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''Nothing's gonna stop it 'cause it's 1998!''|'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7GcbCgEqcE Cipher]''', [[Thematic Theme Tune]] of ''[[The King of Fighters]] '98'' (and its [[Updated Rerelease]], ''Ultimate Match'', as a remixed version).}}

The '''''King of Fighters''''' series started out as a crossover fighting game, featuring some of the most popular characters from [[SNK]] Playmore's (known as ''SNK'' back then) fighting game franchises: ''[[~~Video Gaem/Fatal Fury|~~Fatal Fury]]'' and ''[[Art of Fighting]]'', as well as classic SNK games such as ''[[Ikari Warriors]]'' and ''[[Psycho Soldier]]'', splitting them up into teams of three (four in the NESTS Saga), duking it out in one-on-one battles similar to its major competition at the time, ''[[Street Fighter]]''.

The '''''King of Fighters''''' series started out as a crossover fighting game, featuring some of the most popular characters from [[SNK]] Playmore's (known as ''SNK'' back then) fighting game franchises: ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' and ''[[Art of Fighting]]'', as well as classic SNK games such as ''[[Ikari Warriors]]'' and ''[[Psycho Soldier]]'', splitting them up into teams of three (four in the NESTS Saga), duking it out in one-on-one battles similar to its major competition at the time, ''[[Street Fighter]]''.

Although the first game was merely intended to be a [[Mascot Fighter]], the series became more popular than the others that inspired it, and [[Continuity Creep|an overreaching plot soon developed that took the other SNK fighters along for the ride]].