History WMG / TheKingOfFighters

Due to [[spoiler:Verse exploding and various BigBads having come back from the dead as a result]], the entire world is kind of thrown into chaos from the sudden rise of various BlackShirts, whether fanatic worshipers of Orochi or sleeper and/or hiding loyal NESTS agents. Whether these minions are going into bloody open warfare with each other and/or causing wanton destruction, the situation is forcing all the various military and police organizations to be stretched thin in dealing with the insanity. The Ikari Warriors are no exception. Both Ralph and Clark are unable to participate in the newest KoF due to them needing to actively assist in rounding up all the BlackShirts, leaving Leona as the only veteran. However, she is teamed up with two new volunteers who are throwing in there expertise on Orochi to help on half of the problem.

Interestingly, the two CoDragons will have completely opposing dynamics with Orochi. Rugal is clearly the DragonWithAAgenda and plans to eventually pull a Starscream on Orochi, but Orochi treats the man is with staggering amounts of respect and trust almost to the point of absurd GenreBlindness despite him not having Orochi's blood in him. Goenitz, on the other hand, is fanatically loyal to Orochi and willing to die for his God, but Orochi treats the man like utter crap, mostly due to Goenitz having the means of freeing Orochi the first time ''much, MUCH earlier'' than expected. '''[[EpicFail TWICE.]]''' Does not matter if there were back up plans, the fact remains Goenitz failed when circumstances literally served him victory on a platter.

** Jossed. Nothing major was released in 2014, and we wouldn't get KOFXIV for another two years.

* The reason she hasn't been captured, is because NESTS assumes the person they're looking for is ''a male''. So they've repeatedly tried and failed to make one of their own, except each of them is either flawed, or unstable. Whereas Saisyu succeeded by ''[[DoubleEntendre "doing it"]]'' [[CoitusEnsues the old fashioned way.]]
** It would also explain why Vice tried to mind control him. The Orochi Clan was trying to beat NESTS to the punch by getting Saisyu to divulge [[spoiler: Satomi]]'s name and whereabouts. But they wound up empty-handed as well, thanks to Saisyu resisting. They'll never know that the one they're after is a 17 year old [[AlmightyJanitor combat waitress.]]

** It would also explain why Vice tried to mind control Saisyu. The Orochi Clan was trying to beat NESTS to the punch by getting Saisyu to divulge [[spoiler: Satomi]]'s name and her whereabouts. But they wound up empty-handed as well, thanks to Saisyu resisting. They'll never know that the one they're after is a 17 year old [[AlmightyJanitor combat waitress.]]

[[WMG: NESTS knows the perfect Kyo clone already exists: it's [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Satomi Yajima]]]]

[[WMG: NESTS knows the perfect Kyo clone already exists: it's [[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Satomi Yajima]]]]

[[WMG: The Geese Howards that appear in various games are actually different people taking on the "Geese Howard" name. The original died a long time ago (perhaps killed during ''Art of Fighting 2''!), but used this plot in a MagnificentBastard-style LegacyCharacter plot to continue his legacy of crime, as well as having surgery to resemble him, martial arts training to learn his techniques (With some making new ones to explain his knowledge and use of the Deadly Rave and Rashoumon) and mental conditioning to have his personality and knowledge of the Bogards.]]

* Well, if people deny his whole "being immortal" story, then this might make good enough sense.

It is a bit too convenient for Gang-Il to pick up this sultry and slightly more sadistic woman as his girlfriend and bring him to Kim's team. My guess is that she could be a lackey of Xanadu, the same guy who yanked Chang and Choi from Kim, and make it so she got picked up by Gang-Il who is perverted, and Xanadu could probably be counting on that, in order to bring down Kim's team for whatever reason. Luong has the makings of EvilIsSexy after all.

** Jossed, ''XIV'' is the start of a new story arc, and possibly the long awaited Dragon Spirit Saga.

** The first statement is technically true. ''Fatal Fury 1'' and ''2'' have "The King Of Fighters" in their character select screens, meaning the the King Of Fighters tournament started in 1992, with the events of the original ''Fatal Fury''. The King Of Fighters 1993 tournament saw more international participation, before it turned into ''KOF '94''. Anything ''Fatal Fury''-wise is localized in South Town.
** I thought that this was a given. Chronologically, the ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' series (most specifically, the second game) leads into ''VideoGame/FatalFury''. After ''2'', ''Fatal Fury'' spun off into ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and the two timelines [[AlternateContinuity split]] (certain events happened in the original timeline, such as ''Geese's death'', which would conflict ''heavily'' with ''KOF''). About Rock Howard possibly joining you in the future, three things to point out: 1. [[ComicBookTime Every character has had their ages frozen]] since ''[='95=]''. Thus, Rock, who appears in ''2001'' and ''2002'' as a six or seven-year-old (as apposed to being 17 in ''Garou''), will ''stay'' that age in ''KOF''; 2. According to WordOfGod, the developers are saving him up for the next ''Garou'' (which will probably never happen), hence his appearances in ''Maximum Impact'' (another AlternateContinuity where Geese is again dead), ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'', and ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum''; 3. Creator/{{SNK}} gives Terry's birthdate (at least by ''Fatal Fury'' standards) as March 15, 1971 and he's 35 in ''Garou'', which would mean that ''Garou'' would be set in 2006 (ironically, that was the English title for ''Maximum Impact 2''; maybe SNK is trying to tell us something). If they really wanted to, they could just {{Retcon}} this and age up Rock, but that would be odd considering that the rest of the cast are in their teens and twenties when they should really be in their twenties and thirties.

*** Eh... sorry to be a joy-kill, but no. Even if this was true (Original Zero's ''[[AllThereInTheManual actual backstory]]'' about being 44 and born in the North Pole notwithstanding) and the New Faces Team weren't KilledOffForReal at the end of ''[='97=]'', the fact that O. Zero went down with the ship... er... blimp in ''2001'' means he's probably dead, which would thus cause Chris' spirit to be reincarnated (like the rest of the Hakkesshu) once more. [[InsaneTrollLogic Besides, how would Yashiro's earth powers be mutated into petrification-based abilities? And aren't Shermie's assets and appearance a bit different?]] :P

** If I recall, isn't XII not canon since they don't mention Orochi nor Those from the Past, and it being an ObviousBeta?

* This theory has been around for ages, but not on here. Well, here it is. Firstly, its not stated if it really IS the real Rugal in ''[=95=]''. The real one could be alive and in hiding until he has enough power to get revenge on Kyo and all those who opposed him. Secondly, there is artwork of a number of ''[='95=]''-era Omega Rugals [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/6/63024/1203045-image27_super.jpg in various stasis containers.]] Secondly and most blatantly, in ''2000'', when a dead Striker is called upon, they fade away in some form (Chris flickering away, Goenitz exploding into a tornado), but when Rugal is summoned... he jumps off. The only Strikers to do this are still living ones and its our understanding that Rugal DIED in ''[='95=]''. Also, non-canon as it is we have his winquote to the NESTS team in ''2002'': "There are those who you just can't betray", hinting that if he IS alive, NESTS had something to do with it. This is exemplified with the end picture in ''2002'', showing Rugal sitting on a throne, surrounded by NESTS members (Krizalid, Igniz, Original Zero and various others).

*** [[spoiler: This theory may hold water, because in the console-exclusive [=SkyNoah=] stage for ''XIII'', the ship's monitor feed is hijacked in the final round and shows Rugal's face, clear as day, on the monitor.]]

Goenitz first. As we all know, Mr. '''KOKO DESU KA?''' was the leader of both the Hakkesshu and the Four Heavenly Kings. He was also 41 in ''[='96=]''. While no implications were given, he could have had a family at that time; he was definitely old enough to be a father. Also, would ''you'' have expected ''Geese'' and ''Rugal'' of all people to have children? Me neither. A lot of you are probably aware of Goeniko, the [[AttractiveBentGender Midnight Bliss'd]] version of Goenitz from ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos]]''. Naturally, {{Fanon}} and VideoGame/{{MUGEN}} have already come up with multiple backstories for her. Originally, she was supposed to be a clone of Goenitz used by Rugal in his attempts to again gain the power of Orochi. Then, there were more and more riffs on who she was, with additional versions of Goeniko popping up, such as Wind (the daughter of Goenitz who was possessed by Orochi) and Reas (simply a transformation). Again, despite Goenitz being a [[SinisterMinister priest]] (we don't know what denomination he belonged to, though, even if Christian is a likely bet), he could have possibly settled down. Gaidel, the biological father of Leona, did just that (additionally not wanting anything to do with Orochi). At the end of ''2003'', it's revealed that the seal on Orochi was broken, possibly allowing for the Wind version (or some variation thereof). With the exception of ''maybe'' Gaidel, I'm throwing out the possibility of being a reincarnated Hakkesshu member because everyone except for Yamazaki either died in ''[='96=]'' or ''[='97=]'', which would mean that their reincarnations would be (at the oldest) ''eight'' by the time of ''XI''.

Then, there's Igniz. As we all know, Igniz was ''fifty-six-freakin'-years-old'' (in ''2001'') despite being (arguably) the biggest [[{{Bishonen}} bishie]] in ''KOF'' history. He also had a lover named Misty (that woman with the short white hair who appears in his win poses). For all we know, she could either be close in age to him, or [[MayDecemberRomance much younger]]. The key word in the equation is ''"lover"''. They weren't married, but for all we know, they could have consummated their relationship countless times over (and if the whole they're both OlderThanTheyLook thing applies, they could have been doing this thing before ''most of the cast was born''). Who knows? Maybe (in the most cliched of romantic plot developments) they mated before "lovable" Igniz bit the bullet in his failed ColonyDrop. Depending on what happened, they could already have a child, or she could have just given birth. I honestly don't know (and it wouldn't explain why said child hasn't shown up yet). This ''is'' SNK we're talking about. Additionally, she comes from the NESTS saga, the ''KOF'' arc dealing with a NebulousEvilOrganization that resorted to cloning, genetic manipulation, and bionics. Many playable characters from NESTS had bionically/genetically-enhanced bodies or relied on technologically advanced battle suits. For all we know, both Misty and Igniz could have had their bodies altered to the point that having a child would result something along the lines of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] (inserted with [[SuperSerum Mako]] cells in the womb) or maybe even [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Vulcan]] ([[spoiler:stillborn]] baby that was [[spoiler:revived and]] rapidly sped up to a viable age). Again, who knows? It doesn't explain why she's with Ron (a guy whose taken interest in the MacGuffin sealed within Kensou's body), but then again Misty was a ''very'' obscure character.

Original Zero had no children of his own so to speak, but [[AllThereInTheManual in his profile]], it's said that he likes raising children, so he probably adopted a few. He's also a mild case of a NobleDemon. Oh, and he's dead. [[spoiler:To be honest, K' & co. didn't kill him; Zero simply let them go on as he went down with the blimp.]]

Now what about ''[[ObviousBeta XII]]'', which was touted as a "dream match" much like ''[='98=]'' and ''2002''? That one's easy. Remember that Shingo was savagely brutalized by Orochi Iori in the previous game and was hospitalized as a result. Who's to say that his notes weren't damaged and outright destroyed during the fight? Shingo tried to reconstruct things from scratch as best he could, but his faulty memory led to "inconsistencies" such as the drastically lowered roster count and characters fighting with movesets that were either reworked or missing moves from previous titles.

* I'm pretty sure that the canon KOF '94 winners were the Japan Team. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense for them to have the only pre-FinalBoss talk that includes a character non-related to Rugal's entourage: [[spoiler:the one where Kyo finds his father Saisyu gravely injured after he loses to Rugal... and is the basis for Saisyu becoming a BrainwashedAndCrazy sub-boss in KOF '95.]]

[[WMG:The VERY final King of Fighters game's boss will be [[spoiler:Rugal.]]]]
And they reveal that they were NotQuiteDead and were simply biding their time until they were powerful enough to rule the world, and that it was simply a [[CloningBlues clone]] that was defeated in [[spoiler:'95]].

[[WMG: [[OriginalGeneration Nameless]] will become a canon character in the King of Fighters games.]]

** I thought that this was a given. Chronologically, the ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' series (most specifically, the second game) lead into ''VideoGame/FatalFury''. After ''2'', ''Fatal Fury'' spun off into ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and the two timelines [[AlternateContinuity split]] (certain events happened in the original timeline, such as ''Geese's death'', which would conflict ''heavily'' with ''KOF''). About Rock Howard possibly joining you in the future, three things to point out: 1. [[ComicBookTime Every character has had their ages frozen]] since ''[='95=]''. Thus, Rock, who appears in ''2001'' and ''2002'' as a six or seven-year-old (as apposed to being 17 in ''Garou''), will ''stay'' that age in ''KOF''; 2. According to WordOfGod, the developers are saving him up for the next ''Garou'' (which will probably never happen), hence his appearances in ''Maximum Impact'' (another AlternateContinuity where Geese is again dead), ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Capcom vs. SNK 2]]'', and ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum''; 3. Creator/{{SNK}} gives Terry's birthdate (at least by ''Fatal Fury'' standards) as March 15, 1971 and he's 35 in ''Garou'', which would mean that ''Garou'' would be set in 2006 (ironically, that was the English title for ''Maximum Impact 2''; maybe SNK is trying to tell us something). If they really wanted to, they could just {{Retcon}} this and age up Rock, but that would be odd considering that the rest of the cast are in their teens and twenties when they should really be in their twenties and thirties.

* Well, if people deny his whole "being immortal" story, then this might make good enough sense

* This theory has been around for ages, but not on here. Well, here it is. Firstly, its not stated if it really IS the real Rugal in ''[=95=]''. The real one could be alive and in hiding until he has enough power to get revenge on Kyo and all those who opposed him. Secondly, there is artwork of a number of ''[='95=]''-era Omega Rugals [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/6/63024/1203045-image27_super.jpg in various stasis containers]]. Secondly and most blatantly, in ''2000'', when a dead Striker is called upon, they fade away in some form (Chris flickering away, Goenitz exploding into a tornado), but when Rugal is summoned...he jumps off. The only Strikers to do this are still living ones and its our understanding that Rugal DIED in ''[='95=]''. Also, non-canon as it is we have his winquote to the NESTS team in ''2002'': "There are those who you just can't betray", hinting that if he IS alive, NESTS had something to do with it. This is exemplified with the end picture in ''2002'', showing Rugal sitting on a throne, surrounded by NESTS members (Krizalid, Igniz, Original Zero and various others).
** For one instance, he could have not only survived his boat's explosion in ''[=94=]'', but had been an Olympic Champion swimmer and made it to shore where one of his followers helped him out. Then he had a clone masquerade as himself, complete with Orochi power. The reason Rugal exploded was probably 'cause if it were a clone then they couldn't possibly handle the power that Rugal could manage flawlessly.

*** [[spoiler: This theory may hold water, because in the console-exclusive Skynoah stage for ''XIII'', the ship's monitor feed is hijacked in the final round and shows Rugal's face, clear as day, on the monitor.]]
**** [[spoiler:Rugal's face appearing on the monitor might actually be for fan service reasons.]]

* That would also make Adel and Rose part-Orochi, and thus susceptible to The Riot of the Blood. Given that Orochi's seal was already broken, and fellow halfas Leona and Iori have already experienced the [=RotB=] (in ''2003'' and ''XI'', respectively), this could make for an interesting concept in the next game.

[[WMG:Freeman from ''Garou MOTW'' is Iori after he lost his power.]]

Goenitz first. As we all know, Mr. '''KOKO DESU KA''' was the leader of both the Hakkesshu and the Four Heavenly Kings. He was also 41 in ''[='96=]''. While no implications were given, he could have had a family at that time; he was definitely old enough to be a father. Also, would ''you'' have expected ''Geese'' and ''Rugal'' of all people to have children? Me neither. A lot of you are probably aware of Goeniko, the [[AttractiveBentGender Midnight Bliss'd]] version of Goenitz from ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos]]''. Naturally, {{Fanon}} and {{MUGEN}} have already come up with multiple backstories for her. Originally, she was supposed to be a clone of Goenitz used by Rugal in his attempts to again gain the power of Orochi. Then, there were more and more riffs on who she was, with additional versions of Goeniko popping up, such as Wind (the daughter of Goenitz who was possessed by Orochi) and Reas (simply a transformation). Again, despite Goenitz being a [[SinisterMinister priest]] (we don't know what denomination he belonged to, though, even if Christian is a likely bet), he could have possibly settled down. Gaidel, the biological father of Leona, did just that (additionally not wanting anything to do with Orochi). At the end of ''2003'', it's revealed that the seal on Orochi was broken, possibly allowing for the Wind version (or some variation thereof). With the exception of ''maybe'' Gaidel, I'm throwing out the possibility of being a reincarnated Hakkesshu member because everyone except for Yamazaki either died in ''[='96=]'' or ''[='97=]'', which would mean that their reincarnations would be (at the oldest) ''eight'' by the time of ''XI''.

* Actually, in this troper's opinion, an "Evil Legacy" team would be more along the lines of Adel Bernstein, Rock Howard, and Alba Meira (if he ever makes it to a 2D ''KOF'').
** The only problem holding Rock back is that he's only a kid in the main ''KOF'' series. You'd have to retcon age him by about ten years for that to work. I'd also question what Alba Meira's "evil legacy" would be, unless you're referring to [[spoiler:his past life of sorts as Judeim]] (yes, Alba and Soiree are Fate's adopted sons, but Fate was a gang leader who actually strove to keep Southtown peaceful after Geese's death in the ''MI'' timeline).

** Aside of the fact that a reboot (which sounds a bit unlikely IMO; I'm the same guy as below if you're wondering) would probably revert things to around the time of the Orochi Saga (which would render the need of [[spoiler:having every Hakkesshu member not named Yamazaki come BackFromTheDead]] somewhat pointless), you're forgetting that [[spoiler:Mature and Vice immediately depart back for the afterlife in their team's ending. Whether or not Shermie and Chris actually came back or are just random stage cameos is debatable, but what happened to Mature and Vice would probably apply to CYS as well. Plus, there's the fact that the seal on Orochi was restored after ''XIII''. It's possible, if not likely, that Mature and Vice only were able to return from the afterlife because Orochi's seal was broken.]] And Yamazaki is ''still'' a WildCard when it comes to the Hakkesshu; he has no real interest in helping out the others (now, yes, money ''could'' possibly sway him, but Yamazaki still has no interest, especially when he has other employers like Geese). Changing the past most likely would not change around his personality (and the same would probably apply to the ''other'' Orochi defector, Gaidel).

* Alternatively, Elizabeth [[spoiler:pulls a PleaseDontLeaveMe a-la-[[NoGameNoLife Shiro]], being the only one who remembers Ash, [[http://youtu.be/309rxytHEgs?t=2m19s if you believe the console edition's intro.]] ]]

* Igniz, on the other hand, is a is an undeniably evil person who has [[DragonInChief lead the organization behind his father's back]] [[DragonWithAnAgenda for his own ulterior goal]] of ruling over a new world as [[AGodAmI a god]]. He kills his henchmen when they are no longer of any use to him (Krizalid and Nests and also unsuccessfully attempts to have Kula and Foxy killed off as well). He also seems to imply in his dialogue just before fighting Team K' that he has been using K', Maxima, and Whip as {{unwitting pawn}}s to gather data via their fights against Krizalid and Clone Zero to make improvements to NESTS' clone program (not just only to create more powerful fighters to enforce his will, but also to [[AndIMustScream suppress (possibly even outright eliminate]]) [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill free will]]), but [[ForTheEvulz also because he simply enjoyed their suffering]]. [[FridgeHorror For Igniz to achieve his plans, it would likely involve]] [[OmnicidalManiac committing omnicide against humankind]] and [[ReplacementGoldfish replacing everyone]] [[DeconstructedTrope with absolutely obedient clones]]. "Lovable" Igniz certainly makes [[Franchise/StreetFighter M. Bison]] look {{camp}}y in comparison.

* Outside of a dream match, bringing back a character [[spoiler:who erased himself from the timestream would cheapen his death in a way worse than when [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Shadow]] was revealed to have survived his fall in ''[=SA2=]'']]. And given that it took until ''XIII'' for Ash to lose most of the ire he's been incurring since ''2003'', something like that might just bring him right back to square one with meteoric speed. Time travel might make it possible, but I'm not so sure that'd be for the best.

* Guess that depends on their budget. Still, you'd think that if SNK can get NorioWakamoto (among other notable names in the industry) on board for a few of their games, that their efforts at dubbing would be of a higher quality than what we've been subjected to for the most part.

* Those characters, if I'm not mistaken, would be Adel, Chang, Malin, Momoko, and Oswald, all of whom were playable in at least one previous installment of the Tales of Ash and thus would already be on the list for inclusion in a real dream match. As great as it'd be to see the American Sports Team back, that's more dependent on how the game would be structured. If it's like ''[=98=]''(''UM''), then probably not since they weren't in any of the games from ''2003''-''XIII''. If it's like ''2002'' and ''2002UM'', however, they might stand a chance, as those titles also included characters from previous arcs (i.e. Mature & Vice, the New Faces Team, Billy, Yamazaki, Geese, etc.) alongside all of the playable fighters from the current one. Of course, the biggest problem any of these kind of games faces is the sheer amount of time it'll take to redraw everyone in the new art style. Counting EX characters and the [=PS2=] exclusives in ''XI'', there's still a good 30-something characters uncounted for from the Tales of Ash alone (although [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/games/kof-xiii-p5.html the trading cards]] for ''XIII'' hint at not only a few of the missing guys from this arc, but the likes of Geese, Heidern, Orochi, and Igniz, which may be evidence for a ''2002''-style dream match).

Basically, the guy had gotten involved in something that caused him to become immortal ([[CaptainObvious obviously]]), and now that he's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld several hundred years old]], he's grown tired of living, and now wishes to die. He holds the tournament(s) to find someone powerful enough to rid him of his immortality and kill him. The sub-bosses and regular bosses of his arc (other than him) are simply others that he had manipulated/befriended in an attempt to meet his own ends. Naturally, the arc ends with one of the teams finally granting his wish and pulling a MercyKill on him. Bonus points if his wish to actually die causes him to freak out [[BloodKnight Iori]], [[PsychoForHire Ryuji]], and [[WalkTheEarth Silber]] (if the latter two become playable).
* Or maybe it'll end with the guy [[spoiler:giving up his own existence in exchange for another's (this would be the closest thing he has to death). Whose existence is exchanged for his? None other than Ash Crimson. His explanation is that his time was up centuries ago, but [[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming Ash still had his whole life ahead of him]]]]. (Note: Yes, I realize how little sense it makes and just how obscene it sounds.)

Despite Ash managing to more or less kill Saiki, the other members of Those From the Past are still around. [[spoiler:Shion]] appears in XIII's {{Stinger}}, Shroom and Rimelo were still hanging around last we heard, and Botan is seen walking amidst a crowd in XIII's ending. Not to mention the fact that there appears to be even more members than those faced in the games. Maybe the next game will deal with them trying to resurrect Saiki and/or attempt to bring about his goal?

In their team ending, Brian had decided to go back home, and Heavy D and Lucky had decided to continue street fighting. The reason they hadn't reappeared in any of the subsequent games (minus '''98'') is because they [[FridgeLogic simply decided not to partake in any of the other tournaments]].
* I'm pretty sure that the canon KOF 94 winners were the Japan Team. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense for them to have the only pre-FinalBoss talk that includes a character non-related to Rugal's entourage: [[spoiler: the one where Kyo finds his father Saisyu gravely injured after he loses to Rugal... and is the basis for Saisyu becoming a BrainwashedAndCrazy sub-boss in KOF 95.]]

[[WMG: The VERY final King of Fighters game's boss will be [[spoiler:Rugal.]]]]
And [[spoiler:he]] reveals that [[spoiler:he]] was NotQuiteDead and was simply biding [[spoiler:his]] time until [[spoiler:he]] was powerful enough to rule the world, and that it was simply a [[CloningBlues clone]] that was defeated in [[spoiler:'95]].

** Boss Team: Geese Howard, Rugal Berstein and Igniz.

** SamuraiShowdown Team: Haohmaru, Nakoruru, and Genjuro.

** Maybe they were subjects to the same cloning experiment, that might explain the resemblances. Also, don't forget that Ash took Chizuru's mirror, so, he's just taking the other two talismans... Perhaps he's an AU [[Manga/SailorMoon Death Buster]]?

* Two words: Rock Howard.

2014 is ''The King of Fighters''' 20th anniversary. My guess would be that it will be a HUGE Dream Match game that encompasses all of the games in the main series. I mean, what better way to celebrate [[MilestoneCelebration 20 years of]] ''[[MilestoneCelebration King of Fighters'']]?

* I have my own theory that sheds an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation in regard to the NESTS Cartel. Though NESTS has resorted to illegal means (e.g. crime namely) but I believe that they overall are [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans utopianists]] (or then at least utilitarians) who believe that their research will be used to benefit mankind. The number of generally honorable people, those being [[AntiVillain Krizalid]], [[MotherlyScientist Foxy, Diana]], [[EmotionlessGirl Kula Diamond]], [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Candy]], [[NobleDemon Original Zero]], [[TragicVillain Name]][[StoicWoobie less]], [[MoralityPet Isolde]], and even perhaps Old Man Nests himself [[hottip:*:(at least based on the few seconds we get to see of him before being killed by his own son. When speaking to K' and his teammates, he tries to persuade him to rejoin NESTS and seems genuinely confused as to why he has been fighting against the cartel)]], seems a little high for a NebulousEvilOrganisation. Foxy and Kula's outraged reaction at Igniz's [[TheStarscream usurpation of the old man]] and subsequent revealing of his true intentions as well as the fact that Foxy and Diana seek to re-establish the organization following its downfall in ''KOF 2001'' would imply that NESTS was founded on achieving some sort of beneficial intentions (e.g. advances in medicine via bioengineering and technology).

If we ever get around to the [[AbortedArc Dragon Spirit Arc]], it could be revealed that one of NESTS' remnants is Nameless. He will be working alongside Ron because Ron promised that he'll resurrect Isolde if Nameless did what he was told. The game's ending could have it to where Nameless realizes that he had been lied to, and that Ron didn't plan on holding up his end of the deal, but instead had planned on killing Nameless once he got the Dragon Spirit. When Ron's at the player team's mercy, he pleads with Nameless to help him. Nameless either denies Ron any help, or he kills Ron. Either way, as he walks away, he tells the player team to just go home and forget about him, [[DownerEnding now realizing that Isolde will never be brought back from the dead]].