![]() ![]() Billy seeks out the help of the ninja Eiji Kisaragi to join its team, but not without retaliation. He sends his right-hand man, Billy Kane, to form a team and enter KOF '95 to investigate. The South Town's evil emperor Geese Howard learns about the Orochi power, and becomes intrigued with it. The new characters added to the game roster (between originals and of other franchises) are: These new challengers join all of the previous tournament's contestants-except the American Sports Team, of course-both in battle and the all-consuming intrigue that forms the core of King of Fighters '95." Characters Overview Once again invitations to the King of Fighters tournament have found their ways to the world's most powerful fighters.Īnd their author is none other than the mysterious "R!" Could the "R" be that of Rugal, who supposedly blew himself up on his aircraft carrier a year ago?Īmong the contestants for this year's tournament is the newly selected team of Billy, Yagami, and Kisaragi, who sent the American Team packing.īut what in the end is Billy's scheme? What ambitions does Kisaragi cradle? And what evil designs for his old foe Kyo Kusanagi spur Iori Yagami on? The official story given by SNK is as follows: The American Sports Team from the previous game was replaced by a Rivals Team, composed of Iori Yagami (a new character designed to be Kyo Kusanagi's rival), and Eiji Kisaragi (Ryo Sakazaki's and Kyokugenryu Karate rival) and Billy Kane (bodyguard of Terry Bogard's rival, Geese Howard). ![]() In addition, almost all the teams from the first game returned, but were no longer affiliated with specific nationalities. The one major change SNK was to allow players to select any combination of characters to fight with, as opposed to the concrete teams that players were confined to in the previous game. The gameplay of The King of Fighters '95 was left largely intact from King of Fighters '94. ![]() As a result, he added new options to the game that were not present in the original Japanese version such as selection from stages and improve the grammar and spelling, which was one of the biggest issues from the Neo Geo version. He commented that he had to improve its marketability to the North American market. Chad Okada, a former member from SNK, mentioned it was one of his first works. The King of Fighters '95 was one of the first titles from SNK to be ported to the Sony PlayStation system. Fatal Fury boss character Geese Howard was meant to be playable in the game various considerations at the time, however, led developers to abandon this plan. However, Saisyu was added at the last moment to the game, becoming the sub-boss character. Following this game, several Art of Fighting characters were removed from each sequel with developers saying it was "thanks to KOF jinx." The sub-boss character, Saisyu Kusanagi, was never meant to appear in the game as the staff wanted to make so that he died in The King of Fighters '94 during one of the cut-scenes from the Hero Team. The character of Eiji Kisaragi was originally from Art of Fighting 2 and the staff had to adjust most of his moves to balance him with the other characters. The creation of the Rival Team was one of the things developers worked the hardest, focusing on their moves and lines. During the initial location tests to determine the popularity of the game, Iori was the character who stood out most, also becoming a favorite of the developers. As such, developers gave him traits to expand that relationship such as similar abilities and ancient rivalry between both of their clans. The KOF '95 project began with the concept of introducing Iori Yagami as Kyo Kusanagi's rival. Japan Team, Protagonist Team or Kyo Team) This game is also the first chapter of the story arc known as " The Orochi Saga". A possible bootleg Famicon release, mistakenly titled "The King of Fighters '99", was also made. ![]() A Game Boy game based on The King of Fighters '95 was also released. The PlayStation version was published in North America and the PAL region by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., while the Saturn version (which required a ROM cartridge that came packaged with the game disc) was only released in Japan and Europe by SNK. It's also the first game in the series to be ported to other home consoles besides the Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo CD, with versions released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996. SNK's cast of fighting stars gather in a colossal conflagration! The event will be conducted as the previous one, and we welcome both new and old victims - er, teams. The King of Fighters '96 Announcing the 1995 King of Fighters tournament. ![]()
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