King of Fighters Stadium

King of Fighters Stadium
Universe	Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury The King of Fighters
Appears in	Ultimate
Located	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Home stage to	Terry
Tracks available	Kurikinton - FATAL FURY 2 (New Remix) Soy Sauce for Geese - FATAL FURY SPECIAL Haremar Faith Capoeria School - Song of the Fight (Believers Will Be Saved) - FATAL FURY The Sea Knows - FATAL FURY Kurikinton - FATAL FURY Kuri Kinton Flavor - KOF XIV Pasta - FATAL FURY 2 A New Poem That the South Thailand Wants to Tell - FATAL FURY 2 Tarkun and Kitapy - FATAL FURY 2 Let's Go to Seoul! - FATAL FURY 2 The London March - FATAL FURY 2 The Working Matador - FATAL FURY 2 Duck Dub Dub (Duck, You Too) - FATAL FURY SPECIAL Soy Sauce for Geese - KOF XIV Big Shot! - FATAL FURY 3 11th Street - FATAL FURY WILD AMBITION 176th Street - KOF '99 Ne! - KOF '94 DESERT REQUIEM ~Operation02UM~ - KOF 2002 UM ESAKA!! - KOF 2002 UM Stormy Saxophone 2 - KOF '96 KD-0079+ - KOF 2002 UM W.W.III - KOF XIV Terry115 - KOF 2000 Street Dancer - KOF XI New Order - KOF XIV Undercover - KOF 2002 UM Cutting Edge - KOF 2002 UM The Second Joker - KOF XIII Esaka Continues... - KOF XIII Wild Street - KOF XIII Tame a Bad Boy - KOF XIII KDD-0063 - KOF XIII Yappari ESAKA - KOF XIV Departure from South Town - KOF XIV Theme of SYD - Alpha Mission IKARI - KOF XIV Forest World - Athena Psycho Soldier Theme Psycho Soldier Theme (Overseas Version) ART of FIGHT - Art of Fighting Art of Fighting Ver.230000000.0 - FATAL FURY SPECIAL Tuna - SAMURAI SHODOWN Banquet of Nature - SAMURAI SHODOWN Gaia - SAMURAI SHODOWN Main Theme from Metal Slug - METAL SLUG Assault Theme - METAL SLUG 1-3 Final Attack - METAL SLUG 1-6 Judgment - METAL SLUG 2 Blue Water Fangs (The Island of Dr. Moreau) - METAL SLUG 3

King of Fighters Stadium is a downloadable stage for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was released on November 6th, 2019 as part of Challenger Pack 4, being the home stage of SNK characters such as Terry. The stage is a large arena themed around The King of Fighters tournament, which was featured in the Fatal Fury series before branching out into its own series with the same name.

Stage Overview

The stage’s layout is a simple flat ring, similar to most stages in the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series, which is slightly elevated above ground level. It takes place in what appears to be a large football/rubgy stadium and converted into a fighting arena for an event, similar to both Pokémon Stadium and Boxing Ring. Like those stages, a large jumbotron that records the on-screen action can be seen in the background. Invisible walls are on both sides of the stage, blocking the blast line. However, these walls can be broken by dealing enough knockback to a fighter. In that case, the fighter will immediately go into the blast zone and get KO'd. There are no such walls on the upper blast line. As there are no ledges or anywhere to fall down (thus no lower blast line), you cannot abuse a character's lack of good recovery or win by edgeguarding someone in this stage, and because of the side walls, you cannot bait someone next to a side blast line and throw them in for a cheap kill: you have to win off dealing strong hits and from that only. Characters from other games such as mostly from Art of Fighting/Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters make cameos just outside of the ring, similarly to how they do while watching the fight in various The King of Fighters games. There are 20 in total. While they are normally random, the choice of music will guarantee specific characters to appear.

Origin

Though the stadium is not directly lifted from any specific stage from the King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, or Art of Fighting series, it is most similar to the stadium used in King of Fighters '96 for the winner's ceremony in its endings, and to help draw upon the more "realism" rooted settings the triumvirate series is known for. The use of invisible walls and the need for high knockback to fully defeat foes is also evocative of the wall breaking mechanics used in Real Bout: Fatal Fury, where enough force can be used against blocking or juggled opponents to break apart the "walls" to open up a ring out zone, and to simulate traditional fighting game mechanics in defeating the opponent by depleting their life bar to empty.

Music Tracks Based on Cameos

Certain musics will be played for the specific cameos on the background of the stage.

Music	Cameo
Pasta - FATAL FURY 2	Andy Bogard
A New Poem That the South Thailand Wants to Tell - FATAL FURY 2	Joe Higashi
The London March - FATAL FURY 2	Billy Kane
Soy Sauce for Geese - FATAL FURY SPECIAL Soy Sauce for Geese - KOF XIV	Geese Howard
Let's Go to Seoul! - FATAL FURY 2	Kim Kaphwan
ART of FIGHT - Art of Fighting Art of Fighting Ver.230000000.0	Ryo Sakazaki Yuri Sakazaki
Ne! - KOF '94	Yuri Sakazaki King Blue Mary
ESAKA!! - KOF 2002 UM Esaka Continues... - KOF XIII Yappari ESAKA - KOF XIV	Kyo Kusanagi Goro Daimon
Stormy Saxophone 2 - KOF '96	Iori Yagami
New Order - KOF XIV	Kyo Kusanagi Iori Yagami
Tame a Bad Boy - KOF XIII	Kim Kaphwan Chang Koehan Choi Bounge
Forest World - Athena Psycho Soldier Theme Psycho Soldier Theme (Overseas Version)	Athena Asamiya
DESERT REQUIEM ~Operation02UM~ - KOF 2002 UM W.W.III - KOF XIV IKARI - KOF XIV	Ralf Jones Clark Still