# Talk:The King of Fighters '97

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Nominator: Tintor2 (talk · contribs) 00:17, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: TeenAngels1234 (talk · contribs) 19:11, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
I'm gonna review this. Stay tuned.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 19:11, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

"Which is the fourth game in The King of Fighters (KOF) series”. I would not write this sentence among commas. Maybe something like “…platform and its AES home console. It is the fourth game in..” is better.
Reworded
“andthe final boss Orochi”. And the.
Done
Maybe too many passive forms in the lead and possibly in the article. Too many “was”, “were” etc.
Revised
In the Gameplay section I see a consecution temporum problem. Sometimes you used the present, sometimes the future. Keep just one, possibly the present.
Done
“the protagonist Kyo Kusanagi was inspired by Japanese myths, especially a move titled "Orochinagi". I can’t understand the link between these two sentences. Why especially a move? Is that a Kyo’s move or something?
Revised. Kusanagi is taken from the Kusanagi sword that Susano obtained after killing the Yamata no Orochi in myths. The Orochinagi can literally be translated to "Reverse Method 108: Great Serpent Mower" as that was basically how Kyo was originally created.
Now, Production. “moves,and”. Add space.
Done
“SNK carefully chose a voice actor the character, who speaks in the Sacred Treasures Team's ending”. You mean a voice actress for the character? Can you also explain the last part?
Expanded
“Kyo's original projectile version was added as an alternative playable version because he was popular with gamers. There was an objective to give players a large number of combos. The game uses two fighting systems.[11] There were two weeks of balances for the game.”. This looks confusing. A lot of brief sentences with no link. Is this necessary? What do you mean with “combos”? And “two weeks of balances”?
Explained
“the ancient Orochi was a giant snake”. Quite obvious. We can cut it.
Done
“Yamazaki was too different from his Fatal Fury persona after Tanabe got the producer's permission” . What do you mean with “too different”?
Done
Is the last part of the section necessary? If you want to keep it, maybe Reception is a more appropriate section.
Done.
@Tintor2: That's all.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 11:39, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
@TeenAngels1234: Done. Thanks for the review.Tintor2 (talk) 14:26, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm sorry for the incredible delay. I will finish the review ASAP.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 21:26, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
A brief CE.

“that was produced in 1997”. Remove “that was”.
“who serve as both hidden and boss characters”. Instead of “who serve as both hidden..”, try with a simple “serving as hidden..”.
“is the first game in the series to be directed by”. Remove “to be”.
“system's designer Toyohisa Tanabe”. Remove Saxon genitive (“’s”).
“is credited by Masanori Kuwasashi”. Credited “to” is better.
“Creation of the game's characters primarily focused create bosses several bosses”. There’s something wrong in this sentence. Maybe “The creation of the game’s characters primarily focused on creating bosses”.
“special KOF stadia”. Maybe “stadiums”?
“Depending on team chosen, Orochi takes rest in most fights with the New Faces Team instead offering their lives to their lord to revive him”. Maybe rewrite like this: “Depending on the team chosen, Orochi takes a rest in most fights with the New Faces Team offering their lives to their lord to revive him”.
“with the annual-release schedule”. Maybe a simple “annual release” is better?
“Tanabe was charge”. You mean “in” charge?
“Japanese myths most notably”. Add a comma after myths.
“The narrative of KOF '97 focuses on Kyo's design and moves, and his social life because the antagonists almost sacrifice his girlfriend Yuki”. Can you write this better?
“chose a voice actor the character”. A voice actor “for” the character?
“which had their own fighting system”. Remove “own”.
“version in exchange of a hand-to-hand combat”. Maybe “in exchange for” is better?
“There were two weeks of development for the game to properly balance the characters' moves and avoid unfair techniques when comparing the characters”. Unclear.
“It was later decided to make Orochi Iori the mid-boss, Orochi would become the final boss, and the New Faces Team would be sub-bosses”. Consecutio temporum. Maybe a simple “with Orochi as the final boss and the New Faces Team as sub-bosses” is better.
“as man working for the mafia”. Fix: “as a man..”.
“but criticized the game was for being unbalanced”. Remove “was”.
“According to Kotaku Kyo is the most-heroic character in the series. Are we sure a simple “most heroic character” is not better?
“berserker ehavior”. You mean behavior?
“There were was also commentary”. Remove “were”.
“multiplayer options that makes one of the best mobile ports ever..”.  Maybe options that “make”? Also, there is a superfluous dot.
The entire first part of Legacy sounds trivial. Is that really needed?
“and the now-more-experienced Kyo had new moves”. Maybe “with a now-more-experienced Kyo with new moves” is better?
“…manga, was released on August 27, 1998”. Break the sentence. “..manga. It was released”.
“and the meet alternate versions of the characters from the games”. Maybe “they” meet?
@Tintor2: That's all.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 10:02, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Revised all the issues. Thanks for the review. Tintor2 (talk) 12:27, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
@TeenAngels1234: Forgot the ping.Tintor2 (talk) 16:09, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

Finally glad to see this finished. I already knew the sources are reliable and well-inserted and the article is easy to read even for a non-gamer like me, but my problem was the prose. After the CE, I think the final step is reached and the prose is enough for a GA. Nice work. Passing this.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 20:12, 22 February 2025 (UTC)