19 Facts About Eddy Gordo

Eddy Gordo is a video game character from the Tekken series by Namco Bandai Games.

From Tekken 5 onward, Eddy Gordo's plot focused on his and Christie Monteiro's search for a cure to an unknown illness that Christie's grandfather, Eddy Gordo's Capoeira master, was suffering from.

Eddy Gordo has received heavy criticism in the fighting video game community for the low skill floor associated with Eddy Gordo's play style; however, the character, along with Christie, has been credited with popularizing the art of capoeira to a new audience within the larger gaming and martial arts community, and has influenced popular culture.

Eddy Gordo first appeared in Tekken 3 and appeared in the following title, Tekken Tag Tournament.

In Tekken 4, Eddy Gordo was omitted from the roster and was replaced with Christie Monteiro, another Capoeira practitioner, but appeared as an alternate costume for Christie and without serving any purpose in the storyline.

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Masahiro Kimoto stated that Eddy Gordo was replaced because initially, they had intended to create a female Capoeira character in Tekken 3 but instead changed to a male character due to artistic limitations.

Eddy Gordo later served as a character costume swap for Christie in Tekken 5, and became a separate character in the Tekken 5 update, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection; however, while he did have his own character customizations, his moveset remained identical to Christie's.

Eddy Gordo appeared again in Tekken 6, and its update, Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion, but his moveset has remained similar to Christie's, only differing in move properties such as speed and distance.

Additionally, in Bloodline Rebellion, Eddy Gordo serves as the boss for the 28th level of the Scenario Campaign Mode, the "Tekken Force 4th Special Forces Operational Group Compound".

Eddy Gordo was born into one of the richest families in Brazil.

When Eddy Gordo was 19 years old, his father was killed while trying to destroy a Brazilian drug cartel known as the "Organization".

Eddy Gordo went along with his father's last wish and served eight years in prison, during which he met an old man who taught him Capoeira.

Eddy Gordo decided to enter the tournament, believing he could either convince the MFE or take control of it and force it to help him get revenge on his father's killers.

In Tekken 4, it is learned that while Eddy Gordo was in prison he learned of his master's granddaughter, Christie Monteiro, and made a promise to his master to teach her Capoeira when Eddy Gordo got out of prison.

Eddy Gordo goes to his release but discovers that his master has become a weak and frail old man, not the great Capoeira master he had studied under.

Eddy Gordo attends the master's funeral with a grieving Christie, then angrily throws his Mishima Zaibatsu badge to the ground, signifying his end of service to the company and his failure.

Eddy Gordo appears in the non-canon sequel of Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 where he speaks his native language Portuguese, alongside Christie.

Eddy Gordo makes a series of brief cameos in Street Fighter X Tekken and its associated "Episode" trailers, as Christie, accompanied by Lei Wulong, seeks out Pandora in the hopes it will lead her to Eddy Gordo.

Eddy Gordo participates in the Iron Fist tournament and is pitted against Raven, who defeats Eddy.