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In the Southtown stage, Art of Fighting characters, Mr. BIG, Karmen Cole, and a poster for Jack Turner's Black Cats, will appear at random between each round.
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Billy Kane's pre-battle dialogue against boss Saiki has him wondering about Saiki's appearence, calling him "one of those weird monster types". Later he wonders what would happen if he "catch 'em all", with him stating that "Maybe they'll call me an Elite Trainer or something". This dialogue is a reference to Pokémon.
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Occasionally, Foxy will replace Diana in Kula's victory animation.
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Oswald was originally going to be made a playable character in The King of Fighters XII and then was planned to be added to The King of Fighters XIII, teaming up with Iori Yagami and a newcomer who wore a kimono. This idea was scrapped after Mature and Vice were added to the final roster of both games.
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The game's files contain an animation sequence leftover from its testing phase. It is a short segment from the cutscene that plays before fighting Awakened Saiki, with text that reads:
"And that is the end of this edition. The development team is currently hard at work with the next entry, please look forward to it."
"And that is the end of this edition. The development team is currently hard at work with the next entry, please look forward to it."
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After the second round, there is a chance that Shermie and the original Agents Team will appear in the background of the France stage.
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In the China stage, there is a chance that Lin and Fatal Fury characters Tung Fu Rue and Li Xiangfei will appear in the background.
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In the Egypt stage, Metal Slug protagonist Marco Rossi, as well as Fiolina Germi and Mars People after the second round, have a chance of appearing in the background.
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In the Clock Tower stage, Fatal Fury characters, Wolfgang Krauser, Laurence Blood, Axel Hawk, and Lilly Kane, have a random chance of appearing in the background of the Clock Tower stage. Lilly wears her alternate costume from KOF: Maximum Impact 2.
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Hanzo Hattori from Samurai Shodown has a chance of appearing in the background of the Coliseum Rooftop stage.
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In the first 2 rounds, Shingo Yabuki and Cosplayer Kyoko will sometimes appear as spectators in the background of the Esaka stage. After the 2rd round, Haohmaru from Samurai Shodown will randomly appear in the background.
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The American Sports Team has a random chance of appearing in the background of the Abandoned Factory stage. Also, the damaged bodies of Rocky from Robo Army, and Candy Diamond sometimes appear on the scrap pile.
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Moriya Minakata from The Last Blade and Shiki from Samurai Shodown have chances of appearing in the background of the Temple stage.
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On the Burnt Remains stage, Charlotte from Samurai Shodown randomly appears in the distant background. The final boss from Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Kain R. Heinlein, and reoccurring antagonist from The Last Blade, Shinnosuke Kagami, also have a chance of appearing in the background, staring each other down.
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Ralf Jones' "Jet Vulcan Punch" move is based on Monkey D. Luffy's 'Gomu Gomu Jet Gatling' move, while using his Gear Second form from Shonen Jump's series One Piece.
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Richard Meyer from Fatal Fury and Bao from the Psycho Soldier Team randomly appear in the background of the Pao Pao Cafe stage.
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Khushnood Butt from Garou: Mark of the Wolves is prominently featured in the background of the Dojo stage. Members of the Anti-Kyokugenryu Team, as well as Sho Hayate from Savage Reign, will randomly appear in the background. All of the featured characters are related to the Kyokugenryu Dojo in their respective series.
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After the second round of the Desert stage, when the wind is no longer blowing, Wang Koh-San from Art of Fighting 3 will randomly appear on the left of the stage.
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Adelheid Bernstein, Rose Bernstein, and Rodem are prominently featured in the background of the Sky Noah stage, and change their positions on the stage after each round. Rugal Bernstein's image will also periodically appear on the center monitor. And Heidern's image will appear on the monitor Adel sits at.
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According to background artist, Masatoshi Ohara, the designs for many of the stages were originally early concepts from The King of Fighters XII that did not make it into the final game.
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