User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-26421638-20191004163656/@comment-35010436-20191004224902

Tofu has been a longtime minigame gag starting in Resident Evil 2. And appearing in the overhaul as well as Darkside Chronicles too, though in the latter it makes the zombies tofu instead of you. You take more damage, and only get a knife and a few herbs to get through the same minigame scenario as HUNK. Atleast in the original, not sure how that is in the overhaul.

Here he gets a little homage. As a Pendant it seems.