Meet Tekken 6's new fatty: Bob

He's the revenge of every fat child actor rolled into one cuddly, deadly ball of rage.

Bob would have been fatter if he could still get his order super sized at McDonalds.
I always LOL'd at fatties ordering a super sized DIET soda with there 4 double cheeseburgers 2 big fries and of course.... cookies.

And this story comes after Iwata's Metroid weight-gain Easter egg entry, too...

--R.J.

We wouldn't be so fat if we could still smoke without being demonized! Smoke yourself thin Bob! I can almost see the gravy spilling out his pant leg after a long battle...Ugh sorry

This character is most certainly a stab at what people believe is an American. They can think that though, we'll still kick they're ass if they try anything funny.. haha anyway just to be serious for a moment.

The true fact of the matter is that the reason America has one of the highest overweight populations is not because we are indeed overweight but the only country in the world that still uses the broken and proven wrong BMI scale. If you read up on how it works the only people it could logically accurately read are ones who have spent their entire life in bed or on a couch. It isn't an actual fat index, mass has nothing to do with health. Considering America is one of the leading countries for kids in sports I think it's safe to say our kids have perhaps a higher muscle mass than the rest of the world? Just go take one of your college or highschool football/baseball players who you think is fit, ask their height and weight and enter it into a BMI scale. The results it turns up are mind bogglingly stupid.

/rant

Time for some bioshock.

Heh I always thought it was Rob.. Robert. But your story is good too.

Apparently, Bob's "body engineering" involves Dr. Nick's fatty food pyramid.

Indeed, but the US will never drop the BMI scale as a scapegoat. We can push to many of our hangups on it as a country. And call me a bit of a conspirasist but I think the whole thing was an excuse for the federal government to realize their food guide pyramid was so terrible wrong and fix it without the general public realizing it and slowly introducing more expensive and pointless low carb food products via Tyson foods and a few other companys which have shares that are majority held in politions hands.

You can't name a planet Bob!
Who says. You're not the Queen of Bob.

Earth II (Planet Bob)

lol... this character is awesome.

he looks more Canadian to me. the red shirt and suspenders screams lumberjack or Mountie. just give him a maple syrup special move and its done.

"Follow your dreams! You can reach your goal! I'm living proof! Beefcake! BEEFCAKE!"

Yay! Fat representation in games...finally! The last time I could recall a large person like this is E-Honda. I am going to master this character and use him to beat everyone!

Super Saiyin (sp?) Mario?

This character is awesome. This is the most interested I've been in Tekken since the third one.

Wow, just, wow. I hope he can go online.

How do I change my avatar?

I've always liked Tekken because they had fun characters. Yoshimitsu, Gon (what a little twerp), Kuma, etc... Bob is a nice addition as we don't get enough fat guys in games. But still, it's a hit or miss.

I thought Ganryu was the fat one?

Isn't this guy the Fat American one?

The BMI is useless. I was denied insurance once because I was considered obese by the BMI. I had to go to a doctor to get a physical and have him write a letter saying I was in good health before I could get the insurance. I was a competitive drug free bodybuilder, 5'8" and 185 at 8% bodyfat. The insurance company said I was 35 lbs overweight. The doctor told me I was the most physically fit person he has ever seen and that the exam was ridiculous.

I love me some Tekken. :) Besides that fat guy though....and Kuma.

Ummm..... Wow Bob seems pretty bad ass. But how did Bob get there? Gamers aren't open enough to play as Bob, but it will be funny the first time we see a japanese game competition and some super gamer pulls out the most horrible combo ever with Bob.

Looks like Fat Mario to me, I bet you can customized him with in-game items to look like Nintendo's Mario.

Looks like Bear Hugger + Chris Penn.

Having been to London, about a 180 from Phoenix, I think a huge reason Americans are so fat is everything is built so far away that you basically HAVE to take transportation to get there. You can't walk most places, but most people in other countries can. And in Phoenix, half the year you can't even ride a bike. This country's too damn spread out. :P

"They only need a really ugly girl to be the anti DOA."
They have one, xiaoyu.

Bob the fat freestyle fighter sounds awesome, very much looking forward to he and zafina. As opposed to a genderbender leo and yet ANOTHER bull fighting spanish guy.

As far as BMI, what a crock of BS. All you have to do is look around to see that there arent more "fat" people than "healthy" or "skinny" people. Living in a city I see A LOT of different people every single day and they look fine to me (im 6'1, 180 btw). Obesity may be an issue but to think that America is filled with "fat" people is ridiculous. Unless you are taking your sample from a cosplay gathering or texas or something. HA!