Unlike the series' previous games, The King of Fighters '98 did not feature a story. "The Orochi Saga" story arc concluded in The King of Fighters '97. Depending on the playable characters on a team, an exclusive ending would be played.
The King of Fighters '96 established the second part of "The Orochi Saga".
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It was also the first game in the series that allowed players to create their own three-member teams with any character in the game.
The King of Fighters '95, as well as adding new characters, began the series' first story arc titled "The Orochi Saga". The game's success led SNK to release yearly installments for the series numbering the games for the year they were released. It featured characters from SNK's previous fighting game series Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, as well as original characters (including characters from other franchises such as Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier, adapted for a versus fighting game). SNK released the first game in the series, The King of Fighters '94, on August 25, 1994. The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact Regulation-A Critical reception of the video games has been generally positive due to their use of teams to fight, balancing the gameplay.Īrcade cabinet for KOF '98 Release timeline 1994 Though originally released yearly beginning with the arcade games for the Neo Geo to the video game consoles with The King of Fighters XI, the company decided to take more time to develop their games after 2010. The King of Fighters was originally conceptualized as a side-scrolling beat 'em up titled Survivor until SNK changed it to a fighting game that took its subtitle from the first Fatal Fury game: Fatal Fury: King of Fighters. There have been multiple cross-over games where the SNK cast interacted with characters created by Capcom, while some characters have been present as guest characters in other games, such as Geese Howard in Tekken 7, Kyo Kusanagi in Fighting Days, and Terry Bogard in Fighting EX Layer and Super Smash Bros. Multiple spin-off games, such as the R duology for the Neo Geo Pocket and Maximum Impact for the PlayStation 2, for example, have also been released. SNK also created original characters to serve as protagonists from each of their story arcs while still interacting with fighters from Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury, among others. The games' story focuses on the title tournament where fighters from multiple SNK games take part. The next game, The King of Fighters XV, is set to be released in 2022.
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The latest entry in the series, The King of Fighters XIV, was released for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows in 2016. Ports of the arcade games and the original The King of Fighters games have been released for several video game consoles. The series' most recent arcade hardware is the Taito Type X 2, first used with the release of The King of Fighters XII. Two King of Fighters games were produced for the Atomiswave platform ( The King of Fighters Neowave and The King of Fighters XI) before SNK decided to discontinue using it for the series. This served as the main platform for the series until 2004 when SNK retired it in favor of the Atomiswave arcade board. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. The King of Fighters ( KOF) is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of The King of Fighters '94 in 1994. Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Network, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Nintendo Switch, Virtual Console, iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
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