Art of Fighting 2 (alt) [Arcade] - play as Geese
31This is a playthrough using Geese Howard in an alternative Arcade version of Art of Fighting 2. Read on below for more information...
Geese is a hidden final boss in the game, and he is a non-selectable character in this version of it.
NOTE: Continues used in this playthrough.
===== ABOUT AOF2 GEESE =====
The AOF2 incarnation of him is basically a younger Geese with a different design. As this isn't a Fatal Fury game, you could consider this a "guest appearance" of the Southtown boss.
Personally, I actually like this design much better than his 'usual' attire in the Fatal Fury/KOF games.
===== HOW TO FIGHT CPU GEESE =====
Play through a single-player game without losing a Round. You will then fight him after Mr.Big.
===== TECHNICAL INFORMATION =====
---- On the character select screen, if you select him without any button other than A, his portrait image will have glitched colours.
---- On the character select screen, if he is selected, he has animation of his portrait image. This usually would not occur normally in the game and suggests that he may have been planned to be a selectable character.
--- He only has the one proper colour palette we can see in most of the video. The other 3 colours are glitched. These colours are demonstrated starting at 36:48 in the video.
---- For his pre-fight intros he uses Ryo's animations, in which his opponent also uses Ryo's animations as well in response. The colour palettes of the actual character are "copied" onto Ryo's sprites and looks glitched. This happens because he does not have a "normal" pre-fight intro.
---- In the winner/loser screen, his texts/dialogues is incorrect.
---- In the Bonus Game where you have to hit the tree, when he strikes it he uses Temjin's animation. You can see this at 06:55 in the video. The after-text is for Ryo.
---- In the Bonus Game where you have to use the special move, the game instructs him to do one of Temjin's special moves. Obviously Geese cannot do this so he cannot complete this bonus game. The after-text is for Ryo.
---- On the Winner/Loser and Continue screens, he doesn't have a "lose" portrait.
---- On the Continue screen, the move advice is for Temjin.
---- If you beat the game with him, he uses Mr.Big's endings.
---- When charging his gauge, it charges up much faster than the regular characters.
---- When against CPU Geese, the pre-fight intros are still glitched Ryos, but CPU Geese's Ryo will be positioned at the television monitor.
---- In gameplay, he uses some Ryo sprites. For example you can see this when you wall jump with him; and also when you play Geese vs Geese, using his Blow & Uppercut move on him will show his Ryo sprites when he rises and falls down. This suggests that he was built on Ryo's character data.
---- In his portrait image, it looks as if he has short hair instead. There is a possibility that SNK may have originally intended for him to have short hair, but changing their minds later.
===== TRIVIA =====
---- In all versions/ports of the game, he is legitimately playable only in the SNES port.
---- He can be known as "Young Geese".
---- Young Geese makes another appearance in KOF Neowave.
===== CHAPTERS =====
00:00 - Intro, Title, Character Select
01:09 - Regular fights
06:36 - Bonus Game 1
07:08 - Regular fights
08:58 - Lose, Losers screen, Continue screen, character select screen
09:16 - Regular fights
14:48 - Bonus Game 2
15:20 - Regular fights
21:31 - Bonus Game 3
22:18 - Regular fights
23:31 - Lose, Losers screen, Continue screen, character select screen
23:51 - Regular fights
28:02 - vs. Mr. Big (main final boss)
30:10 - Winner and Ending (normal)
30:41 - BONUS 1: Special fight against CPU Geese (hidden final boss)
32:24 - Geese defeated and cutscenes
33:40 - Ending (after beating CPU Geese)
34:05 - Staff/credits
36:48 - BONUS 2: Other colour palettes
38:16 - BONUS 3: Time Over draw/lose poses