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| ForteSlurG | Jul 12 2009, 07:49 PM Post #1 |
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![]() The first game in the series, The King of Fighters '94, was released by SNK in August 25, 1994. The game featured characters from SNK's previous fighting game series Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, as well as original characters (including characters from older games such as Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier, adapted for a versus fighting game). The success of the game lead SNK to release yearly installments of the series and numbered the games for the year they were released. The King of Fighters '95, was released on July 25, 1995, with several ports being released the next year. In addition to adding new characters, this game allowed the players to create their own team of three members, out of any character in the game. The King of Fighters '96 was released on July 30, 1996. The game establishes a new story arc regarding the main antagonists of the series. Depending on the playable characters in a team, an exclusive ending will be played. The King of Fighters '97 was released on July 28, 1997 and ended the Orochi arc. The King of Fighters '98 was released on July 23, 1998 and unlike previous games it did not feature a story; instead, the game allows players to play with most of characters available on previous ones, including ones that were supposedly dead. SNK refitted the Sega Dreamcast version renaming it The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999 with an extended cel animated introduction and 3D backgrounds. In July 22, 1999, The King of Fighters '99 was released, which introduced a new story arc. The game includes several new characters with some from the previous game selectable as secret characters, as well as the addition of a new member to each team, being the fourth an assistant named "Striker". The Sega Dreamcast version was titled The King of Fighters: Evolution, there are several improvements such as new strikers and better animation, The King of Fighters 2000 was released on July 26, 2000, with the addition of several new character that would only work as Strikers. The King of Fighters 2001 was released on November 15, 2001 and ends the plot started in '99. Due to some economical problems with SNK, the Korean company Eolith helped in the development of the game. The King of Fighters 2002, released on October 10, 2002, was created to reunite old characters from the games, and featured no story, similar to KoF '98. It was also developed by Eolith. A new story arc starts in The King of Fighters 2003, released on December 12, 2003. It allowed the players to change characters while playing but the number of team member was reduced to three. SNK, now SNK-Playmore, returned to KoF development in this entry. By 2004, SNK abandoned yearly releases of the series and numbered future games in a more traditional manner; the first main series game released as such was The King of Fighters XI, released on October 26, 2005. The King of Fighters XII, the latest game is expected to be released in April 2009. KOF XII will use newly-drawn 2D sprites on detailed 2D backgrounds. Producers informed that the game is one hundred percent hand drawn.[12] It is to be a storyless gathering of fighters, similar to KOFs '98 and 2002 before it. Plot And Characters The titular King of Fighters tournament originated from SNK's previous fighting game franchises, Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting. While The King of Fighters series features characters from both series, it does not follow the same continuity, but takes place in an alternate universe. The first game in the series, KOF '94, centers around a black market arms dealer named Rugal Bernstein, who hosts an underground fighting tournament to lure worthy adversaries to add to his collection of defeated martial artists. In addition to previous established fighting game stars Terry Bogard and Ryo Sakazaki, the game introduces a new hero, a young Japanese martial artist named Kyo Kusanagi, who serves as the lead character in the early KOF games. In KOF '95, Rugal, having survived the previous tournament, host a new one with the intentions of seeking revenge against his adversaries. KOF '95 introduced Kyo's rival Iori Yagami to the series and was the first game to mention the presence of the Orochi clan, which would serve as the central plot element in the following two games in the series. The tournament in KOF '96 and KOF '97 are hosted by a woman named Chizuru Kagura, who seeks to recruit allies (particularly Kyo and Iori, who are descended from the Three Divine Vessels along with Kagura herself) to fight against the Orochi clan. The Orochi storyline concludes in KOF '97, while the following game in the series, KOF '98, is a "Special Edition" with no plot development. KOF '99 introduces a new story arc involving a mysterious corporation known as NESTS, which seeks to create an army of genetically altered fighters. A new lead character named K′, a fugitive from NESTS who was genetically enhanced with Kyo's DNA. The two following games in the series, KOF 2000 and KOF 2001, continue the NESTS storyline, with each game further unraveling the mystery of the company. KOF 2002, like KOF '98 before it, is a "Special Edition" of the series with no particular plot. KOF 2003 begins a new storyline focusing on another new lead character named Ash Crimson, a young man who seeks to possess the powers of the Three Divine Vessels for his own unknown agenda. The tournaments from KOF 2003 and KOF XI would be host by "Those From the Past", an organization of inhuman warriors who try to break the Orochi seal to take its powers |
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| MayFTW | Jul 12 2009, 09:09 PM Post #2 |
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Fatal Fury started the KoF series really. And in KoF XII, Ash successfully took Iori powers and is now aiming for Kyo. |
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| Protodude | Jul 13 2009, 01:27 PM Post #3 |
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nice cool dude but it is old |
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