Changes: Super Fighters S

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Super Fighters S, re-released as Super Fighters 99 is a unlicensed entry of the The King of Fighters series, mostly based on Takara's The King of Fighters Game Boy ports while taking its character roster from the official The King of Fighters '97.

Gameplay

A few things are unusual about this unlicensed The King of Fighters game.

First is that it is a unlicensed game that comes with a border when played on a SNES Super Game Boy. This is very uncommon with unlicensed titles.

The second thing of note is that unlike the official The King of Fighters Game Boy games, that the characters are actually set up into teams instead of having random characters from all the teams. The only ones not set to teams are Iori and Shingo, who did not have teams in The King of Fighters '97.

While many of the characters are taken from the previous official King of Fighters ports done by Takara, several of them are new sprite sets that were designed specifically for this game and do not appear in any official GB ports. The new characters are possibly rescaled in order to fit the regular sprite size.

The gameplay engine is based in Takara's original engine used in their official The King of Fighters ports, so the gameplay is very well done to be based on the GB hardware. All gameplay aspects including team/single options and the actual fighting engine is the same as those found in Takara's originals, with the exception of link play, which was removed.

Gallery

Trivia

The teams included are:

Hero/Esaka team: Kyo, Benimaru, and Goro.
Kyokugen team: Ryo, Robert, and Yuri.
Fatal Fury team: Terry, Andy, and Joe.
Women Fighters team: Mai, Chizuru, and King.
Ikari Warriors team: Leona, Ralf, and Clark.
Psycho Soldier team: Athena, Kensou, and Chin.
Korea team: Kim: Choi, and Chang.
New Faces/Orochi team: Yashiro, Shermie, and Chris.
'97 Special team: Yamazaki, Billy, and Blue Marry.
Iori and Shingo are single entrants
Rugal serves as the final boss, despite not appearing in the official The King of Fighters '97.

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+{{Infobox game
-{{Infobox_game
-|name = Super Fighters S
+|name      = Super Fighters S
-|image = File:DGEmu - 0875 - Super Fighters 99 (U)(Rapid Fire)_02.png
+|image     = File:DGEmu - 0875 - Super Fighters 99 (U)(Rapid Fire) 02.png
-|caption = Super Fighters 99 title screen with Super Game Boy boarder
+|caption   = Super Fighters 99's title screen with Super Game Boy boarder.
 |developer = [[Vast Fame]]
-|console = Game Boy Color
+|console   = Game Boy Color
-|engine = Takara's King of Fighters engine
+|engine    = [[Takara King of Fighters engine|Takara's King of Fighters engine]]
-|alt =  Super Fighters 99, The King of Fighters 2000, The King of Fighters 2002}}
+|alt       = ''Super Fighters 99''<br>''The King of Fighters 2000''<br>''The King of Fighters 2002''
+}}
+'''''Super Fighters S''''', re-released as '''''Super Fighters 99''''' is a unlicensed entry of the ''The King of Fighters'' series, mostly based on Takara's ''The King of Fighters'' Game Boy ports while taking its character roster from the official ''The King of Fighters '97''.
+== Gameplay ==
-'''''Super Fighters S''''', re-released as '''''Super Fighters 99''''' is a unlicensed entry of the King of Fighters series, mostly based on Takara's KoF Game Boy ports while taking its character roster from the official King of Fighters '97.
+A few things are unusual about this unlicensed ''The King of Fighters'' game.
-==Gameplay==
-A few things are unusual about this unlicensed KoF game.
 First is that it is a unlicensed game that comes with a border when played on a SNES Super Game Boy. This is very uncommon with unlicensed titles.
-The second thing of note is that unlike the official KoF Game Boy games, that the characters are actually set up into teams instead of having random characters from all the teams. The only ones not set to teams are Iori and Shingo, who did not have teams in KoF '97.
+The second thing of note is that unlike the official ''The King of Fighters'' Game Boy games, that the characters are actually set up into teams instead of having random characters from all the teams. The only ones not set to teams are Iori and Shingo, who did not have teams in ''The King of Fighters '97''.
-While many of the characters are taken from the previous official KoF ports done by Takara, several of them are new sprite sets that were designed specifically for this game and do not appear in any official GB ports. Some of them may be taken from the KoF NGP ports, but more detailed analysis would be required to verify this.
+While many of the characters are taken from the previous official ''King of Fighters'' ports done by Takara, several of them are new sprite sets that were designed specifically for this game and do not appear in any official GB ports. The new characters are possibly rescaled in order to fit the regular sprite size.
-The gameplay engine is based in [[Takara King of Fighters engine|Takara's original engine]] used in their official King of Fighters ports, so the gameplay is very well done to be based on the GB hardware. All gameplay aspects including team/single options and the actual fighting engine is the same as those found in Takara's originals, with the exception of link play, which was removed.
+The gameplay engine is based in [[Takara King of Fighters engine|Takara's original engine]] used in their official ''The King of Fighters'' ports, so the gameplay is very well done to be based on the GB hardware. All gameplay aspects including team/single options and the actual fighting engine is the same as those found in Takara's originals, with the exception of link play, which was removed.
-==Trivia==
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+Clipboard01.jpg|Super Fighters 99 box, titled as both KoF 2002 and KoF 2000.
+kof2000gbg.jpg|Back of The King of Fighters 2002 box.
+kof2000gbg2.jpg|The King of Fighters 2002 cartridge.
+SuperfighersS all-200dpi.png|Complete copy of the Taiwanese release.
+superfighersS_back-300dpi.png|Back of the Taiwanese release's box.
+superfighersS_english_cart-300dpi.png|English cartridge of Super Fighter S. Despite the different label the game itself is completely unchanged from the Taiwanese release.
+</gallery>
+== Trivia ==
 The teams included are:
-* The Hero team, Kyo, Benimaru, and Goro.
+*Hero/Esaka team: Kyo, Benimaru, and Goro.
+*Kyokugen team: Ryo, Robert, and Yuri.
-* The Kyokugen team, Ryo, Robert, and Yuri.
+*Fatal Fury team: Terry, Andy, and Joe.
+*Women Fighters team: Mai, Chizuru, and King.
-* The Fatal Fury team, Terry, Andy, and Joe.
+*Ikari Warriors team: Leona, Ralf, and Clark.
+*Psycho Soldier team: Athena, Kensou, and Chin.
-* The Female team, Mai, Chizuru, and King.
+*Korea team: Kim: Choi, and Chang.
+*New Faces/Orochi team: Yashiro, Shermie, and Chris.
-* The Ikari Warriors, Leona, Ralf, and Clark.
+*'97 Special team: Yamazaki, Billy, and Blue Marry.
+*Iori and Shingo are single entrants
+*Rugal serves as the final boss, despite not appearing in the official ''The King of Fighters '97''.
-* The Psycho Soldiers team, Athena, Kensou, and Chin.
-* Kim's team, Kim, Choi, and Chang.
-* The Orochi team, Yashiro, Shermie, and Chris.
-* The Special team, Yamazaki, Billy, and Blue Marry.
-* Iori and Shingo do not have teams.
-<gallery>
-Clipboard01.jpg|Super Fighters 99 box, titled as both KoF 2002 and KoF 2000
-kof2000gbg.jpg|Back of The King of Fighters 2002 box
-kof2000gbg2.jpg|The King of Fighters 2002 cartridge
-e75060942-ac-8738xf5x0600x0450-m.jpg|Taiwanese Super Fighter S release.
-e75060942-ac-0974xf5x0600x0450-m.jpg|Back of Super Fighter S box.
-</gallery>
 [[Category:Games]]
+[[Category:Game Boy Color games]]
 [[Category:Fighting games]]
-[[Category:Game Boy games]]
+[[Category:Art of Fighting games]]
+[[Category:Fatal Fury games]]
+[[Category:SNK Playmore games]]
 [[Category:The King of Fighters games]]