This is also the first game to replace the sidestep found in King of Fighters ’94 and ’95 with an evasive roll, another technique that would become a series mainstay. Oddly, Vice and Mature’s design seems to have been inspired by The Human League. Mature, on the other hand, is much faster and has a variety of “blade” like attacks similar to Leona and Goenitz as well as a super move stolen from Rugal Bernstein (fitting as Vice and Mature appeared in previous King of Fighters games under the guise of being Rugal’s assistants). Vice, despite her slim frame and formal dress, is a berserk grappler. The latter two, Vice and Mature, became very popular. The first two are typical of SNK fighting game bosses, being extremely frustrating to fight against. Kasumi Todoh from Art of Fighting 3 makes an appearance here as well.įour more original characters debut in this game: The two bosses, Goenitz and Chizuru Kagura, as well as Iori’s new teammates, Vice and Mature. Another fan favorite is the Boss Team, consisting of Geese Howard ( Fatal Fury), Wolfgang Krauser ( Fatal Fury 2) and Mr. The most notable addition is Heidern’s replacement, Leona, although she’s brutally overpowered here and had to be toned down for later games. Several new playable characters have been added to the roster as well compared to the three in KoF’95. Besides some major changes to how the game plays, almost all of the characters have been completely redrawn and reanimated from the ground up. When The King of Fighters ’96 was released, it made a pretty big impact.

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