The King of Fighters '97/Trivia


 * This game differs from other games in the series in that aside from the New Faces Team and the Orochi Team, no team has a theme song. Instead, only certain characters have a theme song and if the player fights a character who does not have a theme song, only the stages ambience will play during the match.


 * The Special Team is the second team in the series (first one being Bosses Team in The King of Fighters '96) where each member of the team has their own theme song. All of their theme songs are taken from Real Bout Fatal Fury Special.


 * This is the first game in the series to have a playable section after the final boss. If the player plays as the Hero Team, the player will fight Iori Yagami as Kyo Kusanagi after the final boss. This is also the first 1 vs. 1 fight in the regular arcade mode.


 * This game, The King of Fighters '96 and The King of Fighters XIV are the only mainline games where it is possible fight against randomized teams in Story Mode.
 * In KOF XIV, the mix occurs with regular and DLC characters.


 * This is so far, the only game in the series where characters do not have winning quotes on the winner screen whatsoever.