'95 lets you mix and match, pairing Terry with Iori and Billy Kane if you want, or any other combination you can dream up. Every character was pre-assigned to a team of three, and you were forced to use those existing trios - so if you wanted Terry Bogard, you were getting Andy and Joe along with him, whether you liked it or not.

It was an interesting twist on character selection when first seen in the '94 game, but it was also restrictive. King of Fighters' standard set-up is a three-on-three battle of brawlers, where each individual gets one life bar - and if he gets knocked out, he's out for good and replaced by the next teammate in line. One key issue that '95 addressed was mixing and matching in your team of three. After the example set here, KoF went on to have a new game once a year, every year, until 2003. The King of Fighters '95 kicked off a long line of yearly sequels to the original KoF concept from 1994 - it introduced new gameplay revisions and new characters, as well as the idea that once-a-year updates could work for something other than major league sports franchises.

Value argument aside for a while, let's examine the game itself.

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