There have even been games where Yoshimitsu could copy his opponent’s signature move. He can fly, heal himself, damage himself, stand on his sword, and even sheath his sword to fight barehanded in recent entries. In a series known for having very consistent mechanics, Yoshimitsu adds stance changes and even teleportation to the mix. Bosconovitch - who saved his life with a cybernetic conversion.Īpart from almost always holding a sword and drastically changing in appearance between every Tekken, Yoshimitsu fights in especially strange ways. Many of Yoshimitsu's endings are based around doing this, or helping Dr. In modern times, this manifests as robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. This cyborg ninja is the leader of the Manji clan, an ancient group dedicated to helping those in need. However, if there's one fighter who is known for bringing a sword to a fistfight, it's Yoshimitsu. The two generations of Kunimitsu and Tekken 7's Master Raven use swords, the android Alisa can deploy chainsaws, and guest fighters Noctis and Negan bring various other weapons to the franchise. RELATED: Tekken 8 Could Be Breaking a Long-Standing Tradition Behind Tekken’s Most Iconic Swordfighterįew Tekken characters bring weapons into their movesets. The latter sounds like the surprise return of dinosaur boxer Alex, but the former sounds an awful lot like Tekken regular Yoshimitsu. Some hints emerged recently thanks to footage of Tekken 8's motion capture, which included video of a sword-wielding character thrown against a wall and an actor snarling while a tail prosthetic is held behind them. Fans have no way of knowing what could return in Tekken 8, even with Tekken's tendency to keep its core identity and cast intact. Almost every character in the franchise could potentially return, and the only two confirmed fighters so far are Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima. One of the bigger questions going into Tekken 8 is its roster. It will feel strange to play something new after spending so long with Tekken 7, but since Street Fighter 6 is doing the same, Bandai Namco can’t rest on its laurels. Tekken 8 promises a new suite of balance changes, mechanical revamps, quality-of-life additions, and a new chapter in Tekken's ongoing story. While Tekken 7 has been holding down the fort through multiple surges of popularity, the community is ready to move on. Revealed midway through the 2022 at EVO, this will be Bandai Namco's next hotly anticipated fighting game. Of course it could just be a grapple or special move that's been animated to connect in a certain way, but if there's any chance Tekken has adopted some 'fatality'-style attacks from Mortal Kombat, it can only be a good thing.The countdown to Tekken 8 has begun. As for the game itself, in the above footage there are a number of times when the camera slows down just as hits that look to connect at the same time are closing in - not to mention Yoshi himself finishing Bryan off with what looks like some sort of final move. Now with 7 Namco must be looking to max out the crazy scales whilst ticking the box for "Random next gen add-on", as the Yoshimitsu of 2015 essentially looks like a crazy Platinum Games-spin on Pirates of the Caribbean's Davy Jones - which is to say he's essentially part-squid - complete with many flailing tentacles. First it was Tekken 4's buglike appearance that made him look like something you'd tackle in Dark Souls, then T5 was straight-up Predator in its dreadlock-topped aesthetic, before 6 went for the whole 'undead samurai' thing. Yoshimitsu's like the Wes Borland of gaming - as when Limp Bizkit's costume-swapping guitarist is coming up with millions of ways to look like some axe-wielding hellspawn with a penchant for tapped notes, so to is Yoshi appearing in increasingly crazy garb through every subsequent Tekken sequel.
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