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Trivia about ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' include:
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Coincidentally, Benimaru's English VA in ''XII'' is known for voicing [[Tekken|Paul Phoenix]], another tall-haired blond guy in another fighting game.▼
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
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** 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.
* [[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.▼
** 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.
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** 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 [[Death Note]] and [[GameFAQs]] thanks to his HSDM in ''2002: Unlimited Match''.
* [[Flip-Flop of God]]: Is this series an [[Alternate Continuity]] to ''[[Art of Fighting]]'' and ''[[Fatal Fury]]''? What gender is Shion? Is Kula Diamond a clone or just an altered human? SNK can't seem to decide.
** To answer the first question: is Geese Howard [[
** 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, It's That Guy!]]: Ray Park who is the body actor for Darth Maul in [[The Phantom Menace]] as Rugal Bernstein in the live action movie.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** 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.]].'' and ''[[Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]: [[Updated Rerelease|Ultimate All-Stars]]'') voices Andy, Ralf, and Shen Woo in the English version of ''XII''.
** While Satoshi Hashimoto, the voice of Terry Bogard, [[Classically-Trained Extra|is more recognized for his work in theater]], did you know that he once [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise|led the Autobots]]?
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* [[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 ''King of Fighters '94'') was replaced by Keiichi Nanba in the following game; Nanba has voiced Andy in all subsequent games.
** 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]].
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** Akoya Sogi (who has voiced Mai from the beginning up to ''XI'') has been replaced by [[Ami Koshimizu]] as of ''King of Fighters Sky Stage''. Given that Mrs. Sogi has apparently retired, it's a safe bet to assume that Mrs. Koshimizu will take over in all subsequent appearances. This could also be the reason behind Mai's absence in ''XII''.
** 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.
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** 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 ''Maximum Impact 2'', Masaki Usui, who also voices Goro Daimon.
** Lilly Kane shares [[Yumi Kakazu|a seiyuu]] with Kula.
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** King shares her seiyuu (Harumi Ikoma, who also is the announcer in ''King of Fighters '96'', ''King of Fighters '98'', ''King of Fighters XI'' and ''King of Fighters XII'') with Blue Mary. Ikoma also voiced King's brother [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Jean/Jan]] in ''King of Fighters: Kyo''.
** Greg Irwin voices Joe and Robert in the dub of ''XII''.
** Kazuhiro "Kay" Inage (who voiced Robert in ''King of Fighters '94'' and ''{{'}}95'') also voices Lucky. Mantaro Koichi (who voiced Robert from ''King of Fighters '96'' to ''2003'') was also the announcer in ''{{'}}97''.
* [[Throw It In]]: Hyena's lines were devised in a collaborative effort between the seiyuu of Hyena, Alba and Soiree (who consequently became good friends through the experience).
** Krauser's Gigantic Cyclone (a.k.a. Gigatech Cyclone) was actually taken from the [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinning supers]] (i.e. the Senpuuken/Hadou Senpuukyaku) utilized by he and Terry in the ''[[Fatal Fury]] 2'' [[The Anime of the Game|OVAs]]. His [[Bishonen|youthful beauty]], lack of a mustache and [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished|scars]], as well as an ''authentic German-sounding voice'', the other hand, were not retained despite being well-received by fans.
* [[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...
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** 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 and ''Buriki One'' character Seo Yong Song.
** 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 ''King of Fighters'' debut as a [[Shout-Out]] to ''Ikari Warriors''. This was scrapped due to a possible case of [[Game Breaker|game-breaking mechanics]]. Averted in ''XII'', which gives him explosives in addition to most of his trademark moves.
*** 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-Bird Cameo]] in ''{{'}}94''. His appearance in the following game was a last-minute addition.
** "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 Oswald were meant to be in the game. Chang was reduced to a cameo in the India stage, whereas the other three cameo in endings (the Women Fighters Team, Psycho Soldiers Team, and Elizabeth Team, respectively).
*** 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-Bird Cameo]] as a Striker in the ''{{'}}99 Evo'' console release.
** 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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