The large query a Tekken participant at all times desires to know is: which DLC character is coming subsequent? Nicely, you will know by the top of the week, because the studio is planning to disclose this at Geoff Keighley’s winter competition of pricy promoting, the Recreation Awards. Nonetheless, there might already be some clues in a trailer they’ve simply launched, which suggests some sisterful slapping is overdue. The trailer additionally guarantees new strikes for all characters in a Season 2 replace subsequent spring, together with some minor presents in a winter replace due ahead of that. However sure, come see for your self.
You see the helicopter chasing Nina Williams at 2:12? It has a lipsticky kiss mark on the missile, a nod to scrappy sister Anna Williams, the purple roughhouser to Nina’s purple pugilist. That places Anna a very good wager for the reveal, however who is aware of? It might all be a scarlet purple herring. The builders are planning to disclose all on Thursday night (that is the wee hours of Friday morning for us within the UK).
Extra concretely, the trailer guarantees new strikes for each chracter, in case the hundred assaults of the typical character aren’t sufficient for you (I see my favorite espresso baroness Azucena performing a freshly brewed sweepy kick). There’s additionally going to be a “main stability replace”, which for Tekken typically means numerous modifications to border knowledge for numerous assaults throughout all characters. Lastly, the trailer pumps up the Tekken World Tour – the annual fraternal fisticuffs that’s typically fascinating however I most fondly keep in mind for crowning a Panda because the globe’s finest bare-knuckle brawler.
However that is all Season 2 stuff. Gamers will get the winter replace earlier than all that, and it’s barely much less dramatic. It will supply the present of additional picture mode options, for instance. This may allow you to add “wetness” and “grime” to fighters’ faces (it is simply what I at all times needed!). You will additionally quickly have the ability to seek for different gamers on-line by username. Additional slots for customised characters will get added early subsequent yr too, say the devs.
The most recent entry within the Iron Fist Match is fairly slick, as I judged in our Tekken 8 evaluate. But it surely’s additionally lacking the characters I really like most (Lei, Miguel, Josie), which is in the end why Tekken 7 is the bruiser that acquired onto our listing of the perfect video games, aka the RPS 100. Anna, she’s cool and all. However can she faux to be drunk and roll round on the bottom to freak out her opponent? No.
