Orochi Saga/Trivia


 * As said and written in many pages on this wiki, The King of Fighters series takes place in an alternate universe separated from storylines such as the Fatal Fury series and Art of Fighting series.
 * Because of this, their stories will not be listed in the synopsis of this saga, although the events of Art of Fighting, Art of Fighting 2, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters and Fatal Fury 2 (in that order), all happened prior to the events of The King of Fighters '94 (the prologue of this saga). Games such as Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory, Real Bout Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting 3 do not happen during this story arc.


 * Starting with The King of Fighters '95, the series beings to enter a "floating timeline", a trope or device used in fiction to create the illusion of passing time without aging characters in a medium. This is done to prevent the cast of The King of Fighters from over aging throughout the passage of real time. For example, if the KOF series had continued to age their characters through the passage of time, Kyo would be about 35 years old by the time of the current KOF game, The King of Fighters XV.


 * The King of Fighters '98 (and its remake The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match), is not listed in the canonical story, as it is a "Dream Match" game, and is therefore non-canon. The same thing occurs with The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout, which is a remake of the original  '94.


 * The King of Fighters: Kyo, a game released only in Japan, also contains elements that are canon to the events found in this saga/story arc.


 * This is the first story arc to use the expression "FIGHT" before the matches (and only in the first game and its remake). The expression is used again only during the games of the NESTS Chronicles.
 * Starting with The King of Fighters '95, the rounds are announced with the expression "READY GO", which soon became common during the series, and continues until today, not being used during the NESTS Saga.
 * The King of Fighters '96 starts with the tradition of counting rounds numerically. It was interrupted during the Ash Saga and resumed in KOF XIV.
 * Due to 3-vs-3 system, the maximum number of rounds is 5. However, when the last round ends in a tie, a decisive round, under the name "FINAL ROUND", appears.


 * This is the only story arc which the fighters' name are announced before the matches. This method ends in The King of Fighters '97 and The King of Fighters '98 (and its remake).
 * However, the characters' complete names appears in the beginning of the rounds, just like in KOF '97.
 * In console versions of KOF '98, the fighter's names are announced only during the Survival Mode.


 * This is the longest mainline story arc of all the series (if counting KOF '94/Re-Bout as its prologue).


 * This is the only story arc which the teams are classified by country (and only in the first games).


 * This is the only arc whose Team Rivals'  leaders (the deuteragonists) are male characters, as the later Sagas' has one of its respective storylines' teams were led by female deuteragonists.


 * This saga, NESTS Chronicles and Tales of Ash are the only story arcs which a hero/protagonist or a rival/deuteragonist appears in a solo participation.


 * All games of this saga were produced and released by former SNK (the KOF '98 remake was produced and released by SNK PLAYMORE).