Bandai Namco has not slowed down with its Tekken 8 trailers. The corporate launched a pair of recent ones, each of which unveiled a brand new character. The primary confirmed that long-time long-time combatant Asuka Kazama can be making a return, whereas the second confirmed that Leroy Smith can be making his second playable look, too.
Asuka has been within the sequence since Tekken 5 and is Jin Kazama’s cousin. She appears to have a good bit of recent strikes (a few of which use Warmth), together with her pointing taunt that seems to buff a few of her assaults. Asuka additionally has a brand new costume, however Govt Director Katsuhiro Harada tweeted that she’s going to nonetheless have her traditional outfit, too.
Leroy is a relative newcomer to the sequence since he solely made his Tekken debut in Tekken 7 and was a part of the sport’s third season move (and in addition was within the Netflix anime after that). The trailer had him utilizing a few of his Wing Chun model to put the smack down, and it even had a cameo of his canine, Sugar. He’s received his personal statue within the stage, too, and his identify can be discovered on some indicators. One signal even says “Bob,” which could be hinting at Bob’s imminent return.
Leroy was one of many extra controversial components of Tekken 7‘s DLC since, whereas gamers typically liked his visible design, he was notoriously overpowered. As documented by theScore esports, Leroy dominated the scene for a while the place an enormous proportion of high-level gamers picked this new challenger. Bandai Namco ultimately nerfed him a bit, however he was nonetheless the undisputed King of the Iron Fist Match in of Tekken 7 throughout his early days.
