"KOF: SS has none of the elan or poise that an Ikaruga or R-Type Dimensions would offer, and crucially none of the fun either. The overriding feeling of playing Sky Stage is one of asphyxiating banality.Ending up as a game which isn’t for fans of the King of Fighters series, nor those who hanker after a halfway decent shmup experience, King of Fighter: Sky Stage is every bit the ugly abomination that its premise suggests it to be. "
