The King of Fighters XII (ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ トゥエルブ; Za Kingu obu Faitāzu Tūerubu; KOF XII) is an installment in the King of Fighters series. SNK Playmore has announced that it is abandoning the Atomiswave system and is moving its most popular game franchises to the Taito Type X2 arcade system. In addition to KOF XII, KOF Maximum Impact: Regulation A and a new Samurai Shodown game in 3D were released on the new arcade system. KOF XII has no story and the Ash Saga concludes in The King of Fighters XIII. The main illustrations were done by Eisuke Ogura.