The German artist AnOtterOne who drew Bayonetta and Christie (from Dead or Alive) before, claimed Uriko as his surprising third character, and like with the other two before, he did not disappoint and created an excellent illustration of her. I myself had a lot good times with all four parts and liked almost all characters from the whole series, but Uriko was always a special one for me since she was such a difficult boss in the first game, only to become a pretty cute – and fast – character in the sequels.īack in November we changed the guidelines of our Game Character DB collaboration and instead of characters from a list, artists could choose a game character of their choice, no matter if it was covered here before already. Uriko the Half-Beast from the funny Bloody Roar fighting games. Uriko from Bloody Roar drawn for the Game-Art-HQ Video Game Character Database Official Game Art like promotional Illustrations of Uriko from Bloody Roar Uriko from the Bloody Roar Games: an Overview Charactername:įighting Game Boss & Fighting Game Character
She did not appear in any other video games and it seems unlikely that the Bloody Roar fighting game series will be revived. Instead of turning into a giant monster, Uriko was now a cute girl who could transform herself into a similar cute Half Beast or Cat-girl that uses Kenpō as well as many attacks that would fit a feline character. She was no longer overpowered and was playable from the start as one of the 5 new characters in the game. Uriko debuted as the difficult to beat final boss of the first Bloody Roar (1997) and was only fought in her Beast form, she was unplayable in the first game and the developers changed her character design completely in Bloody Roar 2 (1999). Uriko Nonomura, more known as Uriko the Half Beast or Uriko the Cat is one of the playable characters in the Bloody Roar fighting games by Eighting & Hudsonsoft that were released between 1997-2003.