The King of Fighters Orochi Collection/Walkthrough

Overview

Character	'94	'95	'96	'97	'98	RB	UM
Andy Bogard	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Athena Asamiya	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Benimaru Nikaido	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Billy Kane	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Blue Mary	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Brian Battler	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chang Koehan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chin Gentsai	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chizuru Kagura	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Choi Bunge	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chris	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Clark Still	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eiji Kisaragi	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Geese Howard	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Goro Daimon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Heavy D!	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Heidern	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iori Yagami	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Joe Higashi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kasumi Todoh	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Kim Kaphwan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
King	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kyo Kusanagi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Leona Heidern	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

Character	'94	'95	'96	'97	'98	RB	UM
Leopold Goenitz	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Lucky Glauber	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mai Shiranui	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mature	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Mr. Big	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Orochi	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Orochi Chris	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Orochi Shermie	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Orochi Yashiro	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Ralf Jones	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Robert Garcia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rugal Bernstein	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ryo Sakazaki	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ryuji Yamazaki	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Saisyu Kusanagi	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shermie	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Shingo Yabuki	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Sie Kensou	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Takuma Sakazaki	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Terry Bogard	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vice	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Wolfgang Krauser	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Yashiro Nanakase	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Yuri Sakazaki	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '94

• Total number of Characters: 25 (of which 24 are playable + 1 unplayable boss character)
• Characters appearing from other fighting games: 10
  • Art of Fighting (5 characters): King, Robert, Ryo, Takuma, Yuri
  • Fatal Fury (5 characters): Andy, Joe, Kim, Mai, Terry
• Characters appearing from other non-fighting games: 5
  • Psycho Soldier (2 characters)
    • Athena Asamiya - A Japanese high school girl with psycho powers from her ancestor Princess Athena.
    • Sie Kensou - A young psycho powers fighter from China.
  • Ikari Warriors (2 characters)
    • Clark Still - A mercenary for the Ikari Warriors agency.
    • Ralf Jones - A mercenary for the Ikari Warriors agency. Superior officer to Clark.
  • Ikari III - The Rescue (1 character)
    • Heidern - A mercenary for the Ikari Warriors agency. Superior officer to Ralf and Clark.
• New Characters: 10
  • Benimaru Nikaido - Fights using the power of electricity. Wears a rather short costume and an unusual hairstyle.
  • Brian Battler - A violent Football player from the USA.
  • Chang Koehan - Once a feared and violent criminal in Korea, he is now supervised by Kim. Best (and only) friend of Choi.
  • Chin Gentsai - The elderly mentor to Athena and Kensou.
  • Choi Bounge - Once a feared and violent criminal in Korea, he is now supervised by Kim. Best (and only) friend of Chang.
  • Goro Daimon - A former gold medalist of Judo and a mentor to his own dojo.
  • Heavy D! - A boxing character and the leader of Team USA.
  • Kyo Kusanagi - A fighting High School student and one of the main (canonial) winners of the King of Fighters tournaments.
  • Lucky Glauber - A karate champion who is also a former professional basketball player.
  • Rugal Bernstein - A wealthy arms dealer and host of the KoF '94 Tournament. (Appears only as a not playable boss character)

Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '95

• Total number of Characters: 26 (all playable)
• Characters reappearing from previous game (KoF '94): 22
  

(Andy, Athena, Benimaru, Chang, Chin, Choi, Clark, Daimon, Heidern, Joe, Kensou, Kim, King, Kyo, Mai, Ralf, Robert, Rugal, Ryo, Takuma, Terry, Yuri)

• Characters not reappearing from previous game (KoF '94): 3
  

(Brian, Heavy D, Lucky)

• Characters appearing from other fighting games: 2
  • Art of Fighting (1 character): Eiji
  • Fatal Fury (1 character): Billy
• New Characters: 2
  • Iori Yagami - The main rival of Kyo Kusanagi. Wields pyrokinetic powers.
  • Saisyu Kusanagi - The head of the Kusanagi clan and the father of Kyo Kusanagi.

Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '96

• Total number of Characters: 29 (of which 27 are playable in all versions + 2 are only playable in the CD version)
• Characters reappearing from previous game (KoF '95): 20
  

(Andy, Athena, Benimaru, Chang, Chin, Choi, Clark, Daimon, Iori, Joe, Kensou, Kim, King, Kyo, Mai, Ralf, Robert, Ryo, Terry, Yuri)

• Characters not reappearing from previous game (KoF '95): 6
  

(Billy, Eiji, Heidern, Rugal, Saisyu, Takuma)

• Characters appearing from other fighting games: 4
  • Art of Fighting (2 characters): Kasumi, Mr. Big
  • Fatal Fury (2 characters): Geese, Krauser
• New Characters: 5
  • Chizuru Kagura - A mysterious woman with deep connections to the Orochi powers and who sponsors the KoF '96 tournament.
  • Leona Heidern - The daughter of Heidern and his replacement in the Ikari Warriors Team.
  • Leopold Goenitz - One of the four heavenly kings of Orochi and a very powerful fighter.
  • Mature - One of the two secretaries of Rugal Bernstein. She can wield the Orochi power.
  • Vice - One of the two secretaries of Rugal Bernstein. She can wield the Orochi power and is thought to be a very cruel person.

Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '97

• Total number of Characters: 30 (of which 29 are playable + 1 unplayable boss character)
• Number of Characters with alternate versions available: 6
  

(Chris, Iori, Kyo, Leona, Shermie, Yashiro)

• Characters reappearing from previous game (KoF '96): 22
  

(Andy, Athena, Benimaru, Chang, Chin, Chizuru, Choi, Clark, Daimon, Iori, Joe, Kensou, Kim, King, Kyo, Leona, Mai, Ralf, Robert, Ryo, Terry, Yuri)

• Characters not reappearing from previous game (KoF '96): 7
  

(Geese, Goenitz, Kasumi, Krauser, Mature, Mr.Big, Vice)

• Characters reappearing from older KoF games: 1
  

KoF '95: Billy

• Characters appearing from other fighting games: 2
  • Fatal Fury (2 characters): Blue Mary, Yamazaki
• New Characters: 5
  • Chris - One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi and the dark Orochi counterpart to Kyo Kusanagi.
  • Orochi - One of the series main villains and the final boss of KoF '97.
  • Shermie - One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi and the dark Orochi counterpart to Benimaru Nikaido.
  • Shingo Yabuki - A simple, plain and friendly character who considers all fighters as his friends and is liked by most other contestants.
  • Yashiro Nanakase - One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi and the dark counterpart to Goro Daimon.

Characters introduced in The King of Fighters '98

• Total number of Characters: 38 (all playable)
• Number of Characters with alternate versions available: 13
  

(Andy, Billy, Chris, Joe, Kyo, Mai, Robert, Rugal, Ryo, Shermie, Terry, Yashiro, Yuri)

• Characters reappearing from previous game (KoF '97): 29
  

(Andy, Athena, Benimaru, Billy, Mary, Chang, Chin, Chizuru, Choi, Chris, Clark, Daimon, Iori, Joe, Kensou, Kim, King, Kyo, Leona, Mai, Ralf, Robert, Ryo, Shermie, Shingo, Terry, Yamazaki, Yashiro, Yuri)

• Characters not reappearing from previous game (KoF '97): 1
  

(Orochi)

• Characters reappearing from older KoF games: 9
  • KoF '94: Brian, Lucky, Heavy D
  • KoF '95: Heidern, Rugal, Saisyu, Takuma
  • KoF '96: Mature, Vice
• New Characters: 0