Bryan Fury

Bryan Fury
Tekken character

First game Tekken 3 (1997)
Voiced by (English)
Voiced by (Japanese)
  • Kazuyoshi Hayashi (Japanese dub of the Tekken film)
  • Tomokazu Seki (Street Fighter X Tekken)
Portrayed by Gary Daniels (Tekken films)
Fictional profile
Birthplace USA
Nationality American
Fighting style Kickboxing
Occupation

Bryan Fury (Japanese: ブライアン・フューリー Hepburn: Buraian Fyūrī) is a fictional character from the Tekken fighting game series released by Namco Bandai Games. He first appeared in Tekken 3 and has returned to all the other Tekken games since. A brutal and power-hungry kickboxer, Bryan was once an American detective and officer in Interpol. After he was killed during a shootout in Hong Kong, Dr. Abel revived him with the use of cybernetic equipment, which effectively made him a zombie cyborg.[1] Bryan is popular among fans for his ruthless personality, hard-hitting fighting style, and trademark evil laughter.

Appearances

In video games

In his former life, Bryan was known as a skillful detective, but on the other side, dark rumors often followed him. While investigating illegal drug trade in Hong Kong, Lei Wulong discovered that Bryan had connections with drug dealers. Once an officer in the International Police Organization, Bryan was killed in a shootout in Hong Kong. His corpse was transported to the laboratory of a mad scientist named Dr. Abel. This 88-year-old man was fairly famous in the underground society, but Dr. Bosconovitch's findings often preceded his. However, Abel finally came to the last step in completing his master project: a cyborg army. Abel thought that a perfect cyborg must have the mechanics built by his rival Boskonovitch, so he reanimated Fury's body and sent him off to collect this data. Bryan sneaks into the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, targeting Yoshimitsu, who has strong ties with Boskonovitch.[1]

In Tekken 4, Bryan realizes his life is coming to an end, but knows that the only person who can help is his creator Dr. Abel. However, Abel had abandoned him two years ago when Heihachi Mishima and the Mishima Zaibatsu recruited him as its top scientific advisor. Bryan began despising both Abel and Mishima as a result. One day, Bryan heard news of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4, and decided to enter. With this death being impending, Bryan's body flowed with energy, making him stronger than before. He develops an uncontrollable rage that manifests itself into his physical appearance. Bryan stakes everything on one hope – that if he defeats Heihachi, he would become the head of the Mishima Zaibatsu. If this all goes according to plan, Bryan would order Abel to change his body, thus becoming the most incredible being in existence once again. Despite not winning, Bryan eventually finds Abel and uses his last ounce of strength to knock Abel out before losing consciousness.[2] Yoshimitsu finds Bryan on the floor while robbing the Mishima Manor and brings him to Dr. Bosconovitch. Later on, Bryan wakes up in the laboratory of Bosconovitch, who tells him that Yoshimitsu saved him and promises to transfer Bryan's mind into a new body, although it will take a whole year. Bryan silently agrees to let Bosconovitch put him to sleep.

In Tekken 5, however, Bryan awakens a month later. Bosconovitch tells Bryan that his body was too complex to work with, but as a last resort, he had installed a perpetual power generator in him as an emergency measure. Upon learning this, Bryan attacks Bosconovitch and the Manji clan members assigned to guard the doctor, and leaves the laboratory. Bryan enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 to test his performance with the generator installed, unaware that Yoshimitsu is pursuing him for revenge. Yoshimitsu's repeated meddling hinders Bryan's hopes of unlocking the generator's true powers in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5. Soon afterwards, Bryan's frustration reaches its pinnacle, and he begins to destroy everything in sight after leaving the tournament. Driven by rage, he ventures to various battlefields around the world, indiscriminately leveling everything in his way into rubble. However, he soon grows tired of the same thing repeating itself countless times. Around this time, he catches wind of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 6. Seeing another chance to test the generator's true powers, he signs up. Bryan will appear in the upcoming Tekken 7, being one of the 18 characters available in the first location tests of the game.

Bryan also appears in Tekken Card Challenge, Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 3D: Prime Edition, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and Tekken Revolution. Bryan appears in Capcom-made crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken as a DLC character with Jack-X as his official tag partner. His Swap Costume is modeled after Urien. According to the download blurb, with his powers and abilities being recognized by Urien, the second in command of a mysterious organization, Bryan is brought into their ranks. Additionally, M. Bison's Swap Costume is modeled after Bryan's appearance.

In other media

Bryan appears in three Tekken comics, Tekken Saga (1997), Tekken: Tatakai no Kanatani (2000) and Tekken Forever (2003). In the 2010 live action movie Tekken, Bryan is portrayed by Gary Daniels. He is depicted as a man who has had cybernetic upgrades. He is blackmailed by Kazuya Mishima into killing Jin Kazama to keep his cybernetic upgrades a secret. After Kazuya changes the rules of the tournament making it so that the competitors are forced to kill each other in order to win, Bryan is pitted against Sergei Dragunov. Dragunov, despite putting up a valiant effort, is ultimately killed when Bryan strangles and eventually slits his throat with a spiked chain. He later fights Jin Kazama and although he has the upper hand through most of the fight, Jin flashes back to Jun Kazama's training and follows her advice by exploiting Bryan's weak spots. Bryan is defeated and killed by Jin. Also, prior to his death, Bryan held the title as the 'current' King of Iron Fist Tournament. Bryan appears in the prequel, Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge, with Daniels reprising his role. A dossier on Bryan is briefly seen in the CGI film Tekken: Blood Vengeance when Anna Williams opens a file containing dossiers on various persons of interest.

Character design

Bryan is depicted as a muscular man with gray hair in his early 30s.[3] He has two tribal tattoos on his neck and wears a trademark red armband on his left arm. Many scars are apparent around his body, including a vertical one on his face, a large cross-shaped one on his back, and a long vertical one on his torso. Once a police detective before becoming a cyber-zombie, Bryan wears numerous outfits with military or police motifs. In his first appearance (Tekken 3 and TTT), he wears a black vest with white letters on the back,[4] gray camouflage pants, and black combat boots, gloves, and kneepads.

In Tekken 4, Bryan wears an unbuttoned green military-style jacket, blue trousers with a belt of bullets on his right leg, and a small pocket knife beneath. In Tekken 5 and onwards, he does not wear the green jacket. Now more bullet magazines with shotgun shells in them are tied around his waist and left leg, and small grenades are tied around his lower left leg. He also gains brass knuckles with spikes on them. His Player 2 costume usually consists of snake leather pants, a black T-shirt, and black shoes and gloves. Bryan has worn his characteristic snakeskin pants with gloves throughout the Tekken series.

Bryan's appearance and storyline until Tekken 4 share similarities to that of Blade Runner character Roy Batty, portrayed by Rutger Hauer.

Gameplay and fighting style

Bryan is an unorthodox kickboxer who heavily relies on a ferocious punishment game. He can do heavy amounts of damage with his counter-hits, making sure no move goes unpunished. He also has pressuring capabilities, keeping opponents on tilt. Bryan is well known for his "Fisherman Slam", a move in which he lifts his opponent by punching his or her chest and slams him or her into the ground, while delivering his evil laugh. He will laugh whenever specific moves (e.g. Jack's "Volcano Blaster" and Nina's "Bad Habit") are performed on him. Bryan however is relatively unsafe and has a limited range of moves, so risks must be taken to be rewarded with combos near 30% damage. He is the only character whose ten-hit strings exclude low attacks. In all, he is a consistently powerful character with a toolset for intimidating his opponents. Bryan fights in the style of Kickboxing as he used to rely on "eight science of limbs" for most of his movesets such as the combination of punches, kicks, elbows and knees for striking as seen on one of his single win poses.

Reception

In 2012, Cheat Code Central ranked Bryan as the sixth "baddest video game fighter", commenting: "On paper, Bryan Fury is a kickboxer; in practice, Bryan Fury is insane. He's a cop, he's a zombie, and he's ready to tear your face off if you look at him funny."[5] In 2013, Complex ranked Bryan as the 14th best Tekken character, commenting: "It starts with the laugh – that insane, cackling laugh that he belts out at the beginning of his matches. For a zombie, Bryan sure is lively, not to mention crazy."[6] TopTenz listed Bryan as the second "cockiest video game character", opining "he’s one the few characters in the Tekken series with a dedicated taunt, and one of his victory poses simply has him beating the lifeless body of his fallen foe for several seconds."[7] 4thletter placed Bryan's Tekken 5 (alongside Tekken Tag Tournament 2) ending at 24th place in their list of top 200 fighting game endings.[8] GameStop ranked Bryan's Mach Punch as the fifth best fighting game signature move, stating: "It's actually just a strong right straight to the face but the effect is quite cool and a bit devastating."[9] The Killers Guide named Bryan as the "3rd top video game fighter" in their 2012 list.[10] In GamesRadar article for Street Fighter X Tekken, they stated: "Sometimes searching for a way to extend his artificial life ala the villains in Blade Runner, other times simply entering the tournaments to test his powers, Bryan is one of the tougher customers in the Tekken series."[11] PlayStation Universe included Bryan Fury and Yoshimitsu among the top five rival pairs in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, commenting "Bryan is your heavy hitter, with his meaty kicks and punches delivering some health-zapping blows, while Yoshimitsu can confuse and abuse his victims with some intricate juggles and mix-up combos."[12] In 2015, Bryan was named as one of the "honorable mention" characters in WatchMojo top ten list of Tekken characters.[13] The Smoking Section named Bryan (along with Eddy Gordo) as one of "the most unfair characters in video game history", adding: "The Kazamas and Mishimas would undoubtedly rule the roost if it weren’t for Gordo’s deceptive Capoeira moves and Fury’s fast, deadly strings."[14] In the official poll by Namco, Bryan ranked as the tenth most requested Tekken character to be playable in Tekken X Street Fighter, at 9.72% of votes.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hill, Simon (1998). "Bryan Fury". Tekken 3. Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Prima Publishing and Namco Hometek Inc.). p. 104. ISBN 0-7615-1185-7.
  2. ↑ Tekken 4, character prologue and epilogue (in-game intertitle text)
  3. ↑ Prima's Official Strategy Guide for Tekken 3 and the TTT manual place his age at 29.
  4. ↑ The white letters read "A.T–O"; what they stand for is unknown.
  5. ↑ "Top 10 Baddest Video Game Fighters Ever". Cheat Code Central. 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  6. ↑ "The 20 Best "Tekken" Video Game Characters of All Time". Complex. 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  7. ↑ "Top 10 Cockiest Video Game Characters". TopTenz.net. 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  8. ↑ "The Top 200 Fighting Game Endings: Part Nine". 4thletter.net. 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  9. ↑ "The Best Fighting Game Signature Moves". GameStop. 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  10. ↑ "Top 5 Video Game Fighters and Top 5 Toughest Women In Games". The Killers Guide. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  11. ↑ "Street Fighter X Tekken roster: Meet all 55 characters". GamesRadar. 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  12. ↑ Mike Harradence, Tekken's greatest rivals make the best Tag Teams, PlayStation Universe, September 19th, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Top 10 Tekken Characters". WatchMojo. 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  14. ↑ "Yo, Stop Cheating! The Most Unfair Characters In Video Game History". The Smoking Section. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  15. ↑ "Tekken vs Street Fighter". Fb.namcobandaigames.com. Retrieved 2012-07-28.

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