Don't know if anyone noticed this...

...but Gamespot is reporting that a Live-enabled Xbox port of KOF Maximum Impact is coming sometime this year... and it appears that this is headed Stateside.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/03/10/news_6120214.html
Aside from the Live multiplayer, it's going to be the same as the PS2 version... damn, I was hoping that SNKP would put in Blue Mary...

Thanks for the heads up!!

On top of that it'll have a language option, so those who hate the english language can hear the original japanese voices.

I was surprised, but if you buy the PAL King of Fighters Maximum Impact on the PS2, you can actually change to Japanese language in that, whereas in the US version you can't. Why SNKP didn't put that option in the US version I will never know

Kaz