Tekken 8 continues to go incredibly hard with new Jin Kazama trailer
Bandai Namco is ramping up the hype with bombastic character trailers.
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February really was the month of extreme Tekken 8 hype. First, we had the Tekken World Tour Finals giving us abetter look at the Heat systemand revealing that Nina Williams would be returning to the roster. Last week sawKazuya Mishimareceive a character trailer, showing off flashy particle effects and muscles galore. This week it’s the turn of his son, Jin Kazama, to receive a bombastic trailer and hints of a retooled moveset.
Similar to Kazuya’s trailer, the two are fighting on a brand-new stage that looks a whole lot like a Tekkenfied Times Square in New York. He’s using some moves we haven’t seen before, plus it looks like he’s cribbed a few from Devil Jin. It’s making it seem unlikely that the latter is returning as a playable character and instead, it may be that the two have merged and Jin can (somewhat) keep his devilish side under control.
It seems like Tekken 8 is doing away with some of its darker realism in favour of flashy anime showmanship, something I’m personally 100% here for. There are an awful lot of particle effects, something not everyone has been enjoying. It’s still early days though, and we’re currently three character trailers down with a lot more to hopefully see. If Bandai Namco keeps up the pace I half-expect there to be a new trailer each week in the runup to EVO Japan at the end of March. There are currently six other characters we know are coming who are yet to receive trailers—Jack-8, King, Lars Alexandersson, Marshall Law, Paul Phoenix, and Jun Kazama.
That’s six characters and four weeks remaining until EVO Japan. It seems likely that we’ll be getting to see characters we already know are in the game, and then a big character reveal to come during the tournament. I imagine the Jun trailer won’t come for a while yet, consideringher lengthy absence from the series. Personally, I’d love to see a Lars trailer next, especially since so much of his Tekken 8 airtime so far has been him getting beaten up by other characters.
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Mollie spent her early childhood deeply invested in games like Killer Instinct, Toontown and Audition Online, which continue to form the pillars of her personality today. She joined PC Gamer in 2020 as a news writer and now lends her expertise to write a wealth of features, guides and reviews with a dash of chaos. She can often be found causing mischief in Final Fantasy 14, using those experiences to write neat things about her favourite MMO. When she’s not staring at her bunny girl she can be found sweating out rhythm games, pretending to be good at fighting games or spending far too much money at her local arcade.
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