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Trivia about ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' include:
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** Benimaru's English VA in ''XII'' is is Eric Kelso, who also [[Tekken|Paul Phoenix]], another tall-haired blond guy in another fighting game.
** Kusanagi from ''2002'' has special battle intros with any weapon user fighter, calling them out to fight with their fists instead of weapons; basically the same scene in ''[[Akira]]'' with Kaneda calling out on Tetsuo to take on him with his own fists instead of using his powers.
* [[Ascended Fanon]]: Mr. Karate and Nightmare Geese were actually [[Fan Nickname|Fan Nicknames]] before SNK officially named them as such in later games.
** Yamazaki became a member of the Hakkesshu because he conveniently shared several snake-like aspects with Orochi.
** [[SNK]] says that most of Oswald's background (which has not yet been revealed) has already been surmised by the fans.
* [[Billing Displacement]]: ''XIV'' has Shun'ei as a new protagonist of the series. However, Kyo and Iori are featured very heavily in the promotion of the game, Kyo is also on the front cover of the PS4 box art along with Iori, Mai and Nakoruru, while Shun'ei was put on the background. The opening movie of ''XIV'' doesn't help either, it focused too much on Kyo and Iori, while Shun'ei and his team only appeared as side characters.
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]:
** Chris and Orochi are both voiced by Rio Ogata, who is female.
** Shion's seiyuu is Tokiyo Ogawa, a female.
* [[Development Gag]]: May not even have been intentional. Prior to creating Kyo Kusanagi, SNK had drafted his character as "Syo Kirishima", a more archetypal fighting game protagonist. While this was eventually dropped in favor of Kyo, Syo showed up a couple of times in the NESTS arc as a special Striker character. During those appearances, he was voiced by the aforementioned Mitsuo Iwata. Come ''King of Fighters 2002'', Iwata would be voicing Kusanagi, who is a throwback Kyo clone complete with his ''{{'}}95'' moveset.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: When Eolith sponsored Playmore so they could pick up the scraps from SNK's fallout, they requested a "Korean Athena". The end result was May Lee.
** Rock's main series debut was held off in large part due to SNK's desire to keep him for the sequel to ''Garou'', and thanks to [[Comic Book Time]] had his age frozen as a young boy. Averted in ''King of Fighters XIV'' with Rock being finally playable as a DLC character.
* [[Fan Nickname]]:
** In order to differentiate Kyo from his clones, fans often refer to his NESTS depiction as "Shin Kyo" ([[Meaningful Name|as in]] "True Kyo").
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** Yuri's parody of the [[Street Fighter|Shun Goku Satsu]], the Yuri Chou Enbu, is sometimes called the Shin Yuri Satsu.
** Kim is sometimes nicknamed as The Beijing King, thanks to the [[My Way Entertainment]] fan dub of one of the ''Fatal Fury'' OVAs.
** Ralf's Neo MAX from ''XIII'' has been christened as the [[Rated "M" for Manly|MAN]]retsuken, due to the [[Awesomeness Is Volatile|overflowing abundance of]] [[Badass|GAR]].
** Robert's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1U_5rCax8Y Hien Shippu Ryuujin Kyaku Neo MAX] is alternatively called ''[[Tony Hawk Pro Skater|Robert Garcia's Pro Skater XIII]]'' and [[Kamen Rider|Rider Kick]].
** [[SNK Boss|Cheesenitz]] and [[Unfortunate Names|Goenadz]] for the Goenitz himself, as well as the Goenitzpin, another [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] spawned in the wake of the Rugalspin thanks to his new HSDM/MAX2 in ''2002: Unlimited Match''.
** Geese is usually called [[SNK Boss|Geeser the Cheeser]] and [[Just for Pun|Geeseter Bunnie]]. As for his Raging Storm DM, there's The Pretzel due to the move's [[Some Dexterity Required|absurd input command]] that was made that convoluted ''just'' for the sake of nostalgia.
** Krauserspin for Krauser Gigatech Cyclone SDM. Again, blame ''[[MUGEN]]''.
*** Also there's Betty [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMMJkvY4OUc for an] [[Dummied Out|unused DM]] for Krauser in ''{{'}}96''.
** Shingo's notebook full of information on his techniques has been known as both the [[
* [[Flip
** To answer the first question:
** Luise's profile and storyline in the ''Maximum Impact'' series were written to be deliberately different from one another, most likely to prevent spoilers.
* [[Hey,
* [[Hey,
** Athena had Reiko Fukai in ''{{'}}94'', Moe Nagasaki in ''{{'}}95'', Tamao Satou in ''{{'}}96'', Yukina Kurisu in ''{{'}}97'', [[Haruna Ikezawa]] (aka [[Keroro Gunsou|Momoka]]) post-''{{'}}98'' (Ikezawa also voices Foxy), Robyn Gryphe in the English localization of ''Maximum Impact'', Lily Kong in the English localization of ''Maximum Impact 2'', and Miwa Gardner in the English localization of ''XII''.
** Rugal's main VA is Toshimitsu Arai, who also voices Heidern. Other VAs are [[Banjo Ginga]] (in the ''{{'}}94'' Dengeki Bunko drama CD) and [[Norio Wakamoto]] (in ''2002'' only; notable in that this is a rare occasion where the fans preferred the original seiyuu ''over'' Wakamoto).
** Jeff Manning (the announcer of the original ''[[Super Smash Bros
** While Satoshi Hashimoto, the voice of Terry Bogard, [[Classically
** His brother Andy [[Keiichi Nanba|is also]] [[Guilty Gear
** Shingo is [[Takehito Koyasu]] [[Guilty Gear
** Iori [[Kunihiko Yasui|is]] [[After War Gundam X
** Igniz is voiced by [[Norio Wakamoto]]. Nothing more needs to be said.
** [[The Other Darrin|As of]] ''
** Joe and Gai [[Nobuyuki Hiyama|are]] [[
** Yamazaki and Gato [[Kouji Ishii|are]] [[Azumanga Daioh
** [[Memetic Mutation|"]]'''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK]] MAXIMA [[Katsuyuki Konishi|IS]]?'''[[Memetic Mutation|"]]
** Whip (Shiho Kikuchi) is [[Tekken|Jun Kazama, Kunimitsu]], [[Stratos 4|Ayamo Nakamura]], [[Beyblade|Hilary/Hikari Tachibana]]
** Kula and Lilly [[Yumi Kakazu|are]] [[Final Fantasy VII|Yuffie]] and [[Vandread|Dita]].
** Rock and Ramon [[Eiji Takemoto|are]] [[Ace Attorney|Reiji Mitsurugi (Miles Edgeworth)]], [[Bobobo-Bo
** Xiangfei [[Mami Kingetsu|is]] [[Tokimeki Memorial|Shiori Fujisaki]].
** Hinako [[Ayako Kawasumi|is]] [[Outlaw Star|Melfina]] and [[Fate/stay
** May Lee [[Tomoko Kawakami|is]] (or rather, ''[[Author Existence Failure|was]]'') [[Bleach|Soifon]] and [[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena Tenjou]].
** Angel ([[The Other Darrin|well, her first seiyuu anyway]]) [[Mina Tominaga|is]] [[Rurouni Kenshin|Yahiko]] and [[Fruits Basket|Ritsu Sohma]]. Her ''second'' seiyuu (Mayumi Shintani) is [[FLCL|Haruko Haruhara
** K9999 [[Nozomu Sasaki|is]] [[Akira
** Kusanagi [[Mitsuo Iwata|is]] [[Akira
** Nameless [[Daisuke Ono|is]] [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Itsuki Koizumi]] and [[Final Fantasy XIII
** Tizoc (Hikaru Hanada) is none other than [[Guilty Gear
** Hyena [[Bin Shimada|is]] [[
** Raiden (in ''XII'') [[Daisuke Gouri|is]] [[Tekken|Heihachi]]. [[Author Existence Failure|A moment of silence, please...]]
** Perhaps as call back to her previous work with SNK ([[As Himself|a cameo role]] in ''Fatal Fury: [[The Anime of the Game|The Motion Picture]]'', Cham Cham in ''[[Samurai Shodown]]''), Moe is voiced by seiyuu Reiko Chiba. Fans of ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]'' might remember her as Mei
*** As a bonus, Kyo's other partner Reiji is voiced by [[Tetsu Inada]] who's done a [[Super Sentai]] role or two (most famously Doggie Kruger of ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]''). Aside of that, he's also [[Dynasty Warriors|Lu Bu and Huang Gai]], [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3
** Mariko Suzuki
** [[Ai Nonaka]] is the seiyuu for Mui Kurosaki. [[Clannad (
** [[Sawa Ishige]] voices Sinobu Amou.
** Luise's seiyuu
* [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros."]]: Maxima was originally in an old SNK beat 'em up called ''Robo Army''. The other main character Rocky serves as his alternate Striker in ''2000''.
** Also in ''XIV'', the characters from SNK's pachislot games like Muimui, Love Heart and Alice.
* [[Name's the Same]]:
** Despite being named Heavy D!, the leader of the US Sports Team is not the rapper...
** Duke Burkoff should not be confused with the protagonist of SNK beat-em-up ''Burning Fight'', who has appeared a time or two in the main ''King of Fighters'' series as a striker.
* [[The Other Darrin]]:
** Jun Hashimoto (Andy Bogard's seiyuu in ''
** In ''XII'', Matsuo Matsuo now voices Chin instead of Toshikazu Nishimura.
** Several characters had alternate voice actors/actresses in the ''{{'}}94'' Dengeki drama CD:
*** Kyo: [[Ryotaro Okiayu]].
*** King: [[Yumi Touma]].
*** Mai: [[Megumi Hayashibara]].
*** Ryo: [[Akira Kamiya]].
*** Yuri: [[Sakura Tange]].
*** Takuma: [[Hochu Otsuka]].
** Katsuhisa Namase voiced Joe in ''
** Robert Garcia: Kay Inage was replaced by Mantaro Koichi, who voiced Robert from ''
** Bunsyu Shinoya takes over for Ralf in ''XII''. In English, Scott Casey in the ''Maximum Impact'' series, Jeff Manning in ''XII''.
** In English, Clark went from Sean Michaels (''Maximum Impact'') to Eric Kelso (''XII'').
** Kim is voiced by Kazuhiko Nagata in ''XII'', succeeding Satoshi Hashimoto (Hashimoto still voices Terry though).
** Akoya Sogi (who has voiced Mai from the beginning up to ''XI'') has been replaced by [[Ami Koshimizu]] as of ''
** For Kyo, Andrew Roth (his English VA in the ''Maximum Impact'' series) was replaced by Peter von Gomm come ''XII''.
** The [[Author Existence Failure|unfortunate consequence]] of the suicide of seiyuu [[Daisuke Gouri]] led to Raiden's voice duty being handed over to Iain Gibb in ''XIII''.
** Krizalid is a rather perplexing example in that ''both'' of his seiyuu are used in ''2002 Unlimited Match'' (Iwamoto for Krizalid as a standalone character, Yano for Krizalid as one of Original Zero's Strikers). Semi-justified since they are two different Krizalids, the one who backing Zero being a clone of the one who hosted the ''{{'}}99'' tournament.
* [[Playing Against Type]]:
** Ramon is one of [[Eiji Takemoto]]'s quirkiest roles. From Rock Howard to Ramon, wow, that's quite a jump.
** Foxy has the same seiyuu as Athena and Diana (the latter ''only'' in ''2002''), [[Haruna Ikezawa]].
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Najd is the creation of Saudi Arabian artist Mashael Al-Barrak, who was the winner of a contest to design a new character for the series held by SNK in conjuction with Manga Productions.
* [[Talking to Himself]]: Get yourself a snack, this could take a while.
** Brian Battler shares a seiyuu with Kensou, Eiji Yano. Yano was also the announcer for ''2002'', as well as Krizalid's voice in ''2001''.
** Toshimitsu Arai, the voice of Rugal, also voices Heidern, as well as Original Zero and Saisyu (only in ''
** Jeff Manning voices Andy, Ralf, and Shen Woo in the English version of ''XII''.
** Satoshi Hashimoto voices both Terry and Kim.
** Hiroyuki Arita also voices Silber in ''XI''. Yoshinori Shima, [[The Other Darrin|his original seiyuu]] from ''{{'}}94'' and ''{{'}}95'', also voices Clark, Eiji, and Goenitz.
** Toshikazu Nishimura voices Chin and Heavy D! in ''{{'}}94'' and ''{{'}}98''. Josh Keller also voices Duo Lon and Kensou in the dub for ''XII''.
** Hanzo has the same seiyuu as Ryo in ''
** Lilly Kane shares [[Yumi Kakazu|a seiyuu]] with Kula.
** Richard Meyer is voiced by Kong Kuwata, who also voices Geese Howard and Duck King.
** Eric Kelso voices Takuma, Clark and Benimaru in the English version of ''XII''.
** Monster Maezuka voices Takuma, Ralf Benimaru
** Masahiro Nonaka voices Kyo's [[Justified Trope|clones]], Kyo-1 and Kyo-2. Subverted with evil, magical doppelganger Kusanagi, who is instead voiced by [[Mitsuo Iwata]].
*** However, ''
*** In ''XII'', he shares an Englsh VA (Peter von Gomm) with ''Ash'' of all people.
** King shares her seiyuu (Harumi Ikoma, who also is the announcer in ''
** Greg Irwin voices Joe and Robert in the dub of ''XII''.
** Kazuhiro "Kay" Inage (who voiced Robert in ''
* [[Throw It In]]: Hyena's lines were devised in a collaborative effort between the seiyuu of Hyena, Alba
** Krauser's Gigantic Cyclone (a.k.a. Gigatech Cyclone) was actually taken from the [[
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Beside the various prototype designs of characters (many of which can be seen as Strikers in ''2000''), many plot points were shafted or altered:
** Orochi Iori was originally planned to be the final boss of ''{{'}}97'' (remnants of this manifest as Iori being a [[Bonus Boss]] in said game if you beat Orochi with Kyo).
** Kyo and Iori were going to be dropped from ''{{'}}99'' to put emphasis on K'.
** The biggest "what-if?" would have to come from ''2001''. One could only imagine what direction the series would have took if SNK hadn't gone bankrupt after ''2000''
*** [[Word of God]] says that the game was originally meant to be an epic installment similar to ''97'', to wrap up the NESTS storyline. The game was said to return to the 3 vs 3 format, with a hero team consisting of K', Kula and Krizalid, who inexplicably returned. A sub boss team similar to ''97'''s Orochi team was apparently planned, consisting of Ron, a cloned version of Krizalid, and Zero before fighting Father NESTS, the final boss. But then Eolith happened, and we got K' on his old team, Kula lumped in with Foxy and two of Eolith's creations, and Krizaild totally removed, though his voice clips remain in the game's files. Ron and the clone Krizalid became strikers for Zero, and NESTS was killed off in the cutscenes to make room for Eolith's new boss Igniz. The validity of all this information is debated, but ''2001'' went on to become possibly the least popular game in the entire series, or at least the canon games. What could have been indeed...
** Even better, this series wasn't even originally a [[Fighting Game]]
** Athena's appearance in ''XII'' [http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/File:Athena_rejected_artwork.jpg was originally conceived to be not quite as loli as the final result
** Rugal was originally planned to [[Ditto Fighter|mirror special moves of the characters and use them against them]]. Hardware limitations killed this idea. Rugal's Reppuken, Kaiser Wave, and [[Attack Reflector|Dark Barrier]] are relics of this idea.
** Believe it or not, it was planned for Terry to actually ''die'' at the climax of ''{{'}}99''. Luckily, head management disagreed and brought him back in ''2000'', avoiding what would have been a shocking [[Player Punch]] and the ensuing barrage of [[Internet Backdraft]]. However, the "what-if" aspect of his death was played up for the remainder of the saga to the point that Blue Mary told Terry how his teammates ([[Ship Tease|or more specifically, her]]) were worried about him in the team's ''2000'' ending.
** Kim was supposed to debut in the first ''Maximum Impact'' under the alias of "Mr. Taekwondo", akin to "Mr. Karate". Instead, [[Distaff Counterpart|Chae Lim]] took his place, and Kim popped up in the sequel as his good 'ol regular self. Chae Lim herself was chosen over the likes of Jhun Hoon, May Lee
** Originally, Chang and Choi were going to be paired up with another dangerous criminal to from the "Fugitive Team". Kim was a last-minute addition, thus setting up to whole "rehabilitation" gig.
** King's Surprise Rose super move from ''Art of Fighting 2'' was her original DM in ''{{'}}94'', but was scrapped for some reason. King's designer then came up with the Illusion Dance DM, and it was well received. It was turned back into a DM in ''2002: Unlimited Match'' and ''XII''.
** Ralf (and presumably Clark) was supposed to have a moveset revolving around grenades back in his ''
*** Lampshaded in the intro dialogue between Kyo and Clark in ''XIII'', wherein Clark explains that the grenades he's wearing are duds, so there's no danger of them going off if Kyo uses his fire on them.
** Heidern's moveset and their names were so strange that the designers were going to make him an alien as explanation for his "abilities". However, the lead designer became attached to the character, giving him a tragic backstory instead and keeping him as a human.
** Saisyu was supposed to have died during his [[Early
** "Chris of the Flames of Destiny" was originally going to have black flames, but the idea was dumped as they would have been too hard to notice in his rather dark stage.
** [[Fan Disservice|One of Orochi's early designs was that of a naked Chris using an energy ball to attack...]]
** [http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/kof-xiii/blog/archives/2010/08/post_28.html According to the Developers' Blog] for ''XIII'', Chang, Malin, Momoko
*** And Chang (along with Choi) makes the customary Kim Team ending cameo.
** Vanessa was supposed to be playable in ''{{'}}99'', but didn't make it in time. She makes an [[Early
** The Neo MAX supers in ''XIII'' were at first created as extensions to normal supers, but because of testing feedback, they were eventually changed into stand alone supers. A few Neo MAX supers in the final build still look like they were supposed to follow up on normal supers, some of them only effective gameplay-wise when used as such.
** Adelheid was apparently meant to be playable in ''XIII'', based on some full-body and winpose sketches by Eisuke Ogura.
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