The King of Fighters XII
The twelfth installment of the famous fighting game series, The King of Fighters XII, is a massive reinvention of the franchise rebuilt from the ground up both technically and visually to celebrate the series'…
The King of Fighters XII is a fighting developed by SNK Playmore, released 10 April 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Arcade.
What The King of Fighters XII is
The King of Fighters XII is a fighting game developed by SNK Playmore and released in 2009. It was published by Ignition Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Arcade. It runs on Taito Type X.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The twelfth installment of the famous fighting game series, The King of Fighters XII, is a massive reinvention of the franchise rebuilt from the ground up both technically and visually to celebrate the series' 15th anniversary. The game features a streamlined battle system and all-new high-resolution character sprites and backgrounds. Battles are the 3-vs-3 matches that KOF is known for, though the tag system from the previous game has been removed. The game features a total of 22 fighters, two of which are exclusive to the home release, and all of whom are returning combatants from previous titles. Included are a five-round arcade "time attack" mode, online and local versus, practice and…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the The King of Fighters series
The King of Fighters XII is the 36th of 71 entries we hold in the The King of Fighters series. The next entry was The King of Fighters XIII in 2010. Its critic score of 56 is 14 points below the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 at 90.
How it was received
The King of Fighters XII holds a critic score of 56 out of 100. That places it above 18% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 11 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The King of Fighters XII launched on 10 April 2009, within three weeks of Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona and Muramasa: The Demon Blade. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, Muramasa: The Demon Blade.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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