Reina, who made her debut in Tekken 8, is coming to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. The announcement comes from a brief teaser trailer from SNK Official.
The Tekken fighter joins the City of the Wolves roster as a playable character, becoming a member of different visitor characters such as Avenue Fighter’s Chun-Li, Fist of the North Star’s Kenshiro, and soccer star Christiano Ronaldo. Reina is believed to be the daughter of Heihachi Mishima, a man with a penchant for chucking his youngsters into volcanos. It’s no marvel she’s trying for someplace else to reside.
Tekken 7 beforehand featured Geese Howard, one of the main antagonists of Fatal Fury, as a visitor character, so it’s good to see Bandai Namco paying the favor again. Fatal Fury has gone a bit ham with the visitor characters, however this one positively makes extra sense than that soccer participant who dives for a dwelling.
The trailer doesn’t give a lot away, but it surely’ll be fascinating to see how Reina’s Mishima College preventing type will get translated into Fatal Fury. This announcement nips the heels of the Manjiro Sano and Ken Ryuguji (Season Move 3 – fourth DLC character) trailers, additionally launched as we speak. Each Sano and Ryuguji, who originate from manga sequence Tokyo Revengers, arrive in South City on October 22.
Reina is anticipated to hit City of the Wolves in December, after Laocorn is launched in November. Reina additionally continues City of the Wolves’ visitor DLC character run after Sano’s announcement sparked a debate in the Fatal Fury group about visitor fighters.
IGN’s Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves assessment known as it “an exquisite replace to the basic SNK type of one-on-one fight that feels much like Avenue Fighter 6, however simply totally different sufficient to exist as a substitute for it.”
Eagle-eyed gamers had already predicted the inclusion of Reina, noting the purple coloration of Season 3 fitted with the character’s aesthetic. In the teaser trailer, she seems solely as a silhouette in the background.
Reina is taken into account a tough character to grasp in Tekken 8, due to her various moveset and her weak lows. Superior gamers make up for it by using her unbreakable throws and stance modifications.
The character’s pick rate in Tekken 8 Ranked is 3.1% and he or she has a 46% win price. It stays to be seen whether or not she’s as deep and divisive in City of the Wolves.
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