of the arcade game also was released, and was titled The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match HERO. The American port was released by Ignition Entertainment Maand packaged with an extra DVD containing trailers and wallpapers for the game and The King of Fighters XII. Ultimate Match is also available on Xbox 360 Live Arcade.
The game was released in Japanese arcades on Maand later on the PlayStation 2. SNK 2, players are able to customize their gauge systems and the mechanics that go along with them, with it being able to select between Advanced or Extra (the gauge style, the method of dodging, and method of quick forward movement). To make up for the stationary dodge's drawbacks compared to rolling in Advanced Mode, walking movement speed is slightly increased in Extra Mode.Ī new and notable mode of play for this game is known as Ultimate Mode, where similar to the EX Grooves of Capcom vs.
It now has a manual MAX Mode of its own and having a stock at full charge, thus no longer entering a MAX Mode automatically via this method.Extra Mode in particular, has many new revisions which makes it more on-par with Advanced Mode: New adjustments to stages (as well as new stages themselves) come along with adjustments to gameplay via re-balancing and new moves. Meanwhile, other alternate versions of characters (barring the Orochi/New Faces Team and Omega Rugal) gain brand new portraits from their original versions (both on the order select and on the character select/HP-bar mugshot), first seen in the console versions of the original KOF '98.
The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match ( ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ '98 ( ナインティエイト ) アルティメットマッチ) is a standalone upgrade of The King of Fighters '98 which includes all characters that were present up to The King of Fighters '97 (making it the second dream match game with the most complete roster of characters based to date within the KOF series as a whole, with 64 characters).Īdditionally, new alternate versions of characters were added (such as EX Blue Mary and EX Yamazaki). and stands in the way again of the fighters. Arcade, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Prime Gaming