Geese Howard
Geese Howard | |
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Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters character | |
First game | Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (1991) |
Created by | Takashi Nishiyama |
Voiced by |
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In-universe information | |
Fighting style | Ancient Martial Arts |
Origin | United States |
Nationality | American |
Geese Howard (
Outside video games, Geese has appeared in the Fatal Fury animated adaptations as well as the CGI series The King of Fighters: Destiny. The character has been popular within both the SNK staff who decided to feature him as an spectre (Nightmare Geese) in games following his death as well as Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada who believed the character would fit in Tekken 7. Video game journalists have given Geese popular response due to how overpowered Geese acts in his boss appearances across most of his story. Geese's reveal as guest character in Tekken 7 was met with acclaim due to how well he fit within the series' cast.
Creation and development
Although Geese was not modeled after any famous person or fictional character, SNK based him on Italian mafia.[4] In the making of Fatal Fury: The King of Fighters, SNK had multiple doubts how his design should be until it was decided he would wear a gi based on martial arts, as well as his overall name, likeness, and appearance being references to the three boss characters Black Gallop, Geese, and King from SNK's previous Neo Geo game The Super Spy (1990). Despite being American, SNK wanted him to be a man inspired by Japanese culture resulting in his final look.[5] The appearance of Geese in the Art of Fighting series was of a younger man with long blond hair wearing a light purple and blue suit with red necktie.[6] The character's popularity in Fatal Fury and his younger look from the first original video animation influenced his appearance in Art of Fighting 2 as a hidden boss.[7] SNK was surprised by Geese's popularity in the Fatal Fury series, topping Terry Bogard in terms of fan response in regard to what players wanted as playable character.[4] Real Bout Fatal Fury was originally created with the goal of putting an end to the series' story with Geese Howard's death in the ending, but Geese's high popularity resulted in Real Bout Special having him again.[8]
In the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters, Geese appears as a middle-aged
Geese was first added to franchise The King of Fighters in
Katsuhiro Harada said that if he could add a guest character into Tekken 7 it would be Geese, praising the characters as he would fit into the cast.[14] He added that both he and an interviewer liked the character which led to the idea of casting him into Tekken 7.[15] While remaining true to Geese's character, Harada stated his movements and design were completely remade so that fans from other series will try to play Tekken 7 and learn its different mechanics.[16] The King of Fighters XIV producer Yasuyuki Oda was pleased with Geese's inclusion in Tekken 7 and celebrated it by taking a picture with Harada.[17]
Appearances
In video games
Geese first appears as the final boss of
In the next game,
Geese also makes an appearance in the second game in the
Geese also appears in a few games in
Outside the main The King of Fighters game, he has been present in the spin-offs. In The King of Fighters Kyo he appears in South Town where he antagonizes the Bogard brothers as well as the protagonist, Kyo Kusanagi.[41] In The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood Geese organizes a new tournament in order to obtain the power from the participant Iori Yagami. After Iori is defeated, Geese will act as a boss character.[42] In KOF: Maximum Impact 2 and Regulation A, Geese is playable under the name of Nightmare Geese.[43] His normal persona appears in the mobile phone game The King of Fighters All Star as well as '98 Ultimate Match Online.[44][45] His Art of Fighting persona is also available in Kimi wa Hero.[46]
Geese appears as a playable guest fighter in Tekken 7 as downloadable character.[47] He also appeared in Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a background character in the King of Fighters Stadium stage and a spirit.
In other media
Geese Howard also appears in a trilogy of animated films based on the Fatal Fury video games, where his voice is provided by
In addition to appearing in
Critical reception
Geese has been well received by gamers, ranking high in several popularity polls. In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Geese was voted as the staff's ninth favorite character.
Raphael See criticized Geese's final fight against Terry Bogard in the series' first original video animation as due to the chi-like techniques performed by the two fighters rather than actual regular martial arts.[75] Upon his addition to Tekken 7 as downloadable content, Suriel Vazquez from Game Informer said Geese would be a good addition despite not being his "favorite Howard".[76] Gavin Jasper from Den of Geek found Geese's reveal as surprising due to lack of possibilities the character would appear as a guest. Nevertheless, he found Geese would fit into the cast as various Tekken are poor parents, specifically comparing him with Tekken's character Heihachi Mishima due to their actions across their respective series.[77] Similarly, Polygon found Geese "legendary" and found this crossover between SNK and Namco as this was the first time a character from the SNK's games appeared into one of Namco.[78] VideoGamer.com said that while Geese is "a bit of a horrible bastard really, but in a game like this [Tekken 7], that means fun".[79] HardcoreGamer praised the translation of Geese's techniques into the trailer as well as his design as provided by the Unreal Engine 4 commenting that they are "really shining when it comes to his facial expressions and extensive body scarring".[80] Game Axis shared similar comments and liked how Tekken gathered villains from the other games with the first one being Akuma.[81]
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"After the death of his father, Jeff Bogard, a talented martial arts, Terry left his home in Southtown. Angered and alone, he trained vigrously and improved on his street fighting style. On the streets, Terry fought with talented fighters from all areas and developed his own domination fighting style. Years of training, fighting on the streets, and the hatred that burned within him strengthened his will to come back and defeat his sworn enemy, Geese".
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August 13th, 1991, Geese Howard dies in the hospital 3 hours after falling from a high rise. The prologue of the newborn legend...
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"The world was silent when they heard the news that "Geese Howard is alive". Now Geese's mission is to regain the title of grand champ and pay back to Terry, Andy and Joe for what they did to him".
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Chonshu: Call me, Jin. Jin Chon Shu. I like this town and plan to make it mine. Any objections? As you know, the scrolls you hold are the property of my ancestors. Return them, now. Oh come on, Geese. Don't play the fool, even if you do it so well, hand them over. Your battles with Tung and Krauser led you to our secret. Now come.
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Geese: RAISING.... ahhhh... uhu./Terry: TRIPLE GEYSERRRRR.../Geese: AHHHHHHHHHHAAAGH!!!!/Terry: GEEEEEEEEESEEEEE!!!!/Geese: Hmph... WAH, HAH, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!/Terry: ....
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External links
- Geese's profile and story at Neo Geo Battle Coliseum official website (in Japanese)