GENERAL/STORY:
A man named Eagle
entered the 6th Killer Instinct tournament. He lived on a small reservation
in Arizona, and he had big plans. He wanted to win KI, so that he
could use his winnings to improve life on his reservation. His big brother,
Chief Thunder, urged him not to go, as there have been ugly rumors surrounding
Killer Instinct since it's beginning. Despite the warnings,
Eagle went anyway, confident he would be triumphant. Eagle was successful,
actually winning KI6.
However, Sheridan offered him even more for
his people if he would simply participate in one more fight. Eagle
agreed, completely ignorant that he was agreeing to a fight with Eyedol.
He put up a heroic fight, but Eagle inevitably fell to the two-headed beast.
To explain his death, Ultratech simply listed it as another "disappearance."
Thoroughly dissatisfied with the investigations being carried out, Chief
Thunder decided to participate in Killer Instinct 7, to see if he can't
find out what happened to his brother himself.
Before he could get
very far in his search, Orchid asked him to help her bring down Ultratech,
as the fighter's disappearances were only a part of a much larger conspiracy.
Thunder agreed, and through this deal, Orchid
helped to uncover the truth about Eagle. Thunder was devastated, but he
managed to keep himself together long enough to help Orchid and the others
by
killing Spinal.
His fight carried him outside of the building, which left him in the present
when Ultratech was ripped into the past. Although Ultratech re-appeared
only a few minutes later (from Thunder's viewpoint), Thunder was thoroughly
sickened by the turn of events, so he left New York. He tried to return
home, but he couldn't bring himself to telling everyone about Eagle.
So he went to Las Vegas instead, where he tried to bury his sorrows in
gambling and drinking.
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ORIGIN:
Killer
Instinct
OTHER
APPEARANCES:
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REVIEW:
Thunder
is definitely one of KI's most memorable characters... No idea why they decided
against to putting him in any of the sequels. Did Nintendo think it was a bad stereotype
for Indian Americans or something? Pssh. Thunder was a badass! No doubt Chief
Thunder will make his return if they ever decide to make a Killer Instinct 3.
