Geese Howard
| Geese Howard | |
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| Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters character | |
 Geese Howard in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum by Eisuke Ogura | |
| First game | Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (1991) |
| Created by | Takashi Nishiyama |
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| In-universe information | |
Fighting style | Ancient Martial Arts |
| Origin | United States |
| Nationality | American |
Geese Howard (Japanese: ギース・ハワード, Hepburn: Gīsu Hawādo) is a fictional character and the main antagonist of SNK's Fatal Fury series. Debuting in Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, Geese is the local crime boss of the fictional city of South Town. Geese created and hosts a fighting tournament named "The King of Fighters", in which he faces the brothers Terry and Andy Bogard who want to take revenge for their father's death. After several tournaments in the Fatal Fury series, Geese is killed by Terry in Real Bout Fatal Fury. However, he continues to appear in subsequent games as a "ghost" named Nightmare Geese (Japanese: ナイトメア・ギース, Hepburn: Naitomea Gīsu). Geese has also appeared in other SNK games such as The King of Fighters series, in which he seeks to get the power from the creature Orochi and often sends teams representing him. His young self makes an appearance in Art of Fighting 2 as a secret final boss character. He also appears as downloadable content in Bandai Namco's fighting game Tekken 7.
Outside video games, Geese has appeared in the Fatal Fury animated adaptations as well as the CGI series The King of Fighters: Destiny. The character has been popular within both the SNK staff who decided to feature him as a spectre (Nightmare Geese) in games following his death as well as Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada who believed the character would fit in Tekken 7.
Video game journalists have given Geese popular response due to how overpowered Geese acts in his boss appearances across most of his story. Geese's reveal as guest character in Tekken 7 was met with acclaim due to how well he fit within the series' cast.