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#TV TROPES KING OF FIGHTERS SERIES#
The success of the game lead to SNK to release yearly installments of the series and numbered the games for the year they were released. The game was designed to be a dream match of characters from the company's various arcade titles, particularly Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Ikari Warriors, and Psycho Soldier. The first game in the series, The King of Fighters '94, was released by SNK in 1994. Special Illustration by Hiroaki for the SNK Brand 40th Anniversary.
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Its claim to fame is the large cast of characters and the innovative "team" system, with both original designs and characters from other SNK games. The King of Fighters ( ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ), officially abbreviated as KOF ( ケーオーエフ), is the most famous and prominent series of fighting games by SNK.