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| King of Fighters | |
| Developer: | SNK |
| Publisher: | SNK |
| Designer: | ??? |
| Release date: | October 1, 1994 |
| Genre: | Fighting game |
| Game modes: | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| ESRB rating: | not rated |
| Platform: | Neo-Geo |
| Media: | Neo-Geo cartridge |
The King of Fighters (or KOF for short) is a Japanese fighting video game series that started by SNK in 1994 by combining elements of two of its existing fighting game series in Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, as well as bringing back characters from games predating the Neo-Geo in Ikari WarriorsIkari Warriors is a 1986 arcade game by SNK (manufactured in the United States by Tradewest). This game was SNK's first well-known US release and became something of a classic. This game was very innovative and spawned several similar games. Ralf Jones an and Psycho Soldier . A new game in the series is produced every year.
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King of Fighters introduced the 3-on-3 "team battle system" to the fighting game genre, along with various other sub-systems as Attack Deflector (Dodging) and Emergency Escape (Rolling) which would later be adopted by many other fighting games.
The large majority of the series existed as Neo-Geo games that were later ported to the various consoles of the time. Other games with the King of Fighters name were also made for the Game BoyThe Game Boy ( Japanese: ) is a series of battery powered handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo. It is the best selling game system to date. The Game Boy was the second portable system created by Nintendo (the first being the Game & Watch series startin, the Game Boy Advance, and the Neo-Geo Pocket.
The main KOF series is divided into a three-part story arc and a fourth part known as a "dream match" that has no effect on the storyline, combining popular characters from past storylines as well as the best of the current storyline into one fighting game.
The story of the King of Fighters Tournament for which the series is named after predates the series itself. It was first introduced in Fatal Fury and continued in Fatal Fury 2.