The 4th character trailer for The King Of Fighters XV is for none other than Iori Yagami the eternal rival of Kyo. While SNK seems to want us to wait to see him the trailer the showed for Iori has fans hyped. Not only that but there are things we need to talk about as you might miss them considering the trailer is so short. 1st here is the trailer in question.
The one thing that grabs many is Iori new redesign. The new look has fans talking as everyone is in love with it. The coat is the biggest star and it wouldn’t surprise me if SNK makes it something for us to buy down the road. Now yes this is the 4th time Iori clothes has been changed. But the judging by the comments it is for the better.
Now for gameplay we are seeing the moves with many of classic attacks still here. Again we are assuming this as the trailer might not have shown all of Iori moves. But what they did show that some might have missed that has fans excited is yes these are classic moves but there are new links or combo paths that we can use. For instance Iori has a combo that he can do that allows him to go safely into his over head.
Since we are seeing new combo opportunities this is similar to Benimaru trailer. We have old favorites but we can use them in new ways. Something that can probably be seen better with this video from Oprheus who has done a comparison between Iori from XIV to here.
Now the game also showed ex moves being used outside of max mode again as well as taunts. So we are sure now they are a thing. But what is interesting is his new level which again seems be a combination of his level from kof xiv as well as his sacred treasure level 3 from kof 2003.
It looks cool but there is something going on here which has old school fans talking. Now Iori for the past games has been tapping into his blood riot to do his level 3 moves. But this time many are noticing that when he has you on the ground Oriochi voice can be hear along with Iori. It is pointed out best in Nabil video for his Neo Geo channel which you can check out here.
Now this is the first time this has happened as usually when Iori uses Blood Riot he is just unleashed. As such why fans where hyped to notice him tapping into it for his level 3. But to have Orochi talking through him has fans wondering about what does this mean going forward. Is this just Orochi voice as Iori is in blood riot as he learns to control this power? Or is Orochi controlling Iori during this moment? Again we don’t know. It is also playing with the story told in a new beginning where Orochi tried to take over Iori body but was stopped but as we know he was sealed so we need to see where this goes especially if this changes depending on the character.
Now this leaves to ask who is next as who ever it is will be on Iori team. This brings up a question on will it be team Yagami where Iori leads a team with Vice and Mature or someone else? Or is Iori the first we see from the sacred treasure team. Fans keep beating on Kyo and SNK seems to be giving us everyone else so it might be we see him as the last member of the team meaning Chizuru might be next week. I know we hear Iori theme from XIV but remember we didn’t get the team them until Benimaru was revealed and we got the whole picture as what team hero looks like.
So what do you think. Team Yagami or team sacred treasure? Chizuru, Vice, Mature or Kyo? Let me know your thoughts as we await for more news on KOF XV.
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