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The King of Fighters '97

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Genres
FightingArcade
Themes
Action
Modes
Single playerMultiplayerSplit screen
Perspective
Side view
Developer
SNK
Publishers
SNK, SNK Playmore, D4 Enterprise, Playmore
Local co-op
Yes
Release dates
Platform Date
Arcade July 28, 1997
Neo Geo AES July 28, 1997
Neo Geo CD October 30, 1997
Sega Saturn March 26, 1998
PlayStation March 27, 2003
PlayStation 3 May 31, 2007
PlayStation Portable May 31, 2007
Wii March 08, 2012
Android November 13, 2013
iOS November 13, 2013

About

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.

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