Seeing as the topic got locked before I could answer your question, i'll leave it here:
From what i've heard, KOF '98 was in the right place at the right time down in Mexico and it got a huge following. I'm not sure if the following applies to the rest of the series, but its at least the origin of the joke.
From what i've heard, KOF '98 was in the right place at the right time down in Mexico and it got a huge following. I'm not sure if the following applies to the rest of the series, but its at least the origin of the joke.