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.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 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!
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!
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~
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.
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.
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?
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
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?
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.
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.
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
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.🤨🤔
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
I knew that Leona likes vegetables because of SNK Heroines. In that game, when a character does special moves and Dream Finishers you can see images of things that character likes. For Example, when Cutie Terry does her tecniques you can see images of SNK arcade machines (he likes playing them) or his pet monkey. When Leona does her techniques you will see vegetables.
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.
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
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.😁
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.
