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Raikou Mawashi Geri (雷光回らいこうまわ; Lightning Roundhouse Kick) is one of Geese Howard's Command Moves in both the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series, first appearing in Fatal Fury 2 as a standing normal attack, then becoming a command normal in Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory and in Real Bout Fatal Fury.

This move can also be done in midair in most of Geese's 2D KOF appearances as his midair Blow Back attack (jumping Neo Geo C ButtonNeo Geo D Button).

Input
FF2, FFS, FF3 and NGBC (normal attack version)
Neo Geo D Button
FF3 (command normal version)
Back Input + Neo Geo D Button
Most appearances
Forward Input + Neo Geo B Button
RBFF series
Back Input + Neo Geo B Button
CVS series
Arcade Button HKick
SVC Chaos
Forward Input + Neo Geo D Button

Description[]

Geese swings his leading leg for a forwards back spin kick while somewhat hopping in unison.

Originally in the Fatal Fury games, this debuted as Geese's far standing strong/heavy kick normal (standing Neo Geo D Button) while also being a command normal. Though in the Real Bout games solely as just a command normal, this pushed the victim to the background lane on hit.

In the KOF games however, first acted as Geese's jumping Blow Back before being repurposed in later games as a command normal once more. The Capcom vs. SNK games and Neo Geo Battle Coliseum eventually repurpose it as Geese's far standing heavy kick normal once more.

Very few times as a command normal in games that base him off of his KOF incarnation, this move can hit overhead standalone unless chain-cancelled into.

Strategy[]

To be added soon...

Trivia[]

  • In some games, this kick is often the second-to-last blow used in his Deadly Rave.
  • In Tekken 7, this move hits instead at a high-enough attack-height level, allowing it to be ducked under easily unlike its 2D appearances.