KOF99 is a fighting game released for the arcade and the home console. It is the sixth game in the KOF series. This series was announced by the creator as a "special edition" of the series, as it featured most of the characters that appeared in the previous games (from KOF '94 to '98), regardless of whether the character was killed in the Serie. 'ongoing story (which would resume in the next game of the series with a new KOF99 has been praised by several videogame publications as the best KOF in the series due to its graphics and gameplay. Ultimate Match, however, was criticized for how similar it is to KOF99.