Heihachi Mishima has been introduced as Tekken 8’s third DLC character, as formally introduced through the Tekken portion of this yr’s Evolution Championship Sequence (EVO) 2024.
Heihachi first appeared as a boss character within the unique Tekken and has been a mainstay within the collection ever since. Heihachi perished on the finish of Tekken 7’s story, a good purpose for him to not function in Tekken 8’s launch roster. Nevertheless, with this announcement, followers will likely be overjoyed to see him return later this yr.
A really cool tease trailer was launched accompanying the announcement, with the video culminating in a mini montage of Heihachi’s appearances all through the years, and the ultimate reveal that the legendary fighter has returned.
Speaking to IGN, Katsuhiro Harada spoke about Heihachi’s return, remarking that each the followers and builders missed Mishima, pushing the workforce to convey him again.
“Tekken 7 actually centered on the story arc between Heihachi and his son, Kazuya, and so, we actually needed to indicate that sort of last conclusion, and he appeared to die at that time,” Harada defined. “However then, after that occurred, Tekken 8 was launched, and we put quite a lot of effort into the story and the followers actually gave the impression to be engaged with that. And as that was occurring, we had been sort of feeling that the gamers sort of missed him as nicely. Clearly, we did, too. So, it was sort of determined afterward we might do this.”
Harada went on to say that Heihachi will proceed to have a “highly effective” play type, as he has had in previous instalments. Accompanying Heihachi is the first-ever Tekken story enlargement, which will likely be added as a free replace for all gamers.
EVO 2024’s Tekken 8 portion concluded with Arslan “Arslan Ash” Siddique triumphing 3-2 over event runner-up Atif Ijaz, changing into a five-time EVO champion within the course of.
