8.0
For fans of the long-running series, buying King of Fighters ’99 on the Nintendo Switch should be a no-brainer. It’s a great game given new life on a new platform – what isn’t there to love?
KOF '99 ACA NEOGEO
SNK CORPORATION · Aug 16, 2022
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This entry in this series marks the beginning of the “NESTS” chapter of the KOF story, and focuses on the new character K’ instead of Kyo Kusanagi.
This entry introduces a new Striker Match mode, adding an even more strategic element to the classic KOF game system.
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- 9.0There's not much else to say about King of Fighters 99. This isn’t even the only entry of the KoF series available on the Switch (as I'll be reviewing the 2000 edition shortly), but it's still one of the best. It's dated, sure, but it still has a lot of heart and strategy within. This is a great two player fighter, and I recommend it to anyone who's a bit tired of Street Fighter or Tekken and wants to see how it was done back in 1999. Now, I gotta go ice my thumbs: my hands are TIRED.
- 7.0The King of Fighters '99 doesn't reach the heights of its immediate predecessor, but by changing things up there's still fun to be had from the different way of playing offered by the introduction of Strikers. There's a good variety of characters to play as and the game offers the expected enjoyable multiplayer with friends. However, just as earlier games in the series were "good, but not as good as the one after", KOF '99 would be improved upon by its follow-up.
- 7.6○ 新章開幕したKOF。新キャラ、新システム、グラフィックやBGMを一新した意欲作。ちゃんと草薙京や八神庵も使えるのでご安心を。 △ ストライカーモードやカウンターモードなどの複雑なシステムを使いこなすのは結構難しい。
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