Striker (The King of Fighters)
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A Striker is a type of character featured in the fighting game series The King of Fighters (KOF). In the KOF series, the teams would feature three members, in The King of Fighters '99, 2000 and 2001 a fourth member was added to each of the teams. The fourth member, the Striker, pops into the battle and does an attack on the opposing team. The Striker can attack at least three times before not being selectable until the next battle. This is an extension of a similar system which dates back to the series' inception, The King of Fighters '94, in which it was possible to summon characters on the sidelines to help when on the receiving end of a combo or extended hold maneuver. The system was abandoned in The King of Fighters '97.
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[edit] Type of strikers
There are three types of Strikers in King of Fighters. The Active Strikers are the selectable characters in the game that can either act as a playable character or a Striker. Another Strikers are Striker only characters used in KOF 2000 that can be selected, in the Striker select menu, to be the Striker instead of an Active Striker. Each character had an Another Striker. Also in KOF 2000 were Strikers called Maniac Strikers. Maniac Strikers act like Another Strikers but can only be used by imputing the code, up, left, left, left, right, right,right, down, into the Striker select menu. Only Chang, Choi, Iori, Kula, Kyo, Ramon, Ryo and Kasumi can use Maniac Strikers. Additional Maniac Strikers are unlockable through the Party Mode of the console versions of KOF 2000.
In KOF 99 Evolution starts with this system with the bonification in battles, made in KOF '99, where you can "buy" strikers if you get a certain amount of points in the fights. You can exchange as much potentiated normal striker characters as exclusive striker characters, from another KOF games (Billy Kane or Goro Daimon) or from various SNK games (Fio from MS or Alfred from RBFF2:DM) and even alternative costumes (Athena in school outfit or Kyo with leather jacket and jeans).
[edit] List of strikers
- Kyo Kusanagi (Alternative outfit) - KOF'99EVO
- Goro Daimon - KOF'99EVO / KOF 2000
- Syo Kirishima (the first Kyo design) - KOF'99EVO / KOF 2000
- Chizuru Kagura - KOF'99EVO / KOF 2000
- Athena Asamiya (school outfit, from NGPC games and KOF XI) - KOF'99EVO
- Gai Tendo (from Buriki One) - KOF'99EVO / KOF 2000
- Ryuji Yamazaki - KOF'99EVO / KOF 2000
- Alfred Airhawk (from Fatal Fury series) - KOF'99EVO
- Billy Kane - KOF'99EVO / KOF 2000
- Vanessa - KOF'99EVO (her first appareance)
- Seth - KOF'99EVO (his first appareance)
- Fiolina "Fio" Germi (from Metal Slug series) - KOF'99EVO / KOF 2000
- Another K' (K' look before KOF'99) - KOF2000
- Rocky (from Robo Army) - KOF2000
- Duke Edwards (from Burning Fight) - KOF2000
- Another Benimaru (Benimaru alternative outfit) - KOF2000
- Kyoko (Kyo crossplayer) - KOF2000
- Eiji Kisaragi - KOF2000
- Geese Howard - KOF2000
- Duck King - KOF2000
- Kaede (from Last Blade series) - KOF2000
- Another Robert (Robert Garcia in gi outfit, a possible reference to Dan Hibiki from Street Fighter Alpha) - KOF2000
- King Lion/Shishioh (from Fu'un series) - KOF2000
- Kim Sue Il (A descendant of Kim Kaphwan, from Kizuna Encounter) - KOF2000
- Goenitz - KOF2000
- Yashiro Nanakase - KOF2000
- Shermie - KOF2000
- Chris - KOF2000
- Another Athena (the original goddess Athena from Athena) - KOF2000
- Another Kensou (Psycho Soldier Kensou outfit) - KOF2000
- Baijang (Psycho Soldiers Team's panda mascot) - KOF2000
- Kaoru (Athena Asamiya fan) - KOF2000
- Nakoruru (from Samurai Shodown series) - KOF2000
- Li Xiangfei (from Fatal Fury series) - KOF2000
- Lilly Kane (Billy Kane's little sister) - KOF2000
- Kim Dong Hwan (Kim Kaphwan son, from Garou: Mark of the Wolves) - KOF2000
- Kim Jae Hoon (Kim Kaphwan son, from Garou: Mark of the Wolves) - KOF2000
- Kang Baedal (One of the main fighters from the classic arcade game Fight Fever) - KOF2000
- Vice & Mature - KOF2000
- Candy (Kula Diamond robot friend) - KOF2000
- Foxy - KOF2000 (her first appareance)
- Neo & Geo (main characters from SNK quiz games) - KOF2000
- G-Mantle (mysterious character from SNK quiz games and old SNK mascot, King in disguise) - KOF2000
- Unknown (Ryuhaku Todoh, from Art of Fighting series) - KOF2000
- Saisyu Kusanagi - KOF2000
- Another Iori (Iori alternative outfit) - KOF2000
- Rugal Bernstein - KOF2000
- Heidern - KOF2000
- Heavy D! - KOF2000
- Lucky Glauber - KOF2000
- Brian Battler - KOF2000
- Smart Chang (Chang Koehan alternative version, more muscular and thinner) - KOF2000
- Cool Choi (Choi Bounge alternative version, taller than the regular Choi) - KOF2000
