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fictional character from Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters
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Robert Garcia is a video game character created by SNK introduced in the 1992 fighting game Art of Fighting as the supporting character alongside his best friend Ryo Sakazaki, the lead character. The game has both of them as practitioners of the Kyokugenryu Karate fighting style who search for Ryo's younger sister, Yuri Sakazaki, who was kidnapped by a criminal named Mr. Big. He is additionally featured in most of The King of Fighters crossover games, in which starts into the King of Fighters tournament in teams composed of three members. Thus far, he has been a playable character in every edition of KOF except The King of Fighters XI; however, he has been added back in for the PlayStation 2 version of the game. Besides Art of Fighting and The King of Fighters, an older Robert has appeared as downloadable content in the video game Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, but under the name "Mr. Karate III" . Robert appeared in the film adaptation of Art of Fighting and the manhua from The King of Fighters.