source: wikidata1996 fighting video game
source: wikipedia_enThe King of Fighters '96 (KOF '96) is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1996. It is the third game in The King of Fighters series, following The King of Fighters '95. Unlike its predecessors, it features more emphasis on hand-to-hand combat rather than projectile moves. The plot follows a new King of Fighters tournament created by Chizuru Kagura, the heir of the Yata Clan, who wants to find and recruit the protagonist, Kyo Kusanagi, who defeated the previous host Rugal Bernstein. She seeks to recruit him to ask him and his bitter rival, Iori Yagami, to help her in the sealing of the Orochi demon like her predecessors. The final boss of the game is Goenitz, one of the servants of Orochi. Developers made several changes to the cast when compared to The King of Fighters '95, with special focus on a Boss Team composed of famous villains from their other two IPs, Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting.
SNK members had trouble with the development of the game, which continued right up until its scheduled release. This happened because the developers had difficulty making the sprites and special moves of the new characters of the game. The game received m
source: wikipedia_ja『ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ』（THE KING OF FIGHTERS）は、1994年にエス・エヌ・ケイ（旧社）がゲーム機「ネオジオ」で発売した対戦型格闘ゲームのシリーズ名、またその劇中で開催されている世界規模の格闘大会の名称。元々は同社の対戦格闘ゲーム作品『餓狼伝説』シリーズおよび『龍虎の拳2』の舞台である格闘大会。公式な略称は、頭文字を取った『KOF』（ケーオーエフ）。台湾では『格鬥天王』、香港と中国大陸では『拳皇』と訳される。
1994年から毎年新作がリリースされたが、2001年はエス・エヌ・ケイ（旧社）の倒産にともないサン・アミューズメントが、2002年以降はプレイモア、SNKプレイモア、SNK（新社）が販売している。
