The All-Star dream battle is here at last: It's King of Fighters '98! Here come 38 of your favorite characters from the King of Fighters series. Your favorite characters and teams are back! Filled with new surprises like the Roulette Team Edit and Advantage System, King '98 will pop your cork with unrelenting excitement! The King of Fighters '98 is the fifth game in The King of Fighters series by SNK.
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Plot-driven, classical in form, grave and warm.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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“Is this SNK's best work?”
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“Is the nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, Neo Geo AES, PlayStation 3, Wii, Android, iOS, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Neo Geo CD
- Developer
- SNK
- Publisher
- SNK, SNK Playmore, D4 Enterprise
- Released
- July 23, 1998
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- Neo Geo MVS
IGDB rating 6.9/10 from 77 ratings.
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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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