King of Fighters R-2
King of Fighters R-2 — frequently asked questions
- Is King of Fighters R-2 on Steam?
- No. King of Fighters R-2 is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
- What platforms is King of Fighters R-2 on?
- King of Fighters R-2 is available on Neo Geo Pocket Color.
- When did King of Fighters R-2 release?
- King of Fighters R-2 was first released on March 19, 1999.
About King of Fighters R-2
Mix it up in COLOR with King Of Fighters R-2 now on NEOGEO Pocket Color! Get SKILLS in the MAKING Mode and create your very own custom-made character! You can also play two-player VS. MODE battles and trade SKILLS using the NEOGEO Pocket Link Cable! 14 characters to choose from including 2 new characters make King Of Fighters R-2 H-O-T!
Summary via IGDB.
King of Fighters R-2 on Wikipedia
King of Fighters R-2 is a 1999 fighting video game released by SNK for the Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld system. It is the sequel to King of Fighters R-1 and is part of The King of Fighters series. Like most other games in the series, King of Fighters R-2 features various SNK characters; this game, which features the same story as The King of Fighters '98, has the main character going up against Rugal Bernstein, who is creating clones of the main characters.
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Game details
- Developer
- SNK Corporation
- Publisher
- SNK Corporation
- Themes
- Action
Details via IGDB.
Collector value & authenticity
Neo Geo Pocket Color · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-07
- Region
- NA+EU+JP
- Released
- 1999
- Authenticity
- Med
The launch fighter, the Dreamcast tie-in, and a genuinely good game — the cheapest good thing on the platform.
R-2 was a North American launch title and remains one of the least expensive English cartridges on the system, which makes it wildly underpriced for what it is: a compact King of Fighters with the platform's excellent stick response and a proper single-player run.
It carried the platform's headline gimmick. SNK's own 1999 FAQ describes it: using the Dreamcast link, you could build a custom character in R-2 and carry it over to the Dreamcast King of Fighters, trading items between the two. Cross-device character transfer in 1999 was genuinely ahead of its time, and almost nobody had the hardware to see it.
It is on NEOGEO POCKET COLOR SELECTION Vol. 1 for the Nintendo Switch.
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Cheap enough that faking it rarely pays. Note that its monochrome predecessor, King of Fighters R-1, is a different game on a different machine and was never released outside Japan; the two get conflated in listings.
King of Fighters R-2 screenshots
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