Cardboard Tube Samurai To Appear In Tekken 6

Logan Westbrook

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Cardboard Tube Samurai To Appear In Tekken 6


Could Gabe and Tycho's yellow-clad, tube-wielding warrior be making an appearance in the next Tekken game?

The daimyo's orders were simple; stop 'him' from entering Yoshida Castle. As a lone figure came over the brow of the hill, Takahiro allowed himself a small smile. Dispatching the ronin dog would be simple, no single warrior was a match for fifty of the daimyo's fiercest samurai.

The yellow-clad wanderer paused as he saw Takahiro and his men, pushing his wide brimmed hat up just a fraction of an inch and looked from man to man. The scrape of metal rang out as the warriors drew their blades. Wordlessly, the traveler pulled his own weapon from his belt, its long, wide blade casting a long shadow in the fading light, and darted forward to attack.

Yeah ok, that was a little overwrought, but it set the right mood. Regular readers of Penny Arcade [http://www.penny-arcade.com/] will be familiar with Gabe's alter-ego, The Cardboard Tube Samurai, but for those who don't read it, here's an update for you both.

The tube made its first appearance in October 2002 [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/10/30/], but it wasn't until the following January [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/1/15/] that the CTS made his first appearance. Since then, the CTS, amongst other characters, has popped up when Penny Arcade's creators fancied doing something a little different.

Different like, oh I don't know, appearing in Tekken 6 say? The image to the right was posted on the official Tekken 6 Twitter [http://twitter.com/tekkenbob] feed, and although the face is obscured, that Pac-Man gi is a dead giveaway. It seems pretty genuine, we're a long way from April and the tweet mentioned something that they 'couldn't talk about yet'. Looks like it's not just Soul Calibur that has guest characters anymore.

Source: Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/5298095/cardboard-tube-samurai-coming-to-tekken-6]


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Charli

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Ahahaha awesome stuff. Go Go Tekken. Fake or not thats an awesome shot.
 

w-Jinksy

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seems very awesome indeed i was thinking about gtting tekken 6 i just hope its as good as number 4 was.
 

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Indigo_Dingo said:
HardRockSamurai said:
Sweet. The best part is it doesn't feel TOO out of place, you know, like...
Tekken 6 currently features a morbidly obese individual, a kangaroo, two giant robots, a demon, a panda, a grizzly, a wooden doll, and whatever the hell Yoshimitsu is. What the hell would feel out of place?
A normal person?
 

Rednog

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Indigo_Dingo said:
HardRockSamurai said:
Sweet. The best part is it doesn't feel TOO out of place, you know, like...
Tekken 6 currently features a morbidly obese individual, a kangaroo, two giant robots, a demon, a panda, a grizzly, a wooden doll, and whatever the hell Yoshimitsu is. What the hell would feel out of place?
Those that you listed don't wear clothes?
 

MarsProbe

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I approve of this news. In a common theme, my interest in Tekken 6 has just increased drastically on this basis!
 

The_Echo

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wicced466 said:
hey at least its better then the little dragon thing in tekken 3
even though he was awesome ^^
Gon was a guest appearance, he's actually a manga character. He was really cheap in Tekken 3, though! Friggin' short-ass dinosaur.
 

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EcoEclipse said:
wicced466 said:
hey at least its better then the little dragon thing in tekken 3
even though he was awesome ^^
Gon was a guest appearance, he's actually a manga character. He was really cheap in Tekken 3, though! Friggin' short-ass dinosaur.
does he pass gas a lot in the manga like he did in tekken?
 

The_Echo

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wicced466 said:
EcoEclipse said:
wicced466 said:
hey at least its better then the little dragon thing in tekken 3
even though he was awesome ^^
Gon was a guest appearance, he's actually a manga character. He was really cheap in Tekken 3, though! Friggin' short-ass dinosaur.
does he pass gas a lot in the manga like he did in tekken?
I dunno, never got to read it. (Japanese only)
 

Booze Zombie

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I never even thought of putting that character in a fighting game, but what else would you do with such a character, now that I think about it?
 

WhiteTigerShiro

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Just a shame that Tekken is such a garbage frat-boy fighting game. I'd be more interested to see him in an actual fighting game.
 

scotth266

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WhiteTigerShiro said:
Just a shame that Tekken is such a garbage frat-boy fighting game. I'd be more interested to see him in an actual fighting game.
I fail to see why people diss Tekken for being a "frat-boy" fighter. I like it. Better than SoulCalibur: that stuff is WAAAAAAY too complicated.

I look forward to beating people down with my tubes.