

It also explains the battle of hairstyles (and bands, too) between Yashiro and Iori. With the combination of their use of 3 elements-Kyo and Chris representing fire, Benimaru and Shermie signifying lightning, and Daimon and Yashiro standing in for the earth-the concept for Yashiro and his cohorts as rivals to the series' heroes was further emphasized. About Yashiro Nanakase: Yashiro's team was created to offset the remaining top 3 characters. Doesn't this fleeting episode make you think about the impermanence of everything? Since the designer in charge of Mary preferred her outfit in "Fatal Fury 3 - Road to the Final Victory", she's kept that look until now. Duck, on the other hand, hit the skids, and he was relegated to cameos at the side of screens, in backgrounds, or as a Striker character.
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From '97 to '03, Mary became a regular to the series for the staff. This popularity contest truly decided the fate of these 2. Losing to Blue Mary in the popularity contest, as a matter of fact, was Duck King. About Blue Mary: Receiving the strong support of fans in a magazine's popularity poll, Blue Mary made her name known to the public, appearing in KOF from '97. Idea after idea got a short trip to the circular file (Attract opponent after Snake Charmer move Seven Serpent Dagger Throw, etc.), and those failures led to successful moves like the Sand Sweeper. The game planner at that time really knocked himself out to provide new moves for Yamazaki. He once humbled himself, joined up with the Fatal Fury team, and blended into the world of KOF more than we had predicted. A snake charmer that even looked like a snake, he became a popular villain. And along came Ryuji Yamazaki to bail us out of our predicament. team lacked one more member for the 8ketsu. but among the 3 new faces including Leona's father Gaidell, the dev. team thought, the story would reach its conclusion for the time being.

About Ryuji Yamazaki: To bring the story that had grown too large and out of control back on track, the members of the Orochi 8ketsu Clan were teamed up in '97. In this iteration of KOF and the following games where he is a playable character, Choi Bounge gains a special throw (using the D button) where he pokes his claws up the opponents rear, this is actually supposed to be a Japanese prank, but the pranksters do not use claws. 3) Chizuru Kagura: She was the last surviving member of the Yata clan and the mirror used to seal Orochi away was a homage to the mirror in the legend (in the legend, it was a mirror created by the Great Serpent's tears). 2) Iori Yagami: One of his moves, the Ya Sakazuki, means '8 wine cups', which were needed to get the Great Serpent drunk.

The name of the 3 characters instrumental in the defeat of Orochi have some relation to the original legend: 1) Kyo Kusanagi: The Kusanagi is the name of the sword that was used to kill the Great Serpent. The Athena Asamiya thene music come from "Psycho Soldier". The Ryuji Yamazaki and Mary's Blues theme music was originally from "Real Bout Fatal Fury Special". The Terry's theme music was originally from "Real Bout Fatal Fury Special". Lee Pai Long, Tung Fu Rue and Jubei Yamada from "Art of Fighting" and "Fatal Fury Special" and King's Waitresses with Rugal's panther. The American Sports team from "The King of Fighters '94". Other characters appearing in the Kowloon stage are: Roddy Birts and Lenny Creston from "Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior". Roddy and Cathy from "Top Hunter - Roddy & Cathy" appear in the Kowloon background at the extreme left. In this new opus: Yuri's new special attack 'Hien Rekkou' is a knock off of Ken's Shoryuu Reppa. Yuri has a long record of taking movements from other characters, especially Capcom (see previous KOF entries). 8-way, Weak punch, Weak kick, Strong punch, Strong kick TRIVIA Released in July 1997. Game ID: NGM-232 2 players - 4 buttons per player. TECHNICAL Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware. 9 teams of 3 and 2 solo entries pump the number of selectable characters up to 29 in a battle to defeat the evil Orochi and those infected with his blood. published 25 years ago: The King of Fighters '97 © 1997 SNK.
