KOF02UM does everything right, the moment the game puts you on the character screen with that banger theme and one of the biggest rosters to ever be in a fighting game filled with fan favorites, you know you're in for a treat.

The game is technically a revision of kof02 but honestly they improved so much here it wouldn't be fair to call it the same game. From the expanded character selection to the UI to the stages and the music it's basically a whole 2nd NESTS dreammatch entry. The gameplay here is the finest the series has ever had while also being one of, if not the most challenging in the series, as that's obviously built on vanilla 2002's already acclaimed style of gameplay. That being said KOF02UM is one of the best, hell i'd say THE best fighting game ever made; the game is tough but is seriously satisfying to play, easily my favorite entry in the whole series. Now if only they'd canonize Nameless...