RyuKoOh/KoRyuOh

The RyuKoOh and KoRyuOh are fictional robots in the Super Robot Wars series. They have appeared as playable units in Super Robot Wars Alpha, Super Robot Wars Alpha 2, and Super Robot Wars Original Generations. Their names translate to "Dragon Tiger Lord" and "Tiger Dragon Lord" respectively. Their upgrades are the Shin RyuKoOh and the Shin KoRyuOh, and have made a playable appearance in Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 only.

Appearance

The RyuKoOh is, in essence, a humanoid mecha with dragon-like aesthetics including its base, head, tail, and more. It has scales like a dragon, has a pair of wings, and is colored in mostly blue. On its chest is a white tiger head.

The KoRyuOh is also a humanoid mecha, but now has tiger-like aesthetics including a tiger head and paws. A lot of its body is white with black stripes while its shoulder as well as knees are yellow with black stripes. The chest area is colored in blue and has some of the RyuKoOh's parts.

Technical And Historical

The Chōkijin are ancient robots of unknown origin that are based on the four Chinese gods. These gods are based on various animals - the dragon, tiger, phoenix, and turtle. In Super Robot Wars Alpha, Dr. Hell uses the RyuOhKi (Dragon Lord Machine) and the KoOhKi (Tiger Lord Machine), which were found in ancient Chinese ruins, to attack the Londo Bell. These gods have their own artificial intelligence and soul in them, however, their full potential cannot be brought out on their own. After the RyuOhKi and KoOhKi are broken free from Dr. Hell's control, thanks to the T-Link System of the Grungust Type-2, they allow the main characters (officially, Kusuha Mizuha and Brooklyn 'Bullet' Luckfield) to perform a spectacular combination to become the "RyuKoOh", where the RyuOhKi transforms over the KoOhKi and can transform into the "KoRyuOh", when the KoOhKi combines over the RyuOhKi. The parts of the Grungust Type-2, which Kusuha and Bullet were originally meant to receive before it was destroyed by Big Fire, are integrated into the RyuKoOh.

In Original Generation 2, Kusuha and Bullet are piloting the Grungust Type-3. The RyuOhKi and the KoOhKi were excavated by a leading authority on ancient technology, Dr. Eri Anzai, in the Chinese Shiyuuzuka mountainous region, Cheu Hill. They select Kusuha and Bullet as their pilots and absorb the Grungust Type-3.

The history of the RyuKoOh/KoRyuOh has been one of many layers. At some point, they were buried and then unearthed by the ancient Chinese statesmen/craftsmen/philosophers, Mo-Zhi and Gongsu Ban. They improved on the designs to give them the form they have today. It seems some of La Gias alchemy went into this, since Mo-Zhi and Gongsu Ban came into contact with those people. However, this was contradicted by the events of Alpha 2, and seems to be mere misspeculation by Dr. Anzai.

The RyuKoOh has tremendous amounts of power. If anyone merely pilots it, their life force will slowly be drained from them. This is why a Psychodriver must pilot it. After Kusuha and Bullet use this machine, they become linked to it so only they can be the pilots. The RyuKuOh's main power source is the perpetual motion system, which contains the five elements. The absorbing of the Grungust Type-2 into its being allowed the absorption of the T-Link System, its parts to repair the Chōkijin. In Original Generation 2, the absorbing of the Grungust Type-3 allows the RyuKoOh's parts to be repaired, the absorption of the T-Link System, the Booster Knuckle to become the Tiger Knuckle, and the drills to become the Variable Drill. The RyuKoOh runs on sacramental water, which is water mixed with the ashes of burned talismans.

The RyuKoOh and the KoRyuOh's combat effectiveness vary. The RyuKoOh can fly and has many more ranged attacks, however, the RyuOh Hazanken, the RyuKoOh's sword, is still its most powerful weapon. The KoRyuOh excels strictly at up-close melee combat and cannot fly but is a very fast runner. For convenience, both of these machines have been assigned codenumbers - SRG-03D for the RyuKoOh and SRG-03T for the KoRyuOh.

After the end of the war with the Aerogaters from Balmar, the Earth Federation declared the Chōkijin to be Class A super machines that must be dismantled. Bullet manages to save them, hiding them away from the Earth Federation. However, in Alpha 2, the RyuOhKi returns to Kusuha while Bullet is being mind-controlled in the KoOhKi. Though the KoOhKi and Bullet are driven off, the RyuOhKi is gravely wounded. At G-Island City, it is repaired using the Grungust Type-2 mass production version parts and becomes the RyuJinKi. When the mind-control is broken, Kusuha and Bullet perform the combination once again. After the final battle with the Nashim Ganeden, the RyuKoOh/KoRyuOh leave its pilots behind, so that it can sacrifice itself against their foe. Though it would seem the Chōkijin are gone, Kusuha is sure they are alive.

In Alpha 3, the robots, GouRyu Kai and RaiKou Kai, which are developed off of data on the Grungusts, while having designs somewhat based on the Chōkijin, were used for Kusuha and Bullet to use. Later on, it is revealed that certain Chōkijin that Kusuha and Bullet used are of the "Shishin" series, while Son Ganlong's far superior Shin RyuOhKi (the real name actually being Shirei RyuOhKi) is from the superior "Shirei" series. When all four Chōkijin of the Shishin series (RyuOhKi, KoOhKi, ZakuOhKi, and BoOhKi) absorb the GouRyu Kai and RaiKou Kai, they unlock the true power of the Chōkijin in the form of the "Shin RyuKoOh" and the "Shin KoRyuOh".

Related Machines

The RyuOhKi is a machine that takes the appearance of dragon. The same with the KoOhKi, except that it is a tiger.

RyuOhKi's Weapons System:

*Rastaban Beam

*Dragon Cutter

*Fire Breath

KoOhKi's Weapons System:

*Fang Missile

*Sonic Shout

*Tiger Fang

When not combined with the KoOhKi, the RyuOhKi can transform into the RyuJinKi, after having several parts of the Grungust Type-2 attached to it. The DR-1 RyuJinKi resembles the RyuKoOh, in that it has much of its blue dragon-like form for its body. On the shoulders are the five-line container generators that were once on the Grungust Type-2.

RyuJinKi's Weapons System:

*Fire Breath
"The RyuJinKi launches a wave of fire from its mouth."

*Nyoi Kinkobo
"The RyuJinKi uses its extending bo weapon known as the Kinkobo to strike the target."

*Kyutenseki Genraisei Kuka Tenken
"The RyuJinKi launches a talisman to form a web of electricity to strike multiple opponents."

*RyuOh Ranbu
"The RyuJinKi delivers a forceful, multiple amount of attacks with the Kinkobo to strike the opponent."

pecifications

RyuKoOh

Height: 49.9 meters

Weight: 158.0 tons

Weapon Systems:

*Scale Vulcan
"Skin scales are released and launched to strike the opponent. This attack does not appear in the Original Generation games."

*Rastaban Beam
"Energy beams are launched from the eyes. This attack does not appear in the Original Generation games."
**"Rastaban is the name of a bright star in the constellation Draco, and is in the "eye" region."

*Baraifuu
"The RyuKoOh launches multiple talisman to create a web of electricity to strike multiple targets."

*Dragon Knuckle
" As with the Grungust's Boost Knuckle, the RyuKoOh fires its fist at the enemy. This attack does not appear in the Original Generation games."

*Mountain Pressure
"The RyuKoOh launches a talisman into the sky which opens up a warphole that releases a giant rock that falls to crush enemy units."
**"This attack is reminiscent to the mountain Buddha used to crush and imprison Sun Wukong of the Chinese epic, Journey To The West, as punishment for causing mischief in Heaven."

*Magma Vasarl
"The RyuKuOh launches a wave of fire from its hand."

*RyuOh Hazanken (Dragon King's Mountain Breaking Sword)
"The RyuKoOh summons its Hazanken with its talismans, flies high into the sky, and then comes down to deliver a pair of slashes to the opponent. Called Dragoon Blade in the North American localization."
** "In Original Generations, the Hazanken is actually the jewel, grasped from the tail of the RyuKoOh. As it flies high into the heavens, countless bolts of lightning strike the ground. The RyuKoOh dashes straight for the enemy inside a bolt and delivers a clean, horizontal slice, destroying its target."

*RyuOh Hazanken: Gekirindan (Dragon King's Mountain Breaking Sword: Imperial Wrath)
"The RyuKoOh summons the Hazanken with its talismans. It delivers a hard tackle to the opponent before delivering a final slash which also releases a wave of fire. Called Dragoon Fang in the North American localization.
** "In Alpha 2 and Original Generation 2, this attack has the RyuKuOh flying high in the air then comes down to deliver the slash that releases a wave of fire."
** "In Original Generations, the Hazanken is actually the jewel, grasped from the tail of the RyuKoOh. As the Hazanken materializes from the jewel and assumes its true, bladed form, the RyuKoOh, now powered up to is maximum, swiftly pierces the enemy, tears the sword away and delivers a vertical strike of fire that literally rips apart the earth. With a roar of victory, the RyuKoOh flies away."

*RyuOh Hazanken: Tenma Koufuku (Dragon King's Mountain Breaking Sword: Celestial Demon Subjugation)
"The RyuKoOh summons the Hazanken with its talismans. It flies towards the opponent and delivers a hard strike with it (same as with the Gekirindan). It then delivers a fast combination of multiple sword strikes before stabbing the opponent and then tearing upwards. This attack does not appear in the Original Generation games."

KoRyuOh

Height: 45.1 meters

Weight: 158.0 tons

Weapon Systems:

*Fang Missile
"The KoRyuOh fires a pair of missiles from its eyes. This attack does not appear in the Original Generation games."

*Tiger Knuckle
"The KoRyuOh launches its arm to perform an aerial punch."

*Random Spike
"The KoRyuOh summons a spiked nunchaku. It then attacks with multiple strikes from it at a fast rate."

*Variable Drill
"The KoRyuOh transforms its hand into a large drill that it drives into the opponent. This weapon was most likely derived from the Grungust Sanshiki's Drill Boost Knuckle. This attack does not appear in the Original Generation games."

*Sonic Javelin
"The KoRyuOh summons a javelin, a curved blade on a long staff. (The weapon resembles a glaive or guan dao, more than a throwing javelin) It delivers a fast-paced combo with it before launching the enemy into the sky and throwing the javelin through them. In the Alpha 2 version, instead of launching the enemy into the sky, it merely gives a huge slash to knock the opponent away. This weapon is alternatively called Shinsoku Yari (神速槍)　meaning "Godspeed Spear."
** "In Original Generations, the RyuKoOh would stun its enemy momentarily with the Shin RyuKoOh's KoOh Houkou (虎王咆哮 Tiger King Roar) attack, before engaging the enemy with the Sonic Javelin.

*Tyrant Break
" Effectively a scaled down version of Tyrant Over break. This attack does not appear in the Original Generation games."

*KoOh Rangeki: Tyrant Over Break (Tiger King's Violent Attack: Tyrant Over Break)
"The KoRyuOh's ultimate attack. It attacks with a flurry of punches first, then summons the Random Spike to deliver attacks with, and then the Sonic Javelin to deal damage with, and finally summons the Variable Drill to drive through the opponent. Called Tyrant Breaker in the North American localization."
**"In Original Generations, the KoRyuOh delivers a swift kick, and sends the enemy high into the sky with a powerful left cross. The Random Spike materializes and the enemy is pummeled mercilessly, then knocked back to the ground, while the KoRyuOh summons its Sonic Javelin. A flurry of lightning fast stabs pierce the unit and destroys the earth around it. The KoRyuOh furiously dashes to the enemy, breaking the ground beneath it and sending both units deep underground. With the enemy grasped in its left claw, the right claw becomes the Variable Drill, and the KoRyuOh drives it straight into the unit. The explosion crumbles the ground above it, and as the KoRyuOh climbs itself out of the earth, it lets out a thunderous roar."

hin RyuKoOh

Height: 52.4 meters

Weight: 170.1 tons

Weapon Systems:

*RyuOh Hajagan (龍王破邪眼 Dragon King Evil-breaking Eye)
"This is the Shin RyuKoOh's Rastaban Beam. The Shin RyuKoOh shoots lightning out of its eyes that cuts through all who are evil."

*RyuOh Izanhou (龍王移山法 Dragon King Mountain Transfer)
"The same as the one in the RyuKoOh. Kusuha chants and summons a giant mountain to crush her enemies."

*Shinjintetsu Nyoi Kinkoubou(神珍鉄・如意金箍棒)
"The Shin RyuKoOh throws the Kinkoubou outwards towards the enemy. In mid-flight, the Kinkoubou expands into an incredible size, which smashes the enemy."
**"The Kinkoubou is the weapon of Sun Wukong, and was originally a gigantic pillar, which Sun Wukong chose to wield, after he deemed all other weapons were too fragile for him to use. He shrunk the pillar to the size of a staff and used it as a cudgel. He could also alter its size to a needle or to a pillar at will."

*RyuOh Gekirin Kou (龍王逆鱗光 Dragon King's Imperial Wrath Light)
"The Shin RyuKoOh controls the Burinkou arbitrarily, spins twice then splits it into two separate mirror shields and it sends both off to two different directions. After then, it fires off a flaring beam from its chest. Should the enemy evade the attack, the mirror shield pieces of the Burinkou will reflect it back towards its target without fail. In Alpha 3, the enemy will always evade the first attack and then be blown to pieces from the reflection."

*Shijin Shinka Hakke Jin (四神真火八卦陣 Four Gods True Flaming Eight Trigrams Formation)
"Kusuha chants as she summons the power of the Shijin, and the Shin RyuKoOh dances steps to form a Hakke circle. The enemy is engulfed in light and transported into another dimension. There, the Shin RyuKoOh summons giant stone slabs of the 8 Hakke elements. Kusuha ends with the Shin RyuKoOh's hissatsu attack and pelts the enemy infinitely with fireballs. When all is said and done, the Shin RyuKoOh turns its back, clasps its hands together and casts the enemy out of existence."
**"The Shinka Hakke Jin is the cauldron used by the celestials to impose capital punishment on Sun Wukong, after he wreaked chaos in Heaven. Since Sun Wukong was born of rock, blades could not cut him. With no conventional way to execute him, the celestials decided to cook him alive for forty days inside a special cauldron, but Wukong survived the ordeal and later escaped."

hin KoRyuOh

Height: 50.9 meters

Weight: 170.1 tons

Weapon Systems:

*KoOh Hiken (虎王飛拳 Tiger King Flying Fist):
"Although Bullet calls the attack "Tiger Knuckle", it is actually a ki blast from the hands, fired in the shape of a tiger."

*KoOh Houkou (虎王咆哮 Tiger King Roar):
"The Shin KoRyuOh's version of the KoOhKi's Sonic Shout attack. The Shin KoRyuOh draws in its breath and lets loose a roaring cry at the enemy."

*KoOh Gatouda - Souten (虎王牙闘打・蒼天 Tiger King Fang Fighting Strike - Blue Sky):
"The Shin KoRyuOh starts out with a flying kick, then a barrage of punches, ending with a slash of its katana."

*KoOh Gatouda - Shouteki (虎王牙闘打・衝敵 Tiger King Fang Fighting Strike - Enemy Impale):
"The Shin KoRyuOh rushes the enemy with incredible speed, and lets loose an incredible amount of punches and kicks in all directions while performing Shin Bunshin no Jutsu, then ending with a Variable Drill."

*KoOh Zanshin Rikkou Ken (虎王斬神陸甲剣 Tiger King God-Cleaving Earth Armor Sword ):
"The Shin KoRyuOh draws its katana. As Bullet chants, the four Shijin spirits endow their power into the blade. The Shin KoRyuOh rushes the enemy and ends in a single bisecting slash. The enemy freezes for an instant, and explodes as the Shin KoRyuOh sheathes its weapon."