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 HENCHMAN
The Henchman is a character in the cast, possibly one of a
small few in the cast, that are employed by the game’s main villain or final
boss. They may be loyal servants, they may have their own goals behind the
scenes and may even want to overthrow the boss, or they may just be programmed,
or mind controlled to do the boss’s bidding. The main point here is that when
the boss wants a job done that they can’t (or won’t) do themselves, this is a
person they send to do it. For this slot, we’re looking for a character that not
only faithfully follows their leader’s orders but has the strength and skill to
actually complete the tasks set onto them.
Our choice for the Henchman is…
Fulgore from Killer Instinct.
Fulgore is a cybernetic super-soldier created by Ultratech,
the large megacorporation that controls the world of Killer Instinct. While Fulgore
units are mass-produced by Ultratech, the one we play as in-game is the
prototype that the others were based off. Utilizing the brain of a great
fighter, Fulgore carries out whatever missions Ultratech assigns to him without
question. He also has the strength and arsenal for it as well, being equipped
with plasma claws, plasma guns, a reflector, eye lasers, and a nuclear reactor
that he can overclock to increase his power and allow him to use his most
powerful weapon, the Devastation Beam. And while the consciousness of the brain
inside him tries to assert itself, more often than not, its programming to
serve Ultratech wins out.
For being built and programmed to be his master’s perfect
soldier, we now add Fulgore to the roster.
ADDED!
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get picked for our roster? Do you think someone would fit this role
better besides whoever got picked? Make your voice heard in the comments
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