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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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:21
covah
If anything PA just did a costume for Tekken 6 like CLAMP did, but still, that is fucking awesome!
Matthew Razak's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:24
Matthew Razak
that is fucking epic even if it is not a character.
Paustinj's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:27
Paustinj
Thanks for helping getting the word out Dale. This looks so awesome, can't wait for some more info at PAX.
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:27
Guagloves
Holy shit. That rules
Ben PerLee's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:32
Ben PerLee
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:33
Jaren Face
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:34
Bodb
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:38
Sonic9jct
I'm surprised he's not in Soul Caliber seeing how he, you know, has Pac-Man on his outfit.
chuchoyei's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:38
chuchoyei
Anyone knows what happened to penny arcade adventures? they were supposed to be 4 but they stopped at 2
Tron's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:43
Tron
and suddenly, Tekken 6 is relevant to my interests.
jediyoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:50
jediyoshi
Holy.
Video Cognito's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 11:58
Video Cognito
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 12:04
Doomsday Forte
Even an outfit sounds pretty nice. Though I'm sure by SC5, we can make our own CTS.

Here's hoping.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 12:10
DaedHead8
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 12:19
GoldenGamerXero
Tekken 6 is now the fighting game of the year.

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

NamcoBandai makes Tekken too...
CallMeRotten's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 12:29
CallMeRotten
Hah that's pretty cool.
mekklesack's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 12:41
mekklesack
O_O;; That is awesome.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 12:42
JLanphear
That's MAD epic.
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 12:52
SWE3tMadness
...I may just have to play this game now. :D
Analoge's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 13:00
Analoge
I was excited about tekken 6 on general principal, but this has thrown it into fever pitch mode.
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 13:09
Magnalon
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 13:11
Monodi
OH. Hell, yeah!
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 13:17
eternalplayer2345
I need to lay this now
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 13:20
TheCleaningGuy
Cool, a CTS costume for Yoshimitsu is some nice fan service, even if I think the actual CTS comics are self-indulgent pap.
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 13:40
-PL-
Love Penny Arcade, hate Tekken. Pass. :(
stafax's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 13:45
stafax
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 13:54
Havoc Fang
GURK.

I have the image of the CTS attacking a panda...and...I am weeping.
Video Cognito's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 14:16
Video Cognito
Backing off a bit from Tekken, how about some Virtua Fighter? Eh eh?
Video Cognito's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 14:25
Video Cognito
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 14:26
Arch649
Not big on Tekken, but this is awesome.
Teta's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 14:37
Teta
This is great.
Too bad I don`t like Tekken at all.
Roager's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 14:51
Roager
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 15:22
trueb7ue
love tekken, not a fan of PA. pass : (
peachboy's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 15:32
peachboy
yeahhh clay fighter! i mean..
don't like tekken (or fighting games really) but this is pretty sweet.
<3pa
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 16:58
Im OK
Ha ha, that's pretty cool. Almost makes me care a little bit about Tekken, even.
stafax's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 17:51
stafax
@ 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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 18:04
Dexter345
I can dig it.
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 18:13
Batthink
@ 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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 18:46
AgentMOO
@Sonc9jct

Well, Tekken is a Namco property as well.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 19:09
Wedge
Seems more appropriate for SC, but neat. Too bad I hate 3d fighters, especially Tekken.
BlackFreefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 19:32
BlackFreefall
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 - Comment posted on 06/20/2009 20:23
DinnertimeNinja
@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 - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 05:48
stafax
@ 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 - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 09:46
infinity
fuck yessssssss. i like penny arcade, i love tekken, and this is the perfect combination of the two.
Danielzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 16:25
Danielzilla
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 - Comment posted on 06/21/2009 16:36
mudkip5000
This is the greatest thing i've heard all week.
annahe's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/22/2009 03:45
annahe
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JamnOnTheOne's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/22/2009 10:34
JamnOnTheOne
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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