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Most swole video game characters

Hugo in USF4 makes all the swole characters already in that game look small. His arm alone is just as big as 80% of the cast. He also covers the life bars on the screen because he is like 8' tall. In SF3 he wasn't nearly as big on screen compared to other characters as he is now, I don't know why they decided to do that.

You're right. Hugo is pretty monstrously large.

Here he is crouching, still taller than the average height man in the background

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Here he is holding an above average sized dude

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And here's the mountain of a man, ALMOST standing up straight and still towering over dudes

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If we were talking about game developers then I think Andrea Pessino is the undisputed champ.

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If we were talking about game developers then I think Andrea Pessino is the undisputed champ.

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Yeah for a developer he is rather large and not on the obese side of the spectrum. Most developers and programmers I know and see don't have/take the time to keep up with lifting.

There's a video of the history of ready at dawn that shows pictures of him back in 2004 or so as a skinny normal looking guy before he jumped on the bike... Its a pretty interesting watch if you haven't seen it already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ_OcS4gAGw#t=106

(sorry if off topic)
 
Ralf and Clark are definitely some of the most swole. (Especially compared to previous incarnations) Goro is buff but he's tall and spread out more whereas Ralf and Clark are short and extremely buff and the muscle mass is distributed across a smaller area.

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what makes him stand out is that he's realistically rendered and his arms are still bigger than his head

Yep. Always my answer when I think of ripped characters that aren't of fantasy proportions like most of this thread.

Of the characters with realistic world proportions overall, Chris Redfield is the most ripped.

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Chris Redfield ... he's not that swolen. But it's disguting how he changed and swole up if you compare the RE1 or RE 1 Remake Chris to the muscle monster in RE5.

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Get some dota in here.

Night Stalker is pretty darn swole

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Wont post more pics, but Huskar, Juggernaut, Sven, Axe, Centaur, Beastmaster, Alchemists "mount", even Anti-Mage. Loads of examples in that game
 
Sakura Ogami from Danganronpa is swole as shit and is also the best waifu in the game. Other girls, are you even trying?

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It's...it's not like I like you or anything. Baka.
 
This is my kind of thread. :3

Chris Redfield is the one true Bara character to rule us all. Best redesign of a character, ever. Took a bland, everyman-esque hero and made him into an iconic musclegod. Oh, and propelled the Resident Evil series to it's best selling entry of all time.

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Haters can stay pressed.
 
im totally opposed to the swole-ification of fighting game characters... some sf4 models look straight up silly. totally into SF chars having abnormally large hands and feet though. ralf and clark look super dumb in XIII. Sol Badguy's proportions are absurd in the new GG. its a really weird trend.
 
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The After Years version of FFIV's Golbez would qualify. I especially like the contrast with the perfectly coiffed white hair; and the Amano-esque jewellery also helps to accentuate the design as a whole.

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I also rather like the design of Thor from the SMT series. Still stylised, but the muscle tone isn't too over-the-top, and the thighs are focused on more than the biceps.

Chris Redfield is the one true Bara character to rule us all. Best redesign of a character, ever. Took a bland, everyman-esque hero and made him into an iconic musclegod. Oh, and propelled the Resident Evil series to it's best selling entry of all time.

I like Chris; but Krauser's a little more endearing for some reason. Maybe it's a yandere thing? Or perhaps the combination of a skin-tight shirt, a cute beret and a phallic arm mutation is more potent than I realised.
 
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please bring more!

also isn't kemofur a bit redundant

Ha ha! I've lived in Japan for the better part of a decade, and am now back in the US furry fold. They are quite different, believe me.

With that said...

Leo from WarZard/Red Earth is so swole.

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Rei from BoFIII.
 
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Kimahri from FFX.

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Gilliam from Breath of Fire VI.

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Gallon/Jon Talbain from the Vampire/Darkstalkers series.

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...and... like... way more than I could ever remember now. But I'll drop a human too:

Vayne from Final Fantasy XII.

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SPOILERS: FURRY.

Ha ha! I've lived in Japan for the better part of a decade, and am now back in the US furry fold. They are quite different, believe me.

With that said...

Leo from WarZard/Red Earth is so swole.

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Rei from BoFIII.
 
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Kimahri from FFX.

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Gilliam from Breath of Fire VI.

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Gallon/Jon Talbain from the Vampire/Darkstalkers series.

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...and... like... way more than I could ever remember now. But I'll drop a human too:

Vayne from Final Fantasy XII.

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Nice list :P

I always thought Talbain was more athletic than bulky. Like Bruce Lee build.
 
Nice list :P

I always thought Talbain was more athletic than bulky. Like Bruce Lee build.

Oh, he was. He was Bruce-cut, but as time went by official art made him bulkier and bulkier...

You post him but not the truly swole guys from the BoF series?

Boss Doggie already posted Rand! I admit to forgetting Garland/Garr, though. Don't know how that happened ('〜')
 
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