If you're a fighting game enthusiast living in Southern California -- or a really big fighting game enthusiast living in Northern California -- you might want to check out the Tekken 6 launch party that's being hosted by a number of local fighting game community sites in Hawthorne, CA. Attendees who shell out for the $10 entry fee will have the chance to play the brawler on comically large screens, win some swag (such as the drool-inducing wireless fightstick bundle) and schmooze with some Namco Bandai developers.
You can be sure that we'll be in attendance -- we're going with the hopes of being able to shake the hand of the person responsible for the panda-booting screenshot above. That thing has brought so much joy into our lives, and we'd like to personally thank its progenitor.
Reader Comments (20)
Posted: Oct 22nd 2009 2:08AM (Unverified) said
The Panda is hilarious!
I watched some videos of it, had to check it out... Its costume with sun glasses is classic.
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I watched some videos of it, had to check it out... Its costume with sun glasses is classic.
Posted: Oct 22nd 2009 8:14AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
Throat-kicking pandas is the new black.
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Posted: Oct 22nd 2009 5:17AM (Unverified) said
truth is brian is fucked right there, Panda bout to drop some cheapass forward+x=nastyslash!!!
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Posted: Oct 22nd 2009 5:42AM (Unverified) said
If any of you guys are new to Tekken (or Tekken 6 in general), here's a primer for you:
http://boards.ign.com/tekken/b6428/186225605/p1/?3
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http://boards.ign.com/tekken/b6428/186225605/p1/?3
Posted: Oct 22nd 2009 8:20AM (Unverified) said
Woah Joystiq! That is not cool! The Giant Panda is an endangered species and a great symbol for the People's Republic of China.
I demand Brian Fury be arrested and charged immediately.
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I demand Brian Fury be arrested and charged immediately.
Posted: Oct 22nd 2009 11:20AM (Unverified) said
I live pretty near there, but I'm a little put off now that I see it's in the middle of the ghetto. Anyone remember that Skee Lo song "I Wish"?
"Take the 110 to the 105, get off on Crenshaw, tell my homies look alive..."
Yeah, check the map :-P
I don't think I've played a Tekken since tag either and I feel like I might be a better person for it.
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"Take the 110 to the 105, get off on Crenshaw, tell my homies look alive..."
Yeah, check the map :-P
I don't think I've played a Tekken since tag either and I feel like I might be a better person for it.
Posted: Oct 22nd 2009 6:30PM (Unverified) said
Kuma is Heihachi's pet/bodyguard. Panda is the palette swap, and is Xiaoyu's pet/bodyguard.
No Ranma stuff. Proper Kung Fu Panda this time (except that Panda is a chick, and Kuma's the dude, so Panda's customs are bikinis and the like).
@space and brent.nash:
T6 is the best Tekken since Tag. Really.
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No Ranma stuff. Proper Kung Fu Panda this time (except that Panda is a chick, and Kuma's the dude, so Panda's customs are bikinis and the like).
@space and brent.nash:
T6 is the best Tekken since Tag. Really.
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