In the early days of fighting games, things were prety down to earth. But with Street Fighter II, the typical martial arts styles of karate and kung fu were joined by by totally weird concepts like hairy electric Brazilian jungle fighting and stretchy yoga. The trend has continued in the intervening decades, with fighting game characters getting more and more bizarre. In this feature, we'll share eleven of the weirdest warriors ever to hit the arcades.
Craziest Fighting Game Characters
Fighting games have come a long way from the stoic warriors of Karate Champ. Now characters can be totally berserk, ranging from broken robots to classic video game characters. Here are eleven of the craziest ever.
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By K. Thor Jensen March 7, 2012 |
Credit: Sunsoft
Fernandez |
Sunsoft's Waku Waku series doesn't take the world of fighting all too seriously, but that's no excuse for Fernandez. As the game's final boss, Fernandez is essentially an enormous black sphere the size of the screen, with a dumb smile, goofy little bat wings and what may be the most annoying voice in fighting game history. Oh, and he's also incredibly cheap, with powerful attacks that strike quickly and are difficult to block.
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