Ignition Teaser: A Name Forged in Flames I Genshin Impact REACTION 

Props for hoyo for not letting a single leak about these characters until the last minute

Capitano: -Arrives - Says "Hmph" -Refuses to elaborate - Leaves Sigma grindset💪

Cyyu is early for a reaction? Damn

Am I the only one who's remined of that Aztec ballgame by this trailer? You know the one where the loosing team was sacrificed? This would explain why every characte just keep passing on that ball, just like taking part of the tournament. And this also explains why the pyro archon asks Capitano if h's brave enough to compete, implying the loser looses more than just the match. Plus we have the line from the Teyvat chapter overwiev "the victors shall burn bright, the looser will turn to ash"

Gosh darn it Sunset Shimmer, she travelled to another dimension again and became a god!!

It has been heavily implied through lore crumbs that Natlan is a nation of war due to the tribes fighting over the Gnosis. The pyro gemstone has teased that "only victors take it all, and the defeated burn to ashes" so this tournament is an annual thing. Capitano is participating specifically to get the Gnosis.

two fun facts I just learned: the "pokemon" next to Kinich is voiced by Naruto's VA and Kinich is voiced by Sasuke's VA(in JP), mavuika's VA and zhongli's VA are married

Your excitement was the only excitement that was contagious for me. The “WHAT A WOMAN” followed immediately by “she looks totally out of place” was self aware appreciation that I could acknowledge 🤣🤣🤣

i had a feeling the pyro archon was going to be himeko coded but wow .... she looks amazing

Capitano is BROTHER HANU. That was the coolest “HMPH!” in history!

I'm excited for Natlan. What few NPCs have talked about the nation have said it has strong tourism and trade, the citizens love street graffiti and fashion. So we've been told for a long while it's not quite war torn. RPGs have taught me the more colorful and whimsy looking, the darker the story.

Mahuika is apparently based on a Maori (NZ) fire deity, so it seems like the theory about Natlan being themed after countries around the ring of fire was correct

As soon as he saw capitano“WAEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA?!”

When cyyu is on time with posting a reaction you know it’s a good one lol 😂

She is without a doubt my favorite Genshin design so far! The color contrast and all those sun motifs... Holy moly!

Cy yu: “I can’t believe you did this to me hoyo” Me: *gets an ad right after that from hoyo*

The teasers always get me so hyped for the new regions! Woke up to this one this morning, I'm so excited for Natlan everyone looks dope

I’m extremely excited for Natlan. I can’t wait for Kinich and Maviuka (Pyro Archon)!

The summer event is definitely foreshadows the story: The main emphasis seems to be on the fact that when things burn away they lose their color, leaving behind grey ash. In the summer event we will need to restore color to a grey (ashen colored) world. There is a scene before Capitano at 4:49 where a few things happen : -A fire sweeps across the screen -Time stops -Things start to lose color and turn into grey For the longest time, the only thing we knew about Natlan was a location called Mare Jivari which is a place that is described as "a sea of ashes where the wind does not blow". The Wind is associated with time in Genshin (see Venti lore and his connection to time manipulation) and so this is probably signifies the importance of these themes: death, burning to ash, time stop(?), discoloration, ash and (maybe) rebirth via re-coloration / re-ignition.

Yyyyeaaaah lotta people saying that isn't Himeko by pointing out she's not voiced by either of Himeko's CN or JP VAs. They're right but you don't even need to point at the VAs. Look at her chest. No mole. That is not Himeko.

2:09 Ngl this part cracked me up, girlie has never seen a ball before in her life 😭

I noticed that when Kinich catches the ball, there's a bit of a green pixel effect from the impact. Ajaw is definitely connected to him, but I wonder why they chose such a modern look for his abilities.

I actually really liked the interdarshan patch, so I'm all for a tournament nation!

The “war” in natlan is actual sport competitions. Maybe natlan is a HUGE sports nation.

If the character participating in the tournaments are a bunch of CHADS, then it's a banger tournament arc

Cy Yu is the first person I’ve seen to notice the guy beside Capitano the first watch through!

3:35 I know! It’s weird that almost every other character gets a featured lil snippet, but Iansan gets the most blink and you’ll miss it moment. Not to mention they’re the darkest skin color of the entire new roster…

So I've seen several reactions to the teaser and I'm a little baffled I have yet to find anyone mentioning one major thing: "Who is she (the archon, Mavuika) talking to, is it us?" I think it's actually obvious.. she's speaking directly to Xbalanque, aka the Pyro Dragon Sovereign! In fact, I believe I've got the main plot of Natlan actually figured out, tbh.. buckle up - Mavuika says to the "viewer" things like "What we see ought to be our fate, but for now close your eyes and feel.. for with our blood we will forge our fate" while she's shown facing six flames, each flame with the symbol of one of the Vishap/Dragon Tribes of Natlan in them. The significance of the Vishap tribe flames is obvious, but what she says about "blood" and "fate" is related to the ball that they pass around in the trailer; as in ancient Aztec culture they would hold RITUAL WARFARE in the form of a sport similar to modern basketball, and the losing tribe's team would be executed and their blood sacrificed to the Gods.. Now keep in mind that in the Tevat Chapter Storyline trailer, Chapter 5 is called "The Incandescent Ode of Resurrection"; Incandescent meaning 'Bright Heat' & Ode meaning 'Story of'. Also, in Neuvellette's description of them Xbalanque is referred to as "One Entombed With the Primal (Primordial) Fire".. Now I won't go deep into the real world lore of Xbalanque but with it in mind and counting all of what I've said together, here's my plot guess - Mavuika is holding the Wargame Tournament centered around the ballgame in order to gather the blood (or whatever similar sacrifice medium is needed) of strong warriors and use it to bring Xbalanque back to life. I believe that the Fatui have knowledge of ways to revive the dead to some degree based on what we've seen, so they send Capitano as he is their strongest and thus can contribute the most to the sacrifice method as he's so good at combat, and also as a show of good faith to ensure Mavuika hands over the Gnosis after the Sovereign is resurrected.. as to why the Archon wants to revive the Sovereign though, I can't say, especially since we know NOTHING about her or her past that we could use to gauge her motives sadly

Himeko!!!!!😍😍 Also does she gives off Cynthia vibes or is just me?

Fun Fact: The Japanese VA of Kinich (The Dendro guy) is the one who voiced Sasuke from Naruto and the Japanese VA of the 8-bit dragon is Junko Takeuchi, the one who voiced Naruto

i like the fact that a lot of the clothing for the characters is more modern since most of the regions leaned more into the past of the cultural styling’s and for that reason our pyro archon doesn’t feel as out of place to me. i will say i’m dissapointed we only have 2/3 characters with slightly darker skin tones i was hoping for a bit more variety across the board. though this can’t be our entire roster because only 10 were shown and we get about 17 every region so im still holding out a bit of hope

As an ecuadorian, I cannot help but have mixed feelings about the characters. They’re pretty, but they could’ve been represented way better than this.

Thanks for putting the CyYuno outfit on after hours for us. And thanks Simba for the quick upload

Good job being quick on this one Cyyu!

I can relate. I was genuinely about to go to bed when the trailer dropped and then just watched it.

I guess the inspiration of the outfits of Natlan characters incorporated elements from Sport outfits. The visor, the bandana, the leather jumpsuit, etc. I guess Natlan is not literally a nation at war but are battling for a tournament.

Fun fact Mavuika and Zhonglis JP VA's are married irl. So finally we can have the mom and dad of the archon group xD

Out of all things for the Pyro Archon I expected, biker gang Bayonetta was not on the list, tho I don’t hate it

I love a tournament arc! plus there is a lot of lore waiting for us

I am SO hyped for the Archon and is that a first ever tall male anemo I see there?👀 Also the cat lady is GORGEOUS. It's like a fusion of Navia and Deyha with REAL cat features 🐱💖

So good, was excited after seeing summer event, now super pumped for Natlan

2:12 I just noticed Citlali has a Cryo Vision. The March 7th connection just got stronger.

Ah yes, the tournament arc. I cant wait for the power of friendship to win again.

Fun Fact. Citlail which is March 7th's VA is also a Cryo character.

IM GONNA GO BROKE , just getting them for their looks there stunning MY GOD Ah 😭🙌

I LOVEEE ITTT

So excited for Natlan and the new music!

4:33 Her lines combined with the music AND the tournament? Literally Pokemon!

This dropped when I was at work and I found out during my 10 min break. I couldn't stop thinking about this for the rest of the shift.

2:37 She is literally so brazilian coded

Your reaction was amazing and entertaining. Thank you for enlightening me about the new species of League of Legends crab! I was already excited Shark Girl (they're ordered via appearance. Pixel dragon is the self identified dragon sovereign. Mavuika is the archon) is being voiced by Cassandra, aka Nami, so I already had LoL on the brain.

What are you doing now, Cyno? Go over to Natlan and make some blazing hot jokes? Hahaha!

waiting 4 years for this was so fucking worth

I’m so exciteddddddd

8:17 Could this Ororon be whoever was walking with Harbinger Capitano? Color scheme kinda matches

Capitano is now hanu confirmed

The guy next to Capitano is named Ororon. And that's the character I'll be getting.😊

My opinion on Mavuika's design is that it is great! But... not really for Genshin, it feels way too out of place for me even with the speculation Natlan is actually going to be a racing tournament. It feels like it'd be way more at home in Honkai: Star Rail or ZZZ with Everflame Mansion or Sons of Calydon. I feel like its a situation where I would've prefer the Conquistador / Bull-Fighter outfit concept art that leaked awhile ago to have gotten into the game to more fit in with the general outfit design of Genshin, it just feels too "modern" in comparison to everyone else's older style of outfits from our own history as inspiration. It feels like an Emile situation except there wasn't like twenty concept art designs that leaked that let everyone pick their favorite out of them and say "wish we got this instead". I will still be rolling for her, if they don't pull a Signora on her, but I will be looking forward to perhaps a skin that makes her fit in more in Genshin's world, whether that be officially or not.

I was so confused and I honestly thought I missed a stream 🤣

WOW HE IS ON TIME TO REACT. The fact that he recorded this off stream though. That's dedication

I was hoping that we will have a glimpse at Columbina but at least we got GoatHIMtano

My guess is that those people who had the ball including the shark girl and the girl that got hit in the head with the ball are the tribe leaders and they have to participate in a tournament which they said at the beginning where they throw the ball to start off the tournament

Just remember, the original Pyro Archon's name was Murata...as in Murata Himeko...

not cyu forgetting the tournament arc of all the studies in the academia battling it out in sumeru that one event

No words needed. Capitano is already the goat

I’m so happy that Cassandra and Abby Espiritu are part of the Natlan cast!!!!

I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I STARTED WATCHING THE NATLAN TEASER

Mavuika is not Murata, she is the new Pyro Archon and it's Murata (previous archon) will look like Himeko

YOO EARLY ‼️‼️

"Someone's dying, and it's not Signora!" I lost it

I think she's not the Pyro Archon. Maybe she's the Pyro Archon's servant like Yae miko. And the scene before Capitano, the bird transformed into human maybe she's the Phoenix Bird.

i just woke up 🥱

I’ve been waiting..

The fact that she's a phoenix even make more sense about Natlan's resurrection story

Cyyu treating us with an early reaction lets gooo! Very thankful for Cyyu and his content, appreciate him making this reaction video for us. Also very much appreciate him calling out that a) the character that seems to be the pyro archon, while she has a cool design, doesn't seem to fit in with Genshin or the rest of Natlan's design aesthetic. It would be cool and maybe fit more into ZZZ for instance as it feels more modern. Plus her wearing all this black leather in the hottest region in Teyvat makes me feel uncomfy at the idea of the heat. 😅 But maybe it's a power move that the archon can withstand such heat idk. 😅 Alsoo b) that Cyyu called out that the first Natlan character that we've had teased from the start was given a blink and you miss it moment in this trailer and no line of dialogue. She gets hit with the ball, makes a noise and is gone in the matter of a couple frames. If all the other playable characters had melanin, this wouldn't matter as much, but the fact that the only design that has a somewhat brown/darker skin tone than paper white is practically hidden in this trailer feels very disappointing to me. I like others have been looking forward to seeing Iansan, were disappointed Iansan wasn't in the first character teaser from the 4.8 livestream, but seeing how Iansan was barely featured in this teaser despite being in the Teyvatt Teaser feels really bad.

I haven’t seen this one ! :D

Dude I only saw this video when logging out and the launcher showed a new character. Never clicked a thumbnail this fast before.

I must to say that Pyro Archon may be heavily inspired by Hi3rd Himeko Murata or GI Murata, but she isn't a variant of Himeko (slightly different appearance, different VAs, different name...) Maybe past Archon was Murata, but we will discover it later...

a tournament excites me, especially if it's like fighting to the death 💀

@2:43- Actually, Alejandro, I think she's a Jaguar, but I could be wrong too. I am just basing this on what I know about Large cats. I looked at the spots on her tail, they look more like Jaguar spots, plus they are found in Trees more. Most of Natlan is inspired by Mesoamerica, and jaguars are from that area. Like I said I could be wrong. After all, it's easy to confuse Leopards and Jaguars. So happy to hear trumpets in this teaser. Give me Mariachi vibes hehe.

5:11 I did thought the same thing in the moment i saw her, she totally gives off Himeko vibes, even more with that unique outfit

Im getting the same chills like i did when Sumeru was first teased, im excited for Natlan

i was half asleep while watching this and got jumpscared when i thought Himeko came to teyvet..

Natlan is going to be amazing!!!!!

i really REALLY hope capitano is playable and he looks Like That. and by that i mean faceless and in cool armour

Mavuika (Himeko lady) looks like Himeko + Fu Hua’s fire forms

"lets out a cool grunt" 😅

I mean, it's the pyro nation, of course the music has to be fire

An the fact Hoyo kept all these characters from leakers is such a mood.

Is it me or dose the pyro archon’s outfit looks like that one relics in hsr that give follow up attack?

yoooo❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

I'm ready for a new place, new characters

First location reminds me of Luca from FFX

Mauvika could be a name the people of Natlan know their Archon by, like Rex Lapis of Liyue, Raiden Shogun of Inazuma and Lesser Lord Kusanali of Sumeru.

Chances are, she's not the pyro archon. The reason being in Mesoamerican mythos, Quetzalcoatl, the serpent phoenix god was white and adorned in red and the god of sky, wind, and wisdom. Their brother, Huitzilopochtli was the god of war and was depicted as blue, which I believe are the fragments of blue flame in the inner sanctum that the phoenix is trying to resurrect.

Wait Cy Yu saw something on the day it was released? I am flabbergasted!

2:17 looks like female version of cyyu

I love how he knows most of the VA's and with who he worked with 😀

Mavuika's hair style looks like Fu Hua form "Fenghuang of Vicissitude"

the archon seems like Himeko as Fenghuang of Vicissitude (Fu Hua's red suit)