MADRID, Dec. 13 (Portaltic/EP) –
Bandai Namco Games has revealed details about tekken 8which will have effects Rage Arts in battlesthe return of the character Jun Kazama and the 3D fighting gameplay with side steps.
This is how they have shared it from Bandai Namco through a recapitulation from rear panel to premiere of the 2nd trailer of the video gamein which Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada participated.
Tekken 8 is the latest installment of the franchise, a fighting and action video game that will arrive soon for PS4, Xbox Series X and S and for PC. In this sense, it will include novelties such as the reappearance of Jun Kazama, that the company qualifies as canon, that is, that it is part of the main plot line. Likewise, according to Bandai Namco, this character “she never died” but “she was just missing“.
Recap thread #ICYMI for #TEKKEN8 2nd Trailer Recap Panel:
1. Jun Kazama is BACK, canon, and was never dead. She was just missing. pic.twitter.com/qmRbeDMkfN
— Bandai Namco Esports (@BNEesports) December 12, 2022
Following this thread, another surprise is that mari shimazakidesigner known for Bayonetta and for her participation in Pokémon Purple and Scarlet, has made the design of Jun Kazama.
As for the innovations in battlesone of the main novelties is that the characters they will be able to walk laterally,although combats are in 3D. They will also continue Improved Rage Arts animations after battlesa type of movement that is preceded by a powerful attack that, upon impact with the opponent, initiates a flashy animation that kills the victim.
Likewise, as could already be done in the last Tekken, players will be able to destroy elements of battle scenes, which “will change the gameplay”, according to the creators. What they have included as a novelty is a new battle system called ‘Heat’which will start with certain movements and of which they will share information “later”.
Finally, although they have not announced a release date for Tekken 8, one of the game’s designers, Michael Murray, has communicated that They will “prepare something special” for fans in February.
