KOF Neowave [PS2] - play as May Lee & Kim

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Published on January 20, 2021 5:09:29 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkJb_eBQXaw

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The King of Fighters Neowave (2004)

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This is a playthrough using May Lee Jinju and Kim Kaphwan in the PS2 version of The King of Fighters: Neowave. Read on below for more information...

May Lee is a hidden unlockable character in this version of the game, and Kim is a hidden-but-immediately-available character.

NOTE: Max gauge used for this playthrough. It is a feature you can enable within the Game Option screen.

===== HOW TO UNLOCK MAY LEE =====

1) Defeat 47 opponents in Endless Mode. This also unlocks the other hidden characters and Gallery pictures as well.

2) On the character select screen: Highlight Chang and hold R1. May Lee will appear whenever R1 is held on Chang. Therefore with R1 held, press any attack button to select May Lee.

===== HOW TO SELECT KIM =====

On the character select screen: Highlight Jhun and hold R1. Kim will appear whenever R1 is held on Jhun. Therefore with R1 held, press any attack button to select Kim.

===== ABOUT MAY LEE =====

Pretty much the same deal as in KOF2002. May Lee is perhaps one of the KOF characters that is rather noob-unfriendly... she is one of those fighting game characters where you need to become semi-natural with in order to use her effectively. She can of course, switch between two modes/stances in gameplay - Standard (taekwondo) and Hero Mode. It should be noted that she cannot block whilst in Hero Mode!

===== ABOUT KIM =====

Probably the same as in KOF2002. As one of the KOF staples, Kim is easy to pick up and play effectively. His close-up Strong Punch can cancel and combo into all but one of his Special moves, and even both his Desperation Moves.

===== OTHER INFORMATION / TRIVIA =====

---- May Lee has the honour of being a PS2 version-only exclusive character. She does not appear in the other ports of the game.

---- Kim appears as a hidden character in all versions of the game.

---- They do not appear as opponents in the regular single-player modes of the game.

---- May Lee's character select and winning screen portrait image looks a little "off" when compared to the other character's portraits. This may be due to her being a late/unique addition to the PS2 port.

---- During her other stance, the Hero Mode, she plays a homage to tokusatsu-type characters, specifically Kamen Rider.

---- The game's character artwork was produced by Tomokazu Nakano, who had produced artwork for the Power Instinct games.

===== ABOUT KOF NEOWAVE =====

The game is basically a drastically altered version of KOF2002 with many different and extra features, one of the most significant being the inclusion of an all-new AOF2 version of Geese Howard as the game's end boss. Neowave is a Dream Match, meaning that it is non-canonical and not counted in the new numeral progression of the series, which KOFXI started. The game was developed specifically to test the Atomiswave hardware.

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