#The king of fighters 99 music series#

The Shun'ei Saga arc begins with The King of Fighters XIV and continues in XV, introducing Shun'ei, a student of Tung Fu Rue as the new protagonist, as well as finally the official addition of another one of SNK's fighting game juggernaut titles, Samurai Shodown, via their mascot/heroine Nakoruru.

#The king of fighters 99 music series#

This is also where the series drops the yearly naming convention in favor of numbered sequels starting with XI. It also experienced a change of hardware platforms multiple times ('03 on Neo Geo as with all the previous games, XI on Atomiswave and XII and XIII on Taito Type X2) the first in-game Art Shift ever, and turmoil in the parent company, but managed to get on Steam in the end. It had Nona, Falcoon, Shinkiro's unofficial 'successor' Hiroaki and Eisuke Ogura as artists. The main enemy of this arc is a band of enigmatic people named 'Those from the Past'. The story involves a sinister plot to capture the powers of the Kusanagi, Yagami, and Kagura clans and use them to seize the sealed power of Orochi, as well as the question of just whose side Ash is on. XII is more a dream match and test run for the new engine they were developing), which introduces androgynous French pretty boy Ash Crimson as the new main character.

The Tales of Ash arc ('03, XI and XIII.

Though some consider the first two games their own arc, it is sometimes thrown together with the next arc. It is strongly associated with the artist Shinkiro, as were most of SNK's franchises of the time.

The original King of Fighters arc (known alternatively as the Rugal Saga) ('94-'95), which focuses on notorious crime lord Rugal Bernstein and his attempt to establish himself as the world's strongest fighter by staging a grand tournament and inviting contenders from all across the globe.

There are currently five major story arcs:

The King of Fighters series started out as a crossover fighting game, featuring some of the most popular characters from SNK's fighting game franchises: Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, as well as classic SNK games such as Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier, splitting them up into teams of three (four in the NESTS Saga), duking it out in one-on-one battles similar to its major competition at the time, Street Fighter.Īlthough the first game was merely intended to be a simple crossover and Spin-Off, the series became more popular than the other series that inspired it, and an overreaching plot soon developed that took the other SNK fighters along for the ride.