The King of Fighters 2001

The King of Fighters 2001, also shortened as KOF 2001, is an arcade fighting game produced for the Neo Geo and originally released in November 2001. The eighth game in The King of Fighters series, it was the first to be produced following the closure of the original SNK Corporation. South Korea-based Eolith developed the game with assistance from BrezzaSoft, a company formed by former SNK employees. The King of Fighters 2001 uses the NESTS arc system of teams but introduces the freedom to designate the three of the four members as either fighters or assistants in order to create different types of combos.