Nakoruru

Nakoruru
Nakoruru's "Capcom-style" artwork in Capcom vs. SNK 2.
Universe	Samurai Shodown
Debut	Samurai Shodown (1993)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	The King of Fighters XV (2022, DLC)
Console/platform of origin	Neo Geo MVS
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Place of origin	Kamui Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan
Created by	Yasushi Adachi
Designed by	Yūichi "Violetche Nakamoto" Nakatani Keisen "Oshioki-Keisen" Yamaguchi "The·Fool" (Nakoruru) Erina Makino (Mamahaha)
Voice actor	Harumi Ikoma (trailer only)
Article on Wikipedia	Nakoruru

Nakoruru (ナコルル, Nakoruru) is a major character in the fighting game series Samurai Shodown. A young woman from Japan, she fights with a sword alongside her hawk Mamahaha and somethimes with her wolf Shikuru.

Origin

Nakoruru fighting Earthquake in the 2019 reboot of Samurai Shodown.

Nakoruru is a teenage Ainu (an indigenous Japanese people from Hokkaido) woman, living as a nature-loving priestess in the woods. She first gets involved in the story timeline-wise in Samurai Shodown 5 (known in Japan as Samurai Spirits Zero and the earliest installment chronologically), helping to stop the vicious warlord Gaoh Hinowanokami. After his defeat, Nakoruru follows in her late father's footsteps, becoming a Kamui warrior. She continues to protect nature and defeat the various villains in the series, even after sacrificing her human form to become a spirit of nature at the end of Samurai Shodown II. As a divine spirit, Nakoruru has traveled to The King of Fighters universe before in The King of Fighters XIV to defeat Verse. She also is one of the major female characters of SNK's creation, starring in her own drama CD, being a key member in SNK's image band and common mascot for SNK's social action programs for children and nature awareness campaigns along with Terry.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a costume

Nakoruru's Mii Costume in Ultimate.

Nakoruru makes her Smash debut as one of Round 4's DLC Mii costumes. She appears as a Mii Swordfighter with using her prized sword, Chichi-ushi. Notably, this Mii Costume has flowing hair physics, and the sword is given a yellow trail near the tip.

Nakoruru appears in the Mii Fighter Costumes #4 trailer along with a Fletchling and Wolf in reference to her hawk Mamahaha and her wolf Shikuru (which usually appears alongside her dark alter ego, Rera). In the final shot where Wolf appears, she is standing in front of the cabin of the Ice-type morph of Pokémon Stadium 2; this is a reference to her original Samurai Shodown stage, in the snow-bound Kamui Kotan village. Additionally, Falco also appears in the trailer as a stand-in for Mamahaha, when he uses his Fire Bird in a downward diagonal, similar to Nakoruru's Amube Yatoro move from her playable appearances.

As a spirit

Nakoruru also appears as an Advanced class support spirit. She appears as Zelda, along with a tiny Falco as her puppet fighter, and is fought at Yoshi's Island in its winter season. During the battle, they will have their attack power increased once they are at high damage.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
1,365		Nakoruru		★★	1	Air Attack ↑	SAMURAI SHODOWN Series

Other

Nakoruru appeared in Terry's reveal trailer, where she ordered Mamahaha to catch the Smash invitation, but failed.

Gallery

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  Nakoruru's appearance in Terry's reveal trailer (spritework from Samurai Shodown II).

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	ナコルル, Nakoruru
English	Nakoruru
French	Nakoruru
German	Nakoruru
Spanish	Nakoruru
Italian	Nakoruru
Chinese	娜可露露, Nakoruru
Korean	테리, Nakoruru
Dutch	Nakoruru
Russian	Накоруру, Nakoruru

Trivia

• Nakoruru is the only character that cameos in Terry's reveal trailer, and the only SNK character with a Mii costume, to not appear as a background character on King of Fighters Stadium.

External links

Article on SNK Wiki