GTAguy said, January 12, 2023, 12:20:29 AM

The first silhouette has got to be Duo Lon. If it's Kain, i don't mind. Not Oswald, he was a waste.

The second could be indeed Hinako or it could be Malin.

Malin has an ahoge so probably not her.

Duo lon would be interesting. Though if he has that alpha-esque super he'll be a top tier character for sure.

lui said, December 19, 2022, 05:43:48 PM

I think the game's story will naturally end with Jin killing Kazuya and then in Tekken 9 someone has to kill Jin or he offs himself.

Just watch it as Devil/Cyber Heihachi hijacks the plot at the eleventh hour.

I don't know how this work will end, but I'm very curious about how it will solve the half-hearted story in 7. I'm half excited and half worried.

SNT said, December 19, 2022, 03:31:58 AM

They could put a damn Gundam in the game and I'd be fine with it.

I for one do not miss NANCY at all.

Kolossoni said, December 13, 2022, 07:02:47 AM

I'd rather much see a Virtua Fighter x Tekken than see Street Fighter. Games that could ACTUALLY work.

It's actually surreal, just how many times both sides got this close to make a big partnership seem plausible. And then the closest that ever got to fruition was a couple of Tekken costumes in the last VF5 update;

Jun coming back is literally the worst writing I've ever seen, but it's Namco we're talking about.

I'd wager Tekken 8 being the official "finale" of the Mishima saga, hence why Jun is coming back. Jinpachi? dead. Kazumi? dead. Heihachi? dead.
Jun was literally the only one left to tie loose ends with Kazuya and Jin. I'm just a little annoyed that her return is so abrupt and so mishandled.

On the note of TxSF, I'm actually happy that it's scrapped. After seeing Akuma in Tekken, I just don't think the two games can crossover without being a huge disaster. The systems are vastly different, SF characters rely too much on jumps, the meter gauge is a pain in the ass and 2D doesn't fit in a 3D game.
I'd rather much see a Virtua Fighter x Tekken than see Street Fighter. Games that could ACTUALLY work.

I also want to like the story but I agree that Harada's hard-on for the idea that "power corrupts even the hero" went way too hard in T6. I can't see him trying to find a path to redemption for Jin. I already wasn't fond of the white-washing of Heihachi going all tyrant over the love for his dead wife that tried to murder him after figuring out if he would destroy the world or not (which just looks like being the trigger to your own self fulfilling prophecy).

I like that they finally gave Paul new hair, and I'm impressed with Law's puffed up face.

FeLo_Llop said, December 10, 2022, 09:11:05 PM

And I've read somewhere that Jun means "pure" in Japanese, but thix is something I DON'T really know.

Nope, same pronunciation, different kanji.

The purification powers that Asuka displayed, I think that was retroactively tied to Jun back when she calmed Kazuya down long enough to get pregnant, yeah, and linked to the entire Kazama line from there.

FeLo_Llop said, December 10, 2022, 09:11:05 PM

What I don't like are the visuals. Every guy seems to be HIGH on steroids and all the textures SHINES as Hell. That was a detail I didn't like at allin T7 and seems it's present here too. Shiny wool, etc.

Remember back when Tekken 5 was revealed, and the first teaser was a super close up of Jin showing off the sweat evaporating from his collarbone ? Man, they still stuck to a weird obsession with that level of shiny detail.

"I couldn't protect anybody."

Fuck off Jin you shitty fucking character. You're the same guy who started WW3 and killed millions of people all because of a fucking unsourced theory that Azazel was going to remove the Devil Gene in you. Didn't even excuse all the evil shit you did in T6 unrelated to all of that like lying to Eddie about saving his grandpa and forcing Lars and Alisa to kill each other while gloating about it. Didn't protect anybody my fucking ass.

T8's story is already setting him up to be a Jesus savior of the world completely ignoring everything he did in T6 and you know full damn well he's not going to die. He's going to be one of the biggest karma houdini in all of video games. What's worse is majority of people either ignore all of this, justify his actions, or just completely unaware of all the atrocities he did in T6. The general perception of his character is that he's still the noble hero he was before T6.

I used to love this character in before T6 but that fucking game completely ruined his character and the series's story as a whole.

Tekken 7 showcased Kazuya's mom, her involvement in the Mishima conflict, and made her a playable character. Not a stretch to believe Jin's mom will be playable in this.

Lots of eyecandy in the backgrounds and effects.

GTAguy said, December 09, 2022, 03:01:10 PM

Glad that Law is in, i thought the 'Bruce Lee' rule was added, but looks like Harada didn't follow it after all.

That was confirmed fake, Capcom even blacklisted the person who made that rumor.

Next reveal is Paul Phoenix "allegedly".