Geese Howard

About

Geese Howard a recurring character in SNK fighting games and other crossover games.He's role changes in the games he's in.
He's known for his fighting style based on counter throws and locks and he's regarded as one of the most iconic characters in fighting games history.

Origin

Originally appearing in Fatal Fury,Geese is the final boss of the game,here he fights against the Bogard brothers(Terry Bogard and Andy Bogard)' because he murdered their father.
After his defeat he's declared dead in game's ending.

However it actually turns out that he's still alive and will continue to appear in other games:as a boss in Art of Fighting 2 in a younger version of himself and in later installments of Fatal Fury in the King of Fighters series and crossovers such as Capcom VS SNK as a playable character

"PREDICTABO"

It's the phrase uttered by Geese whenever he does his most popular move,his parry.It supposed to be "predictable" but instead is pronaunced "Predictabo".

Online Presence

In his first game Geese is known for being one of the most difficult bosses in fighting games' history.Due to his regular attacks that deal an insane amount of damage and mostly to his counter that takes half health bar.

Several game websites described Geese as almost unkillable or even impossible but despite the all this Geese is still a highly respected character in the Fighting Game community.

On Youtube there are also several parody videos where the characters utter his techniques such as Reppuken and Rising Storm.

His theme song became one of his features as well considering that it was used in every game he appeared and with several remixes.

Tekken 7 announcement

On July 17th 2017 Namco Bandai Entertainment America released a Reveal Trailer featuring Geese Howard as a playable character for Tekken 7.The video gained over 1 million views.