I can’t help but notice that as of late, it would seem that fat characters are rather popular in fighting games, don’t believe me? Take a look at Rufus from Street Fighter 4 and Bob from Tekken 6. Sure we’ve seen big characters before such as Zangief, E-Honda, and the likes but these guys are big because of their muscles and hey E-Honda’s a sumo wrestler. But with Rufus and Bob, they’re really, to put it politely, fat, yes just look at Rufus and you can see he’s like a big ball of jello, Bob’s still has a thick layer of fat around him but his animations aren’t as comical as Rufus.
Bob from Tekken 6
Rufus from Street Fighter IV
Guess what, for all their fat, these two characters are surprisingly agile and flexible and not to be prejudice about fat people but we have a real life example of how agile they can be, anyone who watches Kung Fu movies would be familiar with Samo Hung, although not quite the same size as our video game characters but he sure isn’t err… thin, yet he’s a very agile fighter. Check out the videos below to see what I mean.
Rufus shakes his jelly belly as he confronts his rival to become the No. 1 fighter in the USA!
Bob putting the hurt down on some Tekken characters in this trailer.
This really disproves the stereotype that has long been established that fat people are slow, heck they could possibly be faster than you, so think twice before laughing at tubby next time ya. On a side note, maybe fat could become the next ‘in’ look, afterall it’s we humans who dictate these so called ‘trends’ (sorry but could not think of a more appropriate word to use here)
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Jayce (2 years ago)
Yup… Yup.. Rufus is fast. But I still prefer slim looking character.
Seraph (2 years ago)
haha yeah, he actually looks like a blob of jello bouncing around, I’d put him as a comic relief character out of all the other more serious looking fighters in the game.