With so many installments, which do you think is the best?

The one that finally doesn't come out.........

hahah thats a little harsh.
most people would say 98 I think.
I liked the 2k series of installments best. 2k1 and 2k2

id say '98 or 2002, dream matches are the shiznets

Gameplay-wise, my favourite is 96, 98 and 2002.

Story-wise, 96 & 97 is the best.

i hate 2K1 but they did give us K9999 and Angel, both I really like.

i REALLY loved Kyo,K', Terry, Andy,Ryo,King,Joe, and Ralph alot in '99

AND THE CLONES !!!

it was wild...good bgm too

reminds me of the character select music from either 00 or 01....it was hella fierce!

like dropping berries and smoking grapes

I'm quite fond of King of Fighters XI and Maximum Impact 2.

Why do so many people like 98?

And is the series going downhill? Because the character roster is getting smaller and smaller.

98, 2k2, Neowave.

There are no others.

Id love to see Young Geese as a secret character in a KOF

2k2..... i get aroused while playin when using Angel....
hawt...
but they removed some of my fav moves from 98 though.

THe most interesting to play following somekind of story... is 97 .... in terms of gameplay and character design I like 99 so far... maybe it is because you can actually choose among 3 kyos to kick asses! Do you agree with me when I say that from 2000, ' 01 and so on.... the character design got worse everytime?





quite simple...




I couldn´t believe how bad my classic character looked in MAximum Impact alternative costumes... they even dared to change Mai´s classic costume!! I curse them!

I think 2000 is neat, and I like the character designs of 2000. But yes, afterwards, the game got uglier and uglier, KOF2003 looks a lot more pixelated and rough than 99. And the newest ones have rapidly shrinking character numbers, the next KOF after XII is probably going to have like 8 characters remaining.

Didn't they just say that KOFXII is going to have about a HALF of the characters of XI? And XI has less characters than 2003, and so on.

thats total B.S, if you know SNK, then youd know that they will have more characters and use the same sprites for the next few years /future KOF installments to come, and i dont have a problem with that

Um, isn't that a bit rude?

not at all.

i was referring to your theory

especially after looking back at SNK-Playmores extensive history of recycling sprites, so to assume follow up games with less of a roster would be absolutely absurd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters_XII

Wikipedia says KOFXII will only have 20 characters, roughly half the number of XI.

And if you count the characters in each game, KOF2002 has less than 2001, and so on.

KOF 2002 is my favorite. Also, why do they always change Robert, from his moves to input moves. I always hated that.

kof 94, 95, 98
for story 96 and 97
for variety of chars 2002 ultimate match (ps2)

Kof 98 and 2002