The King of Fighters Max

The King of Fighters Max is a Japanese fighting game published by SNK and a spin-off of the King of Fighters franchise, set in an unique continuity and taking the gameplay style in a 3D environment, similar to the Maximum Impact series.

Synopsis
A mysterious organization known as Leviathan hosts a new King of Fighters tournament as a rebellious teenager with mysterious fire powers joins the tournament to get revenge on Leviathan and to unlock mysteries of her past that she forgot.

Playable

 * Team Hero
 * Ashley Burns (voiced by TBD) - a rebellious teenage girl who has forgotten her past and suddenly has pyrokinetic abilities. Only remembering the name, Leviathan, she joins the new tournament thinking Leviathan is responsible for her condition.
 * Oswald (voiced by TBD) - an Irish assassin who got hired by a mysterious source to figure out what Leviathan is planning, joining Ashley due to him needing to be on a three person team.
 * Shingo Yabuki (voiced by TBD) - a fan of the legendary Kyo Kusanagi who wants to prove himself by joining Ashley's team, wanting a change to save the world.
 * Team Kusanagi
 * Kyo Kusanagi (voiced by TBD) - a legendary fighter who has sealed away Orochi as he joins the new King of Fighters just for fun.
 * Yuki (voiced by TBD) - Kyo's girlfriend who has been training in mixed martial arts so she could fight alongside her boyfriend, joining the supposedly for fun King of Fighters tournament.
 * Bennimaru Nikado (voiced by TBD) - a jovial fashion model and an old friend of Kyo's who joins the new king of fighters, wanting to be with his friend.
 * Team Fatal Fury
 * Terry Bogard (voiced by TBD) - a friendly and caring warrior who reluctantly forms an alliance with his arch-enemy Geese Howard to join the new King of Fighters and take down Leviathan.
 * Geese Howard (voiced by Richard Epcar) - a mob boss whose entire empire has been torn away from him by Leviathan as he forms a shaky alliance with his arch-enemy and son in order to get his empire back.
 * Rock Howard (voiced by TBD) - Geese Howard's son who Terry has adopted after Geese chose his empire over his son as he joins both his real father and his adopted father in the new King of Fighters.
 * Team Art of Fighting
 * Ryo Sakazaki (voiced by TBD) - a serious martial artist who has joined the next King of Fighters in order to increase his skills and prove himself as a warrior.
 * Yuri Sakazaki (voiced by TBD) - Ryo's energetic and friendly younger sister who joins the new tournament to help her brother and for fun.
 * Marco Rodrigues (voiced by TBD) - Ryo's protégée who is training to be his successor as he joins the new King of Fighters tournament in order to train harder.
 * Team K'
 * K' (voiced by TBD) - a former weapon of NESTS who rebelled against NESTS as he joins the new tournament, theorizing that Leviathan might be tied to NESTS.
 * Maxima (voiced by TBD) - a Canadian secret agent whose body is fully mechanical as he is a father figure to K', not wanting him to be hurt.
 * Krizalid (voiced by TBD) - a clone of K' who had lost his memory after being resurrected as after learning of what he has done, joins K's team as a form of repentance.
 * Team Ikari Warriors
 * Heidern (voiced by TBD) - a military commander and the leader of the Ikari Warriors who joins the tournament himself in order to figure out what Leviathan is and what they want.
 * Leona Heidern (voiced by TBD) - Heidern's adopted daughter who was tied to the Orochi bloodline as she joins her father in investigating Leviathan.
 * Whip (voiced by TBD) - a former experiment of NEST's and K's sister who wields a bionic whip and is a member of the Ikari Warriors.
 * Team Athena
 * Athena Asamiya (voiced by TBD) - a pop idol and psychic who decided to focus on her singing career, going to the King of Fighters tournament to advertise her idol career.
 * Sie Kensou (voiced by TBD) - Athena's best friend who is also a psychic as he is oafish and is forced into being Athena's manager.
 * Duck King (voiced by TBD) - a breakdancer from South Town who got a job to become Athena's background dancer, being thrown into the tournament due to advertising.
 * Team Heroines
 * King (voiced by TBD) - a skilled former mob enforcer who leads Team Heroines as she reformed the team mainly for fun.
 * Mai Shiranui (voiced by TBD) - a flirtatious ninja who loves having fun and has a crush on Terry's brother Andy as she rejoins Team Heroines.
 * Fiolina Germi (voiced by TBD) - a member of the military group known as the Metal Slugs as she joins Team Heroines, wanting to see what Leviathan is up to.

Bosses

 * Abigail Burns/The Doctor (voiced by TBD) - the mysterious leader of Leviathan who is revealed to be Ashley's mother as she wants to remove the world of chaos and disorder, using the King of Fighters tournament to test out brainwashing technology on the contestants and to use them as a personal army.
 * Iori Yagami (voiced by TBD) - Kyo's rival who is obsessed with killing him as he is captured and brainwashed by Leviathan into being the final challenge in the tournament before the Doctor's reveal.

Arcade Endings
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