I don't see any detail proposed by KOF that was way more significant than anything SF has done.
It simply followed a different formula... a formula which got ruined and f***ed from KOF99 and the rest.
SF was the game that established the basic of practically ALL modern fighting games (life bars, time meter, 1 vs 1 fighting scheme), how could KOF surpass that? It's simply impossible.
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