Assemble! - Fighting Game Archetype Roster - The Small Framed

This is Assemble, where we look at several different characters across multiple series to form a perfect team-up. Whatever the case may be, whether it’s a fighting game roster or an RPG adventuring party, we’ll find the best team for the job. In a change of style from the more long-form articles featured here, these articles will be shorter entries, focusing on one or two characters each, and spread out over time until the complete roster is formed. 

What would a fighting game be without a roster of several different, powerful, and engaging characters? In this batch of articles for Assemble, we will be assembling a fighting game roster using characters from several different fighting games based on different character archetypes.

The picks will be based on where the characters fit in terms of game mechanics and their place in the story and world of the game. Only characters that originated in fighting games will be observed here. That means no guest characters, no licensed fighting games (unless their roster includes original characters), and no crossover titles. Finally, I’ll only be discussing games or characters that I am at least somewhat familiar with. While this means I won’t discuss all the fighting games out there, there should be at least some variety from just the major titles.

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THE SMALL FRAMED

Size isn’t always everything.

The Small Framed is a fighter who is noticeably smaller than the rest of the cast, whether they’re a kid, an animal, or just a height-challenged adult, but can still effectively fight unassisted. They’re not piloting a robot or having someone taller doing the fighting for them, they are the ones out there dealing the damage. While they are more often found in crossover games, like with Servbot or Viewtiful Joe in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, some of these characters can be found in original fighting games as well.

Our choice for the Small Framed is…

Choi Bounge from The King of Fighters.

Choi is not the most popular character from the King of Fighters series, but in terms of fitting the role of a small, original fighting series character, he fits very well. This criminal and prison escapee is notably smaller than the rest of the KOF cast, but he is still able to bring the power with his Tae Kwon Do fighting style and a pair of Freddy Krueger-style knife-fingered gloves. He even has a palette swap outfit that gives him a striped shirt, which, combined with his hat and gloves, makes him look more like the titan of terror.

Are you ready for Fre… Oh, wrong series.

For not letting his lack of verticality get in the way of his physicality, we now add Choi Bounge to the roster.

ADDED!

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