Reports from the KOF2001 beta testing are slowly appearing. According to reports from Japanese site "KOF Kenkyuu-jo", the midde boss is "Original Zero", and has a Krizalid-like striker. The Last bosses' name is Ignis. Moves list (fan-made) of KOF2001 can be found at Transient. Thanks to 2ch.net for the URLs.

All in all, there doesn't seem much to be reported compared to CvS2, since KOF2001 is not a complete overhaul like CvS2 was from CvS1. That's to say that the characters may have minor changes, but the speed/system still feels like a good KOF game. Some of the minor changes include Bao's projectile no longer going full screen, Iori's crouch A (and far C?) becoming cancelable, and Heidern becoming a command move character(ok, that's major). Also, MAX super consumes two stocks, so a 4 character team (no striker) can't execute it.I'll write a collation later.

Impress Gamewatch and NTT eg have released articles of KOF2001. While no new information are available, Impress Gamewatch provides high quality images of the new character's portraits.

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