Before the Tekken 7 grand finals at EVO 2023, Bandai Namco announced two characters coming to Tekken 8, Raven and newcomer Azucena.
Tekken's fierce old man, Heihachi Mishima, is back with a vengeance in Tekken 8. However, his return seems to be a forced move, which breaks the story beats established in Tekken 7.
When did Tekken ever make any sense? That's why we love it. Come on now. Mokujin? Roger? Kuma? Panda? Gon? Alex? Jack? Demon characters? Death, life, death and life again? Azazel?
Heihachi coming back ain't no thang but a chicken wang. Was probably hanging out at the ghost bar with Bison having drinks. Seems they must have run up a tab and need to make some tournament money to pay it off. Because they're both coming back to their respective games.
It is anogher example that proves that company have no balls to actually end people or stories
It's Tekken. The story never made sense. What we can rely on is that every character that gets thrown off a cliff or into a volcano never actually dies.
Update 1.06 for Bandai Namco Entertainment's Tekken 8 will add a Photo mode to the game, though it won't come with any balance changes.
Bandai Namco has confirmed that Tekken 8 next update 1.06 won't include balance changes, but bug fixes and quality of life improvements.
Azucena looks like a crazy fun character to play as... and an annoying character to play against.