Q 01/05

The King of Fighters took its title from the subtitle of the first game in which SNK series?

A) Kizuna Encounter

B) Fatal Fury

C) Buriki One

D) Burning Fight

Answer · why

B) Fatal Fury

Fatal Fury: King of Fighters lent its subtitle to the crossover, which had started life as a side-scrolling beat 'em up called Survivor.

Q 02/05

Which King of Fighters regular joined Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a downloadable fighter in 2019?

A) Kyo Kusanagi

B) Ryo Sakazaki

C) Terry Bogard

D) Joe Higashi

Answer · why

C) Terry Bogard

Terry Bogard began as a hero design that his creator had scrapped while making the original Street Fighter years earlier.

Q 03/05

Which rival of Kyo Kusanagi, introduced in The King of Fighters '95, fights using purple flames?

A) Billy Kane

B) Eiji Kisaragi

C) Yashiro Nanakase

D) Iori Yagami

Answer · why

D) Iori Yagami

Iori Yagami inherits a family feud: his clan once fought beside Kyo's, then broke with it by making a cursed blood pact.

Q 04/05

Which arms dealer hosts the King of Fighters '94 tournament and turns beaten fighters into statues?

A) Rugal Bernstein

B) Wolfgang Krauser

C) Krizalid

D) Saisyu Kusanagi

Answer · why

A) Rugal Bernstein

Rugal Bernstein can copy any technique after seeing it once, and he meets the winning team aboard his own aircraft carrier.

Q 05/05

Which fan-throwing ninja, a regular since 1994, was left out of The King of Fighters XII entirely?

A) Yuri Sakazaki

B) Mai Shiranui

C) Blue Mary

D) Chizuru Kagura

Answer · why

B) Mai Shiranui

Mai Shiranui has since crossed into a rival series, joining Street Fighter 6 as a guest character.