Rock Howard

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Rock Howard
Game series	Fatal Fury series and King of Fighters series
First game	Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Voice actor(s)	Eiji Takemoto
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	U.S.A.
Blood type	B
Likes	Touring and playing the bass (he can copy any song he hears once)
Dislikes	People who boast all the time

Rock Howard (ロック・ハワード, Rock Howard^?) is a video game character who was introduced in SNK Playmore's fighting game Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

1 History
2 Trivia
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Rock is the son of the most noteworthy crime lord--and most feared fighter--in all of Southtown, Geese Howard. Since Geese never recognized him, Rock was raised solely by his mother, Marie Heinlein.

When Rock was barely eight and a half years old, Marie contracted a fatal disease, and died while in Rock's care. Rock went on to become a formidable fighter, due in no small part to having been taken in and trained by Terry Bogard.

Approximately ten years later after Geese's death, Second Southtown was established. Rock participated in the King of Fighters tournament: Maximum Meyhem himself, held in a new Second Southtown.

The final battle of the tournament was held outside the home of tournament organizer Kain R. Heinlein. Upon winning, Rock discovered that the tournament was a ploy by Kain designed to bring Rock to him. Kain, aware that Geese Howard's will held presumably valuable secrets, but unable to discover them without assistance, won Rock's aid in working through the document by offering information regarding Rock's mother--whom Kain claimed was still alive. [1]

In King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2, Rock's voice in the Japanese version is performed by Eiji Takemoto. In the English version, he is voiced by Mike Lane.

[edit] Trivia

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Rock is very shy around women, having been surrounded by men his whole life.
Rock's face looks somewhat similar to Kaede from The Last Blade, not to mention that both have red pupils. Possibly to take a jab at this similarity, SNK Playmore made him have Kaede's outfit as an extra uniform for both KOF: Maximum Impact and its sequel.
The refrain of Rock Howard's stage music is identical to the famous Techno/Trance Pop song "Children" by Robert Miles.
The kid that stayed with Terry's ending in Fatal Fury 3 is Rock. "All About SNK" also confirmed this.
Rock's movelist is a very nicely done fusion of his mentor, Terry Bogard, and his evil father, Geese Howard's movesets. He possesses Geese trademarks such as the Reppuken, Double Reppuken, Raging Storm DM, the Shinkunage throw, reversals, and the Deadly Rave SDM. Moves loaned from Terry include the Rising Tackle, variants of the Power Dunk and Crack Shoot moves, and his Shine Knuckle, which is a DM version of Terry's Burning Knuckle. In addition, Rock's Hard Edge is strikingly similar to Geese's Evil Shadow Smasher.
Rock's technique, Crack Counter is actually a combination of Geese and Terry moves. It is a reversal that can be directed high or low, where upon succeeding, Rock slams an opponent with a kick that resembles Terry's Crack Shoot.
Rock,s game designer is the same as K`s which explains the similarities in looks.