THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2000

Arcade Mode has two variations in this game i.e "Team Play" and "Single Play", Team Play stays true to the series' team-based fighting series with the option to select four characters for your team (as opposed to three characters in games prior to KOF '99). The first three you choose in order are the characters you will play as, while the fourth character will be your striker character. Single Play plays like your typical one-on-one fighting game but with strikers added to the mix.

There are a total of six normal stages in the game's arcade mode as you fight your way through to the game's final boss, Zero, in the seventh stage. If you are playing on Team Play, the game uses the team elimination system, where if you defeat a member of the opposing team in one round, you will fight the next member of the same team in the second round and so on. In addition, fighting against Kula is not required to complete Arcade mode since she is optional and only appears as a mid boss once you have attained a certain amount of Battle Ability (or B.A.) points as you progress through Arcade mode.

Fighting Zero

Zero is the game's final boss and one of the series' few "overpowered" bosses, keep the following things in mind while fighting him:

• The specials that are done with the punch buttons relate to the metal linings in his kilt, while his kick-centric specials relate to the darkness element.
• His Cutting Swallow attacks (which have him extending his kilt to attack his opponents with the sharp metal linings it has on each end) will allow him to build up one complete bar of meter if they make contact with the opponent. They also have potential to trigger a guard crush against you and the version of Cutting Swallow will allow Zero to reflect projectiles, much like Athena's Psycho Reflector attack.
• His black hole super is a full screen attack; the normal version will trigger an 8 hit combo (16 if the opponent is in the hole) and can deal a heavy amount of damage against you if you don't guard from it. The spheres that appear during the move attack the player from anywhere in the screen if the opponent is far away from the hole. Zero is also invincible during this attack so I recommend staying far away from him until the super ends to attack him while he's open to damage.
• Zero also has another super that has him spinning around clockwise with the sharp linings on his kilt attack his opponent, like the Cutting Swallow attacks, this super can deal chip damage and have potential to trigger a guard crush on top of it dealing some damage against you.
• His last two attacks are associated with darkness: "Flashing Flame Fortress" and "Satan's Red Rage".
  • Flashing Flame Fortress has him summoning a shadow with small range that if it connects, he will begin his assault against his opponent. If the shadow does not make contact with the opponent as the move starts, this will allow the player to attack him since he will be open to damage.
  • Satan's Red Rage has Zero kneeling down against his opponent. If he makes contact, a pink flame will appear then he will turn his back and lift his kilt to blow the opponent away from him. Like Flashing Flame Fortress, if he misses contact with the opponent, this will give the player the opportunity to strike against him.

Keep in mind that he is also open to low attacks, such as sweeps and light kicks that are done while crouching, since he cannot crouch and guard against those attacks; Kyo Kusanagi's attack is a good example of this. Alternatively, if you are having trouble fighting against Zero, you can also change the difficulty of the game in the Options menu and set it to "1 - Beginner".

The trophy will be unlocked once you have defeated Zero in either Team Play or Single Play. In addition, if you have completed arcade mode with specific team pairings or by defeating Zero with Kula, then you will also unlock some additional trophies.