Tekken 8 Is Getting Us All A Bit More King In The Ring

Tekken 8

Another of the Tekken alum will be back in the mix for Tekken 8 with King getting the latest showcase for us all

The staples keep coming out there for Tekken 8, as we get to see that King is coming back for this title when the 2024 title. It was not going to be a hard one to expect that we would see Bandai Namco drag this one back out into the light once more. This is fitting with King being the luchador character with a leopard mask since the early days of Tekken, but it does make it so we are not seeing anything new instead. This is not a terrible thing yet something to be aware of when you fans will inevitably complain about one aspect of the game or another. You get what you ask for even when it is not what you truly want at the core of your being. It is the human condition.

Coming back from that weird tangent there, here we get another look at King in Tekken 8. We get to see how his muscles and body have grown and enhanced while the head stays about the same. It is a weird balance for all of that. Just as it is to make the wrestling moves feel right in a game where almost everyone else is punching and kicking. Not to mention that when King is in the room, the floors of the Tekken world all feel a bit springier than before. Unless we are to believe King is tossing these opponents into the ground with such force that they bounce as high as they do while not having all of their bones shattered in the process. Both work in the fictional setting, but it would be nice to know which it is.

Are you glad to see that King is back from the other Tekken games and will this be your main fighter once again? Do you think the next fighter revealed will be a new one for the IP or will it be a new look for a classic fighter? Would it make more sense to see the world get the rubber feel to it all or just list King as a reality-bending creature to help explain away all of the bounce? Take that fight into the comment section and then let the discussion flow on out there. There is still a lot more to share for Tekken 8 and we will keep it flowing out here. Please keep checking back in to see and hear about all of that as the game carries onward.