I've come to the realization that a lot of people get ridiculously upset when a fat guy appears in a hot new fighting game. Now, I've only been following NEW fighters for a years, so I have no idea what kind of impact characters like Chang had in the past, but here's what I have observed.

Bo'Rai'Cho (Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance)
I know what the general consensus is when it comes to Mortal Kombat, it's a garbage series. That's true, the games are horribly unbalanced and Boon's crew couldn't make a good fighting engine if their lives depended on it but that is besides the point. Deadly Alliance looked set to reboot the series and make it "cool" again. It looked nothing short of bloody exciting to play and people thought this game would be pretty okay! But then.... Bo'Rai'Cho was introduced.
How did the excited fans react?
"FAT MAN FIGHTING WHAT THE FUCK!!"
"This game is going to suck."
"I'll beat the crap out of anyone who plays with that fat ass."
It was certainly strange seeing people who were excited for the game suddenly turning on it. Personally, I had never seen anything like it. I thought this might have just been a on-off sort of thing because, I mean, it was just a tubby guy in a fighting game. No big deal, right?

Bob (Tekken 6)
Fast forward a few years to 2007. Tekken 6 was hyped to high heavens, especially after the inclusion of some very cool looking new characters. Things looked fine and dandy until the final new character was announced. A giant, obese American. What happened next?
"FAT MAN FIGHTING WHAT THE FUCK!!"
"This is stupid, no way can he fight."
"I hope Namco removes that blob! What were they thinking?"
This went on for weeks, maybe months.. People were just pissed off to see Bob in Tekken. I thought he looked pretty awesome, so I didn't get what the big deal was. I mean, Tekken had self-aware robots, bears, and even a fucking kangaroo in the tournament, so why not a chubby guy? I just didn't get it. People were more accepting of a kangaroos role in a fighting game, but not a large man's?

Rufus (Street Fighter 4)
Another year passes and there's another super-hyped game. The first Street Fighter in YEARS and everyone is incrdibly pumped. The new characters all look pretty fantastic and apparently are all a blast to play with. And then..... A big fat guy appears at a loketest. Everyone is up in arms!!
"What the hell is that!?"
"Capcom better take that fat shit out of my Street Fighter!"
"Oh my god, I hope he sucks."
Suddenly people are losing faith in Capcom. Some people are saying that suddenly SF4 looks worse. What? Why? What is this???


I just don't understand this.. Why do people get upset over fat guys in fighting games?

Kangaroo? Awesome!
A panda? Bring it on!
Two foot tall dinosaur? Best character ever!
Weird freak with no arms and looks digusting (Oro, SF3).... Pretty cool too!
Overweight man. TAKE THAT FAT THING OUT OF THERE!!!!

I just... do not... get this!!!! What is it about chubby characters that sends people into fits or rage? All the guys I mentioned are, from what I hear, LOADS of fun to play as (except Bo'Rai'Cho because Mortal Kombat's sluggish, unresponsive characters aren't fun at all). So what's the problem here???

I don't know about you but I haven't seen any of that Rufus hate. stop taken drugs

Maybe, putting a fat guy in a fighter makes the whole game seems less serious, other than that I just don't know.

Maybe they should implement a weight loss system that involves the characters getting skinnier and more buff the longer they fight

I don't know about you but I haven't seen any of that Rufus hate. stop taken drugs

Check Shoryuken forums. ;)

actually shoryuken is warmin up to Rufus now. he rules.

also

"This game is going to suck."

doesn't take a psychic to figure that 1 out.

I think youre over/reacting.. I havent heard any such statements as the game being shitty because of fat charas. Theyre however like 99% of the time comic relief guys. Besides, Tekken already had a fatguy, Ganryu, no problem.

And I think this Bob for example seems to be quite popular among players. I think he is the most played of the new cast of characters based on what Ive seen. No dissing there.


Sorry to ask, but are you perhaps fat yourself? since you take some little feedback so personally?

I am talking before release for these guys.

Bob has a pretty good reputation now, yeah, but before release a lot of people were up in arms over him for whatever reason. They didn't like his look, his story, and so on.

Same goes for Rufus when he was first announced, but now that people have played him, he's being accepted a little more.

I think Bob is fucking awesome. I youtubed some videos of him, though, and they were mainly of him getting his ass kicked. Which pisses me off =(

On another note, what will happen if they make a fighting game with a fat girl? get ready for munity guys GAMERS FIGHT BACK

i honestly wish they had more fat females in fighters.

Maybe, putting a fat guy in a fighter makes the whole game seems less serious, other than that I just don't know.

It's kind of hard to take a game seriously when the fighting cast also has panda bears, dinosaurs, marsupials, and demons.  When you're playing as a kickboxing kangaroo is putting a fat guy in the game really going to make it that more unrealistic?

And yeah, the fat guy hate is pretty prolific.  We even had a topic last year that was complaining about that fat trucker from Tekken whatever.  Hell, we just had a topic a few months ago complaining that Darth Vader would be in the Soul Calibur and this would somehow make a game that has a cast of bikini armor wearing women with whip swords and magic powers unrealistic.  Somehow suddenly using the force ruins a game that features a white haired chick in a leather thong bouncing around and doing insane physics breaking moves.

I think Bob is fucking awesome. I youtubed some videos of him, though, and they were mainly of him getting his ass kicked. Which pisses me off =(

On another note, what will happen if they make a fighting game with a fat girl? get ready for munity guys GAMERS FIGHT BACK

i honestly wish they had more fat females in fighters.

The only fat female fighter I can think of is Helga from Clay Fighter. 

All of those things have appeal. There is no appeal to being fat. Excuse me for this.

Each to their own. Playing a fat guy skilled at martial arts appeals to me. Better than a generic ninja/funny coloured hair tall male.

I vaguely remember Bloody Roar had some fat chick

I just saw Rufus... and he is ridiculous. The one piece, hair, the poses and.. well.... the SPHEREWITHARMSANDLEGS shape his body takes looks awful. He isn't a character that happens to be fat. Fat and silly seems to be his gimmick... and it ruins him for me. He's like another Dan... only this time he probably doesn't suck.