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Bringing together warriors from SNK fighting games like Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, as well as heroes from other classic games like Psycho Soldier and Ikari Warriors, and adding an exciting story, The King of Fighters series is a dream festival of 2D fighting, and has become a household name in the genre, with many games released in the arcades, on the Neo-Geo and on home consoles.

In a genre dominated by 1 on 1 battles, this series introduced an all-new 3 on 3 fighting style, pitting teams of 3 players against each other, thus popularising the concept of Team Battles. This series started in 1994 with The King of Fighters '94 and would eventually see the exciting Orochi Saga in KOF '95-'97, the NESTS Saga in KOF '99-2001 and the Ash Saga from KOR 2003 onward, introducing such iconic characters as Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami, which have earned a large fan following the world over.

The King Of Fighters 13 features fighters from the entire history of the series and concludes the Ash Saga storyline

Features:

• Global online play - challenge anyone anywhere around the world
• Featuring over 30 playable characters from the history of SNK's bestselling games, including: the return of fan favourites Mai Shiranui and Yuri Sakazaki
• Five new characters never before seen in previous King Of Fighters games
• Multiple special endings depending on specific characters or forming a specific team
• Unlockable customisation options to make your fighter unique choose from over 20 colour types, parts and icons
• Overhaul of the fighting mechanics, built completely new from the ground up
• New NEO MAX super moves
• Faster gameplay
• Better environmental lighting and camera control
• Ten game modes for the full KOF experience
• Choose from: Arcade, Story, Versus, Mission, Online and more
• Game Mode - Arcade:
  • The main mode of King Of Fighters 13 and based on the arcade version.
  • 3 on 3 battles, 6 basic stages +2 extra (boss stages) based on player score
  • A movie explaining the story will run after certain stages to keep players immersed
  • Ten team ending movies and three special endings
  • During battle, 'Target Actions' are displayed which earn players points and gauge boosts if pulled off
  • Unique conversations for each character combination at the beginning of each fight, providing background story
• Game Mode - Story:
  • This mode turns King Of Fighters 13's story into a visual novel.
  • Gives a clear illustration of numerous events not touched upon in the Arcade Mode
  • Uses 2D slide scenes and impressive animated movies
  • Stories are branched by offering the player choices, leading to multiple ways to enjoy each narrative
• Game Mode - Story:
  • This mode allows you to fight human or CPU opponents.
  • Choose between Single battles or Team battles
  • Single battle - 1 on 1 style
  • Team battle - 3 on 3 style
  • At the end of the fight, players can check their stats and battle history
• Game Mode - Gallery:
  • This mode is used to view artwork and listen to music.
  • By meeting certain requirements, players can unlock several categories and view their contents
  • Unlockable categories: character art, background art, special art, movies
  • Some content linked to achievements/trophies
  • Artwork is displayed through the special Gallery Viewer, which allows you to zoom in and out
  • BGM allows players to listen to the 22 songs used in the game
• Game Mode - Online:
  • Ranked Match - challenge players to increase your ranking on the global leaderboards
  • Player Match - challenge players to friendly matches which does not affect your online ranking
  • Friends Match - play with a specified friend by sending or receiving a friends invite
• Online Ranking:
  • Victory Ranking (total) - the ranking for the total number of online victories
  • Monthly Victory Ranking - the Victory Ranking for one month
  • Time Attack Ranking - the ranking for Time Trial clear times in Mission Mode
  • Player Point Ranking - the Player Point Ranking for online matches
  • Character Point Ranking - the Character Point Ranking for online matches
• Voice Chat System:
  • King Of Fighters 13 supports voice chat in the following places:
  • The Room screen
  • The Battle Preparation screen
  • During battle
• Simple Message System
  • It is possible to send simple messages from the Room screen, or display a message automatically when entering a room or fighting by registering one in advance.
• Customisation
  • By meeting certain requirements, players can earn new colours, parts and icons for use in the Customise Mode.
  • Colours: there are around 20 types and each character has a different set of colours
  • Parts: the number and location of the parts differs per character
  • Icons: around 50 types of icons will be available