Bandai Namco has revealed a primary have a look at Tekken 8 DLC character Yujiro Hanma, and the Baki rep is wanting simply as uncanny as followers anticipated.
The brand new trailer for the preventing sport’s Season 3 characters debuted alongside Evo France 2026. Following Kunimitsu’s launch in June and Bob’s launch in August, kangaroo-and-joey fighter Roger Jr. is now formally set for a November 11 early entry launch, with the complete launch following November 16, however the character most followers are wanting ahead to remains to be and not using a correct launch date.
Roger Jr. is certainly the star of the brand new Tekken 8 DLC trailer, with practically three minutes of its four-minute runtime devoted to displaying off the marsupial boxer’s gameplay. The Yujiro teaser, in the meantime, is tucked on the finish, however its reveals are notably stunning. You’ll be able to see how the Baki the Grappler villain has been reimagined throughout the world of Tekken under.
Yujiro is… expressive, to say the least, so nailing his face and bulging muscle mass was all the time going to attract consideration. Effectively, the Bandai Namco workforce did their greatest, with in the present day’s Evo trailer displaying only a few photographs of his iconic toothy smile and adaptability.
It seems to be like work on the anime visitor character remains to be underway, however simply because there is not any launch date doesn’t suggest there is not a plan to indicate extra. The top of the brand new teaser promised {that a} new Yujiro trailer will premiere alongside the Tekken World Tour Finals January 17, 2027. That is three months out from now, so we are able to in all probability count on to see gameplay by that time.
Wanting again on the calendar, Bandai Namco has sometimes had a number of months of downtime between Tekken 8 DLC releases. It can have been two months since Roger Jr. was launched when the Yujiro trailer is shared, which means we are able to additionally count on a launch date announcement round that point, too. If we’re fortunate, the Baki fighter would possibly even drop that very same day, however once more, nothing relating to his launch date has been confirmed fairly but.
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Roger Jr. and Yujiro are each included within the Season 3 go and can spherical out its promise of 4 bonus characters. Season 1 and Season 2 included fighters like Heihachi, Armor King, Anna, and Remaining Fantasy 16 protagonist Clive Rosfield. Whereas passes value $30 every, the Season 3 go is presently obtainable for $34.99.
IGN discovered extra about Yujiro’s inclusion in Tekken 8 when talking with producer Naoya Yasuda and director of promotions and former Baki manga editor Yuki Yokoi earlier this yr. You should definitely learn the complete interview for perception into how and why the workforce determined to incorporate a personality that by no means loses. You can even examine how former Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada influenced certainly one of Roger Jr.’s greatest references, and the participant who climbed via the ranks whereas blindfolded.
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