Team Outlaw

The Team Outlaw (アウトローチーム, Autorō Chīmu), also called  '97 Special Team ('97スペシャルチーム,  '97 Supesharuchīmu), is a reoccurring Special team in The King of Fighters series.

=Description= As the name implies, this team is formed by some outlaw characters, all from Fatal Fury series. The team was formed for the first time during a contest promoted by SNK and game magazines Famitsu, Neo Geo Freak and Gamest. The intention was to know which characters from the Fatal Fury series could make a special team, which led to the choice in the first formation of the team: Ryuji Yamazaki, Blue Mary and Billy Kane. The last already participate in the KOF series, during the '95 tournament.

The team also makes an appearance in The King of Fighters 2003, with Gato, a character from Garou: Mark of the Wolves, replacing Mary, and appears in some Dream Match games.

=List of Members=

Orochi Saga/NESTS Chronicles

 * Ryuji Yamazaki - Leader of Team Outlaw. Left in '99 and XI, and returned in 2002/UM.
 * Blue Mary - Member of Team Outlaw. Left in '99 and 2003, and returned in 2002/UM.
 * Billy Kane - Member of Team Outlaw. Left in '99 and 2003, and returned in 2002/UM.

Tales of Ash

 * Gato - Member of Team Outlaw. Left in XI.

=Members' Participation=

=Team Bosses= The Team Bosses (チームボス, Chīmu Bosu) also called Bosses Team, is another iteration of the Team Outlaw, and is formed by the crimelord Geese Howard, his half-brother Wolfgang Krauser and Mr. Big, all of which served as boss characters in previous Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting games. This team appears only in The King of Fighters '96 and The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match.

List of Members

 * Geese Howard - Leader of Team Bosses.
 * Wolfgang Krauser - Member of Team Bosses.
 * Mr. Big - Member of Team Bosses.

=Team South Town= The Team South Town (チーム サウスタウン Sausu Taun Chīmu), also called South Town Team, is another iteration of the Team Outlaw, and is formed by the crimelord Geese Howard, and his subordinates, the bodyguard Billy Kane and the butler Hein, and currently only appear in The King of Fighters XIV.

List of Members

 * Geese Howard - Leader of Team South Town.
 * Billy Kane - Member of Team South Town.
 * Hein - Member of Team South Town.