Complex also ranked Kuma's denied proposal to Panda in the Tekken 3 ending as the "23rd funniest moment in video games, commenting "We cried laughing watching this ending. In a GamesRadar article, a fight between Kuma and Zangief was written as one of the ones players wanted to see in Street Fighter X Tekken, commenting "In what will certainly be the most anticipated and, bizarrely, logical of these match ups, The Red Cyclone will finally be able to prove himself against his eternal arch nemesis, a bear." FHM listed Kuma and Zangief as one of the "10 Awesome Fantasy Fights in Street Fighter X Tekken, adding "Dude’s strong enough to take on bears, but Kuma here is no ordinary bear." PlayStation Official Magazine ranked Kuma as the seventh best tag team finisher in Street Fighter X Tekken, suggesting to "team the hairy great brute up with Kuro for the ultimate little-and-large comedy double act." In 2012, Complex named Kuma's spinning backwards and his proposal to Panda as one of the "15 craziest moments in the Tekken series". 1UP.com listed Kuma as one of the characters they wanted to see in Street Fighter X Tekken, stating "you can't have Tekken in the title without some sort of animal that is ready for a throwdown". A wild animal." UGO Networks listed Kuma as one of "The 50 Cutest Video Game Characters", adding "It’s always adorable when bears try to do human things". GameSpy named Kuma as one of the "25 Extremely Rough Brawlers" in video gaming, commenting "This one is simple – Kuma is a bear. Kuma also has move where he turns around, stands on all fours, relaxes, and then farts, which would instant kill the opponent. Because of this, Kuma is one of the hardest characters to master, as he is quite slow and not very flexible. This fighting style is considered one of the most unusual, as it does not rely on straight attacks, but instead uses tricks such as rolls, dodges, and various other stances. However, in later games, the art started to gain some originality with unique strikes and even a "hunting" mode which puts Kuma on all fours for more attacks. In the earlier games, Kuma Shinken took many elements from the Jack models' fighting style. Kuma fights using an "original" fighting style called Kuma Shinken, a move set closely resembling Mishima family's style of karate. Later, he also gains red spiked anklet on the left leg instead of red wristband. In Tekken 4, however, he wears red T-shirt with a design on the back and red-white paw rubber shoes. He almost always wears a red scarf and red spiked wristband on the left hand. Kuma II is always depicted as a large, grizzly bear with brown fur. In Tekken, Kuma I was represented as a sun bear however in Tekken 2, Kuma is either a grizzly bear or a polar bear, depending on which outfit is used. A picture of Kuma II is briefly seen in the CGI film Tekken: Blood Vengeance, when Anna Williams recruits Ling Xiaoyu at Mishima Polytechnic School. Kuma appears in comics Tekken Saga (1997), Tekken 2 (1998) and Tekken Forever (2003). Kuma I made a cameo in Tekken: The Motion Picture, climbing down a tree. Kuma appears as a Spirit in the Nintendo crossover video game Super Smash Bros. He was described as Tekken's sparring partner and close friend. Kuma however never uses actual bear sounds in his appearance in Victory, but is rather voiced by Tekken director, Katsuhiro Harada. Kuma also appears in Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory and its remake as a NPC that appears on some of the events of the DLC character, Tekken. He also appears as a minion, and can be unlocked by reaching rank 8 with Heihachi. He is summoned by Heihachi Mishima's level 2 Super, where he runs around the stage slashing at fighters with his claws, pounds the ground and despawns. Kuma appears as a support character in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. Apparently this was the only costume that could fit him.
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According to the download blurb, Kuma has joined R. Kuma appears in Capcom-made crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken with Heihachi Mishima as his official partner. Heihachi Mishima found Kuma and took him in as his pet. The first Kuma was once an abandoned cub in the forests of the Mishima estate.