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The King of Fighters: Kyo

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First release
Aug 27, 1998
Developer
Yumekobo
Publisher
SNK
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Fighting, Adventure, Visual Novel · Action
Platforms
PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable

The King of Fighters: Kyo is a visual novel on the The King of Fighters series developed by Yumekobo and released by SNK on the PlayStation on August 27, 1998. The art for this game was produced by the same illustrator of the manga, Masato Natsumoto. It was re-released on PSN as a PSOne Classics on June 28, 2007. An unofficial Spanish translation was released in 2013.

Also known as KOF: Kyo, 더 킹 오브 파이터즈 쿄, ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ 京きょう

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Storyline
The game takes place 11 months after the '96 tournament, and covers the months prior to the '97 tournament and the tournament itself from an RPG-like point of view. You control Kyo, and go around the world (starting in your home, Osaka and eventually going to places like Mexico and California) advancing a plot line related to the Orochi storyline and your eternal enemy, Iori Yagami, by interacting with other characters from the series, solving subquests and winning fights viewed from a first-person perspective.Read more

The game takes place 11 months after the '96 tournament, and covers the months prior to the '97 tournament and the tournament itself from an RPG-like point of view. You control Kyo, and go around the world (starting in your home, Osaka and eventually going to places like Mexico and California) advancing a plot line related to the Orochi storyline and your eternal enemy, Iori Yagami, by interacting with other characters from the series, solving subquests and winning fights viewed from a first-person perspective.

Release dates
PlayStation
Aug 27, 1998
PlayStation 3
Jun 28, 2007
PlayStation Portable
Jun 28, 2007
All 5 release dates
PlayStation 3
Sep 04, 2007
PlayStation Portable
Sep 04, 2007
Age ratings
GRAC 12CERO B
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person, Third person
Keywords
martial arts, anime, turn-based, karate, high score
… All 12, playstation network, digital distribution, psone classics, playstation tv support, adapted to - movie, backwards compatibility, fan translation - spanish
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  • 日本語interface, audio, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 12 Nov 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 12 Nov 2026