KOF2000 [Arcade] - play as "boss status" Zero
28This is a playthrough using Zero in his proper boss status character in the Arcade version of King of Fighters 2000. Read on below for more information...
Zero is the final boss of the game. He is a non-selectable character in both the Neo-Geo MVS and AES versions of it.
===== ABOUT BOSS STATUS =====
His status can be set up (through third party methods) for a human player to play him just like the CPU Zero you fight against at the end of the game. By doing it this way, you get some unique features which would normally not be available if you had selected him as a "separate" character. These boss features are as follows:
===== BOSS FEATURES =====
---- It automatically bypasses the Order Select and Striker select sections, which means that you do NOT get to choose your Order nor Striker at any point in the game. You can see this happen in the video whenever the game heads to the Order/Striker select sections.
---- Because he is in "boss status", it means that the player only gets one character (Zero) to use, making him a lone character.
---- On the fight/gameplay screens, as he is in boss status, he does not have the Striker nor Stock aspects displayed at the bottom of his side the screen.
---- Despite having no Striker showing on the gameplay screen, a Striker IS available to him, it's the glitched Zero striker. You can see this in the video. This means that technically the CPU boss Zero has access to this striker as well, but is programmed to never use it.
---- As he is in boss status, it means that on the fight/gameplay screen there are no other "team member" names under his lifebar.
---- As he is in lone boss status, it means that before the Winning screen comes up (assuming you win a match), the other "team member" portraits do not appear prior.
---- Playing as him in the boss status will give you the generic Team Edit dialogues and endings.
---- Zero and Kula are the only two characters in the game to have this unique boss feature (obviously).
===== ZERO INFORMATION =====
---- When the CPU is controlling Zero, he can perform a different variation of the Phoenix Fang special move (the low cutting one that's done with DP + LP). In this version of the move, his landing animations is the same as the high cutting one (Supreme Flight). A human player cannot perform this move. You can see this at 18:00 in the video.
---- In a 1P game, if you lose a match, on the Continue screen he does not have a "lose" portrait. His dialogue in the text box is also "wrong". You can see this around 18:21 in the video.
---- His portrait image and icon* can appear perfectly on the character select screen when accessed there. *However on the left or right side of the screen where the character's icons appear when you confirm a character, his icon is the glitched one of K'.
---- On the character select screen, his icon position is below Kula. Obviously this is normally not accessible.
---- Despite being a non-selectable character, he has an alternative colour palette.
---- When in selection as a Striker, it is slightly glitched. Both are Zero (one being a shadow).
---- As Strikers, in gameplay his icon is a glitched coloured version of K's or Another K's icon. The glitch colours seem to be random as it's often different for each match. (this is unexpected because he already has a proper icon on the character select and Striker select screens.)
---- In gameplay, his Striker or Another Striker "move" is glitched, as it just has him floating in and floating away again.
---- In the gameplay screen, when not the active character, his name "ZERO" appears perfectly despite being a non-selectable character and normally never appearing in a team.
---- In gameplay he cannot crouch, but does have low attacks.
---- When he selected by the player for use, after winning the first match, the "final boss match" music plays on the Striker select.
---- He has no SDMs.
---- He does not have an ending.
---- His icon appears perfectly on the Ability Ranking screen despite being a non-selectable character.
===== TRIVIA =====
---- He is known as Clone Zero in KOF2002 Unlimited Match.
---- In gameplay, when he is dizzied, his face contorts. As he is already in shapeshift disguise as Ling, it is unknown on what his real face looks like. My guess is that he probably looks somewhat like Original Zero seeing as he is a clone of him.
---- The developers have also made several jokes regarding his special move, dubbing it the "Zero Fart". It is even lampooned in the 4-panel KOF comic strips.
---- His design is based on General Han from Fist of the North Star. His "Zero Fart" special move is also based on him.
==== CHAPTERS =====
00:00 - Intro, Title, Character Select
00:39 - Regular fights
12:15 - Cutscene 1
13:13 - Stage 6
15:35 - Cutscene 2
17:22 - vs. Zero (final boss, lose)
18:21 - "Lose" portrait and "wrong" text
18:30 - vs. Zero (final boss)
19:45 - Zero defeated scene 1
20:32 - Team Edit ending
21:19 - Cast and Credits