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Summary

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.

Storyline

"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.

Ratings
81

User rating

71 ratings

81

Combined

71 ratings

Release Dates
14
Arcade Jul 28, 1997
Neo Geo AES Jul 28, 1997
Neo Geo AES Jul 28, 1997
Neo Geo CD Oct 30, 1997
Neo Geo CD Oct 30, 1997
Sega Saturn Mar 26, 1998
PlayStation Mar 27, 2003
PlayStation Portable May 31, 2007
PlayStation 3 May 31, 2007
Wii Sep 06, 2011
Wii Feb 09, 2012
Wii Mar 08, 2012
Android Nov 13, 2013
iOS Nov 13, 2013
Language Support
1
English
Interface
Quick Facts
Release
28. July 1997
Type
Main Game
Status
Published
IGDB ID
15428
81

Combined rating

71 ratings

Game Engines

Also known as

  • KOF97
  • The King of Fighters 4
  • KOF '97
  • The King of Fighters IV
  • 拳皇97