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The King of Fighters '97

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.

Released: 28 July 1997
Developer: SNK
Publisher: D4 Enterprise
Engine: Neo Geo MVS
Perspective: Side view
Age rating: PEGI 12 · ESRB T
Platforms: Arcade · Neo Geo AES · PlayStation 3 · Wii · Android · iOS · Atari Jaguar CD · Sega Saturn · PlayStation · PlayStation Portable · Neo Geo CD
Genres: Fighting · Arcade
Also known as: KOF '97 · The King of Fighters 4 · The King of Fighters IV · 拳皇97

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Player rating: 71
Ratings counted

The story

"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.

The King of Fighters '97