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. "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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Plot-driven, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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“Is this SNK's best work?”
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“Is it the best fighting game of its decade?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, Neo Geo AES, PlayStation 3, Wii, Android, iOS, Atari Jaguar CD, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Neo Geo CD
- Developer
- SNK
- Publisher
- D4 Enterprise, SNK, SNK Playmore, Playmore
- Released
- July 28, 1997
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Neo Geo MVS
- Time to beat
- 2 h rushed · 6 h main story · 11 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.1/10 from 71 ratings.
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Both plot-driven, earnest, grave.
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Garou: Mark of the Wolves 199985% alikeBoth earnest, plot-driven, classical in form.
Both earnest, plot-driven, grave.
Both earnest, plot-driven, grave.
The King of Fighters '95 199580% alikeBoth earnest, plot-driven, classical in form.
Film · Both earnest, classical in form, grave.
Film · Both earnest, classical in form, grave.
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