"Tales of Ninja Gaiden? Tekken vs. Dead or Alive? .hack//AndSlash? Dynasty Warriors Naruto? What could the new Namco Bandai X Tecmo Koei countdown site mean?" -PSLS
PSLS muses about what it might be.
See how the franchise and console intertwined over the years.
NetherRealm confirms its Mortal Kombat franchise has sold over 80 million copies in the last 30 years, and here's how it competes against other fighters.
Don't care what anyone says, Smash isn't a traditional fighting game. May as well call Powerstone and Playstation All Stars fighting games. They're more of an arena fighter /party game.
Including Smash Bros in a list of fighting games, is like including GTA in Racing games.
Tekken's enduring popularity is owed in part to its varied and well-written cast of characters, and the lore behind them really brings them to life.
Basically all Tekken 1 standard characters except Michelle, + boss Heihachi Mishima and maybe Kuma. Also Lei and Jun from Tekken 2, Hwoarang, Eddy,Xiaoyu, Bryan Fury, Mokujin, Jin- from Tekken 3. After that they added many more great characters but none of them used to be as fun and interesting as the fleshed out initial ones from the first 3 games. Tekken 7 was really weak when it came to new characters.
And to be honest..that "article" that does not even have Yoshimitsu in it looks like a cheap excuse to have the keyword Tekken 8 on the website.
Woo look at that timer roll!
Hmmm... I'm straight up hoping for a new IP that combines the best of both worlds.
I think:
Tales of Ninja Gaiden
or
Dead or Alive x Tekken
or
DragonBall Z Warriors
or
Dynasty Warriors Naruto
What do you think?
My bet is Dead or Alive x Tekken and then a Tekken X Dead or Alive (not that it really needs both).
Maybe just a mix of all of them, why not?
Tekken VS DragonBall Z would be BATSHIT crazy, and I would buy it day 1