Of all of the shots of the original The King of Fighters '94 to show off in this trailer for the latest version, Ignition had to go with a Mai Shiranui shot.

Mai's absence in The King of Fighters XII is being felt keenly by fans, and while she could be showing up as a downloadable character somewhere down the line, it's still a rather sore subject. So why would a company release a video on the evolution of the series that punctuates the hardest part of that evolution to handle? It's cruel and unusual punishment, I tell you.

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