The King of Fighters '97

Main GameReleased 1997

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Game Details

Genres

FightingArcade

Themes

Action

Perspective

Side view

Game Modes

Single playerMultiplayerSplit screen

Release Date

28/07/1997

Platforms

Neo Geo AESArcadePlayStation 3WiiAndroidiOSAtari Jaguar CDSega SaturnPlayStationPlayStation PortableNeo Geo CD

Language Support

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Involved Companies

D4 Enterprise

PortingPublisher

SNK

Developer

SNK

Publisher

SNK Playmore

Publisher

Playmore

Publisher

Ukiyotei

Porting

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Summary

The King of Fighters '97 is a 1997 fighting game produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home console. It is the fourth game in The King of Fighters series. It was ported to the Neo-Geo CD, as well as the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn in Japan only.

Story

"KOF '96 tournament drew to a close with an incident that occurred right after the tournament's end." The incident itself and the subsequent accident it caused were officially reported as the result of terrorist activity by an unknown group, but the details concerning the identity, motives, and subsequent whereabouts of the terrorists remained a mystery. In spite of this incident, however, the KOF '96 tournament was an overwhelming commercial success. A few months after, the event triggered a fighting craze and various large corporations, expressing interest in the fad, offered to sponsor subsequent tournaments, leading to a demand for an eagerly awaited KOF '97. The fad reached all over the globe and in no time KOF '97 came into being.