Regardless, they were considered the iconic partners for Iori and appeared with him in several non-canon dream match games. This includes his King of Fighters ’96 team with Mature and Vice, where he lost himself to bloodlust and slaughtered them.
He’s been on a handful of teams and it usually ends with him attacking his partners.
The antihero to Kyo’s hero, Iori tends to hate the whole team concept and would rather fight on his own. The other Ikari characters Commander Heidern and Whip have never been popular enough to shove any of these three into the background. Ralf and Clark are pretty standard and ever since Leona showed up, the three of them have always stuck together. Ikari Warriors Team: Ralf Jones, Clark Steel, Leona Heidern Well, outside of King of Fighters XII, but that had only 20 people in it, so whatever.
These guys were the heroes of the series from King of Fighters ’99 to King of Fighters ’01 and haven’t left since. Those are pachinko/slot games in Japan, so their crossover status will be lost on American players.įinally, a trio that’s 100% confirmed. Mui Mui hails from the SNK game Dragon Galwhile the pirate girl Love Heart is from Sky Love. Nakoruru is from the Samurai Shodown series and while having a character from another game is usually no problem (after all, this is essentially a gigantic SNK crossover already), Shodown takes place centuries ago in the age of samurai. This is another team of new characters, but only new to King of Fighters. The other two are “Mysterious Hooded Man” and “Acting Mask Girl.” Yep, that’s a girl, apparently.Ĭoincidentally, the leaked list referred to them as the “Palace Wan Team.” Another World Team: Nakoruru, Mui Mui, Love Heart Originally referred to as “Teenage Girl Singer with Electric Element,” Sylvie appears in the new trailer. Official Invitation Team: Sylvie Paula Paula, and two other newcomers While we don’t know who these three are just yet, they’re described as “Pretty Latin Girl,” “Brazilian Ninja,” and “Handicap Boxer.” I’m not sure if that means the boxer will be missing a limb or in a wheelchair, but either way should be fun. Instead, it just labeled some of them by description. Thing about the leaked list is that it didn’t give the names of the new characters. Subscribe South America Team: Three newcomers
Regardless of the more modern appearance ( relatively more modern, that is), footage has shown that it plays just like the classic games and they’ve promised a massive roster of 50 fighters. Now they’re going with CGI characters, much like the side series King of Fighters: Maximum Impact. Then they tried to redo the animation style from the ground up, which looked beautiful, but King of Fighters XIIwas basically a starter pack and it took a while for them to build up a respectably-sized roster for King of Fighters XIII in 2010. It helped that they kept the same mid-90s graphical style for years, all the way into 2005. When it started in 1994, King of Fighters used to be an annual series. Seriously, that was a bad, bad first impression. Then again, increased interest is only natural considering how much their initial trailer was a laughing stock and how much better every subsequent trailer has been in comparison. One upcoming game that I’ve been finding myself more and more interested in is SNK Playmore’s King of Fighters XIV.