Malin (The King of Fighters)

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Malin
Malin in King of Fighters 2003
Game series	King of Fighters series
First game	King of Fighters 2003
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Osaka, Japan
Blood type	O
Fighting style	Style that utilizes various legal and illegal weapons

Malin is a video game character in the King of Fighters series.

Malin is an enigmatic young woman who seems to have connections with the King of Fighters 2003 tournament, whose attacks all utilize some sort of weapon, even her kicks (a blade coming from her shoe can be seen). She subsequently met up with the duo of Athena Asamiya and Hinako Shijou and joined their "School Girls team" for the tournament despite their doubts of her abilities (she convinced them by stealing the ribbons from their hair without them noticing). KOF XI shows that Malin has something of a grudge against Yuri Sakazaki. It is said that she hates how Yuri always says "Yoyucchi" and her comment against Malin's fighting style. She is one of few characers in King Of Fighters (or any other game for that matter) to have access to Hammerspace.

Many players assumed that, due to the spiked yo-yo and her schoolgirl appearance, that Malin was a homage to the character Gogo Yubari in the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill, though besides this she bares little resemblance to the character.

[edit] Trivia

• The KOF 10th site stated that the producers insisted that the players spell her name as Malin and not Marin, in their comment: This is the humble preference of the supervising designer and a mystery to us all.; Also, it could be good to note that when said, her name sounds like the french word maline, which can be used to represent a malignant, tricky female individual.
• Her DM Beehive, greatly resembles the X.F.L.A.T. super art from the character Twelve in Street Fighter III. As it begins with a dive attack, which upon connecting, she executes several very fast dive attacks from all directions before she finishes the move in her own style, with a sword.

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