THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION

The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match is a 2008 Japanese fighting game developed and published by SNK Playmore. It is a remake of The King of Fighters '98, the fifth main game in The King of Fighters series. It was released for the Taito Type X arcade system. Ultimate Match expands the number of playable characters from the original game by returning characters from the Orochi arc from previous installments, further tweaks the gameplay and features a third fighting style option as well as online functions. New artwork was made by new artist Eisuke Ogura. Several characters were given alternate forms based on previous incarnations they had in other SNK games. Ultimate Match was ported to PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 home systems. An updated version, subtitled Ultimate Match Final Edition, was released in 2011 on arcades and since ported to Windows and PlayStation 4. The game was generally well received for the amount of playable characters and new online functions especially in Final Edition. However, it was also criticized for being a chanllenging game that is also similar to the original Neo Geo game.