In a separate roundtable interview, Min noted that Kiriko’s design was heavily inspired by a popular Overwatch hero: Genji.
“In fact,” Min said, “one of the starting points of this character was [asking], How can we create a support hero that DPS players [who] like Genji would enjoy playing?”
Kiriko’s design derives from a character that Blizzard originally created for Overwatch 2’s PvE component.
Kiriko will be the first character who can be earned through the free-to-play game’s battle pass.