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MAXIMA
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Birthplace: Canada
Birthdate: March 2, 1970 (29 years old)
Height: 2.04 m (6'7")
Weight: 204 kg (443 lbs)
Blood type: A
Hobbies: Motorcycle touring
Favorite food: Anything sweet
Favorite sport: Rugby
Most valuable: Momiage
Hates the most: Natto, people requesting his opinion
Fighting style: "Type-M" fighting techniques
*Momiage = Sideburns
*Natto = Fermented soy beans
Being a boy that has always lived in the streets of Canada, earning his life
as he could, Maxima grew up being quite an antisocial fellow, with lots of harsh
feelings towards society. Since brawling was the only way he knew to survive,
Maxima developed an inmense body that is potent enough to resist the hardest of
blows and plow through the opponent at the same time. Maxima begins to earn a name
for himself, when he is approached by several mysterious people....
The mystery people explain that they are from the Nests cartel, and have seen
that Maxima's abilities were superb. They would offer Maxima a REAL job: working
for Krizalid, one of the main agents of the cartel, and enhance his strength far
beyond his belief. Seeing this as his exit from the harsh life, Maxima accepts. He
is soon transported to an underground base, where he meets with his new boss,
Krizalid. Krizalid dons Maxima with a special battle armor, that aside from
enhancing his physical attributes and giving him built-in weapons, also allows him
to perform battle data analisis. Then, Maxima is introduced with his new partner, a
quiet and short-tempered chap named only K'. Maxima and K' don't talk too much, but
they both share a grudge against life that allow them to be closer than they
think....
After eliminating several threats to the Nests cartel, Krizalid assigns
Maxima to a new mission. He must go with K' to join Benimaru Nikaido and Shingo
Yabuki, two of the strongest fighters, and collect battle data to activate the Kyo
Kusanagi clones that Krizalid had created in order to conquer the world. The scene
would be the King of Fighters tournament that Krizalid himself would be host of.
Maxima joins up with Benimaru and Shingo, and thus begins their venture in the
competition, where Maxima displays an incredible amount of strength, delivering
blows that would make whole buildings shake at impact!
Maxima is comissioned to meet at a designated point in a sewer in order to
travel back to the underground base, along with his partners. Upon arriving, they
are greeted by Krizalid himself. Not willing to fight his own boss, Maxima holds
back while Benimaru and Shingo fight it out. However, it seems illogical to Maxima
that they would fight without a chance of winning. Maxima notices something special
in those fighters' hearts, and accords with K' to help them. In that moment,
Benimaru manages to strike Krizalid down, and Maxima knows that this would be the
time for the true battle. Krizalid dons his battle suit, charged with battle data
from the past battle, and demands the traitors to die as the scum they are. Maxima
and K' proceed to prove him otherwise....
Despite being as strong as a mountain, Maxima can't stop Krizalid's divine
power. However, he manages to hold out for his life, and during a moment of
distraction by Krizalid, Maxima manages to tag him for long enough for his friend
K' to finish the job with a well-timed crimson flame blast. However, this doesn't
seem enough as Krizalid still stands, furious and more than willing to end their
lives. Maxima awaits his death, when suddenly, a huge flame shot cruises the room,
and strikes Krizalid down. Maxima wonders, and it is then when the original Kyo
Kusanagi jumps into scene. So this is the person from which K' was taken from....
Soon after that, the Nests cartel condemns all to death. Maxima feels betrayed by
his superiors, and shrugs them off. A steel door closes both him and K' off. Maxima
is then pointed by several laser aims. It seems they got company...the Ikari
extermination squad had arrived to scout the place. Maxima manages to stop the
impact of several bullets with his bare hands. "Shish-kabob, K'!", shouts Maxima,
urging for his friend to help him out in the time of need....
Maxima and K' manage to push the squad back with their remaining forces.
Maxima wields his gattling gun from his forearm, and blows the rest of the
competition away. After spending all his strength, Maxima helps his friend K' up.
K's special glove, which worked as a shield for his inmense power, had been broken,
and K's hand was engulfed in flames. Still, Maxima helps him up. K' is worried
about the flames burning Maxima. "Don't worry", Maxima happily replies. "I'm used
to play with fire".
Maxima is a silent and lumbering giant with the need for some action! His
harsh behavior really hides a vulnerable person, who has lived in need for friends.
K' is the closest person to a friend that he can mention. During the past fights,
Maxima realizes the importance of friendship. Still, when Maxima gets berserk, it's
recommended to stay out of his way!
*Fun fact = Maxima was rumored to be Goro Daimon's student prior to the release of
KOF '99 (but, anyways, this rumor turned out to be false, seeing how Maxima is NOT
a grappler, and doesn't even practice Judo in the first place!).
Appearances: The King of Fighters '99
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