Arthas:
Advantages / disadvantages of Orochi New Face Team compared to regular New Face Team.
Alright, sorry it took me a long time to reply to this, had been very busy lately, anyways!
One thing everybody should know is, the regular and orochi new face team have the exact same basic attacks, command moves, throws, pokes, whatever, the only things that change are the special moves themselves.
So if you learn the basic moves of one of these characters, you can apply a similar style to either the regular or orochi version of the character.
For example, a basic combo with yashiro would be, jump D, C, fwd A, hcb C, whereas a basic combo with o. yashiro would be, jump D, C, fwd A, hcb fwd C.
Only thing that changed was the special move finisher there.
I think I should throw out my personal opinion of which version is best of the 3 Orochi characters.
Yashiro - O. Yashiro is the better version
Shermie - Reg. Shermie is the better version
And Chris - Reg. Chris is the better version
Bear in mind these are my own personal opinions.
Special note on Chris tho, because both versions are incredibly strong. You won't go wrong with either version, however I'll give the slight edge to the regular Chris version. And I also believe the learning curve on the reg. Chris version is a little higher than that of the Orochi version, but once you master the character, the regular Chris version comes out on top. Regular Chris just has some crazy high and low mind games, and his teleport moves work wonders.
Now, notice O. Yashiro, and regular Shermie are the grappler versions. No surprise here as grapplers are incredibly powerful in this game. Reg. Shermie is a very complete grappler, similar somewhat to Clark. I feel O. Shermie is the weakest out of all the Orochi versions. While she is fun to use, reg Shermie is just plain better.
And finally, on to Yashiro: Reg. Yashiro is a very good character, but it pales in comparison to his godly Orochi version. I think I should note that O. Yashiro is my BEST character. Not necesarily my favorite to use, but the one I am most effective with. I wreak havoc with him, I get cursed at and yelled at all the time for my "cheap" play. It IS cheap, once you master his mindgames, he is simply a nightmare. The players best suited to fight against a pro O. Yashiro, are ones that are good with O. Yashiro themselves, and know how to counter him. I was gonna write a guide to O. Yashiro once but I got lazy and never came around to it, maybe I will do it someday. He is simply a monster.
If you have any more specific questions Topher, feel free to ask, I'll happily reply!