Tekken 8
 

Well we have a thread for street fighter 6 now, but I'm equally hyped for tekken 8. Visually, it is absolutely stunning. And like, sf6, they are really adding a lot to how returning characters play, which will really freshen things up. Also, I love that they got Lenne Hardt as the announcer. Absolute legend.

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Jin Kazama


Kazuya Mishima


Nina Williams


King


Marshall Law


Paul Phoenix


Lars Alexanderson


Jack-8


Jun Kazama


Ling Xiaoyu


Leroy Smith


Asuka Kazama


Lili


Hwoarang


Bryan Fury


Claudio Serafino


Raven


Azucena


Feng


Victor Chevalier


Reina

This might be the most visually appealing fighting game ever

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Tekken has never really been my bag, but, yeah, this looks amazing.

Waiting for Asuka trailer.

oh god....


Nina Williams with the "Isn't it past your bedtime?" line. The internet and rule 34 have been hard at work with that.


Paul looking ollllllld. Looks amazing, but gief demo.

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Is there like a core set of characters that fans feel "have to" be included? It's interesting how there's no Yoshimitsu, yet. I'm sure he'll be announced or has been already, no?

If they don't put Yoshimitsu in it then we riot.

I just wanna know how they bring back Heihachi from lava.

I wouldn't be surprised if they let his death stick for at least this entry.

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Still no Yoshimitsu, but how about some Jun Kazama over here?

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Not surprising here, but I do have to ask if she's managed to get her fucking theme park already, or whatever it was she was trying to build.

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Added to the OP.

I've dabbled with both in previous games.

Also, I think at this point Xiaoyu's story revolves around her being thirsty for Jin.

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I mean, who can blame her?

Of course, that gives off "Sakura and Ryu" vibes.

Sakura don't want those kind of skills from Ryu.

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Really? Her story in Street Fighter 5 seemed to indicate that she was thinking about getting some of his Rising Dragon Fist. :shifty:

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I'm racking my brain trying to figure out if Jun's appearance here marks the longest length of time a character has gone being non-playable in a fighting game series. Stryker from Mortal Kombat would be another contender, going unplayable from the time between Mortal Kombat Trilogy and Armageddon.

Well she was in the tag titles. In that respect, I think Kunimitsu's absence was longer, as she wasn't available at launch in TTT2.

Man I hope Kunimitsu makes it.

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Birdie went 21 years from Street Fighter Alpha to Street Fighter 5 not being playable. I think that might be the record. Riptor and Thunder from Killer Instinct come pretty close.

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Ask and ye shall receive.

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Hideous outfit but her updated moves look sick.

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LEEEEERROOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYY!!!

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For those interested, Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada stated on Twitter that Tekken 8 will support crossplay for online multiplayer matches for the first time in series history.

Harada also revealed that he had wanted to introduce cross-play for the series earlier but was unable to so so due to issues beyond his control.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Crossplay? Of course I will.<br>BTW<br>When the previous generation consoles were released, I had already proposed crossplay between the two platformers. However, at that time, they were at odds with each other over their mutual interests (and P2P security issue) &amp; repeatedly refused. <a href="https://t.co/I8b38YfePh">https://t.co/I8b38YfePh</a></p>&mdash; Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/1644917275621990401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Lili trailer just dropped and it seems to confirm she'll still have a comedic rivalry with Asuka. Continues Tekken's refusal to elaborate what exactly is Asuka's place with now 2 relatives in the game.

Lili is another character I dabbled in but never played seriously. Looks great though.

I honestly don't know who I'm going to really play outside of my usual main of Kazuya. Everyone looks really fun.

Asuka
Jin (Karate)
Law
Nina

Nothing changed really.

Harada saw how thirsty people got over the Cammy trailer and said "hold my beer. Gonna make the Lili trailer.

Updated the OP with everyone revealed so far. New Peruvian chick Azucena looks really fun.

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These virtual arcade lobbies ain't going nowhere, eh?

Totally not surprised they held off until next year. Still looks great.

Apparently...not.

I wish MK1 would have left the Switch out, too.

(as a fan of the Switch)

I enjoy battle hub much more than ranked, so not surprising other games are adding their own version

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Looks like a sexy good time. They were smart electing to not fuck with Switch. I am here for the seizures.

lol Tekken flexing on mk's megan fox disaster by hiring vincent cassel.

Devil Jin is just a What we do in the shadows character now

Well I found my main

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I mean Reina is 'queen' in Spanish.

Well, Reyna, but still....