Before there was a tournament celebrating the Iron Fist, or comic book worlds colliding SNK allowed kings & queens to be crowned. “The King of Fighters” series has brought together some of the best fighters from franchises like “Fatal Fury”, “Art of Fighting”, “Samurai Showdown” to wage war in multiple installments including acclaimed games that most people don’t know influenced their favorite fighters. By celebrating over twenty years of “KOF” action, SNK has updated a classic and put it out there for modern day consoles. Lets get some first impressions of “The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match”.