October 30, 2008
THE KING OF FIGHTERS Collection:
The Orochi Saga Shipping for the PlayStation 2 and PSP
First Ever KOF Collection Ships
to Retailers Across North America
SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION, the
U.S. publishing arm of the SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, today announced THE KING OF
FIGHTERS Collection: The Orochi Saga for the PlayStation 2 and the PSP is
shipping to retailers across North America, with the Wii version to ship in
November.
The first ever collection for THE
KING OF FIGHTERS consists of 5 complete games on one action-packed disc. Not
only will the collection feature the entire Orochi Saga ( KOF ’95, KOF ’96, KOF
’97), but it will also feature THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’94 and fan favorite, THE
KING OF FIGHTERS ’98 Dream Match Never Ends.
GAMES INCLUDED:
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THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’94:
Rugal Bernstein, an incredibly rich and notorious crime lord, as well as an
incredibly skilled fighter, has become bored with the lack of worthy fighting
opponents and decides to host a new King of Fighters tournament. Invitations
to the tournament have been sent to the world’s greatest warriors. The
tournament begins. -
THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’95:
Rugal Bernstein, thought to have perished in an explosion in KOF 94, had in
fact survived and has sent out invitations to the fighting teams signed simply
‘R’. Unknown to everyone, Rugal has been augmented with cybernetic implants
making him a Cyborg (known as ‘Omega Rugal’). A new tournament begins and out
fighters set forth to face a new threat. -
THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’96:
The King of Fighters tournament’s fame has grown immensely, to the point that
it has turned into a major international event. This year’s sponsor, a woman
named Chizuru Kagura, intends to make contact with Kyo Kusanagi, as well as
his rival and enemy, Iori Yagami. After fighting Kyo, Chizuru reveals to him
that a larger power was afoot, known as the Orochi, and that he would soon
have to battle against it. -
THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’97:
Determined to harness the secret power of the Orochi, Geese Howard has created
and entered a new ’97 Special Team, which consists of Ryuji Yamazaki, Blue
Mary and Billy Kane. Also, a mysterious New Faces Team, composed of three
band-members (Shermie, Yashiro Nanakase and Chris) enters the tournament with
the terrible intentions of raising Orochi from his slumber. Let The King of
Fighters ’97 commence! -
THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’98:
Known as a "Dream Match" KOF 98 contains the greatest fighters up to this
point in the KOF history. A total of 50 characters making up 12 teams plus
bonus and hidden characters.
