#The king of fighters 98 play online series#

The roster itself is flexible enough to meet many tastes of play style. It even has a Jackie Chan inspired drunken master character called Chin Gentsai. It’s more of a “what if” battle royal in which you take control of three fighters of your choice from a roster of 38 combatants from various styles spanning from Thai boxing, Taekwondo, Akido, Boxing etc.

Unlike its predecessors, KOF98 doesn’t have a story to go by. KOF98, in particular, has been regarded as one of the best and most balanced in its franchise. Even more so with the release of the excellent Capcom vs SNK of which included many of the KOF roster. The franchise grew stronger as they became more affordable on home console in the Dreamcast and PlayStation era.

#The king of fighters 98 play online series#

However, the series has always been popular in arcades, so popular in fact a new sequel was released each consecutive year that spanned well over a decade. To others that may have never got the chance to play them, they were commonly mistaken as another Street Fighter clone that were only available on a NEO GEO arcade machine or its massively priced home console (Games were equivalent to about £350 in today’s currency). To some, the KOF series are all time classics. But does time fair well for this 90’s classic that is The King of Fighters 98? With Nintendo still yet to release any information about their Virtual Console plans on the Switch, it’s up to the efforts of Hamster Corporation to scratch that nostalgic itch by releasing SNK arcade ports from back in the day on Nintendo’s latest console.