Nakoruru was originally intended to team up with Haohmaru and Galford D. This idea was eventually dropped due to time constraints as KOF was released every year. A "Samurai Spirits Team" was originally scheduled to participate in The King of Fighters '95 and The King of Fighters '96. “But Nakoruru doesn’t show a lot of skin.” Old developers in the Neo Geo era had no plans to add Nakoruru in The King of Fighters as they felt that she didn't fit into the game very well, but admit that they probably wanted to add her in regardless but was unable to due to the systems limitations. “A lot of characters at that time were popular because of their sexiness,” he says.
Garou: Mark of the Wolves planner and The King of Fighters XIV producer Yasuyuki Oda states that Nakoruru's popularity surprised even the company as no one at SNK had "expected that Nakoruru would become a popular character to that extent." Oda recalls being surprised that one of the series’ characters, became a fan-favorite despite her modest, non-sexualized appearance. As the Japanese perceive the Ainu as living closer to nature, Nakoruru's role in the game is of a defender of Mother Nature in some material Nakoruru has been referred to as a priestess. Her character is based upon the Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan. Also developers admit that her famous "This is nature's punishment" quote is based on Sailor Moon's "In the name of moon, I punish you" line. Although she has no particular model for her character, Hilda from The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun and The Dagger of Kamui helped her conception process.
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