The King of Fighters XIII

Overview

The King of Fighters XIII is a 2010 fighting game developed and published by SNK Playmore for arcades. It is the thirteenth installment in the The King of Fighters series. It was ported to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 globally in 2011, and an updated version for arcades followed in 2012 subtitled Climax. The game is set after the events of The King of Fighters XI (2005) and is also the conclusion of Ash Crimson's story arc, which started in The King of Fighters 2003. It follows another King of Fighters tournament secretly hosted by Those From the Distance Land, the organization behind the events from the two prior games that are trying to break the seal of the demon Orochi and take its power.

The game was directed by Kei Yamamoto who wanted to bring elements from prior The King of Fighters titles and fix issues from the prior game. This title significantly modifies the gameplay from its predecessor, removing some modes, and adding ones formerly used in the series. It also expands the character roster, re-grouping the playable characters into three-member teams as in the prior installments. The ports are notable for including more content than the original version such as new characters, stages and game modes.

The game sold over 300,000 copies on its release year. Critical reception has been positive. Versions for iOS and Android had also been released, as well as a Windows port of Climax in 2013, and later a version with multiplayer rollback netcode subtitled Global Match in 2023 for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 and 2025 for Steam. KOF XIII was succeeded by The King of Fighters XIV in 2016.

Official trailer

Game Intro. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Fighting, Arcade

Developer

SNK Playmore

Publisher

Rising Star Games, SNK Playmore

Series

The King of Fighters

Engine

Taito Type X

Platforms

PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

Yes

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

ESRB

T

Release dates

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies47

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

11

Bronze

33

Total

47

Points

1305

• THE KING OF FIGHTERS
• Let's see what you've got… Clear STORY.
• Do you understand now?
• Show me what humans are made of… Perform 10 Target Actions (Arcade)
• What's wrong?
• Strength！ Hit 100 times using Special Moves (Arcade, Versus)
• Spinning! Hit 100 times using EX Special Moves (Arcade, Versus)
• Yahoooo! Hit 100 times using Super Special Moves (Arcade, Versus)
• Yeeeeaaah! Hit 100 times using EX Super Special Moves (Arcade, Versus)
• Hey! Hit 100 times using NEO MAX Super Special Moves (Arcade, Versus)
• Yay! Perfect! Perform 10 Perfect Victories (Arcade, Versus)
• Hmph... this is only natural. Get 10 straight wins (Arcade, Versus)
• Play time is over! Perform 50 Super Special Moves Finishes (Arcade, Versus)
• And the final blow…! Get 50 NEO MAX Super Special Moves Finishes (Arcade, Versus)
• Come back later! Perform 50 Drive Cancels (Arcade, Versus)
• Mission Complete! Perform 50 Super Cancels (Arcade, Versus)
• Piece of cake! Perform 50 HD Cancels (Arcade, Versus)
• Heheh. Not bad. Perform 50 MAX Cancels (Arcade, Versus)
• Time will soon turn to ashes... Get an S at the victory screen
• After all, you're just trash. Get an SS at the victory screen
• You're not so bad! Complete the tutorial
• It's about time to start! Register an icon, team and message in Customize
• Here I come, buddy! Create 10 characters in Customize
• Hey, hey, hey! Be challenged by "Billy" and win in ARCADE
• Great Be challenged by "Saiki" and win in ARCADE
• You can't win against me! Be challenged by "Ash" and win in ARCADE
• How was it?
• This is... my victory!
• Looks like I was just on time. Clear Time Attack mode for the first time
• You can't compare to me.
• I will execute my mission! Defeat 3 characters in Survival mode
• I'm enough for this job!
• That should do it!
• Yes! I'm the best!
• Let's play warrior! Create 10 rooms
• Go easy on me! Play your first [ranked match / player match]
• Good! Play 50 [ranked matches / player matches]
• Hehe... hot, wasn't it?
• I shall not waver!
• Yeah! Win your first [ranked match / player match]
• This was just a greeting! Win 5 [ranked matches / player matches]
• Doesn't it feel good? Win 25 [ranked matches / player matches]
• Isn't this fun, eh?
• Excellent!
• Okay! Get 2 consecutive wins in a ranked match
• Number 1! Get 5 consecutive wins in a ranked match
• Yeah! I did it!

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 2.2 GB

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Rising Star Games, SNK Playmore

Developer

SNK Playmore

Released

2011-11-22

Age rating

ESRB T

Region

US

Time to beat

about 2.9 hours