The King of Fighters 2001

The King of Fighters 2001
The King of Fighters 2001 flyer
Developer(s)Eolith[a]
Playmore (DC, PS2)
Publisher(s)
SNK
  • Sun Amusement (MVS & AES)
    Playmore (DC)
    PlayStation 2 SNK Playmore (WIN)
    HAMSTER Corporation (PS4/Switch/Xbox One)
Director(s)Lee Sen Ho
Producer(s)Chil Suk Choi
Designer(s)H. Iga
Programmer(s)S. Fujinuki
Artist(s)Hiroaki Hashimoto
Nona
Writer(s)Teampow
Composer(s)Kikuko Hataya
Masahiko Hataya
SeriesThe King of Fighters
Platform(s)
Release
  • Arcade
    • WW: 15 November 2001
    Neo Geo AES
    Dreamcast
    • JP: 26 December 2002
    PlayStation 2
    Windows
    • KOR: 27 October 2003
    PlayStation Network
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: 27 September 2018
    PlayStation 4
    Xbox One
    • WW: 27 September 2018
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

The King of Fighters 2001[b] (KOF 2001, or KOF '01) is a 2D arcade fighting game produced for the Neo Geo originally released in November 2001. The eighth game in The King of Fighters series, it was the first to be produced following the closure of the original SNK Corporation, developed by the South Korea-based Eolith with assistance from BrezzaSoft, a company formed by former SNK employees. Although the SNK logo is displayed at the game opening, SNK's development staff was not involved in the production of the game itself at all, except for the game sound.

Plotwise the game is the third and final part of the "NESTS Chronicles" story arc. Due to the influx of Korean capital, its influence can be seen in the participating characters. In 2002 the game was ported to the Dreamcast in Japan only and later the PlayStation 2; the stand-alone PlayStation 2 version was released in North America and in Europe in a two-in-one bundle with the preceding game in the series, The King of Fighters 2000. Eolith also produced the following game, The King of Fighters 2002.
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