New Age Saga

The Shun'ei Saga (tentative title) is the fourth and current on-going story arc in The King of Fighters series. It covers the events found in The King of Fighters XIV and The King of Fighters XV, as well as SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy.

=Past=

Verse
After Ash Crimson sacrificed his existence to erase Saiki, the entity known as Verse began forming. Verse also formed from various fallen souls that spread not only through The King of Fighters series, but also other series. When Nakoruru sensed terrible malice coming from a crack in spacetime, she traveled to the modern times (where The King of Fighters universe and story takes place) and enters with Mui Mui and Love Heart.

=The King of Fighters XIV=

The "First" Champion


Several years after the events of the previous tournament, a confident billionaire named Antonov buys the rights to The King of Fighters tournament, over the strong objections of the board members of his company, the Antonov Corporation.

Proclaiming himself as the “first champion”, he eagerly host a new tournament and sends out invites across the world, challenging teams to take his title.

Follow Me
Once again, all of the teams fought with all their strength, culminating with the Japan Team reaching the finals, which was a final confrontation with the "first" champion, Antonov. Team Japan easily beats him, making them winners of The King of Fighters XIV, the first time since their last victory in the '97 tournament.



However, mere moments after beating Antonov, a mysterious entity appears, destroying the stadium.

Burning On
=SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy= Several months prior to the events of the fifteenth torunament, Kukri's obsession for women caused him to create a pocket dimension where women fighters must survive in his universe and join forces and slug it out with other women. Kukri transports most of the female fighters, including few of them who aren't present in the previous tournament (such as Jeanne D'Arc and the recently revived Shermie) to this pocket dimension, and they suddenly fall unconscious. Upon waking, they find themselves in a strange mansion, along some male fighters who have been changed into women. The fighters attempt to battle their way out, but are confronted by the mastermind, Kukri, who reveals he has trapped them in his castle in a pocket dimension and they must defeat him to return home.

=The King of Fighters XV= To be added soon...

=Characters Introduced=

Original Characters

 * Shun'ei (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Meitenkun (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Gang-il (Playable in XIV)
 * Luong (Playable in XIV, SNKH and XV)
 * Xanadu (Playable in XIV)
 * Sylvie Paula Paula (Playable in XIV and SNKH)
 * Kukri (Playable in XIV; Boss in SNKH)
 * Mian (Playable in XIV and SNKH)
 * Nelson (Playable in XIV)
 * Zarina (Playable in XIV and SNKH)
 * Bandeiras Hattori (Playable in XIV)
 * King of Dinosaurs (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Hein (Playable in XIV)
 * Antonov (Sub Boss; Playable in XIV)
 * Verse (Boss; Playable in XIV)
 * Najd (Playable in XIV, only as DLC)

Samurai Shodown series

 * Nakoruru (Playable in XIV and SNKH)

Dragon Gal series

 * Mui Mui (Playable in XIV and SNKH)

Sky Love series

 * Love Heart (Playable in XIV and SNKH)

Fatal Fury series

 * Alice Nakata (Garou Densetsu: The Legend of Wild Wolf; Playable in XIV)
 * Rock Howard (Garou: Mark of the Wolves; Playable in XIV, as DLC)

SNK Original Characters

 * Miss X (SNK Gals' Fighters; Playable in SNKH, as DLC)
 * Jeanne D'Arc (World Heroes series; Playable in SNKH, as DLC)

Crossover Characters

 * Thief Arthur (Square Enix; Playable in SNKH, as a Crossover DLC)
 * Skullomania (ARIKA; Playable in SNKH, as a Crossover DLC)

KOF XV
To be added soon...

NPC Characters

 * Yakov (Antonov's assistant; seen in XIV)
 * Clemence Bellamy (KOF Tournament journalist; seen in XIV as reporter and in XV as anchorman)

TOriginal Characters

 * Kyo Kusanagi (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Benimaru Nikaido (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Goro Daimon (Playable in XIV)
 * Heidern (Playable in XIV, as DLC)
 * Chin Gentsai (Playable in XIV)
 * Chang Koehan (Playable in XIV)
 * Choi Bounge (Playable in XIV)

Fatal Fury series

 * Terry Bogard (Playable in XIV, SNKH and XV)
 * Andy Bogard (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Joe Higashi (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Mai Shiranui (Playable in XIV, SNKH and XV)
 * Kim Kaphwan (Playable in XIV)

Art of Fighting series

 * Ryo Sakazaki (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Robert Garcia (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Yuri Sakazaki (Playable in XIV, SNKH and XV)
 * King (Playable in XIV and XV)

Ikari Warriors series

 * Ralf Jones (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Clark Still (Playable in XIV and XV)

Psycho Soldier

 * Athena Asamiya (Playable in XIV, SNKH and XV)
 * Sie Kensou (Playable in XIV)

Original Characters

 * Iori Yagami (Playable in XIV, SNKH and XV; Appears as Miss X in SNKH)

Fatal Fury series

 * Billy Kane (Playable in XIV)

Original Characters

 * Leona Heidern (Playable in XIV, SNKH and XV)
 * Mature (Playable in XIV)
 * Vice (Playable in XIV)
 * Chizuru Kagura (Playable in XV)

Fatal Fury series

 * Geese Howard (Playable in XIV)

Original Characters

 * Yashiro Nanakase (Playable in XV)
 * Shermie (Playable in SNKH and XV)
 * Chris (Playable in XV)

Fatal Fury series

 * Ryuji Yamazaki (Playable in XIV, as DLC)
 * Blue Mary (Playable in XIV and XV; only DLC in XIV)

KOF '99

 * K' (Playable in XIV and XV)
 * Maxima (Playable in XIV)
 * Whip (Playable in XIV, as DLC)

KOF 2000

 * Kula Diamond (Playable in XIV and SNKH)
 * Vanessa (Playable in XIV and XV; only DLC in XIV)
 * Ramón (Playable in XIV and XV)

KOF 2001

 * Angel (Playable in XIV)

Original Character

 * Oswald (Playable in XIV, as DLC)

Fatal Fury series

 * Tung Fu Rue (Playable in XIV)

= Characers & Teams =

=Trivia=


 * As this is a current on-going story arc, there are currently many mysteries that we do not currently have an answer to yet.
 * Although the manga The King of Fighters: A New Beginning contains more information about the story side of KOF XIV, it is not canon to the games.
 * As of yet, it is unknown how Mui Mui and Love Heart will be affected in the series, since the rights for Dragon Gal and Sky Love pachinko series are sold (the last for Highlights Entertainment, a bankrupted company).