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Penny Arcade's Cardboard Tube Samurai a playable in Tekken 6 photo

The Twitter feed tekkenbob, the official feed for Tekken 6, dropped an interesting twitpic today. Along with a tweet mentioning that he "got a sneak peek at something I can't talk about yet" was the above picture. Who does that look like to you?

Gamertag Radio called it: it is Cardboard Tube Samurai, a recurring character from the web comic Penny Arcade. Mind you, this is not confirmed. We'll do our best to get something more concrete for you this weekend, but we're with GTR in guessing that they'll hold their cards close to their chests until this year's Penny Arcade Expo.

If this is legit, it's amazing that Penny Arcade has nudged their way into the Iron Fist Tournament. Nicely done, gents. 


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covah's Avatar
covah at 06/20/2009 11:21
If anything PA just did a costume for Tekken 6 like CLAMP did, but still, that is fucking awesome!
Matthew Razak's Avatar
Matthew Razak at 06/20/2009 11:24
that is fucking epic even if it is not a character.
Paustinj's Avatar
Paustinj at 06/20/2009 11:27
Thanks for helping getting the word out Dale. This looks so awesome, can't wait for some more info at PAX.
Guagloves's Avatar
Guagloves at 06/20/2009 11:27
Holy shit. That rules
Ben PerLee's Avatar
Ben PerLee at 06/20/2009 11:32
Very cool. I'd think CTS would do better in SoulCaliber, but seeing as his swords are, well, cardboard, I can understand the Tekken shift.
Jaren Face's Avatar
Jaren Face at 06/20/2009 11:33
Yeah, like Covah said, after looking at the hands, it definitely looks like a costume for Yoshimitsu.

Regardless, that's still pretty awesome.
Bodb's Avatar
Bodb at 06/20/2009 11:34
Check out the hand though, it looks like Yoshimitsu's. It might just be a bonus costume, like the series is wont to have. If he was Yoshimitsu, though, he's missing his back wheel, so hopefully it's an original character. Soul Calibur seems like a better fit for the character, but what the hell, it's PA, I can't wait.
Sonic9jct's Avatar
Sonic9jct at 06/20/2009 11:38
I'm surprised he's not in Soul Caliber seeing how he, you know, has Pac-Man on his outfit.
chuchoyei's Avatar
chuchoyei at 06/20/2009 11:38
Anyone knows what happened to penny arcade adventures? they were supposed to be 4 but they stopped at 2
Tron's Avatar
Tron at 06/20/2009 11:43
and suddenly, Tekken 6 is relevant to my interests.
jediyoshi's Avatar
jediyoshi at 06/20/2009 11:50
Holy.
Video Cognito's Avatar
Video Cognito at 06/20/2009 11:58
Definitely Yoshimitsu. CTS has the Yoshimitsu flag right behind him. Regardless, this is AWESOME. Say what you will about Penny Arcade, but those dudes are what's up.
Doomsday Forte's Avatar
Doomsday Forte at 06/20/2009 12:04
Even an outfit sounds pretty nice. Though I'm sure by SC5, we can make our own CTS.

Here's hoping.
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 06/20/2009 12:10
Is it April 1st? HOLY SHIT IT'S NOT APRIL 1st! This is awesome!

@Sonc8jct
You are aware that Soul Caliber, Tekken and Pac Man are all owned by Namco, right?
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar
GoldenGamerXero at 06/20/2009 12:19
Tekken 6 is now the fighting game of the year.

END OF DISCUSSION!
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 06/20/2009 12:23
This is pretty awesome!
covah's Avatar
covah at 06/20/2009 12:24
@Sonc9jct

NamcoBandai makes Tekken too...
CallMeRotten's Avatar
CallMeRotten at 06/20/2009 12:29
Hah that's pretty cool.
mekklesack's Avatar
mekklesack at 06/20/2009 12:41
O_O;; That is awesome.
JLanphear's Avatar
JLanphear at 06/20/2009 12:42
That's MAD epic.
SWE3tMadness's Avatar
SWE3tMadness at 06/20/2009 12:52
...I may just have to play this game now. :D
Analoge's Avatar
Analoge at 06/20/2009 13:00
I was excited about tekken 6 on general principal, but this has thrown it into fever pitch mode.
Magnalon's Avatar
Magnalon at 06/20/2009 13:09
This is pretty cool: Yoshimitsu is my favorite Tekken character of all time.

But, I'm still bummed that this game just looks like Tekken 5.5. I'll be getting KOF and Blazblue most likely.
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 06/20/2009 13:11
OH. Hell, yeah!
eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 06/20/2009 13:17
I need to lay this now
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar
TheCleaningGuy at 06/20/2009 13:20
Cool, a CTS costume for Yoshimitsu is some nice fan service, even if I think the actual CTS comics are self-indulgent pap.
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-PL- at 06/20/2009 13:40
Love Penny Arcade, hate Tekken. Pass. :(
stafax's Avatar
stafax at 06/20/2009 13:45
If that is Cardboard Tube Samuari, wouldn't it have made more sense for them to put him in Soul Calibur instead of Tekken?
Havoc Fang's Avatar
Havoc Fang at 06/20/2009 13:54
GURK.

I have the image of the CTS attacking a panda...and...I am weeping.
Video Cognito's Avatar
Video Cognito at 06/20/2009 14:16
Backing off a bit from Tekken, how about some Virtua Fighter? Eh eh?
Video Cognito's Avatar
Video Cognito at 06/20/2009 14:25
Ooh, confirmation from Gabe's Twitter: http://twitpic.com/7uojn Yes this is for real. Cts costume will be in tekken 6!
Arch649's Avatar
Arch649 at 06/20/2009 14:26
Not big on Tekken, but this is awesome.
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 06/20/2009 14:37
This is great.
Too bad I don`t like Tekken at all.
Roager's Avatar
Roager at 06/20/2009 14:51
The PacMan on the clothes is proof.

But what if this sets a precedent? Would we want to see a Ctrl-Alt-Del Zeke cameo? Or something else?
trueb7ue's Avatar
trueb7ue at 06/20/2009 15:22
love tekken, not a fan of PA. pass : (
peachboy's Avatar
peachboy at 06/20/2009 15:32
yeahhh clay fighter! i mean..
don't like tekken (or fighting games really) but this is pretty sweet.
<3pa
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Im OK at 06/20/2009 16:58
Ha ha, that's pretty cool. Almost makes me care a little bit about Tekken, even.
stafax's Avatar
stafax at 06/20/2009 17:51
@ Roager

Sure, if whatever developer wants to sell less copies of their game, that would be a great idea for them to put a CAD cameo.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 06/20/2009 18:04
I can dig it.
Batthink's Avatar
Batthink at 06/20/2009 18:13
@ Roager;

Yes, that was the big clue. Now, would you think this is bigger news than the inclusion of Star Wars characters in Soul Calibur 4?
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 06/20/2009 18:46
@Sonc9jct

Well, Tekken is a Namco property as well.
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 06/20/2009 19:09
Seems more appropriate for SC, but neat. Too bad I hate 3d fighters, especially Tekken.
BlackFreefall's Avatar
BlackFreefall at 06/20/2009 19:32
They announced Tekken 6 back in 2006. Is Namco competing with Square Enix to see who can wait the longest to produce a game. (Duke Nukem doesn't count)
DinnertimeNinja's Avatar
DinnertimeNinja at 06/20/2009 20:23
@BlackFreefall,

Tekken 6 is already out in arcades and has been for over a year now I think.

This version of the game, although it's called "Tekken 6" is actually going to be the arcade's "Tekkken 6: Bloodline Rebellion."

Namco essentially SKIPPED the T6 home release and is now releasing T6.5 on consoles.
stafax's Avatar
stafax at 06/21/2009 05:48
@ DinnertimeNinja
I was listening to Giantbombcast and Jeff Gerstmann was ranting about how Namco is making it difficult for people who try to organize sites such as themselves, because he said he will not list "Tekken 6" as being under more than just the Arcade platform and he'll list "Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion" as Arcade/Ps3/360 instead, despite the box covers saying just "Tekken 6".
infinity's Avatar
infinity at 06/21/2009 09:46
fuck yessssssss. i like penny arcade, i love tekken, and this is the perfect combination of the two.
Danielzilla's Avatar
Danielzilla at 06/21/2009 16:25
This is great news. If it's just a costume, as I'm sure it is, I won't be nearly as happy though.
mudkip5000's Avatar
mudkip5000 at 06/21/2009 16:36
This is the greatest thing i've heard all week.
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annahe at 06/22/2009 03:45
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JamnOnTheOne at 06/22/2009 10:34
Ugh...This is worse than including Star Wars into SC.

At least the guy that draws the strip learned how to draw (slowly) over the years. It's a shame the dude (is that the fat, bald one?) that writes the "news" still is a pretentious hack.
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