Goenitz

Goenitz (ゲーニッツ, Gēnittsu) is a video game character who made his first appearance in the Neo Geo fighting game, The King of Fighters '96 as the last boss, following Chizuru Kagura. He is one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi, with the power to command wind; his full title as a heavenly king is "Fuki Susabu Kaze no Goenitz (吹き荒ぶ風のゲーニッツ, Goenitz of the Wildly-Blowing Wind)". His trademark move is his Yonokaze (with the move's matching catchphrase being "Koko desu ka", meaning "Right here?"), wherein a nightside tornado comes up at random, slicing any foe it touches. His theme music is titled Trash Head, presumably poking fun at his hairstyle.

Goenitz took his namesake from an alien character in the anime, Space Battleship Yamato. His Heavenly King title is a reference to the 1979 opening theme of Cyborg 009. In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Goenitz ranked 46 of the staff's favorite characters. He shared the spot with seven other characters, including Fighter's History character Makoto Mizoguchi, and Street Fighter character, Akuma.

He is voiced by Yoshinori Shima.

Story
Leopold Goenitz grew up without knowing his fate. While still young, he studied to be catholic priest and managed to build his own church. One day, he was confronted by a powerful presence and he thought it was God. He was wrong, it was Orochi, that revealed his divine plan to him and that Goenitz was the reincarnation of the Heavenly King of the Wind. Goenitz abandoned his church and devoted himself to his master Orochi. He went flying all across the world searching for the Hakkesshu, Orochi's group of followers. He found six of the Eight Heads of Orochi: Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie, Chris, Vice, Mature and Ryuji Yamazaki, himself was the seventh. One of the heads was missing, he was Guidel. Goenitz went to the Amazon jungle to find him. There he saw a group of Hakkesshu hiding from civilization. Goenitz pleased to see that, called the leader Guidel and asked him for help to ressurect Orochi. Guidel said no, he wanted peace for him, his family and his people. Enraged, Goenitz prepared to fight Guidel, but he saw a girl running to Guidel and calling him father. Goenitz felt that she was not a full-blooded Orochi descendant and that he could activate the Riot of the Blood within her. Goenitz left with a smile on his face. That night, Goenitz returned and watched Guidel from the shadows as he activated the Riot of the Blood within the child. The girl, who would later become Leona Heidern started to cough blood and scream in pain. She jumped over her father and mother and killed them quickly, she then slaughtered all the Hakkesshu members. When the Riot was over, Goenitz appeared and put his hand on her head and said 'Well done, child'. Goenitz left within a blink of an eye.

Goenitz went to Japan, where the protector of the Orochi seal: the Yata clan is. There he found two sisters, the older one was the current watcher; her name was Maki Kagura. Goenitz challenged her and easily defeated her, damaging the Orochi seal. Some years later, Goenitz felt someone was trying to channel the Orochi power. He quickly went to that place and found a man named Rugal Bernstein. Goenitz said the Orochi power was not ment for humans and Rugal said no one would stop him. Rugal attacked and Goenitz quickly defended by taking Rugal's right eye. Goenitz was surprised Rugal was still alive and gave him a sample of the Orochi power. Goenitz left but not before saying not to use his full power, or he would be killed. He sent Mature and Vice to watch him. Later in 1995, Rugal used his full power, to defeat Kyo Kusanagi but his body couldn't hang it.

In early 1996, Goenitz decided to test the heir of the Kusanagi, Kyo. He appeared before Kyo and told him he would like to test his powers. Kyo agreed and attacked. Goenitz easily defeated Kyo, sending him to the hospital. Later that year, Maki's sister Chizuru Kagura was helding a KOF tournament and Goenitz went to check it out. He sent Mature and Vice to Iori Yagami, the heir of the Yasakani clan and make him enter the tournament. The finals was between Team Japan (Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido and Goro Daimon) and Chizuru Kagura. Kyo eventually defeated her and Goenitz appeared before them. Benimaru, Daimon and Chizuru were sent flying by Goenitz's power. Kyo said that he was stronger than before and assumed his fighting stance. Iori Yagami then appeared before them and said that only him would kill Kyo. Kyo and Iori fought Goenitz. Goenitz eventually lost and considered his loss as a failed mission. He heard Orochi calling him and Goenitz took his own life.

Personality
Despite being an evil villain, Goenitz has a very polite personality, which is reflected in his winning poses (in one of them he bows at the camera, and he repeats it after performing his Yamidoukoku in SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom) and his elegant, somewhat flowery speech. His occupation as a pastor may have to do with his respectful attitude. He has mannerisms that do show this and are seen through his spoken quotes; namely, his introduction, 2nd win pose and 3rd win pose, wherein he says in Japanese, "Pray to your God quickly!", "Repent while you still can." and "May God bless you!", respectively. Ironically, in a personality that would make him an enemy of humanity, but in perfect alignment with his alleged occupation, he also shows great hostility towards the infernal Demitri Maximoff and Red Arremer, precisely because of their association with darkness and Hell. He also implies his priestly backgrounds in some of his dialogs in SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom and other characters call him a priest too. Moreover, his outfit also loosely suggest his alleged occupation. Even though influenced by Orochi, he sports the same "messiah" attitude that aspires to "save" people, expected from people of religious occupations. His specialty however, with the powers of Orochi, is to dispose of people; disbelievers in particular.

Powers

 * Slashing Hands - Goenitz's hands can cut and pierce as if they were knives.
 * Aerokinesis - Goenitz has full control over the air and wind currents.
 * Control Wind - Goenitz can create and stop wind currents.
 * Create Hurricane - Goenitz can create hurricanes and tornadoes out of nowhere.
 * Cutting Wind - Goenitz can create blades of air.
 * Translocation - Goenitz can move himself to somewhere nearby by transporting his molecules through the air.
 * Flight - Goenitz can fly.
 * Orochi Power - Goenitz has some control over the Orochi power.
 * Give Power - Goenitz can give humans Orochi power.
 * Activate Riot of the Blood - As a Heavenly King, he can activate the Riot of the Blood in those who have part Orochi blood.

Fighting Style
Goenitz fights mainly with his control over wind. He has very little concern for a martial style. Like the other Four Kings, his moves are all written using the Cyrillic alphabet.

Music

 * Trash Head - The King of Fighters '96
 * Movin' (Favorite Blue Hyper Mix) - K.O.F. Dance Trax

Game Appearances



 * The King of Fighters '96
 * SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos
 * The King of Fighters 2000 - As a Striker for Leona
 * The King of Fighters 2002 - Xbox and PS2 exclusive
 * The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match

Mobile Appearances

 * Days of Memories (second title) - NPC

Cameo Appearances

 * The King of Fighters '97 - during in-game scenarios
 * The King of Fighters 2003 - during edit team's ending
 * The King of Fighters '94: Rebout - background cameo
 * The King of Fighters (pachinko)