I feel like Leona may be the closest to fully controlling it. She sat out XI due to the events of '03, solely for that reason. Ever since her canonical return, you can even see her hair glow when she spends anything more than a gauge on a super! I'm waiting for Goenitz to return and attempt to activate her blood riot again. She'll rip his throat out!
@@ShoryuGameYes, I think Leona needs the opportunity to train with Ryu and Oro. They can teach how to combine her Orochi form with Senjustu. Senjustu has the ability to merge with and temper the Orochi power’s negative influence. This will give Leona the edge she needs to take down Goenitz in combat. Street Fighter and The King of Fighters writers definitely need to work together.
I would love to see Orochi Iori and Leona come back to the series, maybe in the boss challenge that would be great. And that Iori headed Shun'ei is just cursed.
People talking like the riot of the blood is the state in which iori and Leona goes into a feral rage mode. They clearly don't understand the riot of the blood refers to the players when they get to any SNK boss
Aoi Kusanagi was a great character in KOF Kyo bit of a suprise she never got sprites seeing as even the rival group for Kyo had them. She'd make a great addition to the cast imo and as you mentioned isn't worse then "Kyo clones" :P One thing tho I think her flames are blue not purple. Caused by the combination of the Yagami and Kusanagi flame but I may be mistaken. I do think her origin story could be tweaked a bit though, maybe something like making her a half Yagami half Kusanagi? Just a thought.
I still remember when we called them "Possessed Iori" and "Possessed Leona" at the arcade when we found them in KOF '97 haha. Always ready for a new KOF Lore video!
There is another thing that remain in history of kof,If the resurrected orochi(Chris body) is already strong then how powerful His true form is,I can't imagine that.
Or that is already his true form. Keep in mind Orochi is technically not a person. But more of an evil entity. He needs a host to materials himself and cause destructions. Considering Orochi Chris’s psychokinesis power is at peak level he is totally a competent host for Orochi to draw out his full potential.
The Iori lore is why I found this channel to begin with, so seeing it come up is almost nostalgia inducing, really reminds me of my first encounter with the greatest KOF historian on YT!
I had a friend who was worried that Iori would die in a future game and his little sister who has never made an appearance just mentioned would replace him but I don't think he has to worry about that.
Not gonna lie, even though this gifted power up is dangerous. It’s still quite cool. Given that Orochi Leona and Iori are two of my favorite characters.
you could have talked about the souji kusanagi case, the fact that kyo became the hair of the kusanagi clan because souji kusanagi resumed fighting after he felt into a state similar to the riot of blood due to overtraining.
Man, anytime you see anyone involved with the Riot of the Blood, you can guarantee someone going beast mode. The coughing of the blood, the brutal specials, people going crazy, it just adds intensity. I also didn’t know that Kyo has a cousin. Would be interesting to see how she will affect the Kusanagi clan, considering they are usually the foil to the Yagami clan. Thanks for another lore video, Shoryugame!
Huh. So Goenitz, Yashiro, Shermie and Chris aren't really human? I didn't know that. Thanks for the new info! This is why I love your vids, I learn something new every time! Side note, I really liked "Orochi" Yamazaki. I hope we see him again.
Personally I like playing the Orochi versions. I think if they came into XV the one thing they could do is make them both glass cannons. Crazy speed, damage, but the lowest defense out of the whole cast. As do Aoi, I’d like to see an intro reaction between her and Iori
Ah finally! My most favorite topic in the Orochi Saga! I have a friend who is so dedicated to that character, he named himself Orochi and his tagline everywhere is the Riot of the Blood. Much much thanks for covering this topic! And now, to find that KOF manga~
Or maybe a hermit who has major control of the riot of the blood. Maybe be a mentor to Iori and Leona in improving their riot of the blood. In controlling their Orochi blood.
This is my go-to channel for info on KOF and once again you did not disappoint. Love that you featured two of my favorite characters Iori and Leona (who in my opinion is underrated as a waifu). Keep up the great work! 👍
@@ShoryuGame In that last part, why is Shun’ei hated for his design? I heard in a Thorgi’s Arcade retrospective video that he has too many clothing tropes but two of them (the headphones and bandaged hands) were related to containing Verse’s power within Shun’ei. What redesign would make him acceptable?
Iori Shunhei can't hurt me, Iori Shunhei can't hurt me, Iori Shunhei CAN'T HURT ME. I remember freaking out in the arcade when the background went completly red and that god dammed heart beat sound started, truly something that could not be duplicated now. I like the idea of a potential Blood Riot Team with Leona, Iori and that third character. Maybe using the Goeneitz infused kid from the second GBA game give him his own style normaly and in riot mode give him some of Goe's moves
Those teammates Iori had in KOF Ex 2, what if you introduced them in Mainline as relatives of Iori. MOE can be Shingo's cousin (I doubt she will ever be his girlfriend). Reiji Ooyama could also be there just not as the male version of of Mai but a cool single dad who is taking care of his daughter likely to Chizuru's successor
The Riot of the Blood is a terrifying power to possess. I can see why Iori and Leona struggle to control this curse. The Riot of the Blood is almost the same as both the Devil Gene from Tekken and the Satsui No Hado from Street Fighter. I feel like the only Mystical power that can rival the Orochi Blood is the Mu No Ken, the Power of Nothingness.
Do you think they'll ever make a KoF game where both the heavenly kings and those from the past are in it and battling each other in the mainline series?
You're video is as good as always. Bro , can you please tell me the manga name from where you found this yasakani ancestors or something like that ? Looks interesting.
Aoi is biker tomboy who kind of resembles a character from Rival Schools called Akira, she was a DLC member of Street Fighter 5. But other than that it depends on whether SNK wants to use characters from KOF Kyo in the main line story. If SNK decides to then she can be a good fit though I'd prefer if her moveset was bit different from Kusanagi styles, give her some of Moe Habana's moveset. I do love Kyo clones so... Hey it's my choice.
Wow that Manga I got to check out love the Lore we got for I always knew of one of Iori’s ancestor whom accepted Orochi’s power witch was a curse to the Yagami clan from Mother’s dying at child birth and the Heirs not living long its kool it is covered in some media and I always wanted to see the ancestors of the Sacred Treadures Team when they sealed Orochi in his true Demonic form. But I digress I remember in KOF 97 how unsettling it was fighting Orochi Iori or Leona with the blood red background and unkept beat it seems like your playing a Creepypasta game though a lot of people complain about that music in 97 being lackluster and bland but the creepiness is prevalent from the Mid Boss fight with Wild Iori or Leona to the intro after you beat Team Orochi when Chris getting possessed by Orochi and the Orochi Theme is playing witch is pretty creepy sounding, its like your walking into a crazy cult that want to dismember you on an Altar but for me that is the charm of KOF 97 was the creepiness it made the game more Dark as it should be cause your fighting Orochi and his subordinates. Some the best moments of the Riot Of The Blood was when Goenitz activates it in Iori in his 96 Team ending where he kills Mature and Vice in an instance, I also love Leona’s ending in 97 its so powerful she is about to end her life seeing herself as a harmful being and the trauma of her past only for Ralf and Clark like friends stick up for her and tell her she is not alone this time and even hearing Gaidel’s voice tell her its not her fault easily one of the best endings Ralf and Clark aren’t just teammates they are true friends.
I would love to see another Yagami enter the game. Iori has been rather one dimensional, with his focus solely being defeating Kyo, but there seems to be this grudging respect that has formed where he never truly will defeat him. It would be good to give him another focus, maybe mentor a young cousin who is also susceptible to the riot. Kyo's sister who chose to be Orochi would be a awesome story! Would the mix of the riot curse and Kusanagi in one body be a better vessel for Orochi to return in? What also would be awesome would be to see Yamazazki either have a riot blood super or better yet, a riot of the blood taunt that makes him stronger as he laughs it away. Great video Shoryu, keep them coming!
@@ShoryuGame That's what would make a fake out so funny. Yamazaki pretends he get the riot then laughs it off. It should be a secret taunt that he can only pop off to Orochi blood members lol.
The idea of Leona using Riot of the Blood as an install as per 2002 is a good idea (put it on a timer instead), but Iori's fine as he is mostly. This could better display the difference of control between the two.
There is a mistake there, in the Gaiden manga it shows Magai didn't make a pact with Orochi, the other guy from the clan broke the seal and then Orochi's blood was forced into Magai's body after getting beaten badly on the prison IIRC
What you said is true. But it's only true for the alternate timeline Shingo time traveled to. We know that Shingo's arrival changed some of the events, even though the end result was more or less the same as the original timeline. From this, and from the past backstories SNK released in the 90's, we can infer that Magai did indeed make a deal with Orochi in the original timeline. This is because his wife's body was found in Kusanagi grounds in the OG timeline, which would have fueled Magai's hatred. But Shingo was there to witness Mature and Vice take the woman away in the alternate timeline, thus removing Alternate Timeline Magai's motivation to wilfully make a pact with Orochi.
I don't think the Yasakani jewel was the cause of Iori's RotB per se. I think Ash just easily neutralized Iori by beating him at his weakest if anything. If the Yasakani treasure was to blame for the rampage then Ash would have also suffered the same thing too, but he didn't. Hell, if he didn't bring the Orochi curse from Iori, the flames would have stuck to crimson red since that was the original Yasakani trait. Iori was born with Orochi blood, and that Orochi blood is what gives him the RotB form, not the treasure itself. We can see this being evident in a lot of Claw Iori's supers, maybe his only two supers lol. He concentrates his rage and rampage to his attacks which depict his extreme feral nature despite hating violence. Also, he does all that without flames, which means that Iori will always inherently have RotB. Now that Orochi's resealed, Iori's rampage is now even more controllable. He still goes apeshit, but voluntarily.
Something just came in mind, when Ash stole iori treasure I found it ironic that ash didn't go berserk nor after he stole it. It seems he wasn't even vulnerable to the riot of the blood curse either. I wonder why's that.🤨🤔
9:49 Y’know that got me thinking: would Ash be susceptible to the riot of the blood after stealing Iori’s powers? P.S. Not to mention the other things happening in this saga; Just imagine Dark Ash+Yata Mirror+Yasakani Magatama+Riot of the blood
That was a great story, indeed. Gameplay wise, for a moment when I first played KOF '98 at normal difficulty at the arcade where I used to go, I thought that Awakened Orochi Chris would be nearly invincible when I teamed him up with Saisyu and Rugal-which is my favorite pairings with Orochi Chris, it's a good thing to know that as playable characters that Orochi Chris does have flaws, just like his default team mates at their awakened states if being used incorrectly. I always thought that if you use a boss character in any fighting game you would win and beat the game easily, which is certainly not the case.😁
Great video as always. Do question how in control of the Riot of the Blood Iori is in KoF 15 though seeing as how there is another voice alongside his during the move and vs CYS he doesn't go into the Riot of the Blood.
@@ShoryuGame Do find it interesting how he's able to talk a bit more normal in the Riot this game when in past stuff it seems like the most he can say is Kyo's name. Wonder if its something to do with what Mature and Vice say in the Yagami team ending of 14 or how in 14's manga they try to make him the new host for Orochi.
Whoa man ay I can’t help it 😂Leona her story is fascinating 🧐 and AOI KUSANAGI and oh Iori has a sister that has never appeared before that would be interesting to see
Very interesting video, it would be cool if you could cover the clones its very interesting ( k' and kula being human while kyo replicas being robots, with maxima being a cyborg and k9999 a mix of all the above)
The replicas used to be human clones. A couple of them were self aware which is why the new ones in the manga are robots. Igniz got tired of people betraying N.E.S.T.S. I hope they bring them back. Team 3 Kyos! There was one "clone" who was created with the yata mirror and not by N.E.S.T.S. though, Kusanagi. K' and Maxima are not clones. They're modified people who had lives before N.E.S.T.S. Not sure about Kula. There were apparently a bunch of girls who were being used as experiments with ice powers, but idk if they're clones of an original(girl or girls) or if they were individuals kidnapped/coerced/whatever N.E.S.T.S. was doing to acquire test subjects.
As I understand it, K' and Kula were normal humans before NESTS modified their DNAs Whip is the clone of K's sister, Seirah. Krizalid is K's clone. K9999 is a bio android (like Cell in Dragon Ball) Maxima and Angel are cyborgs. Kyo-1, Kyo-2 and Kusanagi (the one made by NESTS) are not robots but human clones with self aware. I still don't understand why SNK decided to use the term 'Clones' for NESTS's creations if they are not actual clones. It is as bad as Dragon Ball using the term Android for all Dr. Gero's creations when we all know #17 and #18 are cyborgs NOT androids.
@@PandoraBear357 So Igniz decided to do what Dr. Gero did in Dragon Ball. Gero got tired of the problem of obedience of his creations (#17 and #18) so he went back to make actual androids full mechanic (#19) who was weaker but more loyal That's funny xD
@MegaNinten 007 basically 🤣. It doesn't check out though, since Candy was a N.E.S.T.S. robot but I would consider her to have had a "soul" and feelings. She gave her life for Kula after all. For a guy who killed his own father to take over N.E.S.T.S. in the first place, Igniz sure is uptight about loyalty.
@MegaNinten 007 yeah, I wish they'd use the correct terms too. This whole thread has made me realize the N.E.S.T.S. Saga had the most new characters and is probably the hardest to explain to people who don't play KOF. Like explaining Zero and Clone Zero and how Clone Zero has a mustache and doesn't look like the person he was cloned from, because he can shape-shift and was disguised as Heidern's friend who he killed and replaced would probably result in confusion. Not to mention all the various betrayals. The Orochi Saga is so much easier to summarize.
6:50 The more I look at Aoi's design the more I realize that she looks like a female version of Shotaro Kaneda from AKIRA. Even her motorcycle looks like Kaneda's. Knowing how much the original SNK loved doing AKIRA references in KOF since KOF 94, it wouldn't be a surprise if that was intentional. There is another Kusanagi who is even more obscure and forgotten than Aoi and that's *Joe Kusanagi* He is from Aggressors of Dark Kombat/GANGAN. *Kisarah Westfield* from Neo Geo Battle Coliseum (NBC) is also from that game. In fact, there were plans to make Joe playable in NGC In a Q&A on the official NBC website, a question was asked about if Joe is related to Kyo, in response to the question they said that Joe's relation to Kyo is unknown. Joe made a cameo in KOF 2002UM in the Japan Highschool Stage. Aggressors of Dark Kombat was made by Alpha Denshi, they no longer exist and all their IPs (like 'World Heroes') are now SNK's properties, that's why we saw Kisarah, Fuuma, Hanzo, Mudman, Neo Dio in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum and years later we saw Jeanne in SNK Heroines.
From the difference here is that Leona was able to control her Orochi Power while Iori still to this Day has no control of his Orochi Power, But in terms of Canon, Orochi Iori is more Stronger and Powerful than Orochi Leona.
Leona is the daughter of a Hakkeshuu deserter named Gaidel (Earthly King of Water), who may have had considerable control of his cursed blood. Iori hails from one of three ancient clans that had sealed Orochi (sent to carry out Gaia's will to cleanse the earth of mankind), but not from any of the eight Kings loyal to Orochi.
i know the manga isnt cannon to the games but in the climax super of leona in kof xv and neo max super in kof xiii, her hair turns red meaning that she did go into the riot of the blood state that means she can control it but how?
Nice video talking about 'Iori Loco' and 'Leona Loca' 😁 1:39 LMAO 🤣😂 Ryuji Yamazaki, a yakuza psychopath but he loves nature. 5:42- 6:00 Is that a retcon? 🤔 I remember that Iori attacked Billy and Eiji because he was furious with them for failing to beat Kyo's team in the tournament finals NOT because of the Riot of the Blood (Even KOF All Stars showed that) I don't even think Iori met Rugal in KOF 95, the Japan Team were the ones who defeated Rugal (again) 6:39 "Their ghosts still haunt him to this day" literally. 9:59 It would have been better if Iori gave up his powers/curse once and for all (or just die at the end of 97) It was the biggest change of Iori's character after KOF 97 But nop, fans would complain if Iori (and Kyo) is not the same as he was in the Orochi Saga. 11:55 Ha! 😆 I remember that ending from SNK Heroines. Orochi Leona killing the Ikari Warriors using El Chapulin Colorado's weapon the Chipote Chillon, in chibi style! 12:07 Funny that you said that. There is a KOF fangame called *'MUGENGERS 4'* and it kinda does that feature you mention not only for Iori and Leona but for other characters that have a transformation like Rugal, the Orochi Team, etc. I highly recommend MUGENGERS 4 13:34 My Eyes!! 😵
bro imagine if that distant cousin is Freeman That would be so fitting and it would allow him to have ties to Iori and show off more of his clan and also be a inside joke that they look alike like many people said in the past about freeman XD. I just want Freeman to show up in a KOF game please LOL
KOF and mostly all of SNK’s fighting games have such strongly written lore. Underrated, but mostly due the lack of what at the time could be implemented due to hardware limitations. They definitely without it being an opinion have always had a more consistent and overall ‘tangible’ push for a story element. Street Fighter, as much as I love that series followed too many repetitive plots. SNK with the exception of a few fighters (no company is perfect 😂) does a stronger job of plot versatility.
Blood of Riot make you have Red hair if you not control it Leona or fully control it like Iori. From manhua series the one own orochi blood is Rugal, got from Geonitz. Gesse, steal from Geonitz. Iori, born with it, get from ancestors deal. Leona, Leona Dad ,Gaiden is one of 7 Orochi Clan. Zukhihime, bodyguard for kyo after been extract between kof 2002 and 2003,Also striker from 2002. Got blood from Geonitz.
In that last part, why is Shun’ei hated for his design? I heard in a Thorgi’s Arcade retrospective video that he has too many clothing tropes but two of them (the headphones and bandaged hands) were related to containing Verse’s power within Shun’ei. What redesign would make him acceptable?
@@PandoraBear357 The jacket looks cool, but I can see that the tie and rolled up pant leg being too much. And since the headphones were taken out at the ending, that leaves 4 out of 7 left (3 if he does put on the jacket, or just 2 if he removes the bandages on his hands if he doesn’t need them to contain Verse anymore).
I want to know why Yamazaki is one of the 8, why he’s immune or not effected, and why leave him alone. Seems like the 8 just let him do his own thing without any service to Orochi. 🤷🏿♂️
KOF really deserves a full anime series, the series lore is so deep and well written compared to many other fighting games.
Thank for haunting me for the rest of my life with Iori-head Shun'ei.
I came here as fast as I could for more KOF lore.
Hallelujah!!!
I second this
Same here.
@@ashtonbyrd3686 Check my channel too for more lore and discussions :)
Right there with ya'll.
you are one of the the only channels that does justice to the wonderful story of KOF.
Agreed 💯
I love Shoryu videos too! Check my channel for some more KOF too :)
This man and Rooflemonger are hands down my go to channels for it, they're both incredible!
I feel like Leona may be the closest to fully controlling it. She sat out XI due to the events of '03, solely for that reason. Ever since her canonical return, you can even see her hair glow when she spends anything more than a gauge on a super! I'm waiting for Goenitz to return and attempt to activate her blood riot again. She'll rip his throat out!
I'd love to see a canon fight between them!
@@ShoryuGameYes, I think Leona needs the opportunity to train with Ryu and Oro. They can teach how to combine her Orochi form with Senjustu. Senjustu has the ability to merge with and temper the Orochi power’s negative influence. This will give Leona the edge she needs to take down Goenitz in combat. Street Fighter and The King of Fighters writers definitely need to work together.
Yamazaki: I Simply Do Not Exist
@@nnamdiuyalorjr2896 Okay, that could be a cool plotpoint for the next Capcom VS SNK.
@@lucassmith4137 Agreed.
I would love to see Orochi Iori and Leona come back to the series, maybe in the boss challenge that would be great.
And that Iori headed Shun'ei is just cursed.
Leona has better time controlling
Her's .
Image if Orochi Iori and Orochi Leona were DLC in KOF XV.
People talking like the riot of the blood is the state in which iori and Leona goes into a feral rage mode. They clearly don't understand the riot of the blood refers to the players when they get to any SNK boss
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I agree!
Aoi Kusanagi was a great character in KOF Kyo bit of a suprise she never got sprites seeing as even the rival group for Kyo had them. She'd make a great addition to the cast imo and as you mentioned isn't worse then "Kyo clones" :P One thing tho I think her flames are blue not purple. Caused by the combination of the Yagami and Kusanagi flame but I may be mistaken. I do think her origin story could be tweaked a bit though, maybe something like making her a half Yagami half Kusanagi? Just a thought.
I still remember when we called them "Possessed Iori" and "Possessed Leona" at the arcade when we found them in KOF '97 haha. Always ready for a new KOF Lore video!
Here in South America and in Mexico, we called them "Iori Loco" and "Leona Loca" 😆
Good memories
@@meganinten0078 I'm from Colombia. We called them "Iori poseído" and "Leona poseída".
There is another thing that remain in history of kof,If the resurrected orochi(Chris body) is already strong then how powerful His true form is,I can't imagine that.
Or that is already his true form. Keep in mind Orochi is technically not a person. But more of an evil entity. He needs a host to materials himself and cause destructions. Considering Orochi Chris’s psychokinesis power is at peak level he is totally a competent host for Orochi to draw out his full potential.
Unless you want the kof crew fighting a giant eight headed snake like his original Japanese lore.
@@PrinceAkaiVtuber the genre will Turn into hack & slash god of war type game
The Iori lore is why I found this channel to begin with, so seeing it come up is almost nostalgia inducing, really reminds me of my first encounter with the greatest KOF historian on YT!
Wow! Thank you so much!
I had a friend who was worried that Iori would die in a future game and his little sister who has never made an appearance just mentioned would replace him but I don't think he has to worry about that.
Not gonna lie, even though this gifted power up is dangerous. It’s still quite cool. Given that Orochi Leona and Iori are two of my favorite characters.
you could have talked about the souji kusanagi case, the fact that kyo became the hair of the kusanagi clan because souji kusanagi resumed fighting after he felt into a state similar to the riot of blood due to overtraining.
Man, anytime you see anyone involved with the Riot of the Blood, you can guarantee someone going beast mode. The coughing of the blood, the brutal specials, people going crazy, it just adds intensity. I also didn’t know that Kyo has a cousin. Would be interesting to see how she will affect the Kusanagi clan, considering they are usually the foil to the Yagami clan. Thanks for another lore video, Shoryugame!
Huh. So Goenitz, Yashiro, Shermie and Chris aren't really human? I didn't know that. Thanks for the new info!
This is why I love your vids, I learn something new every time!
Side note, I really liked "Orochi" Yamazaki. I hope we see him again.
Glad you find them useful!
Captain Yamazaki: Defender of the environment! And the most SAVAGE.
Personally I like playing the Orochi versions. I think if they came into XV the one thing they could do is make them both glass cannons. Crazy speed, damage, but the lowest defense out of the whole cast. As do Aoi, I’d like to see an intro reaction between her and Iori
Ah finally! My most favorite topic in the Orochi Saga! I have a friend who is so dedicated to that character, he named himself Orochi and his tagline everywhere is the Riot of the Blood. Much much thanks for covering this topic!
And now, to find that KOF manga~
Captain Planet’s Body with Yamasaki’s head. God I love this channel 😂
I think of Ralf and Clark are the most badass/strong dudes generally.
I loooove your gushing about 97 with arashi no saxophone
I find Orochi's saga/lore fascinating. My favorite by a lot
great vid!! do kusanagi next that would be sick
Or maybe a hermit who has major control of the riot of the blood. Maybe be a mentor to Iori and Leona in improving their riot of the blood. In controlling their Orochi blood.
This is my go-to channel for info on KOF and once again you did not disappoint. Love that you featured two of my favorite characters Iori and Leona (who in my opinion is underrated as a waifu). Keep up the great work! 👍
Much appreciated!
@@ShoryuGame In that last part, why is Shun’ei hated for his design? I heard in a Thorgi’s Arcade retrospective video that he has too many clothing tropes but two of them (the headphones and bandaged hands) were related to containing Verse’s power within Shun’ei. What redesign would make him acceptable?
@@juanca2567 no headphones for starters
@@covid19alpha2variantturboc7 is it that bad? Persona characters had headphones. Why is it bad on Shun’ei?
Iori Shunhei can't hurt me, Iori Shunhei can't hurt me, Iori Shunhei CAN'T HURT ME.
I remember freaking out in the arcade when the background went completly red and that god dammed heart beat sound started, truly something that could not be duplicated now.
I like the idea of a potential Blood Riot Team with Leona, Iori and that third character. Maybe using the Goeneitz infused kid from the second GBA game give him his own style normaly and in riot mode give him some of Goe's moves
Those teammates Iori had in KOF Ex 2, what if you introduced them in Mainline as relatives of Iori. MOE can be Shingo's cousin (I doubt she will ever be his girlfriend). Reiji Ooyama could also be there just not as the male version of of Mai but a cool single dad who is taking care of his daughter likely to Chizuru's successor
leonas hair colour changes in kof15 while performing super.
We thank you for providing KOF lore!👍😶
(Plus, with Shingo's blue flames having a purifying effect, it's very beneficial to Iori and Leona.)
Great to see all of this! Always nice to see these game stories talked about.
Glad you enjoyed it!
We already know that iori's cousin is none other than the certain Light Yagami from Death Note manga & anime series.
The Riot of the Blood is a terrifying power to possess. I can see why Iori and Leona struggle to control this curse. The Riot of the Blood is almost the same as both the Devil Gene from Tekken and the Satsui No Hado from Street Fighter. I feel like the only Mystical power that can rival the Orochi Blood is the Mu No Ken, the Power of Nothingness.
Iori does have a cousin, she is shown in one of the mangas where she was confused as iori
Excellent video. I love Kof lore. You made it so well. Hope we get to see more orochi cursed characters soon. Thanks man
Glad you enjoyed!
I've been a fan for a while and your writing and humor became great
waiting the next video from now already
Wow, thank you!
3:25 bro ruined his entire family tree
Do you think they'll ever make a KoF game where both the heavenly kings and those from the past are in it and battling each other in the mainline series?
I'd personally prefer if the next arc has nothing to do with either of the two groups.
Maybe a dream match game like 98 or 02 could do that
@@ShoryuGame I'd like something original like the NESTS saga.
You're video is as good as always.
Bro , can you please tell me the manga name from where you found this yasakani ancestors or something like that ?
Looks interesting.
Thanks. It's The King of Fighters Gaiden: Origin of the Flame.
@@ShoryuGame thanks man 👍
A team Riot of the Blood would be sick. If they do have Kyo's cousin, make her like fireball Kyo
Holy shit I can't even begin to tell you how fantastic an idea that is! Can we vote you into charge of DLC please?
Shun Ei, the child raised by Tung Fu Rue and cousin of Iori...this would make for an interesting turn of events as weird as it sounds.
Aoi is biker tomboy who kind of resembles a character from Rival Schools called Akira, she was a DLC member of Street Fighter 5. But other than that it depends on whether SNK wants to use characters from KOF Kyo in the main line story. If SNK decides to then she can be a good fit though I'd prefer if her moveset was bit different from Kusanagi styles, give her some of Moe Habana's moveset. I do love Kyo clones so... Hey it's my choice.
SNK gives so much effort in Kyo Kusanagi's clan but does not give a damn about Iori Yagami's .... 😢
Wow that Manga I got to check out love the Lore we got for I always knew of one of Iori’s ancestor whom accepted Orochi’s power witch was a curse to the Yagami clan from Mother’s dying at child birth and the Heirs not living long its kool it is covered in some media and I always wanted to see the ancestors of the Sacred Treadures Team when they sealed Orochi in his true Demonic form. But I digress I remember in KOF 97 how unsettling it was fighting Orochi Iori or Leona with the blood red background and unkept beat it seems like your playing a Creepypasta game though a lot of people complain about that music in 97 being lackluster and bland but the creepiness is prevalent from the Mid Boss fight with Wild Iori or Leona to the intro after you beat Team Orochi when Chris getting possessed by Orochi and the Orochi Theme is playing witch is pretty creepy sounding, its like your walking into a crazy cult that want to dismember you on an Altar but for me that is the charm of KOF 97 was the creepiness it made the game more Dark as it should be cause your fighting Orochi and his subordinates. Some the best moments of the Riot Of The Blood was when Goenitz activates it in Iori in his 96 Team ending where he kills Mature and Vice in an instance, I also love Leona’s ending in 97 its so powerful she is about to end her life seeing herself as a harmful being and the trauma of her past only for Ralf and Clark like friends stick up for her and tell her she is not alone this time and even hearing Gaidel’s voice tell her its not her fault easily one of the best endings Ralf and Clark aren’t just teammates they are true friends.
They are her brother figures.
Great video! Even though the Orochi saga ended long long ago, I like how SNK still references the riot of the blood sometimes
Thank you for mentioning Kaede from Last Blade.
Shoryu's more traumatised by Shun'ei than by Riot of the Blood versions of Iori and Leona
I would love to see another Yagami enter the game. Iori has been rather one dimensional, with his focus solely being defeating Kyo, but there seems to be this grudging respect that has formed where he never truly will defeat him. It would be good to give him another focus, maybe mentor a young cousin who is also susceptible to the riot. Kyo's sister who chose to be Orochi would be a awesome story! Would the mix of the riot curse and Kusanagi in one body be a better vessel for Orochi to return in? What also would be awesome would be to see Yamazazki either have a riot blood super or better yet, a riot of the blood taunt that makes him stronger as he laughs it away.
Great video Shoryu, keep them coming!
Thanks! Yamzaki isn't affected by the riot. He can't get any crazier!
@@ShoryuGame That's what would make a fake out so funny. Yamazaki pretends he get the riot then laughs it off. It should be a secret taunt that he can only pop off to Orochi blood members lol.
Wait a sec, wasn't Goenitz 18 when Rugal was in his 20's?
I remember you saying that when talking about the story of Rugal's missing eye.
Yes. The Hakkesshus reincarnate all the time
The idea of Leona using Riot of the Blood as an install as per 2002 is a good idea (put it on a timer instead), but Iori's fine as he is mostly.
This could better display the difference of control between the two.
I saw somewhere mentioned and I wonder about Kensou's story about the "dragon form" or whatever
Thanks for giving me nightmares of Shun’ei Yagami
There is a mistake there, in the Gaiden manga it shows Magai didn't make a pact with Orochi, the other guy from the clan broke the seal and then Orochi's blood was forced into Magai's body after getting beaten badly on the prison IIRC
What you said is true. But it's only true for the alternate timeline Shingo time traveled to. We know that Shingo's arrival changed some of the events, even though the end result was more or less the same as the original timeline. From this, and from the past backstories SNK released in the 90's, we can infer that Magai did indeed make a deal with Orochi in the original timeline. This is because his wife's body was found in Kusanagi grounds in the OG timeline, which would have fueled Magai's hatred. But Shingo was there to witness Mature and Vice take the woman away in the alternate timeline, thus removing Alternate Timeline Magai's motivation to wilfully make a pact with Orochi.
In another manhua series, K has part of soul of Orochi, the untainted good one.
I don't think the Yasakani jewel was the cause of Iori's RotB per se. I think Ash just easily neutralized Iori by beating him at his weakest if anything. If the Yasakani treasure was to blame for the rampage then Ash would have also suffered the same thing too, but he didn't. Hell, if he didn't bring the Orochi curse from Iori, the flames would have stuck to crimson red since that was the original Yasakani trait.
Iori was born with Orochi blood, and that Orochi blood is what gives him the RotB form, not the treasure itself. We can see this being evident in a lot of Claw Iori's supers, maybe his only two supers lol. He concentrates his rage and rampage to his attacks which depict his extreme feral nature despite hating violence. Also, he does all that without flames, which means that Iori will always inherently have RotB.
Now that Orochi's resealed, Iori's rampage is now even more controllable. He still goes apeshit, but voluntarily.
Thanks for the video
No problem!
Something just came in mind, when Ash stole iori treasure I found it ironic that ash didn't go berserk nor after he stole it. It seems he wasn't even vulnerable to the riot of the blood curse either. I wonder why's that.🤨🤔
Because he's not a descendant of the Yagami clan.
@@ShoryuGame touche
9:49 Y’know that got me thinking: would Ash be susceptible to the riot of the blood after stealing Iori’s powers?
P.S. Not to mention the other things happening in this saga; Just imagine Dark Ash+Yata Mirror+Yasakani Magatama+Riot of the blood
That was a great story, indeed. Gameplay wise, for a moment when I first played KOF '98 at normal difficulty at the arcade where I used to go, I thought that Awakened Orochi Chris would be nearly invincible when I teamed him up with Saisyu and Rugal-which is my favorite pairings with Orochi Chris, it's a good thing to know that as playable characters that Orochi Chris does have flaws, just like his default team mates at their awakened states if being used incorrectly. I always thought that if you use a boss character in any fighting game you would win and beat the game easily, which is certainly not the case.😁
Fighting games lores are so good! 🙏✨
Honestly, the reason why I like KOF is because they actually tell you the year each event happens (until they started using Roman numerals)
Thank you so much for explaining this. I love your content bro.
Glad you enjoy it!
love your lore
Great video as always. Do question how in control of the Riot of the Blood Iori is in KoF 15 though seeing as how there is another voice alongside his during the move and vs CYS he doesn't go into the Riot of the Blood.
Yeah, that's Orochi's voice. And it's not there against the Orochi team because Orochi wouldn't attack his followers.
@@ShoryuGame Do find it interesting how he's able to talk a bit more normal in the Riot this game when in past stuff it seems like the most he can say is Kyo's name. Wonder if its something to do with what Mature and Vice say in the Yagami team ending of 14 or how in 14's manga they try to make him the new host for Orochi.
Funny thing about Yamazaki isn't effected by Orochi's powers is... because he's too crazy. Yamazaki is the most OP character because of that
Question: Do you think Boss Syndrome Leona from KOF ALLSTAR could be a potential form for Leona to reach?
Shun'ei Iori face.....AAAAA😂😂😂😂😂
他の方のコメントの返信として書き込んでしまったのですが、今後、可能でしたら「KOFで山崎がオロチの力を押さえ込めていた事と秦の秘伝書の力との関係の可能性について」と「もし庵とレオナとの間に子供ができたら」…以上の考察をお聞きしたいです。
「KOF京」に登場した蒼司と葵、存在が噂されている庵の妹…、オロチについて掘り下げることになったら、彼らのナンバリングタイトルへの参戦はあるのでしょうか…？
They should add Iori's cousin to the roster. The players would get a brand new character as well as Waifu Material.
Whoa man ay I can’t help it 😂Leona her story is fascinating 🧐 and AOI KUSANAGI and oh Iori has a sister that has never appeared before that would be interesting to see
We need Orochi forms for Iori and Leona as DLC
Very interesting video, it would be cool if you could cover the clones its very interesting ( k' and kula being human while kyo replicas being robots, with maxima being a cyborg and k9999 a mix of all the above)
The replicas used to be human clones. A couple of them were self aware which is why the new ones in the manga are robots. Igniz got tired of people betraying N.E.S.T.S. I hope they bring them back. Team 3 Kyos! There was one "clone" who was created with the yata mirror and not by N.E.S.T.S. though, Kusanagi.
K' and Maxima are not clones. They're modified people who had lives before N.E.S.T.S. Not sure about Kula. There were apparently a bunch of girls who were being used as experiments with ice powers, but idk if they're clones of an original(girl or girls) or if they were individuals kidnapped/coerced/whatever N.E.S.T.S. was doing to acquire test subjects.
As I understand it,
K' and Kula were normal humans before NESTS modified their DNAs
Whip is the clone of K's sister, Seirah.
Krizalid is K's clone.
K9999 is a bio android (like Cell in Dragon Ball)
Maxima and Angel are cyborgs.
Kyo-1, Kyo-2 and Kusanagi (the one made by NESTS) are not robots but human clones with self aware.
I still don't understand why SNK decided to use the term 'Clones' for NESTS's creations if they are not actual clones.
It is as bad as Dragon Ball using the term Android for all Dr. Gero's creations when we all know #17 and #18 are cyborgs NOT androids.
@@PandoraBear357 So Igniz decided to do what Dr. Gero did in Dragon Ball.
Gero got tired of the problem of obedience of his creations (#17 and #18) so he went back to make actual androids full mechanic (#19) who was weaker but more loyal
That's funny xD
@MegaNinten 007 basically 🤣. It doesn't check out though, since Candy was a N.E.S.T.S. robot but I would consider her to have had a "soul" and feelings. She gave her life for Kula after all.
For a guy who killed his own father to take over N.E.S.T.S. in the first place, Igniz sure is uptight about loyalty.
@MegaNinten 007 yeah, I wish they'd use the correct terms too. This whole thread has made me realize the N.E.S.T.S. Saga had the most new characters and is probably the hardest to explain to people who don't play KOF. Like explaining Zero and Clone Zero and how Clone Zero has a mustache and doesn't look like the person he was cloned from, because he can shape-shift and was disguised as Heidern's friend who he killed and replaced would probably result in confusion. Not to mention all the various betrayals. The Orochi Saga is so much easier to summarize.
6:50 The more I look at Aoi's design the more I realize that she looks like a female version of Shotaro Kaneda from AKIRA. Even her motorcycle looks like Kaneda's.
Knowing how much the original SNK loved doing AKIRA references in KOF since KOF 94, it wouldn't be a surprise if that was intentional.
There is another Kusanagi who is even more obscure and forgotten than Aoi and that's *Joe Kusanagi*
He is from Aggressors of Dark Kombat/GANGAN.
*Kisarah Westfield* from Neo Geo Battle Coliseum (NBC) is also from that game.
In fact, there were plans to make Joe playable in NGC
In a Q&A on the official NBC website, a question was asked about if Joe is related to Kyo, in response to the question they said that Joe's relation to Kyo is unknown.
Joe made a cameo in KOF 2002UM in the Japan Highschool Stage.
Aggressors of Dark Kombat was made by Alpha Denshi, they no longer exist and all their IPs (like 'World Heroes') are now SNK's properties, that's why we saw Kisarah, Fuuma, Hanzo, Mudman, Neo Dio in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum and years later we saw Jeanne in SNK Heroines.
Keep up this great work
Thanks, will do!
ive always wanted to see OROCHI KIM KAPHWAN
that man would break the world
Iori might have a younger sister.
Great videos!
Glad you like them!
Maybe at least make it a visual thing when activating HP+LK mode
That would be nice too!
From the difference here is that Leona was able to control her Orochi Power while Iori still to this Day has no control of his Orochi Power,
But in terms of Canon, Orochi Iori is more Stronger and Powerful than Orochi Leona.
Leona is the daughter of a Hakkeshuu deserter named Gaidel (Earthly King of Water), who may have had considerable control of his cursed blood.
Iori hails from one of three ancient clans that had sealed Orochi (sent to carry out Gaia's will to cleanse the earth of mankind), but not from any of the eight Kings loyal to Orochi.
In canon normal iori is stronger than orochi leona,orochi iori is a overkill
i know the manga isnt cannon to the games but in the climax super of leona in kof xv and neo max super in kof xiii, her hair turns red meaning that she did go into the riot of the blood state that means she can control it but how?
Nice video talking about 'Iori Loco' and 'Leona Loca' 😁
1:39 LMAO 🤣😂
Ryuji Yamazaki, a yakuza psychopath but he loves nature.
5:42- 6:00 Is that a retcon? 🤔
I remember that Iori attacked Billy and Eiji because he was furious with them for failing to beat Kyo's team in the tournament finals NOT because of the Riot of the Blood (Even KOF All Stars showed that)
I don't even think Iori met Rugal in KOF 95, the Japan Team were the ones who defeated Rugal (again)
6:39 "Their ghosts still haunt him to this day" literally.
9:59 It would have been better if Iori gave up his powers/curse once and for all (or just die at the end of 97)
It was the biggest change of Iori's character after KOF 97
But nop, fans would complain if Iori (and Kyo) is not the same as he was in the Orochi Saga.
11:55 Ha! 😆
I remember that ending from SNK Heroines.
Orochi Leona killing the Ikari Warriors using El Chapulin Colorado's weapon the Chipote Chillon, in chibi style!
12:07 Funny that you said that.
There is a KOF fangame called *'MUGENGERS 4'* and it kinda does that feature you mention not only for Iori and Leona but for other characters that have a transformation like Rugal, the Orochi Team, etc.
I highly recommend MUGENGERS 4
13:34 My Eyes!! 😵
One question I always had: is the intro sound of your videos from The Stanley Parable Secret song?
Love your content Shoryu
Oh sweet mother of Moses hot damn
Iroi has a freakin sister!?!?!?!?
Anything kof or snk related I'm here
I have a request (top 10 non player characters in kof) characters like Aoi
Wait,but what about the edit team from XV with Leona,Iori and Shun'ei? Is it non-canon?
Of course not!
Waiting for street fighter game lore....
It's fascinating how 2 characters that rarely appeared in the mainline KOF games are more popular than some characters... COUGH COUGH (SHUN EI!)
bro imagine if that distant cousin is Freeman That would be so fitting and it would allow him to have ties to Iori and show off more of his clan and also be a inside joke that they look alike like many people said in the past about freeman XD.
I just want Freeman to show up in a KOF game please LOL
Ah sí, la leyenda del yori loco
If dragon ball z played apart, I reckon stardust breaker would separate and destroy the riot of the blood.
That girl they say is kyo cousin looks like ol girl from rival school
I call it either just the riot of the blood or the riot of the blood curse ik it's the same but can you blame me?
KOF and mostly all of SNK’s fighting games have such strongly written lore. Underrated, but mostly due the lack of what at the time could be implemented due to hardware limitations. They definitely without it being an opinion have always had a more consistent and overall ‘tangible’ push for a story element. Street Fighter, as much as I love that series followed too many repetitive plots. SNK with the exception of a few fighters (no company is perfect 😂) does a stronger job of plot versatility.
Are the Hassaku immortal? They dont talk about their ancestors
Blood of Riot make you have Red hair if you not control it Leona or fully control it like Iori.
From manhua series the one own orochi blood is
Rugal, got from Geonitz.
Gesse, steal from Geonitz.
Iori, born with it, get from ancestors deal.
Leona, Leona Dad ,Gaiden is one of 7 Orochi Clan.
Zukhihime, bodyguard for kyo after been extract between kof 2002 and 2003,Also striker from 2002. Got blood from Geonitz.
In that last part, why is Shun’ei hated for his design? I heard in a Thorgi’s Arcade retrospective video that he has too many clothing tropes but two of them (the headphones and bandaged hands) were related to containing Verse’s power within Shun’ei. What redesign would make him acceptable?
Just unroll the one pant leg, get rid of the random tie, and either actually wear the jacket or remove it and he'd have a cleaner design.
Also change his hair color.
@@PandoraBear357 The jacket looks cool, but I can see that the tie and rolled up pant leg being too much. And since the headphones were taken out at the ending, that leaves 4 out of 7 left (3 if he does put on the jacket, or just 2 if he removes the bandages on his hands if he doesn’t need them to contain Verse anymore).
@@ShoryuGame What’s wrong with the hair color? I get that it’s random for KOF standards, but that what makes him stand out.
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I want to know why Yamazaki is one of the 8, why he’s immune or not effected, and why leave him alone. Seems like the 8 just let him do his own thing without any service to Orochi. 🤷🏿♂️
Because he's crazy, literally. Check his story video for more details.
Can we see a Mai , or Ramon
I understand how you about kyo cloned fo show
Question is when snk going to remove iori to prove this statement
kof kyo is noncanon, and also has a lot of plot inconsistencies with the main series