The storyline is gibberish and, to the Street Fighter-addled eyes there seems to be very little difference between all the games. It's the same thing five times. And look, there's classic and there's just plain old: KoF relies on blocking (lots) and the odd special move, but even this dullness is dragged down by poor controls (the analogue stick is hopeless) and technical sadness (it doesn't fit the screen). Even KoF obsessives will be hard pressed to love this. In 2009, portable King of Fighters seems far from magic. 3/10