We spoke with Bandai Namco about Tekken 8's new story DLC and how series antagonist Heihachi Mishima fits in it.
When Heihachi Mishima was revealed to be Tekken 8 ’s next DLC character, I was both surprised and not surprised. The series antagonist was killed off in the previous entry, Tekken 7, by being thrown into a volcano, but miraculously survived somehow. The only thing stronger than death is DLC, I suppose.
Related Bringing back bad It seems like Bandai Namco couldn’t let go of Heihachi. Both fans and the developers missed him, so it only made sense for him to come back. At first, director Katsuhiro Harada told the team to make Heihachi “look very dead,” and they actually went into the process with the intention of killing him off.
“In Tekken 7, he was a more technical character, where you had a lot more fine detailed techniques, like little moves here and there that you had to use to try to open up your opponent to damage,” Murray says. “Whereas now he has a more dynamic and powerful way of being able to attack your opponent.”
“They really like to focus on that change from autumn into winter. Falling leaves determine the colors and accents, that kind of brown orange going into white snow,” Murray says. “We wanted to focus on that being a hidden area where people had practiced martial arts while not being too serious and to give it a little bit of a Tekken comedic flair.”
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