The Tekken storyline goes again practically 20 years–the first sport launched in September 1994–so Bandai Namco had a dilemma: How can we catch folks up earlier than Tekken 8 launches later this month, and who can we enlist to do it? The consequence was a five-minute recap video starring Brian Cox, also called Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession.
The video sees Cox recant highlights of the twisting story–with a selected give attention to the Mishima triumvirate of Heihachi, Kazuya, and Jin. He additionally delivers traces just like the unbelievable “Why do these fathers preserve throwing their sons off of cliffs?” together with his typical panache.
Whereas a partnership between the person behind Logan Roy and a 20-year-old preventing sport franchise may appear outlandish, the connection turns into clear when you end the recap. The Mishimas are outlined by less-than-fatherly father figures–see “fathers throwing sons off of cliffs”–and Cox’s tyrannical Logan Roy suits that description as properly.
That is additionally not the primary Tekken visitor to return from sudden sources. The earlier sport, Tekken 7, featured two playable DLC characters who got here from IP exterior of the preventing sport genre–Noctis from Remaining Fantasy XV, and Negan from The Strolling Lifeless.
Tekken 8 launches January 26 on Xbox Sequence X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC. There isn’t any phrase as of this writing if, in the course of the story, Kazuya forces members of his employees to play Boar On The Flooring.