22 Jul 1999
16 May 2013 - Wii
04 Jul 2013 - Wii
18 Dec 2012 - Wii
25 May 2017 - Nintendo Switch
25 May 2017 - Nintendo Switch
23 Mar 2000 - PlayStation
22 Apr 2001 - PlayStation
22 Jul 1999 - Arcade
22 Jul 1999 - Neo Geo MVS
22 Jul 1999 - Neo Geo MVS
23 Sep 1999 - Neo Geo AES
02 Dec 1999 - Neo Geo CD
Main story
Main story + extras
100% completion
Two years have passed since the last King of Fighters tournament and nobody has seen Kyo Kusanagi or Iori Yagami since they defeated Orochi at the climax of the 1997 tournament, but out of the blue, new invitations are sent out to many characters, inviting them to a brand new tournament, though this competition is more of a secretive affair than the ones in '96 and '97. Unlike in previous games of the series, there are four characters per team instead of three, with the fourth serving as a "Striker", a fighter whose function is only to enter a match, attack the opponent and leave without replacing their teammates. In total, there are seven teams, each containing four characters, four Team Edit characters and a boss.