This is the best KOF game in my opinion. It's a love letter not only to the NESTS saga but to SNK in general. In this game, everyone who was playable in the NESTS saga is playable, yet that's not where it stops. There are stage cameos and references to older SNK titles like World Heroes, SamSho, Metal Slug, The Last Blade, AOF, and the older KOF games; there are even references to the Fatal Fury games, including MOTW. Everything is improved in this game as well, there's even remade themes of the older KOF, FF, and AOF games. (Usually, this would be a problem because I have a gripe with remixed themes, but it's done well here.) I think I've mentioned it before, but I love the characters of SNK. They're all brimming with personality and they're all unique. (Minus the literal clone characters, but even K' has his unique gameplay charms compared to Kyo). Just an all-around perfect fighting game.