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| 2s | DEVELOPER UPDATE KIRIKO |
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| 6s | Hey, everyone. My name is Qiu Fang |
| 7s | and I'm the Lead Character Concept Artist on Overwatch 2. |
| 9s | Hi, everyone. My name is Kyungseo Min |
| 11s | and I'm an Associate Narrative Designer on Overwatch 2. |
| 15s | And today we are here to talk about Kiriko, |
| 17s | the newest support hero joining our roster. |
| 21s | Kiriko grew up in Kanezaka, |
| 22s | and she was raised by her mother and grandmother. |
| 25s | Her family has ancestral ties to the Kanezaka shrine, |
| 28s | which worships the fox spirit. |
| 30s | Her grandmother taught Kiriko |
| 32s | the responsibilities of taking care of the shrine, |
| 34s | the importance of traditions, rituals, and community. |
| 38s | Her mother, on the other hand, is a fierce ninja, |
| 41s | and believed in taking action, standing up for yourself, |
| 44s | and fighting for what's right. |
| 46s | We can see in Kiriko that she bridges these two sensibilities together, |
| 49s | the traditional and the modern, the fighting and the healing. |
| 53s | Kiriko is a strong, badass woman. |
| 55s | She will do anything to protect her family and her community, |
| 58s | even if that means she has to bend a few rules. |
| 61s | She's a trickster, like the fox spirit. |
| 63s | Kiriko grew up alongside Hanzo and Genji. |
| 65s | Her mother actually trained the Shimadas |
| 67s | and she was especially close to Genji, |
| 69s | since they're both on the mischievous kind of side. |
| 72s | Yeah, he would take her to the arcade on Hanamura |
| 75s | and they were definitely up to no good in and out of the Shimada castle. |
| 81s | [Kiriko] Carried on the wind! |
| 82s | Kiriko witnessed the fall of the Shimadas when she was young. |
| 86s | The assassination of the Shimada clan head left a power vacuum within the community. |
| 91s | A rival clan of the Hashimoto took advantage of that and took over. |
| 95s | They terrorized the community |
| 97s | and Kiriko saw all these injustices first-hand, |
| 100s | and they took her father as hostage. |
| 102s | To stop them, she joined a ragtag group of young women and men called the Yokai. |
| 107s | Coming from all walks of life, |
| 109s | they fight the Hashimoto and protect community members. |
| 112s | They're a small group, but with Kiriko's cunning personality, |
| 115s | they show that the youth of Kanezaka should not be underestimated. |
| 119s | So, Kiriko was developed really with 5v5 in mind. |
| 122s | She's high mobility. She's a single target hybrid healer. |
| 125s | She is fast. |
| 126s | She can get to your little skirmishes, which happens a lot more often in 5v5 now. |
| 130s | So, she's super effective. |
| 132s | Yeah, and she's very much like another battle healer. |
| 134s | She's in the action, jumps in and out, |
| 138s | not the kind of sit-back-and-heal type of hero. |
| 140s | [Kiriko] Shouldn't have put your head there! |
| 142s | I think a lot of experienced players will have fun with her, |
| 144s | and I think a lot of DPS players will love her. |
| 147s | [Kiriko] Underestimated me, ne? |
| 149s | From day one, really, her fox was there in the design. |
| 154s | It felt right. |
| 155s | It fit the character visually |
| 157s | and the fox was based on the Japanese Inari, |
| 161s | which is the fox spirit, |
| 162s | and it's a guardian protector kind of spirit. |
| 165s | In Japanese folklore, foxes are also known to represent cunning and smarts, |
| 169s | which matches Kiriko's personality. |
| 171s | [Kiriko] Now I'm having fun! |
| 173s | Kiriko actually started as an ecology boss unit |
| 177s | that was part of the ninja ecology. |
| 180s | Her hairband and bandana |
| 182s | come from classic depictions of ninjas in pop culture |
| 187s | and it's got a symbol on the top |
| 189s | that's basically the Kanji for kitsune, for fox, |
| 193s | turned diagonally, which is really cool. |
| 196s | The original design had a giant shuriken with ball bearings in it, |
| 199s | inspired by fidget spinners at the time, |
| 202s | but... we tried to maintain that as she became a support hero. |
| 207s | However, learning from past mistakes |
| 208s | when we tried to force a design and a concept together, |
| 213s | we ended up just retooling her to look more like a support hero. |
| 218s | [Kiriko] Some of the old, some of the new. |
| 222s | So, Kiriko's primary ability is this healing Ofuda. |
| 225s | Ofudas are these paper talismans believed to be imbued with powers. |
| 229s | When you do this ability, |
| 231s | you see these Ofuda paper slips firing in twos and they home in on allies. |
| 235s | They're a little slow, but you can use your ally teleport ability to offset that, |
| 240s | or you can use the slowness to your advantage |
| 242s | and you can preemptively shoot them |
| 243s | if you foresee that a teammate will need healing. |
| 246s | Her secondary fire is she throws out a Kunai, |
| 249s | and these are actually very fast, in contrast to the Ofuda. |
| 253s | There's low overall damage, but in crits it's a ton of damage. |
| 257s | Very, very powerful in the hands of an accurate player. |
| 260s | And the idea here was to split her abilities thematically |
| 264s | having half of her abilities being supportive with the healing Ofuda |
| 268s | and the other half is more about the offensive damage with Kunai. |
| 272s | And this honors the narrative elements |
| 275s | of her mother and grandmother at the same time. |
| 277s | Also, the first iteration of Genji had the Kunai, |
| 280s | so the team's really happy that we're bringing it back. |
| 283s | [Kiriko] Come on, Shimada. |
| 284s | [Kyungseo Min] One of her abilities is the Ally Teleport. |
| 287s | She can teleport directly to an ally. She can even teleport through walls. |
| 291s | And the distance is pretty generous. |
| 293s | So, you can travel across maps pretty far and pretty quickly. |
| 298s | This makes her a great support |
| 299s | because she can get to her teammates quickly |
| 302s | and provide the healing power that the team needs. |
| 305s | Her second ability is called the Protection Suzu. |
| 308s | Suzu are small bells and Kiriko throws them out |
| 313s | and it makes allies invulnerable briefly and they also cleanse debuffs. |
| 317s | This is great to combo with her teleport ability |
| 319s | to quickly get in there and support a teammate. |
| 322s | You can also throw it on yourself if you're in a sticky situation |
| 326s | and it kind of saves your hair. |
| 328s | But it does have a long cooldown, so it requires good judgement and timing. |
| 333s | [Qiu Fang] It's a good counter to sleep dart. |
| 335s | [Kyungseo Min] Yes, and Junker Queen's anti-heal. |
| 337s | [Kiriko in Japanese] I'll protect you! |
| 338s | [Kyungseo Min] Her passive ability is the wall climb. |
| 341s | She can scale walls like Genji and Hanzo. |
| 343s | Because they trained together, we just felt it was appropriate. |
| 346s | So, finally, Kiriko's ultimate is called the Kitsune Rush. |
| 350s | It's a huge buff that gives you a ton of movement speed, attack speed, |
| 354s | reload speed, and also cooldown reduction on your abilities |
| 357s | on all allies affected. |
| 359s | Very, very powerful. It's great for initiating an attack on an objective. |
| 364s | And actually, originally it was just going to be a fox, |
| 366s | but we found it hard to track where the fox was going, |
| 369s | so the Torii gates were more done out of just giving you a target |
| 373s | and seeing where the fox is going. |
| 375s | But it just ended up also looking absolutely beautiful. |
| 377s | [Kiriko] Let the Kitsune guide you! |
| 379s | Kiriko is voiced by Sally Amaki. |
| 382s | Sally did an amazing job bringing a cool girl energy to Kiriko. |
| 385s | Her voice is cool and wry, |
| 388s | and she has a wicked sense of humor that is dry as a desert. |
| 391s | She really sounds like the lone wolf, cool girl |
| 395s | that everyone at school respects. |
| 396s | And I'm really looking forward |
| 398s | to looking at the player's response at all of her digs, |
| 402s | because she will take a dig at anyone, |
| 404s | and especially the Genji and Hanzo conversations. |
| 407s | Keep an ear out for those because there's a lot inside jokes, |
| 410s | history, and humor there. |
| 412s | And that about wraps it up for Kiriko. |
| 414s | We can't wait for all of you to get a chance to play her. |
| 417s | See you next time! |
| 418s | [epic music] |
| 418s | [Kiriko] You can't change the world by following all the rules! |