The Orochi Saga Explained - KOF Lore 

Finally someone explaining the riddle... Childhood enlightened ☺☺👌🏼

As a kid, I was just having fun playing the game and had ZERO idea what was going on. Thanks for the recap, I'm actually impressed at how good the story is for a fighting game!

One thing that I love about KoF, is that character stories are the same from their original games until KoF starts, so Terry still is the winner of Fatal fury's tournaments, while the Sakazaki's clan still the master of their karate style, I had never played Art of Fighting before KoF, so I was totally lost of their backstory at first, this was a master move by SNK, the game instantly had massive lore behind it And the Orochi saga is still the best saga of any fighting game to date, although there was some things missing here, like it was Ralf and Clark that stopped Leona's riot of the blood state in 97, but overall this video is great

Fun fact for those who don't know: Iori's surname "Yagami" (八神）literally means "eight gods". This surname was probably chosen to symbolise the eight-headed serpent.

What's even cooler about Orochi, is that he came from an actual irl religious legend, not just a videogame invention

Kyo:The fire is calling you Iori:Then let it burn...

SNK has awesome storyline. Glad someone could piece it together.

So picking KYO,IORI,CHUZURU actually triggers the REAL ending? MY WHOLE DAMN LIFE WAS A LIE.

A fighting series whose story makes sense :P

Where the series all began. With one OP boss in a red suit.

Well explained!

I swear I've been waiting to learn the entire story since 1998. Thank You.

Years of trying to find unusual/'different' MUGEN characters and only bumping into your standard brash youth with a troubled backstory and future ambitions *cough* from street fighter, King of Fighters, and, er, anime fighting games... has made me wonder what the hell the story was behind that 'Orochi' guy. I needed this one, thank you. Including parts of actual fighting game footage as parts of the story explanation was a nice touch.

I love that there's even a narrative explanation for the sub bosses.

For a long time I thought Yuki was successfully sacrificed and when she said she'll wait for Kyo, that meant she was waiting for him in the after life. A much more bittersweet ending. His girlfriend is dead, but he saved the world. To be honest, that sounds like a better ending, but I'm still happy with what actually happened.

I never thought about how dark the series is in general. Especially 94-97. Theu eased up the darkness quite a bit during 99 and up. Then again it's still dark but the anime aesthetic probably makes it seem less crazy.

Definitely more interesting than Street Fighter. I've been wanting to understand the lore as well. Thank you!

Seeing people talk about Orochi in a non Mugen context is weird to me. However, it is nice to know the actual origins of the character that inspired so many edits.

I love how as a big fan this feels like sort of a weird feeling of spoiling myself the next KoF Destiny seasons, that i already know lol. I won't be watching more since i don't wanna spoil myself - mysterious gray haired guy with the red glove - and - flamboyant red dressed guy with the green flames - "they seem cool who might they be" lol

Thanks soo much man. I've been looking for a video like this

Came for a simple story.... "In immemorial times Earth gave birth to a powerful being... ." Oh this is going to be good....

Here after KOF allstars was global released

I used to gather knowledge about Game Background History but even i didn't deeply studied it as you did. Great job.

At last someone explained the series 👌🏼 Thank you for the work and the amazing video

You’re doing god’s work my friend. Subscribed.

So Orochi was made at the beginning of the KOF universe to be the protector of nature? And wants to destroy humanity for harming nature? Along with his ability to grant elemental powers to his followers, he is pretty much a extreme version of captain planet

T'challa explaining KOF histories? I'm sold. Hundred percent!

I got to say, u done a pretty good job on this. I already know what it needs to be known on KOF/SNK games since I grew up playing SNK and still do. Over all u are the MAYBE only good story time channel on KOF tell as far as I know, I do hope u keep making them as well I LOVE the edit and way u make the vids, u are really good my dood, u got a new sub over all. c:

You're amazing man. Great detail and awesome story telling. As I kid I never really followed the story, just wanted to finish the games. This is a perfect summary. Much better story than the Street fighter series. So much character.

thank you for taking time on making this for us. Very humble on your part and you doing good work

Love your videos, love SNK! Keep up the good work. How about a video on the lore from the spin-offs, like the GBA games?

Thank you...I've always wanted to see a story explanation on this.

Very well put together. Please keep them coming. Great video sir

I wish Gaidel was in KOF I mean he would of been a nice character since they mentioned him as a Hakkeshu and also possessed the power of water. KOF has too many people using fire its kinda funny.

I’ve been a life long street fighter player and for some reason I’m obsessed now with KOF. I’ve always known about it but now that’s all I play. This Channel is the Greatest.

Thank you! I was looking for this Lore happy you put in all the hard work.

Amazing man, Who love the Yashiro team background music ?

Orochi: was born to protect nature and being a gaia and being a myth. Also Orochi: *Wears a belt, pants and a shoe* This is a bit realistic.

Great vid I’m a huge fan of KOF and SNK very informative about the lore of the Orochi Arc and you’ve just got another subscriber looking to check out more material cheers keep up the good vids.

I love your videos, the editing is spectacular; it was a pity that this one ended so soon. Fortunately for me, there are other of your videos left, so, please continue with your noble work, sir. P.S.: Hockey shoe, Hawk issue ,Lucky show: Orochi`s fandom really has some original names for its clubs. ;)

Amazing video, man! Please make more. KOF is the best fighting game, IMO and needs more attention.

My God... As a kid, playing KOF 97, I was clueless to all these stories. Knowing the story of this legendary saga, everything hits differently now. And I could beat the game with just one coin. That's how much I played and practiced :P

Finally, the story of KOF makes a bit sense now. xD Great video!

Amazing video, brief too...was reliving my childhood im every second.❤️❤️

really great effort realizing this series of lore thank you @ShoryuGame

This video was amazing. keep up the good work

Amazing video bro A fan from Houston Tx Thumps up 👍

I needed this, Ive first played 97 when I was younger, but thats all I knew when it comes to the story, just the events of 97 and some extra stuff here and there like the fact that Ash stole Iori's flames.. thats all. Also, sidenote, I recognized the arabian accent, I tried to see which country you're from, and lo and behold both of us live in the same country lmao.

Thanks so much man ! I was looking for something like this for years 😅

Great content! Love to see more of KOF stuff

I would like to see a samurai showdown lore. reading up on a few things on that game I realize that Samsho has very interesting plot up to part 4 oh and the last blade 1and 2 another deeply interesting fighting game from snk game. Great video by the way I was looking for something like this for KOF for along time.

Good job. The video I was looking for I was addicted to the kof97 arcade as a kid and couldn’t understand why all of that was happening

I really need to say this once and for all YOU ARE THE BEST 😍

I only ever played KOF XIII, and even then I barely played on story mode, so I know literally nothing about what's going on with the plot and I'm not good enough at the game to find out lmao. With another KOF coming out soon, I'm hyped and wanna understand the whole story, so I'm really glad this video series was made! I'm also really glad the videos aren't too long and focus on one thing at a time, because I have ADHD and therefore a longer video would have been really tough for me and my brain. Thanks for making this!

There are some mistakes. 1. Orochi first came into being 1800 year ago before the Kof 95, not thousands of years ago. 2. 660 years before Kof 95, not after Orochi was sealed, the seal started to weaken. 3. Rugal was not a potential vessel for Orochi. Rugal after seeing Goenitz powers, wanted Orochi powers for himself. Just saying. Been playing kof series for over 2 decades so know a thing or two. Hope that clears up few things.

Great video! I love playing KOF

Orochi isn't actually a bad guy. He's just protecting the Earth trying to keep it in a state it originally was.

Awesome video 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 thanks for the upload 👍🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

I appreciate your work and research, Cheers mate!

I'd subscribed a long time ago and I love your video and support your channel. I also would love to see Metal Slug as it is my favorite arcade video of all time along with KOF and SNK vs Capcom 2 SNK rules!

Thanks for posting this.

Thank for the origin story man

Awesome bro. I always was a big fan of kof and streetfighters

brilliant storytelling. kudos bro

Story is very well explained. Has almost the same story as I played KOF All Star. Great job!

11:46 "oh my got"

FINALLY I'VE BEEN FINDING THIS KIND OF LORE! TY FOR UPLOADING! XDXDXDXDXDXDXD

I can’t believe someone is actually discussing the KOF I haven’t even watched it and I’m subscribing to you buddy! Thank you SNK is the best. Do you have any Samurai Shodown?

Great content!!! 💯

Kof lore is fucking incredible. It's a shame that the games really didn't get a chance to explore it fully. I read the story over years on many different forums. It's so great. You did a phenomenal job man. Kick-Ass video.

6:58 Guile to Rugal’s right

Great video!

Thanks for this, cuz i was so lost!

Thanks for your hard work.

I guess I knew about Kyo and Iori and Chizuru being the SNK Triforce of sorts, but that's about it, thanks for all the details. It's a very rich and consistant plot. As opposed to so many other games. I love Street Fighter, but they should do the same, skip years in between games, create narrative arcs to actually be excited about, and have their characters evolve. It moved a bit in V but they keep retconning themselves in order to include characters that first appeared in the future of the canon. It doesn't always have to be about Ryu and his power. It's been 30 years and Ryu has the same gi and his quest is always the same, 'keep it cool'. Maybe he can finally master it for good and move on? Let someone else be the focus. Necalli was whack. They did OK with Rashid, but eventually the story revolved back to Bison and the Psycho Power and the Satsui no Hadou and Guile and Nash and Chun-Li's Dad and basically go watch Street Fighter the Movie. This game is set before III and is supposed to bridge the story from Bison to the Illuminati. Let's hope VI picks up after III, so that we can finally get out of this mess.

Looking forward to the continuation of the KoF sagas

Thanks for sharing

GOOD EXPLANATION.. Thanks!!

3:10 I bursted out in laughter when I saw an edited Overwatch map. Information's spot-on, though!

I love this! and a fellow Moroccan! Subscribing immediately ;)

You forgot to mention in both this and iori's video is that he was able to defeat goenitz by using the Yasakani original flame

Brilliant. Took me a minute from the accent, but you nailed it! 🤲🙏🤲🙏

Great video bruh

Super cool vid and where do u get the graphics of KOF, so cool

wow this channel is amazing now it all makes sense 30 years later 😂😂😂

3:12 Welcome to Temple of Hanamura

thanks for the video

That was amazing

Thanks for completing the lore I almost outgrew.

3:12 Used the Hanamura map nice

It's small but I love the use of the KOFAS illustrations

i'm curious about KOF lore because of KOF Allstar on Android and here i am now, looking up every KOF videos lore i can found

after all years then i saw this vid my whole life is complete now i can rest in peace

I want MAPPA to make an anime out of KOF and the story in the games like how you perfectly told us🔥

Orochi is a fuckin bad ass character in kof he looks so badass he has a so good combos really the strongest boss in kof

😮😤😥😰 what a great story Damon!!😲

Thank u come again

Why does he sound like T'challa🤷‍♂️

beautifully Explained 🤗

Hi, Very Awesome explanation, I would like to add more information about the Orochi Saga, Did you know that Chris, Yashiro, and Shermie of USA A.K.A The New Face Team, Kill the Orginal U.S.A. Team, the athlete team i think KOF 94, and also They only Join KOF 97 it is becuase they saw to the advertise that Iori will join that Year... and the reason why Yashiro, got angry with Iori, it is because Iori, have a band name YCS, the event organizer, 1st reserved YCS Band to perform, the event organizer didn't know the detail that the 1st Reserved YCS Band is for Yashiro, Chris, and Shermie, and the event organizer give the performance to YCS Iori's Band, the credit of fame that makes Yashiro burning desire to crush Iori, and the KOF 97 event is only fate, that they are the member or bloodline of Orochi... I hope this info help