Video game journalists have praised Kyo's design and fighting style as among the best of the series, and in fighting games in general. The same occurred with his moves, which have been re-balanced across the series.
His outfit and gameplay techniques were redesigned throughout the series since his original appearance, featuring a high-school uniform, became popular with fans, designers created clones of his original costume in later games. His debut in The King of Fighters received a large positive response by fans, making Kyo return in The King of Fighters '99 where he was originally non available in early versions. Kyo was created by Shinichi Morioka as a hero who would fight the main characters from other SNK franchises, such as Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting. He is also the central title character of the manga The King of Fighters: Kyo and video game adaptation with the same name which center around his daily life. Aside from the main series, Kyo appears in several crossovers and spinoffs with other games. During the series' story, Kyo meets rivals and enemies who seek to take his flame abilities. His clan is one of three who banished the legendary snake demon entity Yamata no Orochi. Kyo, heir to the Kusanagi clan, is first introduced as a cocky, delinquent high-school student who has pyrokinetic powers. The character was first introduced in the 1994 video game The King of Fighters '94 as the leader of the Japanese team from the series' title tournament. Kyo Kusanagi ( Japanese: 草薙 京, Hepburn: Kusanagi Kyō) is a fictional character in SNK's The King of Fighters series of fighting games. Kusanagi Style of Ancient Martial Arts (combines it with kenpō starting in KOF '96) Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese dub of KOF movie) Masahiro Nonaka ( KOF '94 - Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting) Yuichi Nakamura ( KOF All Star promo trailer) Unique Potential lasts 10 seconds.Kyo Kusanagi in his original design by Shinkiro Unique Potential: Effect and activation condition is different for each character. Universal Potential: Increases attack power when your character is low on life.
If you use a Power-Up Burst while Trump Card is active it will increase the length of the Trump Card as well as give you a full bar of meter. At the cost of one trump card and 2 Meters, you can use a more powerful version of your Climax Arts. Also, Support Cancels require no meter and you no longer have an animation when calling assists. During this time, all normals become jump cancellable and the normal restriction of > no longer applies. After it is activated, the icon will turn in a meter that will slowly drain.
Some characters attack during the activation. Each character has a different attack and different effects. Uses one icon to activate your characters Trump Card. You can regain one icon when you lose a round. Stronger versions of your character’s special moves which will cost 1 meterĬancels your attack and calls your Support which will cost 1 meter Reflection Guard: While guarding, press any two attack buttons (, ,or ) simultaneouslyĪ push block to gain space from your opponent that slowly drains your meterĮX Special Moves: Any special move command+ + You can use A+C for a stronger version, which will cost 2 meters and 1 trump card icon. Special Moves: Specific commands+ / / (Character Specific)Ĭharacters have 3-4 special moves, and Weak, Medium and Strong versions of each The attack will change by holding the button (or pressing it again in some cases) Universal overhead attacks that can be followed up for combosĮxtend Action: Holding or pressing the button for Normals and Specials again (character specific) Impact Break: + (Follow-up on hit with / / ) Powerful attacks that can counteract your opponent’s attacks Like P4A, auto combo that goes from weak attacks into supers Used for:Įvery character can perform chain combinations going from Weak to Strong attacks Builds slowly in neutral even for just walking forward. Displays a “V” for normal victory or a “T” for time over victory
At 0, the fighter with the most life will win the round During this time, each character has different enhancements. After using trump card, the icon will become a meter for a short time.