Tifa is the best option for Bamco right now. She’s an extremely popular character, her stye perfectly fits the fighting game genre, Rebirth just released this year and they still need to boost their sales, and T8 needs a new female character.
Thing is that games gimmick was that it was this crossover thing and never was serious or respected the characters lore. I think a big game like tekken will so if anything maybe Majima since he has a game coming out.
Surely it'll be Kyo I'm mostly coping but like, the dlc char 4 slot is orange, which matches Kyo with the eclipse thing on his jacket. They put Tekken chars in KOF All Star (the mobile game) and there's an illustration from that game with Kyo and Jin holding hands Tifa would be great, a Fighting Ex Layer char would be great too
IMO, there was nothing surprising about the actual return of Heihachi in T8. In a DLC age, I never expected they’d be able to resist adding the most recognisable Tekken character, he practically prints money. What was actually surprising was that they brought him back a mere 8 months in. They’re marketing campaign for this game very much ran with the classic “Heihachi Mishima is dead” and they couldn’t even go a year without bringing him back from the grave
Considering that Sakurai was *BARELY* able to bring back Cloud for base Ultimate, I’m not sure I should get my hopes up for Tifa. Then again, Square Enix it seems easier to work with if it’s DLC as opposed to the base game (probably due to an easier revenue split). Part of me feels like they may just do a Virtua Fighter guest (if any guest at all) in same way Street Fighter & Fatal Fury traded guests to promote each other’s games (VF6 in SEGA’s case). I know Max mentioned that that we may be too far off from that, but they could coincide the character with the reveal of VF6 at The Game Awards.
If Square Enix were to be more easier to work with in terms of putting their IP's into other fighting games, you might as well bring back Noctis for Tekken 8, lol.
Smash got Sephiroth and Hero, I think people overestimate how hard Square Enix are to work with. Are they more stingy than SNK? 100%. But I think SNK is the exception with how freely they lend their franchises
Getting Square characters is easy, the real B is the music because square only owns parts of it and they have to fist fight every composer across asia to get the rights to use it.
It's going to be Kunmitsu. Because the WT is in Japan. Fahk was announced at Thailand WT. Lidia was announced at the Poland WT. Armor King was announced in U.S.A WT. Kunimitsu, Tifa or even Kazumi.
A reason I think people are thinking its going to be a guest character is that they already did the mini-story bit for the first three characters (Eddy, Lydia, Hachi) and deliberately left the last one out of it. So its likely not going to be someone with high plot relevance but its also the last of the pack so there's probably going to be something big-ish for the reveal. Guest characters would fit the bill.
Unfortunately Kiryu would be impossible to be DLC, since the Yakuza Producer (Toshishiro Nagoshi) stated that Kiryu doesn't hit women. Majima would be a dope ass DLC tho
Watch Square repeat the FF7 guest character announcement at The Game Awards. FF7 Remake Nominated for GOTY 2020 Sephiroth gets announced for Smash at The Game Awards 2020 FF7 Rebirth Nominated for GOTY 2024 Tifa gets announced for Tekken at The Game Awards 2024
It's gonna be Heavyweight Steve. Double his size, double the damage, minus the attack speed by %3.2. post updates guaranteed for the character, of course.
If it's Tifa, the ultimate way to reveal would be the game awards. That's just the right audience! Returning characters can be announced during tournaments, that's the right audience, but the game awards is where Tifa or guest characters should be revealed.
It would make a lot of sense since it would even the split with genders. 2 males, 2 females and having the last one of the year be a guest character would make sense.
The main character from Sifu could work his different ages could be done as costumes and he could have a move where he converts health into a damage increase, the art style is the only thing that would be kinda hard to make fit.
Great idea, but as much as I would like it, seems way too far from anything of interest now that the game is almost 3 years old. Also, even if they don't practice the same one, we already got Leroy using a chinese martial art style and it has been pushed with him as a theme.
Johnny Cage would be sick. I think the guess character couldn’t be released early because MK didn’t want to lose sales. I think they are from MK and Johnny popped in my mind.
IMO GOD RUGAL from CVS3 would make more sense. Akuma failed to kill Kazuya and now Rugal with Akuma's hado power. Is another way to make Akuma come back in a sense
1:50 yeah heihachi is a massive character and super popular and was surprising... but I'd say ogre is an even bigger surprise character, so if the bamco team decide to one-up themselves with heihachi then they'd probably go for ogre
I wish but the creator of the character said that he won't put him in any fighting game if there are female characters, he doesn't want Kiryu fighting ladies since it goes against his character.
@ShinyUmbreon11 Well right, but here's the thing. Kiryu would be effectively breaking character if he hit women. And you could argue that it's a different game, he's just here for fun, who cares what he does. I'm telling you right now, people care, a lot. And they will be pissed if that happens. Still, I'm not opposed to Kiryu being in tekken, you just gotta come up with a system where whoever picks him first, the opponent cannot pick a woman. And same if a woman is picked first, then kiryu becomes unavailable. Easy solution.
I wish Kyo Kusanagi got more guest spot love and I'd love for him to be in T8. I think his playstyle is such a great fit for the game. However besides Akuma I have no idea who the last spot goes to, especially with how that story expansion ended. It has to be someone serious and powerful.
yeah, almost definitely a guest i think. snake or tifa would be awesome but it'll probably be someone from vf, as it was seeded a while back and there's the vf5 remake coming out. not sure i'd call noctis a "slam dunk" when you've got geese & akuma as guests in t7, but to each his own
MY DOOD, YOU STRAIGHT UP SAID MIGUEL, OGRE (Ancient Ogre tho) AND JINPACHI. THOSE ARE LEGIT CHARACTERS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BACK IN TEKKEN LMAOOOOO. I'm honestly flabbergasted you even mentioned them in that order, cuz that is actually the order of my wishlist... me sad now =(
Worth mentioning on the topic of guest characters: Around the time Joker was announced for Smash Ultimate, the ESRB had changed their rules in regards to third-party games being referenced in other games outside their core franchise - Games of a higher ESRB rating can no longer be referenced in other games of a lower ESRB rating, though it's not retroactive. This means Snake/Bayonetta/Joker could stay in smash ultimate, however no other M-rated games could be properly represented. This is why a lot of Mii costumes later down the line that were from third-party M-rated games never explicitly mention what game they're from (i.e. Smash x "Dante" or Smash x "Travis Touchdown") This ESRB ruling is still in place to this day, and with Tekken 8 being rated T for teen, we can safely rule out the possibility of several characters showing up. Snake, an MK rep, a Yakuza rep, etc.
You must be mistaken, because if thats true, Joker released in Smash in 2019. Earlier this year (2024) Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising added 2B from Nier Automata, which is a M rated Game being referenced in a T rated game by the ESRB. (Edit: and yes, Nier; Automata is directly referenced by title in GFVR)
@@Phurzt I honestly think you two are both right. The restriction does exist, but mainly for E & E10+ games (Smash falling under the latter). T-rated games like GBVSR don’t seem to be restricted by this policy, hence NieR: Automata being referenced by name in GBVSR.
Honestly, I feel like the final S1 DLC will still be a Tekken character, BUT they will also tease a hype guest character during the TWT finals for Season 2. Most people don't remember, but Akuma came out like a year after Tekken 7 arcade. Since T8 skips the arcade version, we're probably gonna have S1 DLC consists fully of Tekken characters and not jump straight to guests.
@@R-MAN-mp5twyeah because one of the most iconic and popular female video game characters of all time doesnt deserve a dlc spot yet akira who most people nowadays dont even know does yeah right lol nothing against akira or virtua fighter but akira isnt on the level of tifa lockhart or even most fighting game protagonists he needs a new game first plus he isnt going to bring new players to the game like say tifa kiryu or snake so no akira isnt a good choice at all.
Are you talking on American sense or worldwide bro most of the final fantasy characters are not well knowed apart from cloud strife even noctis wasn't known by the worldwide audience most of the people don't play final fantasy in the eastern part of the world. I cloud strife will be the better choice of they including a final fantasy character. (Lol 😂 even cloud strife is not well known around the World)
@@AzuriteEvolved Nah, The Last Ronin would be the TMNT pick, imho. He's got a game in the works, a movie on the way, and they've been churning out more comics with him despite how it ended.
It’s a shame people only know SC for guests. It’s a fantastic series on its own. Though admittedly Star Wars introduced me to its existence bur I stuck around for the cool games.
@@TREVORVADERI mean, tbf, they had mfing LINK in the game. I don't know any other 3rd party fighting game, which had a Nintendo character in there. Still insane to this day.
It would be hilarious if it was a pokemon from Pokken Tournament. Imagine the reaction to Mewtwo. No one would see it coming and everyone would have something to say about it.
Considering it's huge at the moment, what about Vi from Arcane/LoL? Would be left field as hell, and could be used to cross promote 2XKO? Tifa though just needs to happen.
... That is actually a cool idea, they're a game franchise technically and pretty big. But would Namco want to deal with both Riot and Netflix? Or are Netflix not involved THAT much with the IP?
@goranisacson2502 well if it was specifically the version and design of Vi from Arcane, then Netflix would potentially have some say, but Vi as a character that originates from League of Legends one would think is entirely owned by Riot Games.
Rock would be so cool. I think max has mentioned it in the past, but him and Jin are so similar now, so it fits Akira from VF is a personal hope for me. I've never played VF BUT as a Leo main, I'm imagining a unique intro between them where they make a comment that they both use bajiquan, and they start the fight with a clash of tetsuzankos (like how Jin and kaz start their intro). I dunno, I think it'd be neat.
IMOP I would say they will bring Akuma back since it had a big impact on Tekken 7 as rival character to all Mashima’s characters and his connection to the story back in Tekken 7. So, yep.
Baki Hanma or Kazuma Kiryu seem to be the 2 that come up the most within forums; which I would welcome either since limiting to only guests within video game genre limits so many good possibilities
I was lucky enough to be a noob in T7 and not rank high enough for people to start using them 😂. Only took Tekken seriously at the end of T7 and started playing on my own instead of VSing friends. Maining Lee also didn't help me in T7😂.
The thing with Snake is there is multiple Snakes, the appropriate one and most likely Snake to appear would be Big Boss (who before he got the code name of Big Boss had the codename of Naked Snake) given the MGS3 remake coming up in 2025. Solid Snake looks like Big Boss as Solid Snake (the one people think about when you say Snake) is Big Bosses clone
Makes sense to be a guest or a new character, because why would they leave one legacy character out of the story mode? (Unless it's Ogre). Also TWT will show the last char and Game awards teases season 2, better believe it
Please, I need this. I would love for it to be Ryu Hayabusa or Kasumi, but I'll settle for Marie Rose or Honoka if that's what happens. Phase 4 and Hitomi were my mains, but there's too many karate characters in Tekken 8 now.
Licensing for multiple things happen around the same time. We got a sf6 baki collab, i could def see bandai getting a slice of that pie. Kazuya wants to fight Jin to the death. Yujiro and bakis relationship are pretty similar (to an extent, im a baki fan so theres too much dynamic to explain) But the similarities are EASY marketing tools to use for the crossover
Hmm from a story stand point for T8: maybe Devil Reina Guest character: Tifa or maybe VF character? Though I want it to be a surprise New T8 character: would be neat to see Returning character: maybe, has a lot of chances
I wouldn't think they'd do another devil character. It'd be hard to do without it being a devil jin clone. Flying attacks, lasers, heaven's gate from cd1. God id rather not have another devil jin
@@c_hasting0341 Did you actually finish the story mode of T8? I don't know how anyone could watch that and think Devil Reina wasn't a done deal. It's pretty much what the story has been leading towards. I mean..... Spoilers: She literally turns into a devil at the end.
@BigDaddyWes I didn't say she was a done deal I just don't think they'll add devil reina as her own character. Probably be something more like kazuya and combined into one. My bet is they don't do anything with her devil gene until tekken 9. Or it will be her own seperate character and replace devil jin since no more devil gene
I don't really have a source but I SWEAR that they said that there wouldn't be any guest character in season 1 EDIT: I have done a little more research and it appears that Harada said there would be no guest characters in base roster.
If you wanna a leak. They’ve been trying to get the rights and likeness of A Power Rangers actor. They then had to go to super sentai and decided to not go with it. Later the actor passed and it was scrapped but the actor they would do it next with is doing a dub right now for a famous anime…
I really feel like its got to be a guest character. It wouldnt make sense to go from insane Heihachi comeback to somebody like Bob or something. Goro Majima will be cinema
Was just watching some of your Tekken videos. I feel like it’s the perfect time for Tifa since FF7 Rebirth came out this year, if not now (if they even are able to get her in) might not be for another while. Other than her idk. If it even is a guest character or not idk.
@@vchris8913What kind of shallow response is this? Yakuza has literally gained more popularity since 0. But hey. Coming from someone oozing pure ignorance, you are really underlying the series’ success and Kiryu as a character.
*breaks glass*
It'S STONE COLD! IT'S STONE COLD
This deserves 1000 likes.
BAH GAWD KING. STONE COLD IS HERE
HIs ultimate should be sharing a beer then STUNNER!
Character gets revealed, church bell rings.
Wheres the cans of beer!?
It's gonna be Shadow The Hedgehog
Honestly i would main 🤷🏿♂️
I'm with it
it's gonna be Cody Rhodes..
Oh fuck yeah
@@StrikingMachinei fw this so hard actually. oh my god and they would be playing him so much on upupdowndown
Just put Chris Redfield punching a rock on his Rage Ultimate and everybody goes nuts
Lol
That would actually be dope.
Tifa is the best option for Bamco right now. She’s an extremely popular character, her stye perfectly fits the fighting game genre, Rebirth just released this year and they still need to boost their sales, and T8 needs a new female character.
Yeah but WHO the hell is Tifa? How many people know who she is? 10% of Tekken players?
It’s a deck of cards from Balatro.
The last DLC character is Jimbo and his Heat move has a 1 in 4 chance to activate
lmaooo I'm dying
The biggest brain take I've seen so far, I kneel and thumbs up.
Shut up and take my money
Hope it's the blue deck 🙏
If it’s a guest character, they get revealed at the game awards. If it’s a returning character, it’s at TWT finals.
Yeah that makes sense
Noctis was revealed at TWT so I think anything goes. Albeit, I'm pretty sure they know Game Awards has way more eyes on it for reactions.
The reveal will be at TWT finals regardless. The full trailer will be on Game Awards
@@FWCrash they wont revealing anything this week they made a statement on it. So it will be at game awards
@@18Jeykey yea ive seen. Weird, but oh well. Thats like 5 days later
It has to be a guest character or an original character. You can’t go from Heihachi to Bob and expect it to hit the same.
Not having Heihachi as the season ender is mind-bogglingly stupid to me. It *has* to be a guest character or literally no one is going to like it.
@@krodmandoon3479 I mean Heihachi was earlier because of the story stuff so I understand that but yeah I think it has to be a guest character now.
@@krodmandoon3479 to be fair it could be armor king, but i think he is saved for season 2 or it's extra stupid
And yet they went from eddy to lidia....
@@xodiac-gg7049 nothing wrong with that.
"Kept you waiting, huh?" - Snake
Snake, big boss, Raiden or even Occelot would go so hard.
Bro I wish. I’ve been binging Metal Gear lately and would love a Metal Gear guest character
@@TREVORVADER dude me too lol. Getting ready for delta?
Soooooooo hard no diddy@@deanbrooks7297
"kiryu doesn't fight women" "they said no crossovers"
kiryu and majima in project x zone 2: ......
Please understand, what They™ say and what They™ do are never on the same page.
they were in goddamn rainbow 6 siege, its just for them when its convenient
Thing is that games gimmick was that it was this crossover thing and never was serious or respected the characters lore. I think a big game like tekken will so if anything maybe Majima since he has a game coming out.
Surely it'll be Kyo
I'm mostly coping but like, the dlc char 4 slot is orange, which matches Kyo with the eclipse thing on his jacket. They put Tekken chars in KOF All Star (the mobile game) and there's an illustration from that game with Kyo and Jin holding hands
Tifa would be great, a Fighting Ex Layer char would be great too
It's SENATOR ARMSTRONG. He'll kick everyone's ass with nanomachines, son.
Yes!!!!!!
Dude I would love that and have Victor get a unique arm slice ult on him
and your source is that you made the fuck up :v
Senator Armstrong would be a killer DLC character!!
Yes, All of my YES
IMO, there was nothing surprising about the actual return of Heihachi in T8. In a DLC age, I never expected they’d be able to resist adding the most recognisable Tekken character, he practically prints money. What was actually surprising was that they brought him back a mere 8 months in. They’re marketing campaign for this game very much ran with the classic “Heihachi Mishima is dead” and they couldn’t even go a year without bringing him back from the grave
Heihachi is boring no one cares games still doing poorly
Yeh and they brought him back as a stance character with an install super that he didn't need.
Its MR BEAN
Unironically hype.
That would be awesome considering we got Negan from Walking Dead in T7...it could be anyone.
JOHNNY ENGLISH
It’s gotta be the punisher From the Marvel Netflix show/MCU Canon Or it could be Kendrick Lamar.
HES BEANING IT
1:21 I promise, it's not me!
rogersbase jumpscare
Damn. Would’ve went crazy
He meant Gol D Roger
That thumbnail is from the future
I'd know that silhouette anywhere. Mary Poppins!
I'm Mary Poppins Y'all
Just a spoon full of salt makes the online rank go down
Considering that Sakurai was *BARELY* able to bring back Cloud for base Ultimate, I’m not sure I should get my hopes up for Tifa. Then again, Square Enix it seems easier to work with if it’s DLC as opposed to the base game (probably due to an easier revenue split).
Part of me feels like they may just do a Virtua Fighter guest (if any guest at all) in same way Street Fighter & Fatal Fury traded guests to promote each other’s games (VF6 in SEGA’s case). I know Max mentioned that that we may be too far off from that, but they could coincide the character with the reveal of VF6 at The Game Awards.
If Square Enix were to be more easier to work with in terms of putting their IP's into other fighting games, you might as well bring back Noctis for Tekken 8, lol.
Smash got Sephiroth and Hero, I think people overestimate how hard Square Enix are to work with. Are they more stingy than SNK? 100%. But I think SNK is the exception with how freely they lend their franchises
Getting Square characters is easy, the real B is the music because square only owns parts of it and they have to fist fight every composer across asia to get the rights to use it.
VF6 ain't showing up at the Game Awards lol
@jinpei05 earliest I can expect VF6 is Summer Game Fest or an upcoming Nintendo Direct for their new system
It's Dante, from the Devil May Cry series!
That would be sick!
It would be completely broken
There is no point in it being part of Tekken
And here we got Victor lmao @@wylde99
It's just a meme, guys! XD
@@Marcelo78512 hey man, we got noctis and akuma in T7, anything is possible lol
It's going to be Kunmitsu. Because the WT is in Japan.
Fahk was announced at Thailand WT.
Lidia was announced at the Poland WT.
Armor King was announced in U.S.A WT.
Kunimitsu, Tifa or even Kazumi.
This is a good take but i rather it be a different Japanese character
Armor King is Mexican
A reason I think people are thinking its going to be a guest character is that they already did the mini-story bit for the first three characters (Eddy, Lydia, Hachi) and deliberately left the last one out of it. So its likely not going to be someone with high plot relevance but its also the last of the pack so there's probably going to be something big-ish for the reveal. Guest characters would fit the bill.
Man I would like to see Gene from God Hand to be honest.
You are not alone in this.
Fantastic choice.
cool pick, but that's not going to happen in a million years
I hope it’s a new character OR freaking Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza. 10 years in Tekken 8 made you a fucking dlc
It's a swerve, it's Majima
I feel like it would more likely to be Majima than Kiryu because Kiryu would just play very similar to Miguel
Unfortunately Kiryu would be impossible to be DLC, since the Yakuza Producer (Toshishiro Nagoshi) stated that Kiryu doesn't hit women. Majima would be a dope ass DLC tho
@@notdistro He doesn't work for Sega anymore, so anything is possible.
It's not gonna be, they're saving him for VF6
It's Segata Sanshiro Unless Sega Is Saving Him for Virtua Fighter 6 or Something Tekken would a more Appropriate game for his outlandish moveset
You had me at Virtua 😅
Segata Sanshiro...now that's not a name I've heard in a loooonnng time
Sanshiro needs to be in VF 6
YEAH DONT KNOW WHO DAFUQ THAT IS but you what everybody knows tifa
Watch Square repeat the FF7 guest character announcement at The Game Awards.
FF7 Remake Nominated for GOTY 2020
Sephiroth gets announced for Smash at The Game Awards 2020
FF7 Rebirth Nominated for GOTY 2024
Tifa gets announced for Tekken at The Game Awards 2024
Infinite Wealth is also nominated sooo...
Oh I just saw that you mean GOTY candidates, my bad.
9:30 aged well
It’s Rock Howard
The silhouettes say so!
The Rock of Howard
@@ShadowRubberDuckwhere is it?
Nah
That would be awesome
It's gonna be Heavyweight Steve. Double his size, double the damage, minus the attack speed by %3.2. post updates guaranteed for the character, of course.
If it's Tifa, the ultimate way to reveal would be the game awards. That's just the right audience!
Returning characters can be announced during tournaments, that's the right audience, but the game awards is where Tifa or guest characters should be revealed.
If ff7r wins goty AND tifa is revealed as the character that would be some insane ish
It would make a lot of sense since it would even the split with genders. 2 males, 2 females and having the last one of the year be a guest character would make sense.
I've been on the fence about buying T8. Even the top players are feeling fatigue. Tifa would definitely convince me to buy.
Anything game awards is trash
@@JohnDoe-sj3ng It's on sale now btw. Payign full price is a bit much, but paying half price isnt too bad.
The main character from Sifu could work his different ages could be done as costumes and he could have a move where he converts health into a damage increase, the art style is the only thing that would be kinda hard to make fit.
And gets older after every round loss
Great idea, but as much as I would like it, seems way too far from anything of interest now that the game is almost 3 years old.
Also, even if they don't practice the same one, we already got Leroy using a chinese martial art style and it has been pushed with him as a theme.
Johnny Cage would be sick. I think the guess character couldn’t be released early because MK didn’t want to lose sales. I think they are from MK and Johnny popped in my mind.
omega rugal would of been insane but even then
Rugal makes me cry and quit fighting games. Don't wish that on us!
Honestly, I don’t know why I never thought of Rugal. He’d be sick as a Tekken guest character.
IMO
GOD RUGAL from CVS3 would make more sense.
Akuma failed to kill Kazuya and now Rugal with Akuma's hado power.
Is another way to make Akuma come back in a sense
Imagine its Jeffery mcwild
His gruff attitude works well with tekken
People are gonna ask why he's wearing Kazuya's classic costume
I imagine his iconic battle cry/grunt is the noise he makes when he does a heat engager
@@Mista_Phantom People can eat shit, put my boy in.
That would actually go crazy, and he'd scratch people's Marduk itch.
2:05 why he suddenly start going at my mom outta nowhere 😢
It's either A. a reference to Fukumram, or B. that your mom be poppin'.
I’ve been saying it since the game came out. Billy Butcher would be such a dope inclusion.
1:50 yeah heihachi is a massive character and super popular and was surprising... but I'd say ogre is an even bigger surprise character, so if the bamco team decide to one-up themselves with heihachi then they'd probably go for ogre
Big boss would be amazing
But Dragunov tho
I would absolutely play big boss
@@dyllanrodriguez2828 Dragunov is Sambo not CQC. Victor gas more CQC moves since he uses pistol and knives as well.
it could be possible because konami wants to keep mgs alive in some way they are allowed to, especially with mgs delta coming out soon
or the boss herself would fit good
Kazuma Kiryu from the yakuza series
I wish but the creator of the character said that he won't put him in any fighting game if there are female characters, he doesn't want Kiryu fighting ladies since it goes against his character.
@@Android-Twenty-One whata stupid way to think
Yeah but let's be honest people say things all the time. I honestly think not very much is off the table for tekken
@@Android-Twenty-Onenagoshi has nothing to do with Yakuza and Goro is down to slap some chicks
@ShinyUmbreon11 Well right, but here's the thing. Kiryu would be effectively breaking character if he hit women. And you could argue that it's a different game, he's just here for fun, who cares what he does. I'm telling you right now, people care, a lot. And they will be pissed if that happens. Still, I'm not opposed to Kiryu being in tekken, you just gotta come up with a system where whoever picks him first, the opponent cannot pick a woman. And same if a woman is picked first, then kiryu becomes unavailable. Easy solution.
I saw a T8 fan animation that I thought was real of Baki ages ago and I think he'd make a great guest
I wish Kyo Kusanagi got more guest spot love and I'd love for him to be in T8. I think his playstyle is such a great fit for the game. However besides Akuma I have no idea who the last spot goes to, especially with how that story expansion ended. It has to be someone serious and powerful.
yeah, almost definitely a guest i think. snake or tifa would be awesome but it'll probably be someone from vf, as it was seeded a while back and there's the vf5 remake coming out. not sure i'd call noctis a "slam dunk" when you've got geese & akuma as guests in t7, but to each his own
Considering T8 is still in its "arcade testing" phase, I'd say they play it safe and bring back another returning character.
LET'S GO GANRYUUU!! :>
Ha! Ganryu! Glad to see he has some fans.
@funkrates4778 I just want to see the meltdowns. But if he's in, that means Julia is most definitely coming soon.
@@charmoyl that’d be awesome!
MY DOOD, YOU STRAIGHT UP SAID MIGUEL, OGRE (Ancient Ogre tho) AND JINPACHI. THOSE ARE LEGIT CHARACTERS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BACK IN TEKKEN LMAOOOOO. I'm honestly flabbergasted you even mentioned them in that order, cuz that is actually the order of my wishlist... me sad now =(
Worth mentioning on the topic of guest characters:
Around the time Joker was announced for Smash Ultimate, the ESRB had changed their rules in regards to third-party games being referenced in other games outside their core franchise - Games of a higher ESRB rating can no longer be referenced in other games of a lower ESRB rating, though it's not retroactive.
This means Snake/Bayonetta/Joker could stay in smash ultimate, however no other M-rated games could be properly represented. This is why a lot of Mii costumes later down the line that were from third-party M-rated games never explicitly mention what game they're from (i.e. Smash x "Dante" or Smash x "Travis Touchdown")
This ESRB ruling is still in place to this day, and with Tekken 8 being rated T for teen, we can safely rule out the possibility of several characters showing up. Snake, an MK rep, a Yakuza rep, etc.
That's nuts dude. Vital info though
You must be mistaken, because if thats true, Joker released in Smash in 2019. Earlier this year (2024) Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising added 2B from Nier Automata, which is a M rated Game being referenced in a T rated game by the ESRB.
(Edit: and yes, Nier; Automata is directly referenced by title in GFVR)
@@Phurzt I honestly think you two are both right. The restriction does exist, but mainly for E & E10+ games (Smash falling under the latter). T-rated games like GBVSR don’t seem to be restricted by this policy, hence NieR: Automata being referenced by name in GBVSR.
@@Neoxon619 good to know.
I've said for a while that with Heihachi not being saved for last means that next up is a guest character
theme wise the best fitting character would be Kiryu Kazuma, ignoring any discourse over the hitting women thing it's straight up the perfect match
I hope the last DLC is a Guest Character.
leaks say it's armor king
@ are you sure, I think is a brand new character.
Its either going to be another original TEKKEN 8 character or a guest character. Im still holding out for Eliza, Bob or Armor King
I reckon it might be Kazumi
LMAO Bob is not worthy of being a DLC character
I mean... no shit. What else would it be?
Honestly, I feel like the final S1 DLC will still be a Tekken character,
BUT they will also tease a hype guest character during the TWT finals for Season 2.
Most people don't remember, but Akuma came out like a year after Tekken 7 arcade. Since T8 skips the arcade version, we're probably gonna have S1 DLC consists fully of Tekken characters and not jump straight to guests.
Sadly they already deconfirmed Eliza I believe
If Tifa is in Tekken, they can take my money!
PLEASE 🙏
Tifa doesn't deserve that spot. That spot goes to Akira Yuki from Virtua Fighter.
@ IM FINE WITH EITHER!!
@@R-MAN-mp5twyeah because one of the most iconic and popular female video game characters of all time doesnt deserve a dlc spot yet akira who most people nowadays dont even know does yeah right lol nothing against akira or virtua fighter but akira isnt on the level of tifa lockhart or even most fighting game protagonists he needs a new game first plus he isnt going to bring new players to the game like say tifa kiryu or snake so no akira isnt a good choice at all.
Are you talking on American sense or worldwide bro most of the final fantasy characters are not well knowed apart from cloud strife even noctis wasn't known by the worldwide audience most of the people don't play final fantasy in the eastern part of the world. I cloud strife will be the better choice of they including a final fantasy character. (Lol 😂 even cloud strife is not well known around the World)
Keep in mind the silhouette color will match the color pattern of the character
I have a feeling that when VF6 comes along they'll pick Reina Mishima as a guest trade-off to have Akido & Mishima style in one
Either an old character they have an excuse to reanimate, T7 DLC or a surprise guest
Jinpachi mishima
I'd shit my pants if it was jinpachi
Nah too many mishimas
@@Pickoffarwim only 2 kazuya and heihachi
@@kakarot1BANDAI DJ and Reina too
Jinpachi guest character from Tekken 5 😅?
gonna be wild if its a blazblue or guilty gear collab
people will come back to this and say that he predicted bunch of future guest characters
Clive from FFXVI...
I hope it's signature Harada out-of-left-field surprise like...Harvey Lee Oswald or something
Walter White
Colonel Sanders
Harvey Weinstein
Danny Devito
Iron Mike Tyson
I see we cut out him getting excited about the Shredder as a guest bit
@JEZ346 He's more of a Mortal Kombat character than Tekken though Splinter would be dope and the overall better choice
@@AzuriteEvolved Nah, The Last Ronin would be the TMNT pick, imho. He's got a game in the works, a movie on the way, and they've been churning out more comics with him despite how it ended.
Guest character. It's what put Soul Calibur on the map for hype.
It’s a shame people only know SC for guests. It’s a fantastic series on its own.
Though admittedly Star Wars introduced me to its existence bur I stuck around for the cool games.
@@TREVORVADERI mean, tbf, they had mfing LINK in the game. I don't know any other 3rd party fighting game, which had a Nintendo character in there. Still insane to this day.
It's Kiryu and his clash with Heihachi is going to become a canon event for de LAD series.
You got me thinking about out of left field characters
Billy Butcher could be sick in Tekken
if Mokujin comes back, this will be a better world.
I’d also like him back but not as paid dlc but a free character for all
@thatclown007 that would be dope
@@thatclown007 a man can dream, would be great since it wouldn't copy characters you don't own, so they wouldn't really lose anything
It’s gonna be GOKU jus trust me
It would be hilarious if it was a pokemon from Pokken Tournament. Imagine the reaction to Mewtwo. No one would see it coming and everyone would have something to say about it.
And he gets made part of the lore like Akuma.
No
It's actually pikachu (they needed 2 heihachis)
Could be Lucario or Blaziken or something later than Pokkén like Incineror (Yes, Fire Kitty from Smash)
not bad
Considering it's huge at the moment, what about Vi from Arcane/LoL? Would be left field as hell, and could be used to cross promote 2XKO?
Tifa though just needs to happen.
... That is actually a cool idea, they're a game franchise technically and pretty big. But would Namco want to deal with both Riot and Netflix? Or are Netflix not involved THAT much with the IP?
@goranisacson2502 well if it was specifically the version and design of Vi from Arcane, then Netflix would potentially have some say, but Vi as a character that originates from League of Legends one would think is entirely owned by Riot Games.
depends on which Vi you want... ss2 Vi is the best looking Vi btw but people will pick ss1 Vi
They put Negan so I wouldn't be suprise but I'm expecting tifa
How did you know Clive was a suggestion 🤣 I bet you know more characters too max c'mon 😂
Rock would be so cool. I think max has mentioned it in the past, but him and Jin are so similar now, so it fits
Akira from VF is a personal hope for me. I've never played VF BUT as a Leo main, I'm imagining a unique intro between them where they make a comment that they both use bajiquan, and they start the fight with a clash of tetsuzankos (like how Jin and kaz start their intro). I dunno, I think it'd be neat.
I’d love to see Akira or someone from VF!
Don't lie, Leo mains don't exist. You're just waiting for Julia 😂
@@hdbngrscrew god no. Leo >>>> Julia, big time
If the "leaks" are true about yakuza coming to tekken8 I'm gonna fold immediately 🤣
WHAT LEAKS, HEY COME BACK AND EXPLAIN THE LEAKS
I’m pretty sure those were leaks saying Tekken and Yakuza will be in fortnite soon
@@spidergames5640 ive just been edged in a YT comment section
Chris Redfield or Wesker would be nutty as well
Those are Capcom IPs...
@@GerBessa psst, Akuma is a Capcom character.
IMOP I would say they will bring Akuma back since it had a big impact on Tekken 7 as rival character to all Mashima’s characters and his connection to the story back in Tekken 7. So, yep.
Baki Hanma or Kazuma Kiryu seem to be the 2 that come up the most within forums; which I would welcome either since limiting to only guests within video game genre limits so many good possibilities
I can’t wait to see old Tekken fans having heart attack after seeing Akuma or Geese as dlc character lol
I was lucky enough to be a noob in T7 and not rank high enough for people to start using them 😂. Only took Tekken seriously at the end of T7 and started playing on my own instead of VSing friends. Maining Lee also didn't help me in T7😂.
Akuma after Heihachi resurrection: Why won't you die?
The thing with Snake is there is multiple Snakes, the appropriate one and most likely Snake to appear would be Big Boss (who before he got the code name of Big Boss had the codename of Naked Snake) given the MGS3 remake coming up in 2025. Solid Snake looks like Big Boss as Solid Snake (the one people think about when you say Snake) is Big Bosses clone
Makes sense to be a guest or a new character, because why would they leave one legacy character out of the story mode?
(Unless it's Ogre).
Also TWT will show the last char and Game awards teases season 2, better believe it
they said every dlc will get a story mode update
Ogre would be hype ngl, especially if they're planning a Jun story mode too.
*Roger Jr.*
Make it happen, Namco!
Gesse and Akuma would be sick to have back if they dialed them back and made them play more like tekken characters
We need a Yakuza character. Kiryu or Majima I would fucking love
This would be enough motivation for me to actually learn Tekken
A dead or alive charakter would be niceeee
Please, I need this. I would love for it to be Ryu Hayabusa or Kasumi, but I'll settle for Marie Rose or Honoka if that's what happens. Phase 4 and Hitomi were my mains, but there's too many karate characters in Tekken 8 now.
@@thatonepenguinperson618 Ryu Hayabusa or Tina Armstrong !
Yes! Actually yes!
And unfortunately it would fit in well with their characters having 1 button mash combos
@@thatonepenguinperson618 If we get a DoA crossover, and it's fucking Marie Rose...I will cry. Please, no.
It's me, DIO! (FF VII DIO)
Pikachu with aspects of his Pokken moveset
I would love a guest character from Soul Calibur. Tifa would be dope as well.
Baki or Yujiro would be hype af
Yo facts
Licensing for multiple things happen around the same time. We got a sf6 baki collab, i could def see bandai getting a slice of that pie.
Kazuya wants to fight Jin to the death.
Yujiro and bakis relationship are pretty similar (to an extent, im a baki fan so theres too much dynamic to explain)
But the similarities are EASY marketing tools to use for the crossover
🤢🤮
it would be so funny if we got Gon from tekken 3
Gon was technically a guest character, it'd be funny if he, of all characters, made a comeback in Tekken.
Hmm from a story stand point for T8: maybe Devil Reina
Guest character: Tifa or maybe VF character? Though I want it to be a surprise
New T8 character: would be neat to see
Returning character: maybe, has a lot of chances
I wouldn't think they'd do another devil character. It'd be hard to do without it being a devil jin clone. Flying attacks, lasers, heaven's gate from cd1. God id rather not have another devil jin
I like the idea of a VF character.
@@c_hasting0341 Did you actually finish the story mode of T8? I don't know how anyone could watch that and think Devil Reina wasn't a done deal. It's pretty much what the story has been leading towards. I mean..... Spoilers:
She literally turns into a devil at the end.
@BigDaddyWes I didn't say she was a done deal I just don't think they'll add devil reina as her own character. Probably be something more like kazuya and combined into one. My bet is they don't do anything with her devil gene until tekken 9. Or it will be her own seperate character and replace devil jin since no more devil gene
I don't really have a source but I SWEAR that they said that there wouldn't be any guest character in season 1
EDIT: I have done a little more research and it appears that Harada said there would be no guest characters in base roster.
If you wanna a leak. They’ve been trying to get the rights and likeness of A Power Rangers actor. They then had to go to super sentai and decided to not go with it.
Later the actor passed and it was scrapped but the actor they would do it next with is doing a dub right now for a famous anime…
I feel like it could be Chun Li as a guest or Michelle since shes the only OG fighter not in the game and its their 30th year anniversary.
I would love to see a Dead or Alive character joining.
Kasumi or Ayane will be mind blowing.
Kasumi would be nice
Nah! El blaze or either wolf hawkfield
God I'd love a Robot Roger jr. SO MUCH
Robot Roger jr will win evo 2051
Devil Alex, Gloves Off Mode
Rock in Tekken 8 sounds like a dream come true
I really feel like its got to be a guest character. It wouldnt make sense to go from insane Heihachi comeback to somebody like Bob or something. Goro Majima will be cinema
I need kiryu Kazuma or majima goro please! You know what, why not both
Shinobi PS2 or Ryu Hyabusa
Tifa Lockhart's birthday is on March. Probably, she'll be slated for Spring DLC.
I'm calling it now. Solid Snake
if Snake shows up in Tekken, i'll finally start learning it
I'd want Rugal. He'd make sense by trying to get the Devil Gene and mix it with Orochi power
I would kinda like Akuma coming back because his new design SF6 is great
Was just watching some of your Tekken videos. I feel like it’s the perfect time for Tifa since FF7 Rebirth came out this year, if not now (if they even are able to get her in) might not be for another while. Other than her idk. If it even is a guest character or not idk.
john call of duty for tekken 8
Kazuma Kiryu is the only answer. He fits into a fighting game very well and would create enough hype to sustain the game's popularity and numbers.
The only answer for you
Most people don't know who DAFUQ that guy is since Yakuza is mostly a joke game
everybody knows tifa
@@vchris8913What kind of shallow response is this?
Yakuza has literally gained more popularity since 0. But hey. Coming from someone oozing pure ignorance, you are really underlying the series’ success and Kiryu as a character.