The new boss is one of the servants from Orochi, Goenitz, who appears after Chizuru is defeated. The plot follows a new King of Fighters tournament created by Chizuru Kagura, the heir of Yata Clan who wants to find and recruit Kyo Kusanagi, who defeated the previous host, Rugal Bernstein, to ask him and his bitter rival, Iori Yagami, to help her in the sealing of the Orochi demon. The game made a few changes to gameplay such as new techniques, various changes of some teams, with a few of them introducing new characters. It was also released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on February 15, 2011, in North America on Jand in the PAL region on November 22, 2012. It is also part of the compilation The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Wii. Unlike the previous game, the PlayStation and Saturn versions were released only in Japan, with a language setting allowing the player to set the game to English. Like its predecessor, the game was ported to the Neo-Geo CD, as well as the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It is the third game in The King of Fighters series, following The King of Fighters '95.

The King of Fighters '96 is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1996.

Heat of the battle