Geese Howard
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| Geese Howard | |
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| Image:Geese Howard.jpg | |
| Game series | Fatal Fury series King of Fighters series SNK Vs. series |
| First game | Fatal Fury |
| Voiced by | Kong Kuwata Hidekatsu Shibata (anime OVAs, movie) |
| In-universe information | |
| Blood type | B |
| Fighting style | Kobujutsu (Ancient Japanese Martial Arts) and some Hakkyokuseiken |
Geese Howard (ギース・ハワード Gisu Hawado?) is a fictional video game character appearing in SNK's (now known as SNK Playmore) fighting games. He is better known as the chief antagonist in the Fatal Fury and the Real Bout Fatal Fury series. Geese has also appeared in a few The King of Fighters games, while his young self makes an appearance in the second Art of Fighting game.
Geese is the local crime boss of the fictional city of South Town and runs the company Geese Connections. Geese bears a striking resemblance to "The Aussie" from the 1988 feature film, Bloodsport. Both are blond-haired white men fighting in an hakama and gi top. His fighting style is also reminiscent of Steven Seagal.
He is voiced by Kong Kuwata, who also did the voices for Duck King also from Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu, Oswald from King of Fighters XI, plus Genjuro Kibagami, and Neinhalt Sieger from the Samurai Shodown series. In the OVAs and movie, he is voiced by Hidekatsu Shibata in the Japanese version and Ward Perry in the English version.
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[edit] Fictional History
The fate of Geese Howard is one of the major differences between the continuities used by the Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury series where he is dead, The King of Fighters series where he is alive and the King of Fighters: Maximum Impact series where his fate is not explicably stated.
[edit] Pre-Art of Fighting
SNK have revealed little about the Fatal Fury boss' life before the events of Art of Fighting 2. It is known that he and Wolfgang Krauser share a parent but which has never been revealed.
The Fatal Fury 2 Anime implies that this parent is their farther, who abandoned Geese's mother. A novel about Geese's youth may have been planned and it there is a Shinkiro illustration of a younger, short haired Geese alongside younger versions of other SNK characters like Jubei Yamada and Tung Fu Rue and a mysterious nun that is said to have come from it. It remains unpublished though, and the anime is not considered canonical with any of the game series.
What is know is that once old enough Geese trains in the school of Hakkyokuseiken with Jeff Bogard, under the tutaliage of another Fatal Fury character Tung Fu Rue. Geese was passed over as favourite by his master in favour of Bogard and swore revenge on the character.
Other games imply that Geese then studies with other martial arts teachers, including the grandfather of "Blue" Mary Ryan and the Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition character Toji Sakata. At some point he then overthrows an unknown kingpin of crime and becomes crime lord of Southtown (the games' location).
[edit] Art of Fighting 2
Art of Fighting 2 reveals that it is Geese who orders Mr. Big to kidnap Yuri Sakazaki in the original Art of Fighting game. Yuri is kidnapped to keep Mr. Karate (Takuma Sakazaki), who is being forced to work for Geese, in line he refuses to kill Jeff Bogard. It is Geese who orders Karate to fight his son Ryo who almost kills his father (he is interrupted by younger sister Yuri).
Geese holds the first King of Fighters tournament in Art of Fighting 2 and is defeated by a vengeful Ryo, Takuma and Robert Garcia. Ryo attempts to kill the crime lord with a Haoushoukouken deathblow but Geese evades it.
[edit] Fatal Fury series
Prior to the first Fatal Fury game, Geese Howard kills Jeff Bogard in front of his son Terry Bogard's eyes (revealed: Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition) and obtains Billy Kane as his personal bodyguard (he is known to have two others, Ripper and Hopper who have never been playable characters). He sets up Kane as his champion in his King of Fighters tournaments.
In the 1992 video game Fatal Fury three new characters enter his tournament: Terry, his brohter Andy and their friend Joe Higashi. Few people have ever defeated Billy Kane, but Terry accomplishes this, winning the right to battle Geese personally (Geese is the game's final boss). A fight which takes place in Geese Tower and is won by Terry, and Geese falls from the top of the tower to his death. Geese remains presumed dead until Fatal Fury 3 when he returns at the very end of the game to steal the Sacred Scrolls of Immortality from antagonists the Jin Twins Chonrei and Chonshu.
Fatal Fury's ending was retconned by Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition from Geese falling from Geese Tower to Geese receiving a near fatal beating and laying low for the amount of time between Fatal Fury and Fatal Fury 3's ending.
Geese appears in Fatal Fury Special (released before Fatal Fury 3) where he makes references to being immortal however the game is mostly apocryphal combining the roasters of the Fatal Fury and Fatal Fury 2 and is not considered canonical. Geese is the third of four bosses, following Laurence Blood and preceding Wolfgang Krauser.
[edit] Fatal Fury Anime Series
Geese's fate in the Fatal Fury anime trilogy differs from that of the game series. In Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf, after defeating Andy at the backyard of his island mansion, Geese faces Terry, only to be pummeled towards his koi pond by Terry's use of the late Tung Fu Rue's final attack, the Hadou Senpuu Kyaku (Super Hurricane Kick).
His appearances in the later two films are minimal. In Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle, Krauser unearths a cavern to reveal Geese, who had been hiding in secrecy after being embarrassed by Terry in their fight. It is revealed that Geese is the illegitimate half-brother of Krauser. At the age of 10, Geese traveled to Germany to extract revenge for leaving his mother to die. However, a young Krauser prevented the assassination and slashed Geese with his own knife; hence the long scar across Geese's left eye. In Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, Geese is seen only briefly as Billy Kane informs him of the Bogards' activities. He then unleashes his Raging Storm attack, creating a crater around him.
[edit] Real Bout Fatal Fury series
Real Bout Fatal Fury takes place several months after Fatal Fury 3 in 1995 and Geese, still in possession of the Sacred Scrolls organises another King of Fighters tournament which again ends win a confrontation between him and Terry Bogard. Geese does not loose the fight, fought on the observation deck of Geese Tower, but is knocked through the wooden guardrail by his enemy, who then saves him. Geese however frees himself from Terry's grip and falls to his death with a grin on his face, presumably choosing to die rather than be saved by his nemesis. Geese's own in-game story has him clash with and defeat an impostor called Shadow, who is identical to Geese except that he stutters.
Seeing as how the story of the game is closely related to the Sacred Scrolls of Immortality, which appear to grant or cause immortality, it is plausible that Geese was in some way testing or using their power and had become immortal, which is the belief of some. This has not been confirmed by SNK-Playmore and from then on Geese is considered dead. He is survived in the games by his son Rock Howard, his half-brother Wolfgang Krauser and Kain R. Heinlein, boss of Garou: Mark of the Wolves who is the brother of Marie Heinlein, Geese's lover.
[edit] The King of Fighters
As already stated, there are major difference in the continuities of King of Fighters and Fatal Fury/Art of Fighting, one of them being the accepted status of Geese Howard. In The King of Fighters '96, set a year after the events of Real Bout Fatal Fury, Geese is alive and enters the tournament teamed with underling Mr. Big and half-brother Wolfgang Krauser[1] in an attempt to learn about and obtain the power of Orochi, a plan that fails. Geese survives an assassination attempt by a sniper hired by an enraged Mr. Big, thanks tot he timely intervention of Billy Kane and returns to Southtown in the Boss team's ending.[2]
The following year in the next KOF game, The King of Fighters '97 Geese Howard organises the first Outlaw team, consisting of Blue Mary, Ryuji Yamazaki and Billy Kane and enters them to learn more of Orochi. Kane is sent to watch KOF main character Iori Yagami while Mary is sent to watch Yamazaki, as both of which are suspected to be part of the Orochi bloodline.[3] At the games climax it is Yamazaki who transforms into Orochi and appears to die, but in his ending, returns to extract the money Geese owes him by force.
in The King of Fighters 2003 Geese once again sponsors a new Outlaw Team (Kane, Yamazaki and Gato from Garou: Mark of the Wolves)[4] and is presence is treated totally casually.
In King of Fighters XI for the PS2, Geese's win quote after defeating Terry shows him wondering why Terry is so surprised to see him, claiming that he already told him that he's immortal. Since Geese is an PS2-exclusive character, it's not sure whether this is canon or not. The The King of Fighters: Another Day Anime shows Billy Kane being haunted by Geese's ghost, the cannon of this anime is unknown.
[edit] Film and Video
Geese Howard is a character in the following movies:
- Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu/Fatal Fury - Legend of the Hungry Wolf (1993) - Ward Perry provides the voice of Geese in the English version, while Hidekatsu Shibata provides the voice of Geese in the Japanese version.
- Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu 2/Fatal Fury 2 - The New Battle (1993) - Ward Perry provides the voice of Geese in the English version, while Hidekatsu Shibata provides the voice of Geese in the Japanese version.
- Garou Densetsu - The Motion Picture/Fatal Fury - The Motion Picture (1994) - Ward Perry provides the voice of Geese in the English version, while Hidekatsu Shibata provides the voice of Geese in the Japanese version.
[edit] Appearance And Clothing
The appearance of Geese in the Art of Fighting series was of a young man with long blond hair wearing a light purple and blue suit with red necktie. In Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters, Geese appears older, with short, slicked hair and wearing a white aikido outfit with red hakama and white tabi without sandals. In most games of the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series - except Fatal Fury: King of Fighters and The King of Fighters '96 - Geese only wears the red hakama pants with the white gi either not present or hanging off the back/sides.
[edit] Special Moves
[edit] Reppuken
(烈風拳, or Violent Wind Fist) Geese's signature move. Gathers up 'Ki energy' and unleashes a ground-slicing energy projectile from the palm of Geese's hand, much like Terry Bogard's Power Wave. This move is later used by Rugal Bernstein, Adelheid Bernstein and Rock Howard.
In The King of Fighters '96, theReppuken does not create a projectile, but instead is a melee-ranged move where he slices with Ki energy, leaving a blue arc. This is the version used Capcom vs SNK and The King of Fighters XI. This same version of the move comes out in SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom if the Reppuken is comboed into by another attack.
[edit] Double Reppuken
(雙‧烈風拳 Double Violent Wind Fist) Geese will gather Ki energy with both hands, then release with the left hand first, forming an energy-wave that stalls on the ground and blocks any enemy fireball. Geese then swings his right arm, combining another Ki energy burst into one large projectile. In Real Bout Fatal Fury Special and SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom the projectile sprite is bigger than Geese's. Rock Howard can also use this move.
In King of Fighters'96, King of Fighters IX and SNK Vs. Cacpom the Double Reppuken does not create any projectiles either; instead Geese slices twice with Ki energy. And again this same version of the move comes out in SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom if the Double Reppuken is comboed into by another attack.
[edit] Shippuken
(疾風拳, or Gale Fist) An airborne projectile. Fires a ball of Ki energy from the air angled downwards towards the opponent. In the King of Fighters and SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom it dissipates quickly enough not to reach the ground at most heights.
[edit] Double Shippuken
(Double Gale Fist) The same move as Shippuken except this time Geese shoots twice in mid-air.
[edit] Jaei Ken
(邪影拳, or Evil Shadow Fists) Gathers Ki energy as Geese rushes forward and then performs a two or three hit combo. In Real Bout Fatal Fury the move is stronger ending with a body slam that can be followed by a second body slam, performed by tapping Down+C that causes a wave of lighteing to crash into the ground and Geese to yell "Die! Forever!".
[edit] Flying Solar Slash
Somewhat similar to Terry Bogard's Power Dunk, Geese leaps into the air to perform an attack, slashes with his arm. This move was first seen in Art of Fighting 2.
[edit] Atemi Nage
(當身投, or Countering Throw) One of Geese's many counter moves. Blocks an attack, then slams the opponent into the ground. There are three versions of Atemi Nage, which are: Joudan (Upper), Chuudan (Middle), and Gedan (Lower).
Each blocks a different type of attack, the upper blocking blocks only upper section attacks and vulnerable to attacks that aimed for middle and lower section; the middle blocking technique guards only middle section of Geese, which can counter attacks like jumping attacks and "overhead attacks"; the lower blocking blocks only attacks that are aimed at the character's lower section of the character, for example, crouching kicks and any attacks that had to be blocked crouching.
Note that upper section attacks can be block by character either when standing or crouching. Middle section attacks (jump attacks or overhead attacks) can only be block when standing. And, lower section attacks can only be block crouching. Geese's technique Atemi Nage Joudan, Chuudan and Gedan guards the upper, middle and lower section of geese; which can also be blocked standing(or crouching), standing and crouching. The "Atemi Nage"s also counters special attacks with the exception of projectiles. If Geese catches his opponent with this attack, he will often taunt them with an exclamation of "predictable", "too easy!" or "pathetic!"
[edit] Rashomon
If close enough, it connects with an attack that causes the opponent to hover slightly above the ground. While they float Geese charges an energy ball and slams it them. This move first appeared in Real Bout Fatal Fury 2.
[edit] Raging Storm
A Super move. Geese raises both hands in the air, then slams them into the ground causing a huge cage or claw of Ki-energy to surround him for a good few seconds, dealing a large amount of damage.
In the Fatal Fury The Motion Picture anime, Geese uses this move to destroy an entire forest. In the Japanese version, he does not yell out the name of the move, but in the English dubbed version he does yell "Raging Storm!"
In all official movelists, the name of this move is "Raising Storm."
[edit] Thunder Break
Gathers an immense amount of energy and releases multiple lighting bolts that crash to the ground circling around him, devastating anything that touches them. Available in Geese's movelists in Real Bout Fatal Fury and Real Bout Fatal Fury Special.
[edit] Deadly Rave
Usually Geese's most powerful move, which he allegedly learned after observing Ryo Sakazaki's Ryūko Ranbu technique in-continuity. Geese shouts the attack's name, dashing toward the opponent, assaults the victim with a long, powerful combination of attacks, and finishes with manoeuvre with an energy-bursting palm (Fatal Fury series and SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom) or an air-slashing strike (Art of Fighting).
Depending on the game Geese is in, the attack either goes off automatically or the player needs to input an additional button sequence for it to be fully executed. If the sequence is inputted incorrectly, the move ends; however, players can use the opportunity to combo in extra hits.
Geese's Deadly Rave in Capcom vs. SNK 2 inflicts more damage than Rock's Neo Deadly Rave. Variations of this move have been used by Rock Howard, Terry Bogard, Wolfgang Krauser, the Mr. Karate version of Ryo Sakazaki (in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum), Athena Asamiya (her Psychic Nine attack) , and Duck King.
[edit] Theme Music
- Geese ni Kissu (A Kiss for Geese) - Fatal Fury
- Geese ni Shoyu (Soy Sauce for Geese) - Fatal Fury Special, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, and Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
- Geese da! (It's Geese!) - Fatal Fury 3 (First Round only)
- Geese ni Chuushite (Give Geese A Kiss) - Fatal Fury 3 (Second Round only)
- The Battle - Geese's regular theme in Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
- Geese ni Shoyu ~Ichiban Akumu no Hate~ (Soy Sauce for Geese ~The End of the First Nightmare~) - Geese's theme as the final boss in Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
- Geese ni Kattakoi (Stiff Shoulders for Geese) - The King of Fighters '96
- Kiss Geese Once More - While never used explicitly for Geese, this theme is used in the "Infernal Gate" stage of both The King of Fighters Maximum Impact and The King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2. The stage is modeled after Geese's "throne room" from the original Fatal Fury.
Geese's theme music has been covered by Brazilian Video Game Metal band, MegaDriver, called Raging Storm, based on the Fatal Fury version titled A Kiss for Geese. It is on their album called Raging Metal, which Raging Storm is the title track.
[edit] List of fighting games featuring Geese Howard
- Fatal Fury: The King of Fighters (1991) - unplayable final boss character
- Fatal Fury Special (1993)
- Art of Fighting 2 - (1993) - unplayable final boss character, appears in a more youthful look.
- Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory (1995)
- Real Bout: Fatal Fury (1995)
- Real Bout: Fatal Fury Special (1996) - playable hidden boss character
- The King of Fighters '96 (1996)
- Real Bout: Fatal Fury 2 (1998)
- Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind (1998)
- The King of Fighters: Kyo (1998)
- Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition (1999)
- Fatal Fury: First Contact (1999)
- SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millennium (1999) - secret character
- Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 (2000)
- The King of Fighters 2000 (2000) - unplayable Another Striker for Terry
- Capcom vs. SNK Pro (2001)
- Capcom vs. SNK 2 (2001)
- The King of Fighters EX: Neo Blood (2002) - playable final boss character
- The King of Fighters NeoWave (2004) - playable final boss character; appears as how he looked in Art Of Fighting 2.
- SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (2005)
- The King of Fighters 02/03 Pak (PS2/Xbox) (2005) - secret character
- NeoGeo Battle Coliseum (2005)
- KOF: Maximum Impact 2 (2006) - Hidden Character "Nightmare Ver."
- The King of Fighters XI (PS2) (2006) - Console exclusive character."
- The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match
Geese appears seated in the background of the unlockable Infernal Gate stage in KOF: Maximum Impact. This stage is a version of his Geese Tower background that he has in most of the games he appears in. The background music of this stage is titled Kiss Geese Once More, and is a remix of his classic theme
[edit] List of non-fighting games featuring Geese Howard
- The Super Spy (1991)
- Quiz King of Fighters (1995)
- SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighter's Clash (1999)
- SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition (2001)
[edit] Related Games
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) The King of Fighters 10th Anniversary Official Website
- (Japanese) Geese's profile and story at Neo Geo Battle Coliseum Official Website
Fatal Fury characters | |
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| A–B | Andy Bogard - Alfred Airhawk - Axel Hawk - Billy Kane - Blue Mary - Bob Wilson - B. Jenet |
| C–G | Cheng Sinzan - Duck King - Franco Bash - Freeman - Gato - Geese Howard |
| H–K | Hotaru Futaba - Hokutomaru - Hwa Jai - Jin Chonrei - Jin Chonshu - Joe Higashi - Jubei Yamada - Kain R. Heinlein - Kevin Rian - Kim Dong Hwan - Kim Jae Hoon - Kim Kaphwan |
| L–S | Laurence Blood - Li Xiangfei - Mai Shiranui - Marco Rodriguez - Michael Max - Raiden - Richard Meyer - Rick Strowd - Rock Howard - Ryo Sakazaki - Ryuji Yamazaki - Sokaku Mochizuki |
| T–W | Terry Bogard - Tizoc - Touji Sakata - Tsugumi Sendo - Tung Fu Rue - Wolfgang Krauser - White |
Major Art of Fighting characters |
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| Eiji Kisaragi • Geese Howard • Kasumi Todoh • King • Lee Pai Long • Mr. Big • Mr. Karate • Robert Garcia • Ryo Sakazaki • Ryuhaku Todoh • Yuri Sakazaki |
Neo Geo Battle Coliseum Characters | |
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| A-G | Ai - Akari Ichijou - Asura - Athena - Cyber Woo - Geese Howard - Genjuro Kibagami - Goodman |
| H-K | Hanzo - Haohmaru - Hotaru Futaba - Iori Yagami - Jin Chonrei - Jin Chonshu - K' - Kaede (Awakened) - Keiichiro Washizuka - Kim Kaphwan - King Lion - Kisarah Westfield - Kotaro Fuuma - Kyo Kusanagi |
| L-T | Lee Pai Long - Mai Shiranui - Marco Rossi - Mars People - Mizuchi - Moriya Minakata - Mr. Big - Mudman - Mr. Karate (Ryo) - Nakoruru - Neo Dio - Robert Garcia - Rock Howard - Shermie - Shiki - Terry Bogard - Tung Fu Rue - Yuki |
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