Tekken 8 | Winter Update & Season 2 Announcement Trailer

[Mr EliteL]

I didn't watch TWT Finals live to see this, only later on yesterday. It's whatever really, nothing special other than waiting for the TGA stream this weekend. Apparently Tekken has two slots in TGA for something, one being the Winter character, not sure what the other is as a Tekken Talk might take too long and better to do another time, perhaps when they showcase the final character.

Anna looks more like she'll be in Season 2 rather than be the last character for Season 1, which is bound to be a guest character to get people outside Tekken hyped up, and more sense to reveal at TGA than Anna would be.

[Moonface]

Ooh, good point about Anna possibly being the first S2 character rather than the last S1. Plus if it was her I'd want to know why she didn't get a part in the DLC story while everyone else in S1 did.

There's no way a Tekken Talk happens during TGA though; I think it would do more harm than good stopping an award show for a long talking segment because no one ever seems to like whenever that happens and rightfully so.

[Moonface]

Tekken 8 | Clive Rosefield Reveal
During tonight's The Game Awards, Clive Rosefield from Final Fantasy 16 was revealed as the final character for Tekken 8's Season 1 character pass:

[Mr EliteL]

There we go, trailer up.

I of course didn't see this live as it happened while I was asleep overnight in my time, then watched it when I woke up and checked my YouTube. I had no clue who he was and thought "Who the f-Miguel?!" but he wouldn't be here like Anna either, then remembered reading someone in a YouTube comment listing who they thought might get in and they mentioned Clive. I still didn't know who a Clive was from that comment, so thought if I don't know that won't happen. Then again I'm not really up to date on things because I don't care about most other games. I did watch a FFXVI trailer but it never stayed on my radar and just completely forgot about Clive, if he was in there.

Anyway, he has a big long sword which does not really belong in Tekken, though it's always had Yoshimitsu and they've added more and more weapons now, just not move sets dependent on the weapon (barring Yoshi, Kuni, Negan, Noctis), so does that mean another guest like that will arrive in the future? Clive is at least a believable dude who can rock what he does though as seen in this trailer, some crazy over-the-top moves. Best thing about this reveal is the stage really, total destruction with a huge fight in the background happening at the same time.

[Moonface]

Clive is the main character for FF16, but I don't think he's the best pick for a Final Fantasy character for Tekken just as I didn't think Noctis was. Tifa would be better just because she's a melee character who doesn't use weapons, but it's obvious that isn't ever happening. I won't be surprised to see yet another Final Fantasy character show up for Tekken 9 either given the IP has had a guest character for subsequent games.

I wonder if the second season pass is going to have a guest character too and if so if it'll be someone sensible or something stupid like Negan was that just tries to cash in on a current trending thing that makes no sense being near Tekken.

[Mr EliteL]

I was disappointed the guest wasn't Tifa, I had hopes for her, apparently people are saying the licensing will be too much to get her in, but surely that shouldn't matter because of how big of a name she would be, it would surely bring in a lot more people than Clive will or what Noctis did for T7. Heck I'd have bought the Season pack if it was her myself. Eh...I still might it hasn't completely dropped that possibility, still haven't got Lidia when I was seriously considering it, and Heihachi would be worth it too. Ah well.

I feel like a guest character each Season is basically a given now, likely to end on a guest last slot too. Season One was questionable, but with Street Fighter 6 and MK1 bringing in guests Tekken doesn't want to fall behind them. MK1 got Homelander and Omniman which are trending characters but they needed to be there really as they're brutal and in stories that involve the sort of thing MK1 has. I'm not following much else to know what could be trending that might end up being a possible candidate for Tekken like Negan was. Will they be from a fighting game, a random popular videogame, or popular show next, or heaven forbid a celebrity. I don't count Negan in that last category even if Jeffery Dean Morgan could be, but he was the actor playing Negan that they used for the visual source.

[Moonface]

I'm not following much else to know what could be trending that might end up being a possible candidate for Tekken like Negan was. Will they be from a fighting game, a random popular videogame, or popular show next, or heaven forbid a celebrity. I don't count Negan in that last category even if Jeffery Dean Morgan could be, but he was the actor playing Negan that they used for the visual source.

I can't think of who could be a future guest character possibility either, so I decided to see if anyone elsewhere on the internet had discussed the matter and if they had any guesses that feel somewhat viable. The first comment I saw said 2B from NieR Automata because of how many other things she's been in (Fall Guys, Stellar Blade, probably a load of others I can't remember) but I don't know if the developers would want to add another sword character into the game, especially if it's also another guest character.

Solid Snake could have a shot with the upcoming MGS3 remake, and Metal Gear has an element of ridiculousness that would fit well into the antics that happen in Tekken.


On a totally unrelated subject, during my search I came across this video on the Tekken subreddit and thought you might enjoy it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tekken/comments..._scottish/

[Mr EliteL]

2B would be OK, but nothing much to me personally. Snake would be good to see, but again doubt I will be hyped up for it. For whatever reason, Kiryu from Yakuza is my no.1 pick...well perhaps no.2 instead because I don't know if I'd actually bother to play him. I don't actually know what guest character I would absolutely pay for, that would also be a fitting pick for Tekken.

That video, yes I thoroughly enjoyed that, it is gold.

[Moonface]

For whatever reason, Kiryu from Yakuza is my no.1 pick...well perhaps no.2 instead because I don't know if I'd actually bother to play him. I don't actually know what guest character I would absolutely pay for, that would also be a fitting pick for Tekken.

With the recent announcement of Virtua Fighter 5 REVO, I'd expect Kiryu to show up in that game now rather than this one.