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Two classics, one great package!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: October 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Any fan would be crazy not to pick this up..
Both KOF 2000 and 2001 are included here and feature 3d backgrounds, 75 playable characters and a set of 5 trading cards (mail in)

The KOF series has always been one of quality and skill. No button mashing will suffice. I am certain some will dismiss the old school looks of this series but if you are a fan of 2D, hand drawn goodness, by all means, pick it up!
For serious competitors only..

Kick...Game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game(s) is one of the greatest 2d fighters to ever come out on a console!! It is cool for people who want to play a 2d fighter for fun or, for the people who love crazy...combos. The combo system in these games is so fun, it is definatley worth a try if you havent already.

Best fighting game ever created!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing the king of fighters since it first came out with KOF94 ,which leaves me with 10 years of experience now, the KOF 2000 and 2001 are just two master pieces, they just keep getting better and better, in this one you get better movements, better graphics, new characters and new 3D backgrounds and now actually I am getting older and I am trying to stop playing it ,but I just cant ,its just a classic and at KOF2001&2001 you find the best combos ever to be done at a 2D fighting game ever, and for the last thing I have to say: have fun with it and watch out you might get addicted!...YOU WILL!

Kof fights there way to the new millenium!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game should be the hottest fighting game ever! When i went to japan and played it... It was like i was in heaven!This game has new features and new rules. You can unlock old kof videos to remember the classics! It also has a very cool striker system as used in kof 99 where you can get with your partner and attack them out of no where! I Also like the graphics. There staying with snk's good ol' originals! There not as colorful or bright as capcoms 2D fighting games but thats what makes the graphics much more detailed. They also had pretty great endings(Although ive only seen one). With cool animated pictures and a 3d backround feature. And it has a brand new mode called Party mode, Where you have to defeat a certain amount of charecters at a certain amount of health. This game sounds really fun! I had really fun playing kof 2000 at japan and kof 2001 at an arcade in japan. There really fun!

To rent or to buy? I'd say you should rent it when it comes out to make sure if it doesnt suit you much but to my comments i'd buy it.

Half good, half bad.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

King of Fighters 2000 is great although not as good as the Neo Geo version, the controls seem a little slow or late, I dont know something is just different about them. KOF 2001 is not good at all the only thing good about it is the extra characters, it seems to run slower and has worse graphics the attacks seem slow. If you can get a hold of a Neo Geo emulator you would be better off than buying this, KOF 2000 plays so smooth on MAME32. Hope this helps.

A very awesom 2 in one, All for 40 bucks!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is very awesom! Kof 2000's graphics have improved alot, Since 1999. There are alot of unlockables! In 2001 you can unlock 2 secret charecters, in 2000 you can unlock Videos of the good Kof classics! And unlock some secret strikers, From alot of Snk games! Although the art work arn't the one's we are use to... Kof 2001 art work is a little icky, But who cares? That's not the fun in the game! They've also have a new 3D polygon backround feature, The characters are still 2D( To tell you if you've never seen the pictures...) And Kula appears as in Extra
in 2000 and appears to be a character in 2001! The story lines are okay but not the best i've seen... The music of Kyo is very cool! I could listen to it all day! ^_^... Well these are my opinions, This is a must buy but, What the other guy said, Rent it first and see what you think!

5 Stars all the way!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love this game! I love fighting games! This game is better than street fighter! I always thought that Kof will never be as good as Street fighter, But boy was i wrong! The graphics are much detailed, The sound is okay... But no unlockable charecters... But the rest is 5 5 and 5!

Less than a triumphant return for SNK

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been a fan of the King Of Fighters series since KOF '96. I was always one of the small group of geeks who pump quarters into the MVS cabinents, while others were decapitating people with Kano. Anyway, I fell in love with this series because of the great moves, and the rewarding system that came only with patience and practice.

Either way, to make a long story short, I stopped playing video games. Around 2001 I restarted and got me a cheap Dreamcast. Thats where I feel back in love with 2-D fighters. But, importing was expensive and I got a PS-2.

To my surprise, SNK was returning to the states with with the 2 in 1 game of King of Fighters. Honestly, this was my first time ever playing this game. I had heard of 2000 and 2001, but never had a chance to play it, working with inferior computer hardware, and not having enough money to get it on Neo-Geo. I was skeptical about the PS2 conversion.

First, the graphics in 2000 are horid. They are extremely blurry. However, within 5 minutes of gameplay, you'll forget all about the crappy graphics. The animation is awesome to say the least. Which is really a shame, because of the unresponsive controls. I found myself having problems pulling off such simple motions as qcf x2. Although you can get the SDMs out, sometimes they miss. And is a long way from becoming second nature when it comes to combos. Playmore did a horrible job with the controls that they bring down the gameplay. And this weird things is, they completely took out any options for the analog control.

Pick up a joystick for this game, or else your are going to cringe in frustration. The presentation in 2000 is pretty bad. The menus would be unintuitive for even an old SNES game. Thankfully 2001 decided to add more spice. However 2001 has much worse graphics. The rendered 3-d backgrouds look out of place with the 2-d sprites in the foreground. As to what game has a superior fighting system, its up in the air. I personally enjoyed 2001 alot better than 2000.

There are over 35 players per each game. And I must admit, Angel and May Lee are my favorites. Both characters may take a while to master. The same is true with the other characters, but I tend to gravitate to less acessible characters.

This game is definitely worth a rental. If you are a 2-D fighting fan, you should own this game. My score goes down because of the PS2 dual shock controller.

2 in one, (...)kicking Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First of all, This game has sweet graphics! (...) (...)BR>Why you should play this? Well if you are an exclusive 2d fighting game fan, Then you will LOVE this!
This game features secret strikers. Sometimes they get a little annoying if your opponent uses it too much.
The art work for 2000 is great! But some art work for 2001 is not that pretty. The combos and moves are awesom! There's no unlockable characters for 2000 though :-(. But there are 2 secret characters in 2001, And in 2000 you can unlock videos to remember the old kofs! I wish there were more secrets!
I love the endings, There more colorful also.
With 35+40 characters including like 40 strikers, ITS A PARTY! Speaking of party theres a new party mode thats kinda tuff! And you can unlock strikers and videos from it! Videos? There only 2 miniut long themes from old kof games. Who cares?
Still fun!

SNK brings more 2D goodness to your home

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Rating: 5/5, Difficulty: Level 6/Level 10.
I really enjoyed playing this game! I'm glad they finally brought 2k0 and 2K1 To the usa! This game is not exactly a street fighter EX game nor is it 3D. But this game would really be fun, Young or old. Any one will enjoy this if they are a 2D die hard fan, Fighting game fan, Exclusive SNK fan or loves to play Team battle games then this is the right choice for you!
I simply enjoyed 2001 much more than 2000. 2001 seemed to actually spice up the Menu's and you can actually fight with 4 fighters! And there are many Console specials, Like Hidden characters, Better Art work and Menu's and Party mode is available for 2001 only for the Playstation 2, Though it does not include Puzzle mode, Art gallery like The DC version. So if you wanted to play a puzzle go pick up a DC and Buy an import of King of fighters 2001. This game really suits alot of people. The graphics seem a little pixelated and could have done better if it wasn't actually ported from the Neogeo version. 2000 was actually a port form the Neogeo version and it includes almost all the strikers instead of doing those button mashing codes! 2000 also seemed to add a console exclusive, Kula diamond( Which was a hidden character in the neogeo version) And Zero can be playable! They acutally did 2001 from scratch but no imporvements over the graphics, It's almost the same as 2000.
You wouldn't enjoy 2001 if you played the Neogeo version! There's no color editing like KOF 99 which was used for the Color edit contest. This game's difficulty is probably for experts because even on beginner it's a little hard. The fun factor in this game is you get some help from team mates called the striker and whenever you beat the game using a certain team you can watch endings. Using any character for your team will just get a boring ending that has nothing to do with your fighters so you have to choose certain characters for your team.
So you deffinitly should pick this up! I hope i was informative enough!

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