Team NESTS

Team NESTS is a Special Team in The King of Fighters series.

Description
As the name implies, this team consists of NESTS operatives, during the saga of the same name (and is formed only in KOF 2001). This team was formed by the higher ups by the NESTS cartel, in order to execute any traitors or any potential threats to the NESTS (and watch Kula Diamond, after the events of the previous game). This team also acts as the Team Rivals of the saga, rivaling with Team K' (the Hero Team of the story arc).

After Foxy was brutally injured by Ángel and K9999 during the climax of the 2001 tournament, the team was automatically disbanded, and was never formed again after the end of the saga. Despite this, the team was reformed in fifteenth tournament, but this time have nothing to do with NESTS nor under the cartel's name.

Leader

 * Kula Diamond - Leader of Team NESTS. Joined in 2001-2002 and 2002 UM, and left immediately after Foxy was heavily injured.

Members

 * Foxy - Member of Team NESTS. Joined in 2001 and left immediately after she was heavily injured.
 * K9999 - Member of Team NESTS. Joined in 2001 and 2002, and left immediately after heavily injuring Foxy.
 * Ángel - Member of Team NESTS. Joined in 2001-2002 and 2002 UM, and left immediately after heavily injuring Foxy.

Team Krohnen (A.K.A. Former Team NESTS)
Team Krohnen is an another variant of Team NESTS. This formation consists of former NESTS agents, led by a mysterious character named Krohnen McDougall, and appears only in The King of Fighters XV. It shares a very similar formation as the non-canonical NESTS Team in The King of Fighters 2002.

Leader

 * Krohnen McDougall - Leader of the team that bears his first name.

Members

 * Kula Diamond - Member of Team Krohnen.
 * Ángel - Member of Team Krohnen.

Trivia

 * Due to controversies, K9999 has been removed from Team NESTS in The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match. However, he appears only in the original version of the game and in KOF 2001, both produced by Eolith.
 * His substitute, Nameless, appears as a single entry fighter in this game.


 * Due to them being ex-NESTS employees (and likely due to their popularity), Kula and Ángel are the only members who are always present in all formations of this team (mainline entries and variant).


 * This team and Team Outlaw (along with his Boss Variant) are the only teams in the series which each member has their own music theme.


 * The idea of the host creating a sponsored team would later be reused when Antonov (a sub-boss) made his own team for the 14th tournament.


 * This team appears as a dream match variation of Team Women Fighters in KOF 2002 Unlimited Match. The other variants are Team Pretty Girls Fighters, Team High School Girls . Team Another World and Team Agents (in this game, KOF 2003, KOF XIV and KOF XV, respectively).


 * In The King of Fighters 2002, this team was called "KOF 2001 Team", with its members representing The King of Fighters 2001 (the canonical game which both appears as a team). However, in the game's remake. the team returns to its original name.


 * This team, Team Yagami, Team Masters, Team K', Team Ikari Warriors, Team Kim, Team Hero, Team Rivals, Team Agents and Team Isla are the only teams of the series which one or more members have unknown nationality.


 * 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 Outlaw, Team Rivals, Team South America and Team Wrestling are the only teams in the series with team variations.
 * Only the 2002 formations are non-canonical.