Editing Geese Howard (section)

==Creation and development==
[[File:YoungGeese.png|thumb|left|First appearing in an original video animation, the younger Geese Howard has been popular to appear as an alternate boss character in SNK games.]]
Although Geese was not modeled after any famous person or fictional character, SNK based him on Italian mafia.<ref name="first">{{cite magazine|title=Neo Geo Freak|language=ja|date=August 2000|issue=126|publisher=SNK}}</ref> Geese became famous for his special moves which allows him to interrupt the player's attacks and counterattack in a grab. Sub-boss Billy Kane obtained similar fame with both Geese and him having ''[[The Godfather]]''-like influences that were expanded on later games.<ref name="gamesradar">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/exploring-the-legacy-of-fatal-fury-the-legendary-fighting-game-series-thats-returning-after-23-years/|website=GamesRadar|access-date=September 22, 2024 |title=Exploring the legacy of Fatal Fury: The legendary fighting game series that's returning after 23 years |date=12 August 2022 }}</ref> SNK was surprised by Geese's popularity in the ''Fatal Fury'' series, topping Terry Bogard in terms of fan response in regard to what players wanted as playable character.<ref name="first"/> ''[[Real Bout Fatal Fury]]'' was originally created with the goal of putting an end to the series' story with Geese Howard's death in the ending, but Geese's high popularity resulted in ''Real Bout Special'' having him again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2017/03/27/the-untold-stories-behind-the-games-of-ps4s-fatal-fury-battle-archives-vol-2-out-tomorrow-on-ps4/|title=The untold stories behind the games of Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol.2, out tomorrow on PS4|date=27 March 2017|publisher=PlayStation Blog|access-date=October 28, 2019|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327175936/https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2017/03/27/the-untold-stories-behind-the-games-of-ps4s-fatal-fury-battle-archives-vol-2-out-tomorrow-on-ps4/|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to writer [[Akihiko Ureshino]], Geese's life as a fighter originally began with him being thoroughly beaten by Wolfgang, who was younger than him. Geese is said to have a genius sense for fighting arts, but he is not just a genius. Geese had obtained everything and reached the top, but regardless of the outcome, he put up the best fight with Terry. Calling as an arrogant ruler Geese never have considered the possibility of losing to Terry. However, the moment he actually lost to Terry, he felt strangely satisfied. Ureshino believes Terry had no intention of killing Geese and getting revenge, and at most he just wanted to defeat Geese and make Jeff apologize after he died. Ureshino thinks Terry's feelings were expressed when he instinctively reached out his hand to Geese as he was falling off the building. However, Geese refused even that, and selfishly ended his life, abandoning the future of Billy and the connections he had built up. Ureshino said there are many people who don't want to see Geese as an emaciated old man with gray hair, but perhaps the person who least wants to see him is Geese himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://note.com/ureshino_te/n/n1214d0fbc63a|title=【SNK】帝王の死【餓狼】|website=Note|date=11 June 2023 |access-date=August 29, 2024}}</ref>

''Dominated Mind'', the PlayStation version of ''Real Bout Special'', features Geese sporting a halo over his head as a reference to his passing, while the arcade version of ''Real Bout Special'' and ''The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match'' features Geese sporting an aura of chi surrounding his feet, which would later be canonized in ''Maximum Impact 2'' as "Nightmare Geese". If he was a completely bonus character who didn't interact with other characters, a living Geese instead of a Nightmare, but the ''Maximum Impact'' series has a grown-up Rock, and Billy is also participating this time, so the writer Akihiko Ureshino thinks they deliberately chose to have him appear in this form. For Urenshino, it was fun to think about the reactions of Rock, or Billy, who faced Geese's nightmare. Of course, players should also pay attention to how Terry and the other ''Garou'' characters, or Southtown characters like Alsowa and Ryo, react when they come face to face with the revived nightmare.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132401/http://www.snkplaymore.jp/blog/ureshino/archives/2006/04/post_37.html|url=http://www.snkplaymore.jp/blog/ureshino/archives/2006/04/post_37.html|title=あと４日|archive-date=June 4, 2011|website=SNKPLaymore|access-date=September 13, 2024}}</ref> In response to rumors that Geese was a hidden character in ''Garou'', the Neo Geo staff denied it.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000511171752/http://www.neogeo.co.jp/garou/staff/staff0.htm|url=http://www.neogeo.co.jp/garou/staff/staff0.htm|url-status=unfit|title=Staff Comment|website=Neo Geo|archive-date=2000-05-11 }}</ref>

Geese was first added to franchise ''The King of Fighters'' in ''[[The King of Fighters '96]]''. His inclusion highly awaited by developers and fans, as he was originally meant to appear in the previous game. Geese was partnered with two other SNK bosses, Mr. Big and Krauser. Even throughout the game, this boss team received special treatment. Leitmotif music were prepared for each member and at the time of this title's release, enthusiasm for this game reached a feverish pitch. Numerous special moves were prepared for Geese, but in view of the memory capacity and time required for adjustments, a number of moves had to be left out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kofaniv.snk-corp.co.jp/english/character/index.php?num=geese|title=Geese|publisher=SNK|access-date=October 27, 2019|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006202322/https://kofaniv.snk-corp.co.jp/english/character/index.php?num=geese|url-status=live}}</ref> The character was meant to return in ''The King of Fighters XII'' and ''The King of Fighters XIII'' but the developers did not have the time to add him.<ref>{{cite book|title=The King Of Fighters: The Ultimate History|page=529|publisher=Bitmap Books|year=2021}}</ref> Due to the importance of Geese's character to SNK, the company decided to include quickly in ''The King of Fighters XIV''. This gave the team pressure in regards to adding his son [[Rock Howard]] as the character came from a game where Geese had been dead for a decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017/jan/03/yamazaki-and-blue-mary-were-left-out-kof14-make-it-feel-more-kof-less-fatal-fury-art-fightings-jack-turner-john-crawley-also-considered/|title=Yamazaki and Blue Mary were left out of KoF14 to make it feel 'more KoF, less Fatal Fury', Art of Fighting's Jack Turner, John Crawley also considered|date=3 January 2017|publisher=Even Thubs|access-date=October 28, 2019|archive-date=10 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014551/https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017/jan/03/yamazaki-and-blue-mary-were-left-out-kof14-make-it-feel-more-kof-less-fatal-fury-art-fightings-jack-turner-john-crawley-also-considered/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Design===
In the making of ''Fatal Fury: The King of Fighters'', SNK had multiple doubts how his design should be until it was decided he would wear a gi based on martial arts, as well as his overall name, likeness, and appearance being references to the three boss characters ''Black Gallop'', ''Geese'', and ''King'' from SNK's previous Neo Geo game ''[[The Super Spy]]'' (1990). Despite being American, SNK wanted him to be a man inspired by Japanese culture resulting in his final look.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=『ALL ABOUT 餓狼伝説スペシャル』 72頁|language=ja|issue=72|magazine=Neo Geo Freak|date=January 1994}}</ref> The appearance of Geese in ''[[Art of Fighting 2]]'' was of a younger man with long blond hair wearing a light purple and blue suit with red necktie.<ref>{{Cite book|date=December 2004|pages=112|title=The King of Fighters Fighting Evolution 10th|language=ja|publisher=SNK Playmore|isbn=978-4-575-16431-2}}</ref> The character's popularity in ''Fatal Fury'' and his younger look from the first [[original video animation]] influenced his appearance in ''Art of Fighting 2'' as a hidden boss.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/08/29/art-of-fighting-anthology-hits-ps4-today-the-origins-of-an-snk-classic/|title=Art of Fighting Anthology Hits PS4 Tomorrow: The Origins of an SNK Classic|date=29 August 2017|publisher=PlayStation|access-date=October 1, 2018|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012214627/https://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/08/29/art-of-fighting-anthology-hits-ps4-today-the-origins-of-an-snk-classic/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the ''Fatal Fury'' and ''The King of Fighters'', Geese appears as a middle-aged [[German American]] man with blond short, slicked hair, wearing a [[Keikogi|gi]] with red [[hakama]] and white [[uwagi]] without sandals.<ref>{{Cite book | date=December 2004 |pages=77| title=The King of Fighters Fighting Evolution 10th| language=ja | publisher=SNK Playmore | isbn=978-4-575-16431-2}}</ref> In most games of the ''Fatal Fury'' and ''The King of Fighters'' series - except ''Fatal Fury: King of Fighters'' and ''The King of Fighters '96'' - Geese only wears the red hakama pants with the white uwagi either not present or hanging off the back/sides.<ref>{{Cite book | date=December 2004 |pages=139| title=The King of Fighters Fighting Evolution 10th| language=ja | publisher=SNK Playmore | isbn=978-4-575-16431-2}}</ref> The development team behind ''The King of Fighters XIV'' found his design as one of the most challenging ones to make alongside Terry Bogard's. In the end, he kept his original look but topless.<ref>{{Cite book | year= 2016 | title=The King of Fighters XIV artbook| publisher=Atlus}}</ref> For his "Nightmare Geese", an alternate look was given to the character, making Geese look like a zombie with silver hair, rotten skin and purple flames.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.playstation.com/es-ar/product/UP2611-CUSA05533_00-COSTUME000000002|title=KOF XIV: Costume 'NIGHTMARE GEESE'|website=Store PlayStation|access-date=September 22, 2024}}</ref> 
 
[[Katsuhiro Harada]] said that if he could add a guest character into ''[[Tekken 7]]'' it would be Geese, praising the characters as he would fit into the cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/12452-tekken-7-interview-katsuhiro-harada-discusses-akuma-tekken-x-street-fighter-pc-port-and-tekken-cart-race|title=Tekken 7 Interview: Katsuhiro Harada Discusses Akuma, Tekken X Street Fighter, PC Port, and Tekken Tennis?!|publisher=Game Revolution|author=Tan, Nicholas|date=22 April 2016|access-date=July 17, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731232518/http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/12452-tekken-7-interview-katsuhiro-harada-discusses-akuma-tekken-x-street-fighter-pc-port-and-tekken-cart-race|archive-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref> He added that both he and an interviewer liked the character which led to the idea of casting him into ''Tekken 7''.<ref name="gamespot">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tekken-7-dlc-gameplay-shows-fatal-furys-geese-howa/1100-6454874/|title=Tekken 7 DLC Gameplay Shows Fatal Fury's Geese Howard In Action|website=GameSpot|access-date=November 21, 2017|archive-date=November 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113202841/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tekken-7-dlc-gameplay-shows-fatal-furys-geese-howa/1100-6454874/|url-status=live}}</ref> While remaining true to Geese's character, Harada stated his movements and design were completely remade so that fans from other series will try to play ''Tekken 7'' and learn its different mechanics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/305185/Between_a_rock_and_a_Harada_place_The_massive_Tekken_interview.php#.Wb6zfe0iTbg.twitter|title=Between a rock and a 'Harada' place: The massive Tekken interview|website=Gamasutra|date=15 September 2017|access-date=September 17, 2017|archive-date=18 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918021346/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/305185/Between_a_rock_and_a_Harada_place_The_massive_Tekken_interview.php#.Wb6zfe0iTbg.twitter|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The King of Fighters XIV'' producer Yasuyuki Oda was pleased with Geese's inclusion in ''Tekken 7'' and celebrated it by taking a picture with Harada.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Falcoon|user=snk_oda|number=886729226488954880|date=July 16, 2017 |title=鉄拳7にギース・ハワードの参戦が決定しました！KOF,餓狼共々よろしくお願いします。|access-date=October 28, 2019}}</ref> For ''The King of Fighters XV'', Tomohiro Nakata designed Geese with his business suit but with an emphasis on the black color, believing it fits his evil personality and reinforces his connection with the Howard Connection. Nakata also claimed that Geese's classic gi was still available to select, finding his ''[[hakama]]'' iconic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2022/may/18/kof15-angry-geese-howard-suit/|title=
Special sketch from King of Fighters 15's lead designer features a very angry looking Geese Howard in a spiffy suit|website=EvenThubs|date=
18 May 2022|access-date=September 22, 2024}}</ref>