Michael Murray, producer of this new installment, also reveals his dream fighter for Tekken 8.
Harada, video game history thanks to Tekken
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As you may have discovered a few hours ago thanks to our first impressions of Tekken 8, AlfaBetaJuega has been one of the means chosen to test the next 3D fighting game in the saga. Luckily, the event organized by Bandai Namco Europe had the participation of Katsuhiro Haradahead of the saga, and Michael Murrayits producer, who accepted questions to reveal interesting details.
After Tekken 7 introduced characters like Geese Howardthe charismatic face of evil from SNK; Noctis, the heir to the throne of Lucis in Final Fantasy XV; either Neganthe charismatic villain of The Walking Dead and leader of the Saviors, we talked about how the saga has introduced fighters from other universes through DLC, which aroused our interest to know what characters would Harada and Murray introduce if the licenses were not a problem and they had total freedom to do so.
between laughs, Katsuhiro Harada acknowledged that he has always dreamed of introducing Colonel Sanders from the fast food chain KFC as a Tekken fighter if this were possible., an idea that was not expected at all but according to the ideas of the director of the next fight installment. For his part, Michael Murray would choose the mercenary Deadpoolthe unconventional anti-hero of Marvel Comics that comedy surrounds so much.
The image of KFC, Tekken 8 fighter?!
Will Tekken 8 repeat the success of its predecessor?
Beyond this now-revealed curiosity, Harada and Murray also detailed important game data for us. Both revealed that Tekken 7 only had additional content planned for a year, although its overwhelming success with 10 million copies sold led to the creation of up to four Season Passes. In the case of Tekken 8, once again it will be the players who decide through their demand how much new content the game should receive.
Tekken 8, que will run at 4K resolution moving at native 60 FPS without upscalingat least in the PlayStation 5 version, will reward on this occasion the most offensive playersWell, this time it is aggression that is rewarded the most in the game through its new features reviewed in our impressions. The game, which has a launch window, will also come to Xbox Series and PC.
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