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The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood is a video game based on The King of Fighters '99 Evolution system. It was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2002.

The EX series created a alternate timeline. According to the team prologues of the game, in this continuity, Kyo Kusanagi was found by Moe Habana rather than NESTS at the end of KOF '97. As a result, the events of the NESTS Saga did not occur. Also noted that the appearances of the Striker-only characters in this game are non-canon, as they are either never mentioned in prologues or have other things going on (such as Joe defending his title and Yuri contracting the mumps), and that this game takes place instead of KOF '99 in the EX continuity.

Description[]

Two years have now passed since the last edition of "King of Fighters" Tournament, accomplished in 1997: after Orochi was sealed by the joint forces of Kyo Kusanagi, Chizuru Kagura and Iori Yagami, all the fighters returned to their normal lives. But suddenly, a mysterious host decided to reopen the tournament and have been sent serial invitations to the most powerful fighters. But there are many secrets surrounding this happy-hour fighting clash, as the apparent disappearance of Iori Yagami and a remote distrust behind this unknown sponsor: that he would be using the championship to accomplish secret operations involving (maybe) the Orochi power...

This title marks the first installment of King of Fighters Series on Nintendo's 32-bit handheld. It brings a lot of gameplay characteristics based in both KOF Evolution (most of the graphic stuff and principally both "Striker" System and backgrounds, now represented by a static 2D frame instead of the original 3D ones) and KOF 2000 (the musical repertoire). Besides the traditional game modes (Team Play, Team Battle, Single Play, Single Battle, Endless Survival and Survival Time Attack), this game marks too the debut of a new-exclusive female character named Moe Habana.

Characters[]

The only new character added to the roster is:

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Moe Habana, a normal high school student who resides in America. One day, she finds the wounded Kyo Kusanagi, who had just defeated Orochi, and nurses him back to health. Worried for his safety, she decides to tag along with him in the King of Fighters tournament. She is a compassionate girl who makes friends quickly and deeply cares for them. She thinks of Kyo as her "big brother".

Official Team Roster[]

Hero Team[]

Kyo Kusanagi
Benimaru Nikaido
Moe Habana

Fatal Fury Team[]

Terry Bogard
Andy Bogard
Mai Shiranui

Art of Fighting Team[]

Ryo Sakazaki
Robert Garcia
King

Ikari Warriors Team[]

Leona Heidern
Ralf Jones
Clark Still

Psycho Soldier Team[]

Athena Asamiya
Sie Kensou
Bao

Korea Justice Team[]

Kim Kaphwan
Chang Koehan
Choi Bounge

Strikers[]

Normal Strikers[]

Shingo Yabuki - Hero Team
Joe Higashi - Fatal Fury Team
Yuri Sakazaki - Art of Fighting Team
Whip - Ikari Warriors Team
Chin Gentsai - Psycho Soldier Team
Jhun Hoon - Korea Justice Team

Hidden Strikers[]

K'
Maxima
Vanessa
Ryuji Yamazaki

Bosses[]

Sub-Boss[]

Iori Yagami

Final Boss[]

Geese Howard

Trivia[]

  • Despite this game's systems primarily being based on KOF '99: Evolution, most if not almost all the character leitmotifs are instead compressed versions of their KOF 2000 leitmotifs.

See also[]

The King of Fighters series
Mainline '94'95'96'97'98'992000200120022003XIXIIXIIIXIVXV
Remakes Dream Match 1999'99 Evolution'94 Re-Bout'98 Ultimate Match2002 Unlimited Match'98 Ultimate Match Final Edition
Offshoots R-1R-2EX: Neo BloodEX2: Howling BloodNeowave
Spin-offs Quiz King of FightersThe King of Fighters: KyoBattle de ParadiseKOF Maximum ImpactKOF Maximum Impact 2KOF Maximum Impact Regulation "A"KOF Sky StageOnline'98 Ultimate Match WebSNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy
Mobile The King of Fighters -Mobile- / R-2-Volleyball-KOF Gals MahjongThe King of MillionaireThe King of ReversiMahjongKOF Kentei - Mezase Cult Quiz Ou!Moeyo! KOF DaiundokaiKOF x Garou DensetsuBattle Festa-i/AndroidEncounterThe Rhythm of Fighters'98 Ultimate Match OnlineBeast Busters featuring KOFWorldDestinyAll StarOrochi GoM: Fighting Stars AssemblyKOF: Chroniclefor GirlsArena
Pachinko The King of FightersChapter of NESTSMaximum ImpactIIICR The King of Fighters
Compilations Orochi CollectionThe Orochi SagaNESTS Collection
Films/Animations Another DayThe King of Fighters (movie)DestinyAwaken
Mangas/Comics/Novels/Manhwas The King of Fighters: Kyo (Manga)The King of Fighters: A New BeginningThe King of Fantasy (Manga)The King of Fighters Side Story: The Origin of Flame - Shingo Travels Through Time! Let's Go!The King of Fantasy (Novel)The King of Fighters: R's Letter
Cancelled Online (UnoTechnology)Fighters' WorldKOF MI "A2"KOF: Maximum Impact 360Online (DragonFly/Triple A Games)
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The King of Fighters games
Prologue
Orochi Saga
NESTS Chronicles
Tales of Ash
New Age Saga
Remakes
Maximum Impact series
Offshoots
Spin-offs
Mobile The King of Fighters -Mobile- / R-2The King of Fighters -Volleyball-KOF Gals MahjongThe King of MillionaireThe King of ReversiThe King of Fighters MahjongKOF Kentei - Mezase Cult Quiz Ou!Moeyo! KOF Daiundokai The King of Fighters Battle Festa The King of Fighters: Encounter
Pachinko
Compilations The King of Fighters Orochi Collection The King of Fighters NESTS Collection
Cancelled KOF: Maximum Impact 360The King of Fighters Online (Cancelled)