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* [[Dream Match Game]]: Both the [[Trope Namer]] (thanks to the Japanese subtitle of '''98'', ''Dream Match Never Ends'') and [[Trope Codifier]].

 

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Usually present in home ports, which tend to add (at the very least) new characters to the roster.

* [[Alternate Continuity]]: The ''Maximum Impact'' series, the ''EX'' series, the ''R'' series, ''Neowave'' (the latter of which has no proper story), and ''Days of Memories'' (with changes going up to the characters' personalities themselves).

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** There's also his waxing poetic on the mood the battlegrounds set in ''[[Updated Rerelease|Regulation A]]''. They ''really'' should have just gotten a native English speaker to handle this role...

* [[Assist Character]]:

** ''2000'''s Another Striker cameos.

* [[Creepy Twins]]: The two that appear in the Ikari Team's ''XI'' ending.

* [[Crisis Crossover]]

** It's also been stated that members of the Yagami bloodline have a tendency to die young, most likely due to the Riot. Puking up all that blood on a regular basis can't be healthy...

** Specifically, mixed bloodlines (i.e. Leona and Iori) can't fully control the power of Orochi, making it easy for Orochi or one of Four Heavenly Kings (Goenitz, Yashiro, Shermie, or Chris) to induce a violent, mindless rampage.

* [[Depending On the Artist]]: Iori's hair is either a gravity-defying pompadour or a more realistic bang that covers part of his face. Sometimes it's in between the two styles!

** K' usually has a (relatively) normal hairstyle, disheveled with a fair amount of bangs. This is consistent throughout the most of the series in terms of sprites and most artwork, but his hair will sometimes appear thick and bushy like a miniature afro, slicked, or even straight-up [[Shonen Hair]].

* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Several games in the series suffer from this, but the three most [[Egregious]] examples would probably be in '''94'', '''96'', and ''XI''. If you reach the first cutscene (in '''94''), face the Boss Team (in '''96''), or make it to the [[Sub Boss]] (in ''XI''), expect things to take a turn for the worse.

* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: Only in the comical, non-serious "ending" of ''2002'', though: Shermie makes several suggestive poses and many male characers (including [[Celibate Hero|Andy Bogard]]!) run around trying to get a good look. Clark just runs up and tackles her.

* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]:

** Mature and Vice. The former is more speed-oriented, while the latter is a grappler; they only share one move {{spoiler|two if you count their ''XIII'' [[Limit Break|Neo MAX]]}}.

** The Kyo clones, whose differentiation came in ''2002: Unlimited Match''.

* [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall]]: While several [[Victory Pose|Victory Poses]] seemed to be aimed at the player directly (such as Yashiro giving a sly pointer gesture, Kim's [[Twinkle Smile]], Benimaru's "I love you" and "Thank you," Shermie blowing multiple kisses, etc.), but they're also combatants in a (usually) televised, wildly popular international fighting tournament, so it's possible that they're also [[Fourth Wall Psych|appealing to their fanbase]].

* [[Left Hanging]]: The ''Maximum Impact'' series seems to be heading this route. ''2'' ended on a [[Sequel Hook]], ''Regulation A'' was simply an [[Updated Rerelease]], and ''Regulation A2'' was cancelled.

* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]

* [[Mirror Match]]: Not just a game mechanic, considering the number of Kyo clones there are. He even complains about how many of them there are in a few games set after the NESTS Saga (namely ''KOF XI'' where he jokes that he could make a baseball team out of himself).

* [[The Movie]]: There's one, starring [[Ray Park]] as Rugal... and let's leave it at that.

* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: Several.

** In ''2002: Unlimited Match'':

*** [[Bonus Boss|Nightmare Geese]]'s Raising Dead End HSDM, wherein [[Power Glows|his hands glow]]. If he [[Counter Attack|counters]] a move then, [[Shirtless Scene|he rips his shirt off]], encases you in a giant Reppuken, and fires it at you. It sounds mundane, and yet the visual delivery is surprisingly epic.

* [[Obvious Beta]]: ''XII'''s home version was released with very spartan single-player features (only five fights and no boss), a poorly regulated and hastily-patched online mode (to the point of being unplayable,) and massive [[Game Breaking Bug|Game Breaking Bugs]]. Studious crackers have found files on the game disc regarding [[Dummied Out]] characters.

* [[Oddball in The Series]]: It seems that this title would originally go to ''2001'' with its bizarre spin on the [[Assist Character|Striker System]] (your team can go anywhere from all four characters to only one member with three Strikers), the low-quality, highly-repetitive, techno-style music that lasts for all of 30 seconds, its lukewarm conclusion to an already controversial saga, and (most of all) [[SNK Boss|"lovable" Igniz]], one of ''the'' cheapest bastards in fighting game history (to put this into perspective, ''he'' was the former posterboy for [[SNK Boss]]), but you could make a case for the [[Obvious Beta|bare bones]] ''XII'' too.

* [[Over the Shoulder Murder Shot]]: Iori does this in one of his desperation moves.

* [[Parts Unknown]]: Unlike most fighting games, who ''mostly'' restrict this trope to bosses, a good chunk of the characters in the series have "unknown" listed against their birthplaces - ''26'' out of the total 90 (non-powered/cloned) characters, in fact.

** KOF XIII's arcade game: After the game is released in console and given extra contents and DLCs, the arcade game gets an upgrade called ''The King of Fighters XIII Climax'' which feature all these bonuses.

* [[Up to Eleven]]: SDM/HSDM/MAX2/LDM/Neo MAX variants of existing specials and DMs tend to be a mite bit more grandiose than their normal versions.

* [[Wham Episode]]: ''XIII''.

** The ''entire'' "Tales of Ash" saga is pretty much a Wham ''[[Up to Eleven|Arc]]'' (Chizuru and Iori lose their powers, the seal on Orochi is broken, Ash beats ''Orochi Iori'' effortlessly, etc.), but this is all compounded by {{spoiler|the climax of ''XIII''}}.

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