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Not that context means much when the goal is simply to beat your opponent to a pulp, a fact the '98 game (considered "non-canonical") recognized by doing away with the plot and positing a "dream match" between characters from previous KOF games.Ĭlassic punch-and-kick action isn't exactly hard to come by these days - in fact, with PlayStation's backward compatibility, one can still find used copies of KOF '95. Orochi, evidently, is a snake-ish creature in Japanese mythology in the series, it's a mysterious power and eventually the boss character in the 1997 tournament. This collection's subtitle is a bit of a misnomer, because the Orochi Saga in fact comprises only the '95, '96, and '97 games.
#KING OF FIGHTERS OROCHI SERIES#
The explosion at the end, of course, doesn't quite kill him, and he comes back next year. The King of Fighters fighting game series, produced by SNK, includes a wide cast of characters, some of which are taken from other SNK games.The story takes place in a fictional universe in which an annual series of 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 fighting tournaments are held. Wealthy trafficker Rugal Bernstein plays the arch-villain in the '94 incarnation, setting up the tournament for the purpose of fighting the winner. The King of Fighters also launched a new, if convoluted, storyline. The 1994 edition had pre-set teams, but subsequent versions have allowed players to create their own. This forced players to learn multiple fighters. Each fight ended when all of a team's characters had been beaten one at a time - for you math geniuses out there, that means the longest a fight could last was five rounds. There was some innovation as well, though, including the special three-character team system. Even the "King of Fighters tournament" itself had taken place in previous SNK games.
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Each subsequent year, the developer rotated the cast and added features. For the first game ('94), SNK put together the best characters from its fighting titles Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Ikari Warriors, and Psycho Soldier, and pitted them against each other. Repackaging old material for a new audience is nothing new to King of Fighters in fact, it's played an integral role in the franchise's history. The game is reported to support Wii-mote control, but a Classic Controller might be a good investment for those who want a more traditional experience.
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The arcade-on-a-disc will also feature unlockable bonus content, though it remains to be seen just what that means.