A Glorious 30th To The King Of Fighters, Part 1 — Story Continuity

In 30 years, the King of Fighters series explored many major story arcs and doesn’t intend to stop. Here’s 30 years' worth of KOF’s main story continuity.

The fighting game community (FGC) is globally huge, and a few companies have cemented themselves as major developers & publishers of fighting games. Capcom is likely the one company that comes to mind because of Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, Marvel Versus, and more.

The other company that comes to mind is SNK.

SNK developed and published its fighting games which grew into popular franchises. Those games were Fatal Fury (1991), Art of Fighting (1992), and Samurai Shodown (1993).

It published the North American release of World Heroes in 1992. Gamers were familiar with SNK’s fighting games through its Neo Geo arcade machines which generally continued up to four individual titles.

In August 1994, SNK launched The King of Fighters ’94. It grew into a sizable franchise that rivaled Capcom’s Street…