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Team Outlaw (アウトローチーム), also called '97 Special Team ('97スペシャルチーム), is a reoccuring Special Team in The King of Fighters series.
Description
As the name implies, this team is formed by some outlaw characters, all hailing from the Fatal Fury series. The team was formed for the first time during a contest promoted by SNK and Japanese game magazines Famitsu, Neo Geo Freak and Gamest. The intention was to know which characters from the Fatal Fury series could make a special team, which led to the choice in the first formation of the team: Ryuji Yamazaki, Blue Mary and Billy Kane. The last character mentioned already participated in the KOF series, during the '95 tournament. This team also is ruled by by the crime boss Geese Howard in mostly behind the scenes.
The team also makes an appearance in The King of Fighters 2003, with Gato, a character from Garou: Mark of the Wolves, replacing Mary. This team also appears in some Dream Match games.
List of Members
Orochi Saga/NESTS Chronicles (Special Team)
KOF '97
Leader
- Ryuji Yamazaki - Leader of Team Outlaw. Left in '99 and XI, and returned in 2002/UM and 2003. He also appear in the South Town variant in XV.
Members
- Blue Mary - Member of Team Outlaw. Left in '99 and 2003, and returned only in 2002/UM.
- Billy Kane - Member of Team Outlaw. Left in '99 and XI, and returned in 2002/UM and 2003. He also appear in the South Town variant in XV.
Tales of Ash
KOF 2003
Member
- Gato - Member of Team Outlaw. Left in XI.
Other Team Variants (Team Geese)
- All the team variants are led by Geese Howard. For more informations, check Team Geese.
Team Bosses
Team Bosses (ボスチーム) is the original iteration of the Team Outlaw, and is formed by the crimelord Geese Howard, his half-brother Wolfgang Krauser and the criminal Mr. Big, all of which served as boss characters in previous Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting games. This team appears, canonically, only in The King of Fighters '96, and in The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match, as a dream-match formation (the latter game renamed as Team '96 Bosses ('96ボスチーム), due to there being another Boss Team).
List of Members
Orochi Saga (KOF '96/KOF '98 UM)
Leader
- Geese Howard - Leader of Team Bosses.
Members
- Wolfgang Krauser - Member of Team Bosses.
- Mr. Big - Member of Team Bosses.
Team South Town
Team South Town (サウスタウンチーム) is another iteration of Team Outlaw. This team is formed by the crimelord Geese Howard, and his direct subordinates, the bodyguard Billy Kane and the butler (later traitor) Hein, and appear in The King of Fighters XIV and The King of Fighters XV (as a DLC Team), with Ryuji Yamazaki replacing Hein.
List of Members (New Age Saga)
Leader
- Geese Howard - Leader of Team South Town.
Members
KOF XIV
- Billy Kane - Member of Team South Town.
- Hein - Member of Team South Town only in XIV.
KOF XV
- Ryuji Yamazaki - Member of Team South Town in XV.
Members' Participation
- Participation of the members of the team during the mainline series (and some spin-offs).
- Note: About the colors in the table, they follow the logic below:
- Yellow: for table titles and undefined/dual status.
- Lime & Red: for the characters' participation in the team.
- Forest Green & Fire Brick: the first color indicates the characters who participated in the team in all times which he appeared in the series, and the second indicates the characters who were absent in the team from, at least, one game in the series.