New character revealed: Shin Hisako!

Wait a minute- what did orchids father wield?
He taught her to fight but did he have a weapon of choice?

Since her backstory says dad was a member of Seal Team 6, that would be an M4A1 Carbine.

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Just wanna know people’s thoughts


Who do you think it is?

  • Hisako’s Father
  • Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
  • Genji (Overwatch)
  • Yoshimitsu (Tekken)
  • Other
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Hisako’s brother for me here

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Wow that’s the actual gun that’s crossed in her official character select logo as well!

Thanks

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Samurai Jack option, dammit!

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stop with this ryu hayabusa bs..he is in doa already ■■■■

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Riot!

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Well its almost certainly not a guest from another game that’s not owned by Microsoft.

yeah but akuma is in atleast 50% of all fighting games so anything is possible

I severely doubt this Katana thing is a guest character when the 3 guest characters we already have are non-canon to the KI lore.

This Tuesday my guess for the news reveal.

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I’m willing to bet that while Tuesday will be our next big tease -maybe a namedrop or a silhouette- I’m thinking we won’t get a concrete reveal until KIWC. It only makes sense to showcase this new entity (as well as the 3.7 Patch Notes) at the biggest KI event of the year.

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So, Looking more into the lore of KI, I couldn’t find anything else. Unless I just suck at clue finding.

I know @Dragonps told me that “Rebirth” from the KI Katana tweet could be the key to finding more clues.

Based on that information, I’m going to guess one of 2 things:

-If it’s a character (which I definitely suspect) they’re likely going to be some form of undead. Whether a spirit like Hisako, or a body animated by the power of the sword.

-In the event it’s actually a guardian for SL, I’m guessing it would apply the Last Breath effect to whatever character you use, probably the Gargos version for extra effect.

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I like those ideas. I don’t think Rebirth means a reanimated person (Dead) only.

It could even mean a rise of a new character or something. Very excited to know, even if it turns out to be a guardian

While i do agree with showcasing at KIWC, i think we’ll get the patch notes prior to that.

Really, im just basing that off the last couple patches where we either got a video (which Rukari has already hinted at producing some kind of video) or just a straight notes update prior to launch.

We know 3.7 is coming after KIWC/KI-Con, and with 3 days of KI festivities I have a very strong feeling that -like last year- there will be lots of in depth presentations by @TheKeits and friends.

We may get the hard info in a list or a short video, but KIWC will definitely be the first time we see it in action.

And who knows, perhaps the “Soon” video content that @rukizzel is working on will be shown at KIWC for just such a purpose, and the Soon part is relative because of the amount of production time they’re giving said presentation. :wink:

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Record > edit > review > edit > release. Takes time, ya know


For fun - the video process takes about a full week to be edited after the recording is done. Then I release. So if I get a final cut on Friday this week, that would mean I’d be ready to release the start of the next week
which seems like a solid plan, yeah? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Cant freaking wait.

Thank you Rukari and the rest of the Killer Instinct dev team for putting effort and dedication into the game.