Reception
Yuri has been well received by Japanese gamers, having been voted as the 19th favorite character in the 1997 character popularity poll on Neo Geo Freak's website. In 1995, Japanese magazine Gamest ranked her as number seven in the list of the top characters of 1994.
Yuri's character has received mixed responses from English-language video games publications. Eurogamer noted that Yuri's kidnap in the first game was "a mostly unfathomable quest", senseless since she is later taken as hostage by her own father. GamingExellence liked Yuri's introduction in Art of Fighting 2 as a playable character as it gave more variety to the character roster. However, he complained about her being removed in Art of Fighting 3 "with less than stellar replacements." The Armchair Empire liked her cosplay by Fio from the Metal Slug series in KOF: Maximum Impact as it contrasted other new outfits which he considered embarrassing. Honestgamers.com criticized Yuri's voice acting in the intro sequence from Art of Fighting 2 as laughable; he also complained about Yuri's removal from Art of Fighting 3 as well as her minor role in the plot. Gaming Target also complained on Yuri's voice but in the English version from KOF: Maximum Impact labelling it as one of the worst voices from the game.
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