Super Special Moves

Super Special Moves (lit. "Super Sure-Killing Art"), are powerful attacks unique to every character, often costing one power stock to use and are a staple for nearly any traditional fighting game.

They are a derivation from the Desperation Moves introduced and then changed in the Fatal Fury series, as in The King of Fighters series starting from  '94 before  '97 introduced the Advanced Mode to use them in their current iteration, DM's could only be used the gauge only being charged from taking damage, blocking or manually charging it. As a result, in-name-only, supers in the context of The King of Fighters series throughout are often referred to as DM's by fans, with MAX Super Special Moves (supers done during MAX Mode) being dubbed as Super Desperation Moves (SDM's; the mechanic that was used and introduced in KOF '96).