Team Outlaw

 

Team Outlaw, also called  '97 Special Team , 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 hailing from the 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 character mentioned already participated 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. This team also appears in some Dream Match games.

KOF '97

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

KOF 2003

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

Members' Participation
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Team Bosses
Team Bosses 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, canonically, only in The King of Fighters '96 and The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (the latter game renamed as Team '96 Bosses, due to there being another Boss Team).

List of Members

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

Team South Town
Team South Town is another iteration of Team Outlaw. This Team 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.

Trivia

 * With exception of Blue Mary (who is a secret agent), all the other characters of this team are real outlaws.


 * This team, his Boss Variant and Team NESTS are the only teams of the series which each member have an own music theme.


 * The original formation of this team appears as DLC characters in future KOF games.


 * In The King of Fighters 2002, this team was called "KOF '97 Team", with its members (Yamazaki, Mary and Billy) representing The King of Fighters '97 (the canonical game which both appears as a team). However, in the remake of the reffered game, the team returns to their original name.


 * This team, Team Fatal Fury, Team Yagami, Team Hero, Team Art of Fighting, Team Ikari Warriors, Team South America, Team Rivals, Team Japan, Team Kyo, Team Sacred Treasures, Team K', Team Benimaru, Team Asian Triple Alliance, Team Agents, Team Ash, Team Elisabeth, Team Shun'ei, Team Mexico, Team G.A.W. and Team East Asia are the only teams of the series which one or more members win a KOF tournament.


 * This team, Team Women Fighters, Team Fatal Fury, Team Hero, Team Art of Fighting, Team Japan, Team East Asia, Team China, Team Kim, Team Kyo, Team Mexico, Team Athena, Team Rivals, Team NESTS, Team South America  and Team Wrestling are the only of the series with a some/greater number of team variants.
 * All the variants of this team are canonical.