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Suggestion on story text

While copyediting Iori's history, I noticed it was very hard to tell what sections of the story went with what games. If someone who knows what games provided what background could go through and source and link each section...? --Maru (talk) Contribs 23:52, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Image Size

Is there a reason the images need to be so big? Especially in a table template? It makes it look quite bloated, and is going to be murder on slower systems and internet connections. Plus there's an insane amount of whitespace on the right because of it. An info template should compliment an article, not overpower it, which I feel this is doing as a result. Let's not forget that wikipedia should be accessible by as many people as possible... and those with older machines have a hard time when the pictures are so large. I checked on an older machine of mine... the box takes up nearly half the screen.--Oni Ookami Alfador 20:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Edit by User:Zero

See here. -Zero 14:38, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Trivia

==Trivia==

• His Special Leader Attack, San Shingi no Ni, or, The Trinity Two in America, is a reference to the way he held Orochi to let Kyo finish him off. The San Shingi no Ni is Iori's Leader DM in which Iori shouts "Ikuzo!", grabs his opponent's head and bangs hard onto the ground, sends out a pillar of flames that starts off purple, only to fade away to a crimson hue, signifying a possible redemption for the Yagami. This attack returns in The King of Fighters XI, but the flame stays purple until it fades. This, along with Kyo's loss of his sacred technique possibly signifies the break in the bond created by the absence of Chizuru, the continuing rage of Iori and the returning rage of Kyo.

• The San Shingi no Ni was also used by Riot of the Blood Iori in both SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom and the PlayStation 2 version of The King of Fighters 2002, and stayed purple the entire time, similarly to XI. It also had much less range.

• Iori's Ya Otome DM (QCF, HCB + P) is consistently referred to as Maiden Masher, which is not the same thing as the move's actual name (which should be "Eight Maidens"). This DM is a rush of 8 slashings followed with an explosion of purple flame. Iori says "Asobi wa owari da! Nake! Sakebe! Soshite shine! (The game's over! Cry! Scream! Then die!)".

• The MAX version of Ya Otome bears an incredible resemblance to the scene in Neon Genesis Evangelion when EVA-01 becomes "berserk". In both cases the characters slouch; their eyes are darkened; smoke emits from the open, toothily grinning mouth; and the character tears open his opponent, apparently eats them and even looks over his shoulder with one glowing eye. Since it's well known that SNK has a tendency to draw "inspiration" from anime it is quite likely that this was an intentional parallel.

• In Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, Iori uses a DM exclusively for that game. He enters the Riot of the Blood for a moment's time and jumps towards the enemy, the screen will fade to black and you'll briefly see Iori's silhouette slicing his enemy twice. It's also noteworthy to point out that it is in this manner how Iori murdered both Mature and Vice in KOF '96 in their team ending.

• Riot of the Blood Iori appears as a playable character in KOF 97, Capcom vs. SNK, Capcom vs. SNK Pro, Capcom vs. SNK 2, SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millennium, SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom, and the console version of KOF 2002, and also appears as Benimaru's unlockable Maniac Striker in the console version of KOF 2000.

• His last name means "Eighth God" in Japanese.

• While not referenced in the games, Iori is a guitar player. This is referenced in the story of the "New Face Team" in '97 (Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie and Chris) and in KOF:MI where he has a guitar-case "accessory" available that he will have strapped to his back if selected.

• Iori's attire has not changed since 95 (not counting numerous changes to his coat's colors and sprite redrawings), but his special moves have been altered throughout the series: one DM he received in 97, lost in 99, and then regained in 2003; one special move he gained in 98, lost in 2000; one DM he had in 99 only; and one DM in 2000, which, while changed to a follow-up to his primary DM in 2001, is the only new addition to him which remained for more than three games consecutively. Besides that, there was also his HSDM in 2002, which, again, didn't return after that game.

• Iori and Kyo have similar techniques because both clans had developed together a unique martial art before they fell out, for example 'oniyaki'. The small difference is that Kyo's are more associated with 'yo'(upwards), while Iori's are more associated with 'yin'(downwards). Iori has perfected a brutal variant which incorporates some mortal techniques, such as using his hands as cutting weapons, his fingers tearing through the opponent's flesh.

• Iori's flames are almost always referred to as purple, though there have been two occasions when they were blue: In the opening of The King of Fighters '95, and on the monitor displaying characters fighting in the background of Chizuru's stage in The King of Fighters '96.

• Iori's original character design was a typical drawing of Japanese manga artist Yasuhiro Nightow, known for his character designs in Trigun and Gungrave. It is also noted that Iori has the Yasuhiro design of broad, sloping shoulders; lean-build, and bangs that covers one of his eyes. This is especially noted by Iori's similarities to Trigun villain Legato Bluesummers, and Gungrave protagonist Brandon Heat.

• Another Iori (a version of Iori wearing a trenchcoat) appears as Iori's Another Striker in KOF 2000.

• When Demitri's Midnight Bliss is used on the Blood Riot form of Iori in SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom, he is transformed into alleged alter ego Miss X, final boss of the Neo-Geo Pocket Color game SNK Gals Fighters. Miss X was, presumably, Iori in a long dress and cloth mask. Also note that Miss X appeared with Iori in the Hong Kong comic (which is non-canonical), as his female cousin.

• Iori almost always has special before-battle conversations with Kyo in every KOF series. The absence of a special introduction with Kyo in KOF 2002 created quite a bit of negative attention. Also, in SVC Chaos, Kyo and Iori don't have a special introduction either (unlike in their appearances in Capcom VS SNK 1 & 2, they use the same introduction they had in KOF '98).

• Also, in KOF XI, Iori has a special taunt animation if he's against either Kyo or EX Kyo.

• In KOF:MI2, Iori has outfits that resemble other SNK characters such as Shen Woo from KOF 2003-XI and Setsuna from The Last Blade.

I've removed this entire trivia section as per Misplaced Pages:Avoid trivia sections in articles. All this information either does not belong here, or could be put elsewhere in the article. Feel free to take bits of this and put it in the article, or delete it. Either way, please comment and state your reasoning, or at least report having done so, and then delete the information used/deleted from this talk page. -- Digital Watches! 05:00, 26 August 2006 (UTC)