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{{GameInfobox
| title = KOF: Maximum Impact 2
| image = File:Kmi2cp.jpg
| caption = PS2 cover art, showing Alba, Nagase, Luise, Kula and Billy. Artwork by [[Falcoon]]
| developer = [[SNK|SNK Playmore]], Ignition Entertanment <small>(PS2)</small>
| publisher = SNK Playmore, Ignition Entertainment
| release = '''PlayStation 2'''<br />{{vgrelease|JP=April 27, 2006|NA=September 19, 2006|EU=March 23, 2007}}'''PlayStation Network'''<br />{{vgrelease|World|WW|April 15, 2015}}
| genre = Fighting
| mode = Up to 2 players simultaneously
| rating =
| platform = PlayStation 2, PlayStation Network
| previous = [[KOF: Maximum Impact]]
| next = [[KOF Maximum Impact Regulation "A"]]
}}'''''KOF: Maximum Impact 2''''', released in North America as "'''''The King of Fighters 2006'''''", is a fighting game developed by [[SNK Playmore]]. It is the sequel to ''[[KOF: Maximum Impact]]'', and has an expanded version with a team mode and extra characters, ''[[KOF Maximum Impact Regulation "A"]]''. A four episode [[The King of Fighters: Another Day|anime web series]] surrounding the events of the game was also made.

==Story==
The previous [[The King of Fighters (Tournament)|THE KING OF FIGHTERS]], held in [[Southtown]] — Many contended that this illegal fighting tournament was held by the gangland syndicate "[[Addes|Mephistopheles]]" to achieve the annihilation of their rivals and procure some operating capital. But after its "King," [[Duke]], suffered defeat at the hands of [[Alba Meira]] in the finals, he and his organization vanished from Southtown. Meanwhile, the media, firmly under Duke's thumb, grew a new backbone and released a fusillade of sensational exposés — based on information from confidential sources (naturally) — regarding their former oppressors. In spite of this new torrent of "information", however, almost no one knew that an even larger entity had been pulling Mephistopheles' puppet strings.

ADDES — The truth behind this name was only known throughout the dark recesses of the underworld. And Mephistopheles, the force that swept over and completely subdued Southtown with such overwhelming force? Just one of [[Addes]]' subsidiaries, one of its countless tentacles. When and who created it? Where was its headquarters? How far was its reach? — No one really had an inkling as to what this organization truly entailed.

And now... Still yet another of Addes' long black tentacles had sliced down the veil with its sinister scythes of the grim reaper to reveal a new battle royale.

The invitations in white envelopes will soon reach the world's mightiest, who will surely find the call of the reaper irresistible.

As stated in Alba Meira's private novel by [[Akihiko Ureshino]] on the official ''KOF Maximum Impact 2'' site which serves as an official follow up to the story of ''KOF Maximum Impact 2'', Alba was in fact the one who defeated [[Jivatma]] and [[Luise Meyrink|Luise]]. [[Soiree Meira|Soiree]] was kidnapped as a result of that and Alba has not seen him since then. And in the credits ending, Luise is seen waiting for him, so it can be assumed that Alba and Luise are together since the end of the second tournament.

==Characters==
The new original characters added to the roster are:
*'''Luise Meyrink''', a mysterious woman with a strange and regal appearance. She is the daughter of Professor Detlev Meyrink, a well-known and respected authority on rocket science, and enters to the KOF in search of him when he was kidnapped by the syndicate [[Addes]];
*'''Nagase''', an assassin kid ninja working for Addes and an N-Type Enforced Human transformed by one of Addes's sub-syndicates, Belphegor. Her battle abilities are thanks to a Battle Disc System (where she saves and collects data about fighters) and her genetically enhanced strength. She is a rival for Mai Shiranui;
*'''Ninon Beart''', the younger sister of Mignon Beart and a powerful dark sorceress. She follows her sister around and usually berates Mignon's childish antics. Though her tricks and pranks on her sibling suggest otherwise, she doesn't despise her sister entirely and sees her as a rival.
*'''Hyena''', a cowardly man with hunger of power and a former Duke's henchman who acted as his messenger to challengers during the first tournament -later established mostly due to his personal fear of Duke. After Duke's defeat and [[Addes|Mephistopheles]] collapse, he goes into hiding and develops his own fighting style to protect himself. He gains a reputation as a fighter in the underworld media and is invited to KOF to participate;
*'''Jivatma''', the final boss of the game, is the leader of Kusiel/Kushieru, a sub-syndicate of the secret syndicate [[Addes]] that trains assassins, and a member of Addes' top leaders, The Children of Kokaviel, but his origins and history are veiled in mystery. He was [[Duke]]'s boss until Duke became leader of his own gang, Mephistopheles. He has frightening abilities, using a fighting style he boasts as punishment to the weak.

Other new additions to the series include Hanzo Hattori from ''[[Samurai Shodown (series)|Samurai Shodown]]'' series, [[Kyo Kusanagi|Kyo Kusanagi]] Classic (A.K.A. Orochi Saga version), Wild Wolf (a new version of [[Terry Bogard]] based on his appearance in ''[[Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''), Mr. Karate II from ''[[Buriki One]]'', Armor Ralf (a new version of [[Ralf Jones]]) and Richard Meyer from ''[[Fatal Fury (series)|Fatal Fury]]'' series.
<tabber>
Official Roster=
===Old Characters===
<div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;">
*[[Alba Meira]]
*[[Soiree Meira]]
*[[Kyo Kusanagi]]
*[[Iori Yagami]]
*[[Terry Bogard]]
*[[Ryo Sakazaki]]
*[[Mai Shiranui]]
*[[Athena Asamiya]]
*[[Billy Kane]]
*[[Lien Neville]]
*[[Leona Heidern]]
*[[Ralf Jones]]
*[[Clark Still]]
*[[Yuri Sakazaki]]
*[[Rock Howard]]
*[[Mignon Beart]]
*[[K']]
*[[Maxima]]
*[[Chae Lim]]
*[[Duke]]
*[[Seth]]
*[[Kula Diamond]]
</div>
===New Characters===
<div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;">
*[[Luise Meyrink]]
*[[Nagase]]
</div>
|-|Hidden Characters=
===Old Characters===
<div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;">
*[[B. Jenet]]
*[[Kim Kaphwan]]
*[[Nightmare Geese]]
*[[Lilly Kane]]
*[[Fiolina Germi]]
</div>
===New Characters===
<div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;">
*[[Ninon Beart]]
*[[Hyena]]
*[[Hanzo Hattori]]
*[[Kyo Kusanagi Classic]]
*[[Wild Wolf]]
*[[Mr. Karate II]]
*[[Armor Ralf]]
*[[Richard Meyer]]
</div>

|-|Final Boss=
*[[Jivatma]]
</tabber>

==Cosplay==
Several alternate colors for the cast in ''Maximum Impact 2'' are homages to characters in other games or media. The list below charts costume outcomes from both color types.

{| class="article-table sortable bgrevo" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center; font-size:100%;" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background:transparent;"
!width="50"|Character Name
!width="325"|Cosplays as
!width="325"|Mode and Color
|-
|Alba Meira
|[[Jubei Yagyu]] from ''[[Samurai Shodown (series)|Samurai Shodown]]'' series
|Normal, color G
|-
|Soiree Meira
|[[Ramon]], [[Freeman]] from ''[[Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]'', [https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Dee_Jay Dee Jay] from ''Super Street Fighter II'', [[w:c:kikaider:Jiro/Kikaider|Jiro]] from ''Android Kikaider''
|Alternate, color E; Alternate, color F; Alternater, color G; Normal, color H
|-
|Lien Neville
|Maxima, [[John Crawley]] from ''[[Art of Fighting (series)|Art of Fighting]]'' series, [[w:c:gundam:Char Aznable|Char Aznable]] from the ''Gundam'' series
|Normal, color D; Normal, color G; Alternate, color G
|-
|Chae Lim
|[[May Lee Jinju]], [[Buriki Girls|Hinako Tonoh]] from ''[[Buriki One]]'', Reiko Hinomoto from ''Rumble Roses''
|Normal, color G; Alternate, color G; Alternate, color H
|-
|Duke
|[[Wikipedia:Jason Voorhees|Jason Voorhees]] from the ''Friday the 13th'' series
|Alternate, color G
|-
|Nagase
|Gan Takada/Yatterman #1 and Ai Kaminari/Yatterman #2 from ''[[Wikipedia:Yatterman|Yatterman]]''
|Alternate, color F; Alternate, color E
|-
|Hyena
|[[Joker]] from ''[[Savage Reign]] series''
|Normal, color G
|-
|Ryo Sakazaki
|Yuri Sakazaki, [[Haohmaru]] from ''Samurai Shodown'' series, [[Sokaku Mochizuki]] from ''[[Fatal Fury (series)|Fatal Fury]]'' series
|Alternate, color E; Normal, color E; Normal, color G
|-
|Yuri Sakazaki
|Ryo Sakazaki, [[Robert Garcia]]
|Normal, color B; Normal, color F
|-
|Terry Bogard
|[[Blue Mary]], [[w:c:guiltygear:Sol Badguy|Sol Badguy]] from ''Guilty Gear''
|Alternate, color A; Normal, color F
|-
|Mai Shiranui
|[[Cham Cham]] from ''Samurai Shodown'' series (or [[Wikipedia:Lum Invader|Lum]] from ''Urusei Yatsura'', depending on the interpretation), [[Andy Bogard]]
|Normal, color E; Alternate, color G
|-
|Kim Kaphwan
|[[Jhun Hoon]]
|Normal, color H
|-
|B. Jenet
|As one of the [[Lillien Knights]], [[w:c:streetfighter:Elena|Elena]] from ''Street Fighter III''
|Alternate, color E; Alternate, color H
|-
|Rock Howard
|[[Kain R. Heinlein]] from ''[[Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]'', [[Kaede]] from ''[[The Last Blade (series)|The Last Blade]]'' series
|Normal, color F; Normal, color G
|-
|Billy Kane
|[[Wikipedia:Sun Wukong|Sun Wukong]] from ''Journey to the West'', Himself (''Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition'')
|Alternate, color H; Normal, color F
|-
|Lilly Kane
|[[Hotaru Futaba]] from ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'', [[Hinako Shijou]], Billy Kane, [[Wikipedia:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White]]
|Normal, color C; Normal, color G; Alternate, color A; Normal, color F
|-
|Richard Meyer
|[[Bob Wilson]] from ''Fatal Fury'' series, [[Rugal Bernstein]]
|Alternate, color G; Alternate, color B
|-
|Nightmare Geese
|Young Geese from ''Art of Fighting'' series, [[Karman Cole]] from ''[[Art of Fighting 3]]'', [[Goenitz]], [[Mukai]], [[w:c:lupin:Arsène Lupin III|Arsène Lupin III]] from ''Lupin the III''
|Alternate, color G; Alternate, color E; Normal, color F; Normal, color G; Alternate, color B
|-
|Kyo Kusanagi
|[[Yuki (NGBC)|Yuki]] from ''[[Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]'', [[Saisyu Kusanagi]], Himself (NESTS Kyo with jacket down)
|Normal, color G; Normal, color F; Another, color G
|-
|Iori Yagami
|[[Shen Woo]], [[Setsuna]] and his owl from ''The Last Blade 2'', Cool from ''Daraku Tenshi'', [[Wikipedia:Black Jack (character)|Black Jack]] from the eponymous anime
|Alternate, color E; Normal, color G; Normal, color H; Alternate, color G; Normal, color F
|-
|K'
|[[Wikipedia:Predator (alien)|The Predator]] from the eponymous film franchise, Haiji Mibu from ''Daraku Tenshi''
|Normal, color H; Normal, color E
|-
|Maxima
|[[Rocky]] from ''[[Robo Army]]'', [[Yashiro Nanakase]]
|Normal, color F; Normal, color D
|-
|Kula Diamond
|K', [[Ash Crimson]], [[Candy Diamond]]
|Normal, color F; Normal, color E; Normal, color G; Normal, color H
|-
|Ralf Jones
|[[Marco Rossi]] from ''[[Metal Slug (series)|Metal Slug]]'' series, [[Jack Turner]] from ''Art of Fighting'' series
|Normal, color G; Normal, color H
|-
|Clark Still
|[[Tarma Roving]] from ''Metal Slug'' series, [[Raiden|Big Bear]] from ''Fatal Fury'' series, [[Wikipedia:Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]
|Normal, color G; Alternate, color E; Alternate, color F
|-
|Leona Heidern
|[[Orochi Leona]], [[Heidern]], [[w:c:evangelion:Rei Ayanami|Rei Ayanami]] and [[w:c:evangelion:Asuka Langley Sohryu|Asuka Langley Soryu]] from ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', herself (alternate hairstyle), [[Eri Kasamoto]] from ''Metal Slug'' series
|Normal, color D; Normal, color G; Normal, color F; Normal, color E; Alternate, color G; Alternate, color D
|-
|Athena Asamiya
|[[Kisarah Westfield]] from ''[[Aggressors of Dark Kombat]]''
|Alternate, color E
|-
|Hanzo Hattori
|[[Galford]] from ''Samurai Shodown'' series, [[Tizoc]] from ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'', [[w:c:gundam:RX-78-2 Gundam|RX-78-2 Gundam]] from the ''Gundam'' series, [[w:c:kamenrider:Shiro Kazami|Kamen Rider V3]] from the ''Kamen Rider'' series
|Normal, color G; Alternate, color G; Normal, color H; Alternate, color E
|-
|Fiolina Germi
|[[Ai]] from ''[[Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]'', Terry Bogard
|Normal, color G; Normal, color E
|-
|Kyo Kusanagi Classic
|[[Shingo Yabuki]], [[Syo Kirishima]]
|Normal, color B; Normal, color G
|-
|Mr. Karate
|Robert Garcia, [[w:c:tekken:Heihachi Mishima|Heihachi Mishima]] from ''Tekken''
|Alternate, color G; Alternate, color E
|-
|Wild Wolf
|Rock Howard, [[Wikipedia:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]]
|Normal, color G; Alternate, color E
|-
|Armor Ralf
|[[wikipedia:Terminator (character)|The Terminator]]
|Normal, color H
|-
|Jivatma
|[[Iori Yagami]], himself (opposite gender)
|Normal, color F; Alternate, color E
|}

==See also==
*[[KOF: Maximum Impact 2/Novella]]
*[[KOF: Maximum Impact 2/Prologues]]
*[[The King of Fighters: Another Day]]
*[[KOF: Maximum Impact 2/Credits]]

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150" bordersize="none">
Kof2006.jpg|North American Box art
</gallery>

==External links==
* [http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/kof-mi2/ KOF MI2 official site]

{{Wikipedia}}

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