Krizalid
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| Krizalid | |
|---|---|
| Game series | King of Fighters series |
| First game | King of Fighters '99 |
| Voice actor(s) | Yoshiyuki Iwamoto |
| In-Universe Information | |
| Birthplace | Ireland |
| Blood type | AB |
| Fighting style | Fights using fight data stored in his battle suit fed through his body |
Krizalid (クリザリッド Kurizariddo?) is a video game character in the King of Fighters series. He is the boss and mid-boss of The King of fighters 99'. Krizalid is an extremely powerful fighter sporting an inevitable anti-air move, high-gauge projectiles and dash attacks that are somewhat inescapable. Krizalid's Mid-Boss form isn't as powerful as his End-Boss self. Krizalid, like K', also has the ability to use flames, and some people consider Krizalid as the second clone of Kyo Kusanagi. Like all SNK Bosses, Krizalid is ridiculously strong, inflicts unfair damage, but suffers from having a poor quality AI if the player finds a "boring pattern" to take down Krizalid. Krizalid is voiced by Yoshiyuki Iwamoto.
[edit] History
Krizalid was designed to be the Ultimate Kyo Kusanagi clone, infused with his DNA, and outfitted with a special suit to feed data into his body for battle. This was achieved by cloning K' (rather than Kyo Kusanagi directly): As a side effect, he gained some memories of K' (the prototype prior to his creation) and believed Whip to be his sister.
Mad with power, his surperiors in the NESTS cartel ordered him to activate the thousands of Kyo Kusanagi clones around the world. However, during this time period, Whip leaves him, troubled by his thoughts of megalomania. In order to gather the battle data necessary for the activation period, Krizalid quickly decided to turn on his two subordinates K' and Maxima, along with their team members in an underground sewer.
With the power of his battle suit and advanced fire techniques he quickly gained the upper hand, but an offensive attack by K' and Maxima left him stunned long enough to be defeated by a fireball from Kyo Kusanagi. Disappointed at his failure, his superior, Clone Zero neutralizes the Kyo clones and kills Krizalid by throwing a boulder to crush him. As he lies dying, Whip and the other Ikari Warriors emerge. She tells him that the memories of her being his sister were fake, and that NESTS had lied to him throughout the tournament. Their commander, Heidern then inquires Krizalid if he remembers his real name. He simply cannot remember, and dies shortly after.
Two years later, he would find himself revived by the Original Zero, possibly to rectify the mistakes of his clone. Krizalid pledged his loyalty to the Original Zero, and fought alongside Zero and Ron in the King of Fighters 2001 tournament. His fate after the destruction of Zero's ship and the NESTS Cartel's orbital base is unknown, but he has not been seen since in another King of Fighters game.
[edit] Trivia
- Krizalid appears as K' 's unlockable Maniac Striker in the console version of KOF 2000.
- Krizalid appears as a Striker for the Original Zero in King of Fighters 2001. Unused game data for Krizalid within the game seem to indicate he may have been planned to be a fully playable character in the early stages of the game's development.
- The design concept behind Krizalid was to make a boss that was stylish, but evil, with earnest strength.
- Krizalid's name is a distortion of the word "chrysalis", meaning "cocoon".
- The supervising director for KOF99 still holds regrets over Krizalid's strength and ability, believing that he "overdid it a little".
- In the PS2 version of KOF2001 he is selectable, but only as a striker.
- If Original Zero defeats either K' or Kula in KOF 2001 Krizalid will appear and taunt them.
