The King of Fighters '99
The NESTS Saga begins with revolutionary Striker System and 4-member teams. Features K' as the new protagonist and the debut of the iconic KOF stage 'Esaka'.
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Story
and characters Nobody has seen Kyo Kusanagi or Iori Yagami since they defeated the evil being Orochi at the climax of the 1997 tournament . Invitations are sent to many characters inviting them to a new tournament, which this time around is more of a secretive affair and away from the public eye than the ones in both '96 and '97, with each team now having an additional member. However, the tournament's host remains unknown. The increased number of characters per team, and the story element of the missing Kyo and Iori, lead to a reshuffling of the character roster.
K' is introduced as the game's new protagonist with his partner, Maxima , who joins forces with Kyo's former teammates Benimaru Nikaido and Shingo Yabuki to form the new Hero Team. Takuma Sakazaki rejoins the Art of Fighting Team as its fourth member. Mai Shiranui finally becomes an official member of the Fatal Fury Team for the first time in the series. The new Female Fighters Teams is composed of Art of Fighting guests King and Kasumi Todoh , Fatal Fury characters Blue Mary and Li Xiangfei with the latter making her debut in the KOF franchise.
The three returning teams also gain a new member: Whip for the Ikari Warriors Team, Bao for the Psycho Soldier Team, and Jhun Hoon for the Korea Justice Team. The game also introduces two clones of Kyo Kusanagi, Kyo-1 and Kyo-2, as Team Edit characters based on previous playable incarnations of the character. The real Kyo also returns with his rival, Iori, but they are only secret playable characters . The game's antagonist is Krizalid , an agent from the mysterious organization NESTS who uses the data he obtained from his enemies to activate an army of Kyo clones that NESTS themselves had created after the fight against Orochi.
He is faced in two states: first he appears with a special coat that analyzes an opponent's data. Once he's defeated, he burns away his coat and increases his strength while having stronger moves. After Krizalid's defeat, his superior kills him via falling debris while other members of NESTS attack K' and Maxima, who are revealed to be former NESTS agents and that the duo succeed in defeating their enemies before making their escape from the collapsing location of their battle against Krizalid. It's also revealed that K' is a test subject designed to replicate Kyo's techniques.
Gameplay Systems
Instead of the three-character teams from earlier The King of Fighters ( KOF ) games, each team now has four members. Before a match, the player chooses three of the characters to use in the fights. The fourth member becomes the "Striker" the player summons during battle to help their character by performing one of their Special Moves against the opponent. A Striker can be summoned only a limited number of times during a single match.
This is determined by the number of "Strike Bombs" at the bottom of the screen. The selectable fighting styles, Advanced and Extra, from The King of Fighters '98 have been removed. Instead, the game has a single playing style modeled after the Advanced mode from the previous game, where the player fills their power gauge by attacking the opponent or performing special moves. This time, there are two powered-up states the player can choose during battle depending on the button combination used.
Counter Mode increases the player's offensive strength and allows them unlimited use of their character's Super Special Move. There is also a combo that transitions from a Special Move into a Super Special Move by using a "Super Cancellation Attack" or a "Moving Attack". The other powered-up mode is Armor Mode, which increases the character's defensive strength, allowing them to take more damage from the opponent; however, the player cannot use Super Special Moves in Armor Mode. Depending on the player's performance, a score is given when the fight is finished.
Should a high score be reached, the arcade mode will offer the player an extra fight following the final boss ; Kyo Kusanagi or Iori Yagami . The updated The King of Fighters '99: Evolution version features stages remodeled in 3D and includes two additional stages, as well as new characters who can only be used as Strikers. The new Strikers are Kyo Kusanagi (in a different outfit), Athena Asamiya (in her school outfit), Goro Daimon , Billy Kane , Ryuji Yamazaki , Chizuru Kagura , Syo Kirishima , Alfred , Vanessa , Seth , Fiolina Germi , and Gai Tendo . Also, the game can be connected to the Neo Geo Pocket Color game The King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise .
Points won in Battle de Paradise can be transferred to The King of Fighters '99: Evolution to speed up the leveling process for the Extra Strikers.
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About The King of Fighters '99
The King of Fighters '99 is a classic video game released for the Arcade on January 1, 1999. Developed by SNK and published by SNK, this title has become a beloved entry in the retro gaming library.
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