Characters like Iori and Yamazaki, being enemies with most of the '97 cast, get the most shaft because of this. If they're on bad terms, you lose all of them. If your character is on friendly terms with your previous fighter, you get their Power Gauges intact from the previous round, and may get a bonus depending on their relationship.
OROCHI KOF 97 SERIES
Cutting Off the Branches: The KOF series usually keeps it ambiguous about which team won the tournament, but KOF '97 isn't the case.Big Bad: Orochi, a divine being named after the legend of Yamata no Orochi.In addition to using the evasive roll as Guard Cancel, you can also perform it with the Blow Back attack, with reduced damage and brief invincibility period.The Emergency Evasion roll has a longer period of invincibility, making it easier to dodge attack with it.Beyond bug fixes from '96, the biggest change is to split up the previous KOF's fighting system into two styles, the Extra mode and the Advanced mode.
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Like its prequel, KOF '97 is responsible for introducing signature systems that set itself from other SNK fighting games. And then there's Shingo Yabuki, the series' first Joke Character. Meanwhile, Chizuru, the KOF '96 mid-boss who's joined Women Fighters Team, is expecting the Orochi's imminent resurrection, and still looking for cooperation from Kyo and Iori to prepare for it. Two new teams join the cast '97 Special Team is a trio consisting of Fatal Fury characters, each with their own purpose, and the New Face Team is KOF-original, a rock band with a surprisingly good aptitude for martial arts. The King of Fighters '97 is the fourth installment of The King of Fighters, released on Jfor arcades and the Neo Geo.ĭespite Goenitz's sabotage of the last tournament, KOF continues to rise in popularity, and so a new tournament is held again throughout the globe.