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[[File:The_King_of_Fighters_XIII_logo.jpg|thumb|250px|The King of Fighters XIII logo. This game is the conclusion of the Ash Saga.]]
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'''The King of Fighters''' (ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ, ''Za Kingu obu Faitāzu''), officially abbreviated '''''KoF''''', is the premiere series of fighting games by [[SNK Playmore]], formerly SNK. The series was originally developed for SNK's [[Neo Geo|Neo-Geo MVS]] arcade hardware, which served as the main platform for the series until 2004, when SNK retired the MVS in favor of the [[Wikipedia:Atomiswave|Atomiswave]] arcade board (which has been recently discarded in favor of an even more advanced arcade system, the [[Wikipedia:Taito_Type_X2|Taito Type X2]]). Ports of the arcade games and original ''King of Fighters'' games have been developed for the [[Neo Geo CD]], [[Neo Geo Pocket]], Nintendo [[Wikipedia:Game_Boy|Game Boy]], [[Wikipedia:Game_Boy_Advance|Game Boy Advance]], Nokia [[Wikipedia:N-Gage|N-Gage]], [[Wikipedia:Sega_Saturn|Sega Saturn]], Sega [[Wikipedia:Dreamcast|Dreamcast]], [[Wikipedia:PlayStation|PlayStation]], [[Wikipedia:PlayStation_2|PlayStation 2]], [[Wikipedia:PlayStation_3|PlayStation 3]], [[Wikipedia:Xbox|Xbox]], and [[Wikipedia:Xbox_360|Xbox 360]]. Older games in the series have been re-released as part of [[Neo Geo Online Collection|compilations]] or given their own special remakes for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii Wii], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSP PSP], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps2 PlayStation 2]. ''[[The King of Fighters XII]]'' was released on April 10, 2009. The latest game in the main series, "[[The King of Fighters XIII]]" had a preview shown in Akihabara.
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'''The King of Fighters''' (ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ, ''Za Kingu obu Faitāzu''), officially abbreviated '''''KoF''''', is the premiere series of fighting games by [[SNK Playmore]], formerly SNK. The series was originally developed for SNK's [[Neo Geo|Neo-Geo MVS]] arcade hardware, which served as the main platform for the series until 2004, when SNK retired the MVS in favor of the [[Wikipedia:Atomiswave|Atomiswave]] arcade board (which has been recently discarded in favor of an even more advanced arcade system, the [[Wikipedia:Taito_Type_X2|Taito Type X2]]). Ports of the arcade games and original ''King of Fighters'' games have been developed for the [[Neo Geo CD]], [[Neo Geo Pocket]], Nintendo [[Wikipedia:Game_Boy|Game Boy]], [[Wikipedia:Game_Boy_Advance|Game Boy Advance]], Nokia [[Wikipedia:N-Gage|N-Gage]], [[Wikipedia:Sega_Saturn|Sega Saturn]], Sega [[Wikipedia:Dreamcast|Dreamcast]], [[Wikipedia:PlayStation|PlayStation]], [[Wikipedia:PlayStation_2|PlayStation 2]], [[Wikipedia:PlayStation_3|PlayStation 3]], [[Wikipedia:Xbox|Xbox]], and [[Wikipedia:Xbox_360|Xbox 360]]. Older games in the series have been re-released as part of [[Neo Geo Online Collection|compilations]] or given their own special remakes for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii Wii], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSP PSP], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps2 PlayStation 2]. ''[[The King of Fighters XII]]'' was released on April 10, 2009. The latest game in the main series, "[[The King of Fighters XIII]]" had a preview shown in Akihabara. It was released for the arcades on July 14, 2010 and for consoles on December 1, 2011 in Japan, November 22, 2011 in North America and November 25, 2011 in Europe.
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