Alba Meira

Alba Meira, is one of the main characters and the main protagonist of the KOF: Maximum Impact series. He is Soiree Meira's older twin brother.

His official nickname is The Devil of Daybreak.

Development
According to Falcoon, Alba is a "cooler" version of himself. In his official blog, he addresses that both Meira brothers were initially conceptualized to be the KOF counterparts to Fatal Fury stars, Terry and Andy Bogard, given the game's setting being the same as their predecessors. The designing process for both brothers lead to the idea of Another costumes for each character. Several of the brothers' prototype designs were assigned to other characters' alternate outfits; in this case, Alba's prototype design became Rock's alternate outfit. Additionally, Alba's original fighting style was going to be traditional boxing or karate, but it was deemed to be too common in comparison to his brother's customized capoeira. In a later entry, Falcoon adds that he was originally disappointed with Alba's presentation in the first game as it didn't meet with his expectations for the character at the time. Once he was named producer for the sequel, Falcoon took extra care to make Alba present himself as he intended: the stylish and "all-mighty" character.

Series scenario writer, Akihiko Ureshino, states that the Meira siblings became twin brothers to avoid comparison with other brother characters from other SNK games, such as the Kazama brothers from the Samurai Shodown series and the Jin brothers also from Fatal Fury. He also addresses that the main complaint received from fans were concerns of the brothers "not looking alike"; in response, Ureshino admits that he was also unaware of Alba and Soiree being siblings until much later in production and shares his confusion with fans to this day.

Personality
Alba is a very serious man that almost never shows any sign of emotion. He is portrayed as being cold when talking, but he does care about people, especially his brother. He's often described in various mediums as a mean looking punk who speaks in an eloquent yet rude manner.

Abilities

 * Energy Projectile - Alba can release a projectile of white energy.
 * Energy Attacks - Alba can fuel his attacks with white energy. His energy attacks can mimic wind and electric energy
 * Sense - Alba can sense the presence of people nearby.

Fighting style
Alba's fighting style is a complex form of Kung-fu with others martial arts. He mainly focuses on punches to contrast his brother's fighting style. He also possess the ability to counter both high and low attacks in a fashion similar to Aikido. He is also one of the few characters in The King of Fighters series that can launch three projectiles in one sequence.

Music

 * The Couple's Shooting Star - Days of Memories

Voice actors

 * Hiroyuki Satou - KOF Maximum Impact series
 * Randy Ladner - KOF: Maximum Impact (English voice)
 * Jayson Woolley - KOF: Maximum Impact 2, The King of Fighters: Another Day (English voice)

Appearances
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Mainline

 * KOF: Maximum Impact
 * KOF: Maximum Impact 2
 * KOF Maximum Impact Regulation "A"
 * Maximum Impact

Mobile

 * Days of Memories (fourth title) - Non-playable character

Anime
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 * The King of Fighters: Another Day

Trivia

 * His name means "daybreak" in Italian and Spanish, which explains his nickname.


 * In a 2005 poll made by SNK Playmore USA, he was voted as the second fan favorite character with a total of 4824 votes.


 * Krohnen McDougall, a character introducted in The King of Fighters XV, seems to have elements from Alba's design, like the long hair and sunglasses.