Bandai Namco Entertainment has launched a brand new gameplay trailer for its anticipated upcoming preventing sport, Tekken 8. This time, a model new character has joined the roster. The mysterious Reina appears to be tied very carefully to the Mishima bloodline in a roundabout way, together with her moveset described as a extra fluid variation of Heihachi (contemplating that he seemingly gained’t be making an look within the sport, not less than for now).
Not a lot is understood about Reina however she appears to know rather a lot about Jin and Kazuya. Her preventing model is unquestionably harking back to Heihachi’s hard-hitting combos however she’s notably sooner and extra agile. Her Heat smash entails dragging opponents alongside the bottom in a brutish manner and hammering others with heavy counters. Whatever her story is, we are able to certainly count on it to be explored within the upcoming story mode for Tekken 8, which guarantees to be much more expansive than Tekken 7‘s story.
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One commenter on YouTube described Reina, “Reina Mishima appears to be like like a tremendous addition to the Tekken collection! Her design is so distinctive, and I can’t wait to see her strikes and backstory in Tekken 8. The Mishima bloodline lives on, and Reina looks as if a worthy successor to Heihachi.”
In different information, Bandai Namco beforehand revealed one other new character, Victor Chevalier, the primary French fighter within the collection. Victor shall be voiced by standard French actor Vincent Cassel. The writer additionally revealed a handful of fighters coming to the beginning roster for Tekken 8 together with Alisa, Devil Jin, Zafina, Lee and Panda.
According to sport director Katsuhiro Harada, Bandai Namco and the event workforce made the choice to delay Tekken 8 to early 2024 with a purpose to keep away from its foremost preventing sport competitor, Street Fighter 6, this yr. Harada implied that Tekken 8 was meant to launch on the very same day as Capcom’s fighter, which might’ve been a little bit of a messy battle for preventing sport followers. On the plus facet, this gave the workforce further time in growth to shine the sport.
Tekken 8 launches on 26 January 2024 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. Make positive you try the sport’s varied editions via our helpful South African pre-order information. Watch Reina’s gameplay trailer under:
Source: Bandai Namco
