Potes'n'Roll

KOF98:UM
- Geese, Krasuer and Mr Big are based on the 96 version with new moves.
- Geese's reppuken doesn't fly, and his deadly rave is just a normal rambu (all hits connects automatically. No button tapping required).
- Krauser has a new throw miss animation, gigantic cyclon, and other moves.
- Mr Big has been changed quite a lot, looks like his NBC version.
- Their winning screen has been drawn in the 98 art style.
- The typo (ultimate MA"TC"H) have been corrected.
- Two boxes near Shingo, two other near Rugal. (Kasumi Eiji Goenitz Orochi, rumored)
- The character and stage select screen have changed.
- A new ultimate mode has been added to the advanced and extra modes, probably a customize mode.
- Extra mode has been changed : when you charge you gauge to the max, the gauge is stocked and you have to activate it. There is a roll cancel ?

Ura Kyô has the 182shiki
Ura Terry has the Buster Wolf (like in SvC)
Ura Andy has the Gen.ei Shiranui and the Yamiabisegeri
Ura Joe has the Pressure knee and the Thunder Fire (I would have rather have had the ôgon no kakato personally, but it's still a huge bonus over the old ura Joe)
Ura Ryô has the air ryûkôranbu and the Hienshippukyaku of 95
Ura Robert has an uppercut with a down-back+P command and a air ryûkôranbu
Yuri has the air down+B she had in 02.
Ura Yuri has a 1frame hyakuretsupinta (with C) and the normal dash one (with A).
Leona has the Heart Attack.
Clark can cancel Vulcan Punch with a napalm stretch
Chin cancels his ebriety with AC instead of all buttons.
Both Mai get a cancel point on their air down+C
King can cancel her slide
Kim's Haki-cancel is slowed down.
Orochi Chris's MAX Daichiwoharaugôka is easier to combo
Heidern's Killing Bringer is a counter (weak is high, strong is middle)
Takuma's Haôshôkôken is a super now.
D!'s shadow can be stocked up to 3 times, and don't disappear if he gets hit.
Lucky has a new move where he throws a ball while in the air. Deathshoot hit the opponent even if he's down.
Iori's yaotome invincibility has been shortened (or totally disabled?)
Chizuru's downC is weaker.


SYSTEM CHANGES

The general damage has been lowered (especially the command throws)
You can escape a normal throw even in EXT (but not during your evasion move, and neither can the ADV mode)
Generally, it's easier to escape normal throws.

The EXT mode gauge is stocked when full. you can't use lever+button moves during a step (but specials are OK)
You need to activate the stock to do MAX supers, but emergency escape or guard cancel attacks don't require activation.
The activation can be done during normal moves, special moves, and even during guard (but it doesn't cancel anything). It can't be activated during air moves or while shooting projectiles. Once activated, it acts like a regular 98 EXT gauge

- The newly added characters are their versions from their appearances in KOF'94-'98. So Eiji is his '95 version rather than his XI version.
- EX King is her AOF2 version. EX Mary and EX Geese have moves which haven't appeared in any of their KOF appearances before.
- They've tried to make the EX characters significantly different from the normal versions so they will be quite different to play. In some cases they're even using graphical effects and sound effects from the original games.
- There are new stages, mostly from Asia (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc) to show their appreciation for KOF's high popularity in that region. There are also 3D stages, but the 2D stages can be used as well.
- You can choose to play either KOF'98UM or the original KOF'98 online...although this probably isn't going to help most of us
- They've added a lot of character-specific themes from the original games. Apparently the song where Athena, Kensou and Chin sang a song on the NGCD version of '95 is in there?
- Benimaru seems to have a new DM called "Raikou Katategoma." I think from the name you can figure out what it does.
- Vice's QCFx2+P DM (the leaping grab) now has a mid-air version. BAVE BAVE BAVE
- Chin got a new DM based on one of his winposes? Apparently it OTGs.