Yuki (Neo Geo Battle Coliseum)

Yuki
First game	Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
In-universe information
Birthplace	New Japan
Blood type	O
Fighting style	New Japan Mechanical Martial Art
Preferred soulmate / family	Ai (teammate)

Yuki (ユウキ, Yūki^?) is a fictional character from SNK Playmore's fighting game Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, being the protagonist of the game, as one of the 3 new and inedit characters of the game (along with Ai and Goodman).

History

Yuki announced himself as a volunteer agent in the service of solving the problems facing the Federation Government. Yuki, who's a master of mechanical fighting arts of New Japan, is a special agent who acknowledges his abilities are among on the top of his field. The mission he's been entrusted with is this: the giant industrial conglomerate WAREZ plans to dominate NEOGEO world. Yuki plans to join the fighting competition "Battle Coliseum" held by WAREZ, ascertain the indentity of the ringleader which is shrouded in mistery, and put an end to their evil designs. Ai has been selected to back him up in this mission. But this has sadded him with the feeling he must protect her from this dangerous mission... [1]

Tribute moves

Yuki, like his partner Ai, has based all his moves in old SNK Playmore's Neo-Geo games, like in direct references to various icons of this company. These are some of his moves and their connection with the SNK world:

• Fire Suplex: German Suplex grab. This is a reference to Fire Suplex, the Japanese name for the wrestling game 3 Count Bout.
• Mutation Combination: A special combination of button sequences, based in name on the game Mutation Nation.
• Dogou Sou Ken: Button command move. Reference to Dogou Souken, Japanese name for the shooting game Victory Road, part of the Ikari Warriors series.
• Submarine Screw: Anti-air attack. The name is referenced to Duke Edward's signature move from Burning Fight beat'em up.
• Bakuretsu Ken: Dashing attack. The name is refenced to Joe Higashi move of the same name, a rapid punch performed in Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series.
• SENGOKU Denshou: Counter move. Reference to the Japanese name of the Sengoku series. It is sometimes called simply "SEN-GO-KU".
• Riding Hero: Special air dash. Reference to the 1990 motorcycle game of the same name.

Trivia

• When you perform the Submarine Screw move with the Memory Card Slash charged, Yuki transforms into Duke from Burning Fight and performs the original SS move (see above, in Tribute Moves).
• Yuki has a special D-assault with Ai, where they combine their powers and transform into Atomic Guy for a few seconds, and all his attacks are unguardables. Atomic Guy is a character from the King of the Monsters series, like Cyber Woo.
• When Yuki performs one of his 2 DM Beams (Chodokyu Mega Beam 100 and Chodokyu MAX 330 Mega Beam), a Neo-Geo screen appears onscreen for a frames, depending of the beam. Mega Beam 100 shows the 100 Mega Shock screen [2], while MAX 330 shows the classic Neo Geo screen [3].
• Yuki's look and attitude could be based on Tokusatsu superheroes, like Kamen Rider or Ultraman, as an SNK homage to these series.
• Kyo Kusanagi's normal colour G attire in The King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2 makes him look exactly like Yuki, right down to the Neo Geo strapped to his back. Kyo's normal colour H attire also looks like Yuki's 2P colour in NGBC, with blue instead red.
• In NGBC, Yuki has the word HERO! emblazed on his back.
• Yuki appears as a special SNK character card in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS.
• As of NGBC, there are 3 characters in SNK's games named Yuki; the other two are Yuki from The Last Blade games & Kyo's girlfriend Yuki.

See also

• Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
• Ai
• Burning Fight

External links

• (Japanese) Yuki's profile and story in SNK Playmore's Official NGBC page.
• (Spanish) Yuki's profile in The Fighters Freak Fotolog