The King of Fighters '98
Game Detail
The King of Fighters '98 (given the subtitle Dream Match
Never Ends in Japan and The Slugfest in the U.S., commonly abbreviated as KOF
'98) is a 1998 fighting game released by SNK released for the Neo Geo arcade
and home console. It is the fifth game in The King of Fighters series. This
installment was advertised by SNK as a "special edition" of the
series, as it featured most of the characters who appeared in the previous
games (from KOF '94 to '97), regardless of whether the character was killed off
in the series' on going storyline (which would be resumed in the following game
in the series with a new story arc).
Ports of KOF '98 were released for the Neo-Geo CD and the
PlayStation. A Dreamcast version titled The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999
was also released, which featured much of the stages remade in 3D. The game was
also remade for the PlayStation 2 as The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match,
which expanded the number of playable characters.
As KOF '98 did not feature a plot, the SNK staff took this
opportunity to add Regal (who died in KOF '95) as well as various alternate
versions from various characters to the game. KOF '98 has been commonly praised
by several video game publications as the best KOF from the series due to its
graphics and gameplay. Ultimate Match, however, was criticized for how similar
it is to KOF '98.
Gameplay
The gameplay does not differ much from the previous game,
KOF '97. Like in KOF '97, the player has a choice between two playing styles:
Advance and Extra, with a few slight modifications to Advance mode (unlike in
KOF '97, the character will resume to normal if the player performs a Super
Special Move in MAX state). This time when one character loses a round, the
losing team is given a handicap in its favour. In Advance mode, this means that
the player's stock capacity for Power Gauges is increased by one. In Extra
mode, the time it takes to charge one's power gauge to maximum level is
shortened.
Characters
All the regular characters from the previous game return,
along with several characters from preceding instalments such as Vice and
Mature (Iori's teammates from KOF '96), the American Sports Team (Heavy D!,
Lucky Glibber, and Brian Battler) from KOF '94, and the Old Men Team (or
Veteran Fighters Team) composed of Heidern, Takuma Sakazaki, and Saisyu
Kusanagi, all characters whose last appearances were in KOF '95. Rugal
Bernstein from KOF '94 also returns as a Team Edit character, with his
alter-ego Omega Rugal (the cyborg version of Rugal from KOF '95) serving as the
game's final boss in the Single Player Mode. Shingo Yabuki (who originally
appeared in KOF '97) continues as a Team Edit character, but also appears as a
mid-boss character during the Arcade Mode. Additionally, the characters of Kyo
Kusanagi, Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, Ryo Sakazaki, Yuri Sakazaki
and Robert Garcia are playable with movesets from previous titles of KOF, while
the alternate ones of Mai Shiranui and Billy Kane are based on their moveset
from Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers.
Game Graphic Pictures
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