Magaki
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| Magaki | |
|---|---|
| Game series | King of Fighters series |
| First game | King of Fighters XI |
He is one of the SNK's fighting games "King of Fighters XI's boss
[edit] History
Like the enigmatic Mukai, nothing is known about the fighter Magaki, save that he hosts the King of Fighters tournament, and knows Mukai. Like Mukai, he has an unrevealed connection to the Orochi, possibly a Herald of Light/Energy-based attacks. In another similarity to his predacessor, Magaki appears to transform from a normal, human appearance, to a more inhuman one, with colored skin and patterns that appear, and glow, around his body. While Mukai was green, with thin, yellow lines tracing across him, Magaki turns pink, with blue, curled designs.
Like Mukai before him, after he was defeated he stood up, apparently unscathed, and after commenting that perhaps it was more than spirit that was needed to awaken Orochi, made his exit into another realm. However he was less lucky then Mukai, as he was killed by Shion's spear, which was launched by someone from the other realm and through his body (possibly Shion herself, as Magaki mentions her name as he dies). The next day, however, his body disappears. In the K' Team's ending, Heidern remarks that his team had obtained Magaki's dead body. However in the Ikari Team's ending, two girls came on Heidern's fleet and took Magaki's dead body away. Their farewell gift being an explosion on one of the vessels.
[edit] Gameplay
Magaki's fighting style seems to revolve around filling the screen with his energy attacks. He can fill the arena with teleporting energy balls, portals through which he can grab the opponent, or his LDM, which is a massive flow of energy that literally covers the screen.
[edit] Trivia
- At first, Magaki is the only character in KOF XI who doesn't appear to have a DM. In reality, he has the ability to become invisible, which is his DM (ironically named "Vanish"). However, the move does not have the same flash effect that other DMs begin with, and thus many believe it not to be one. His screen-filling LDM is his only super move with said flash.
- All of Magaki's personal information (likes, dislikes, hobbies, etc.) is listed by SNK as "unknown", making him more mysterious than Mukai before him.
- His theme song, An Improvised Concerto, is a symphonic score, performed primarily with pianos and violins. It's also the softest KOF boss theme to date.
- Magaki does not have a crouching sprite, and appears to be standing even when crouching. Therefore it is nearly impossible to tell how he's blocking beforehand. (This is a well-known trait of characters with SNK Boss Syndrome)
