Geese Howard
Geese Howard is a male video game character who features in Fatal Fury.
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Biography
Geese Howard (Japanese: ギース・ハワード, Hepburn: Gīsu Hawādo) was a male human born the son of an Austrian terrorist named Rudolph Von Zanac and a poor American woman named Maria Howard. After his birth, his father came to abandon him and his mother leaving him alone in Southtown in the U.S.A. He looked to support himself and his mother with Geese looking to surpass his father where he took a number of jobs around the city. Despite his efforts, his mother was noted to had died as a result of poor health and hunger. After losing her, he refused to fall into sadness and decided to track down his father where he came to learn his real name which was Rudolph Krauser Von Stroheim. Upon finding him, Geese looked to assassinate him when he was 15 years old but he was thwarted by his half-brother Wolfgang Krauser who had effortlessly stopped him.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Geese Howard was a human male with short blond hair and blue eyes. After his death, a ghost of him came to haunt people who came to be known as Nightmare Geese (Japanese: ナイトメア・ギース, Hepburn: Naitomea).
Geese was shown to be both a cunning and strong person.
He was defined by his pride and insatiable lust for power in all its forms.
His father was Rudolph Von Zanac who abandoned him and his mother Maria Howard.
Geese was noted to had had a half-brother from his father's side who was named Wolfgang Krauser.
At some point, he came to be involved with Marie Heinlein who became his wife. He had a son with her who went by the name of Rock Howard.
Powers and abilities
Howard was skilled in the use of Aikijutsu that was his primary fighting style that consisted of several throws, counter throws and locks.
He was also knowledgeable in the Chinese martial arts of Hakkyokuseiken (Pinyin: Bājíshèngquán; Hanzi/kanji: 八極聖拳; literally: Eight Extremes Holy Fist) which was taught to him by Tung Fu Rue.
Geese was able to gather Chi energy from Gaia the mother-earth which he could use to achieve a variety of feats.
Among his techniques included:
- Reppuken (烈風拳, Gale Fist) : created a slashing blade of wind.
- Shippūken (疾風拳, Swift Wind Fist) : launches an orb of wind energy that quickly dissipates.
He came to manage a self-founded business enterprise that was called the Howard Connection (ハワード・コネクション). Its corporate headquarters was located in Southtown where it was based at Geese Tower.
Notes
- Geese Howard was created by SNK where he featured in the Fatal Fury universe.
- In Neo Geo Freak v1 #126 (2000), the character was not based on any particular person but rather on the Italian Mafia.
In other media
Films
- In Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf, Geese Howard appeared in the setting of the 1992 anime film where he was voiced by Japanese actor Hidekatsu Shibata and by English actor Ward Perry in the dub.
Video Games
- In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Geese Howard appeared in the background in the setting of the video game.
- In Tekken 7, Geese Howard was introduced as a playable DLC character in the setting of the fighting video game.
Appearances
- Fatal Fury: King of Fighters: (1991)
- The King of Fighters XIV:
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