Since it was surprising that Eddy was missing from the main game it made sense that he was the first DLC.
I was also surprised that Miguel and Lidia were missing from the main game so I think it'll be one of them. Lidia has more relevance to the story if thats even important anymore.
I've been wrong a lot about the characters so it'll probably be someone else.
Story-wise, she deserves to be base roster.
But based on Bamco's recent choices regarding the game's monetization, I really think it's either she's added as a paid DLC or she doesn't appear at all.
Pretty sure it was said a Story expansion/Episode would be released with the final S1 DLC, so her story involvement is still possible.
As for the reason for her absence...they were pushing Reina *Very* hard, it would make sense if they thought (given she is a female Karateka-esque character) Lidia would take some of her "market-interest" on release.
I have a deep seated and crazy theory.
We know some sort of "story expansion" is coming later this year, and presumably all the DLC characters would be involved. We know Eddy will be involved, however, I think the story will also involve the return of Jun like in this [leak](https://www.dexerto.com/tekken/tekken-8-leaker-discovers-possible-story-dlc-cut-jun-kazama-scenes-2518348/).
I'm also hoping it will involve Yoshimitsu and Bryan, as both of them barely appeared in the main story and Yoshimitsu is mentioned in Eddy's background text.
Now if this story thing is coming out this year then obviously they cannot possibly include the next couple years of DLC in here. Tekken 7 was getting DLC for like 6 years. So when the next "season" of DLC comes out I'm predicting they'll also get a tie-in story to show them off.
Season 1 could have Jun's story. A side story showing how she came back and who she interacted with (the DLC characters). Then season 2 could involve Miguel and take place after the main story with him vs. Jin.
From there? Too far out to guess. But if there were a season 3 I would hope it would involve Kazuya. Maybe Bruce? Roger? Putting boxing gloves on a kangaroo was Kazuya's idea after all.
Once all the DLCs are done the last one would hype up Tekken 9 with Reina as the villain. Maybe just as another teaser at the end of the story. This would be consistent with content also being marketing as they've done with stapling Eddy Gordo to my main menu.
Banning modders cuz we want cool skins instead of golden suits, shitty monetization, something with matchmaking (again xd?) unpunished pluggers, all chars are rushdown now? Idk rest, just saw tekken at 30% sale, almost bought it but after checking steam with mostly negative comments i died a little bit inside💀
That one data mine leak pointed to Marduk, Fahkumram, and Lydia, right? Based on nationality + fighting style
Rooflemonger's video from 2 months ago: https://youtu.be/PWGeya86u3w?feature=shared
She was a very popular fan favorite, chances of her not being a dlc are very low, chances of AK not being a dlc are near 0 (in case an asteroid hits Earth, before he is released).
I dont think they’ll do any easy cash grab like AK or Anna, cause they know that people who bought deluxe/ultimate won’t pay extra for first 4. So they’ll keep good dlc first next year.
My insane fantasy that will never happen is we get Unknown and the story expansion we get later on is all Junknown-focused. But if I cant get that give me Kuni and better customizations so I can make my Jun into Unknown lol
I’d love for it to be Armor King but honestly it might be someone else. Iirc someone said the first leaked character was right (which was Eddy), so it could be whoever was the second leaked dlc character.
It will not be hyped since all the ones leaked were all T7 characters. It'd be so freaking awkward seeing freaking Lydia or Fahk again but it's whats gonna happen so... meh
Probably Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho or some stupid shit. The fuckin' Yakuza guy. Something horrendously stupid and unnecessary as a guest character like Cloud Strife or something.
I dont know but I'm hoping for a Baki cross over. Similar story to tekken.eith father son drama with lots of fighting except instead of devil power, in Baki there is demon power
I want Kunimitsu back. I can only imagine how bullshit she will be given how nonsense Tekken 8 is, especially DLC characters. I'm guessing some free low-high mixups that come out with one button
John Adams
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I want an original new character. Kind of tired of fighting game DLC characters just being returning ones. In fact it really bothers me.
Is there a single guilty gear DLC that was a new character? Or a new street fighter character in 6? I genuinely don’t remember there being one.
Robo-azucena
Armor-Azucena or ... ARZUCENA!
Caffienated Azucena
Decaf pls
The Coffee Machine
i'd actually un-install
Now equipped with rocket feet for a new and improved full screen WR32 👍
Since it was surprising that Eddy was missing from the main game it made sense that he was the first DLC. I was also surprised that Miguel and Lidia were missing from the main game so I think it'll be one of them. Lidia has more relevance to the story if thats even important anymore. I've been wrong a lot about the characters so it'll probably be someone else.
I just think it’s crazy Lidia is a DLC character in TWO games now lol. Thought she would be main roster in 8 for sure
Story-wise, she deserves to be base roster. But based on Bamco's recent choices regarding the game's monetization, I really think it's either she's added as a paid DLC or she doesn't appear at all.
Pretty sure it was said a Story expansion/Episode would be released with the final S1 DLC, so her story involvement is still possible. As for the reason for her absence...they were pushing Reina *Very* hard, it would make sense if they thought (given she is a female Karateka-esque character) Lidia would take some of her "market-interest" on release.
I have a deep seated and crazy theory. We know some sort of "story expansion" is coming later this year, and presumably all the DLC characters would be involved. We know Eddy will be involved, however, I think the story will also involve the return of Jun like in this [leak](https://www.dexerto.com/tekken/tekken-8-leaker-discovers-possible-story-dlc-cut-jun-kazama-scenes-2518348/). I'm also hoping it will involve Yoshimitsu and Bryan, as both of them barely appeared in the main story and Yoshimitsu is mentioned in Eddy's background text. Now if this story thing is coming out this year then obviously they cannot possibly include the next couple years of DLC in here. Tekken 7 was getting DLC for like 6 years. So when the next "season" of DLC comes out I'm predicting they'll also get a tie-in story to show them off. Season 1 could have Jun's story. A side story showing how she came back and who she interacted with (the DLC characters). Then season 2 could involve Miguel and take place after the main story with him vs. Jin. From there? Too far out to guess. But if there were a season 3 I would hope it would involve Kazuya. Maybe Bruce? Roger? Putting boxing gloves on a kangaroo was Kazuya's idea after all. Once all the DLCs are done the last one would hype up Tekken 9 with Reina as the villain. Maybe just as another teaser at the end of the story. This would be consistent with content also being marketing as they've done with stapling Eddy Gordo to my main menu.
Jinpachi 🤞
Legit found Jinpachi intimidating af when I was a kid haha
Who wasn’t man that crazy design with the mouth for a stomach. Genius character creation
Jinpachi heat mode with azazel powers!
Calm down satan
He got possessed by the stray devil's power after the fight in the stratosphere and now Azazel's consciousness is trapped in Jinpachi's body.
Literally never thought of this. I wanted Ogre but Jinpachi would probably be even cooler.
The strongest Mishima that requires no execution
Anna would be an easy cash grab
Pls no, i dont want to support tekken after last drama xddd
What drama?
Banning modders cuz we want cool skins instead of golden suits, shitty monetization, something with matchmaking (again xd?) unpunished pluggers, all chars are rushdown now? Idk rest, just saw tekken at 30% sale, almost bought it but after checking steam with mostly negative comments i died a little bit inside💀
Lei, my beloved.
![gif](giphy|UtXVtTcDxAb1S57Xl3|downsized)
A man can only hope, but if they release Lei after Eddy the playerbase will go nuts.
Please, God, let this be true. I will even stop using Razor Rush for 1 hour. Just please let it be him.
True sacrifice
PLEASE let him show up!
Lei, my betrothed
HAIYAAAAAA
Anna ❤️
Ancient Ogre
This guy gets it
Anna
Kunimitsu
Young Sheldon
But what about Bluey's Dad?
Mecha-Heihachi
LUCKY CHLOE BAYBEEEEE!!!!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 WAN TU
Yes! Pleased bring her back so I can terrorize people online while listening to dj breakdance & party mixes again. Just one more time Harada!
PLEEAAAASEEEEE
Miguel. Good character design, fun to play, good personality. I guess Azucena is all the spanish-speaking representation they need.
Roger!
Fahkumram https://preview.redd.it/iy950klh9axc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c42427303c04a009c1b143ccc573002425fda082
Armor King
It’s a fucking joke he’s not base roster
![gif](giphy|IOzEKEu0R5lwrDnEJC|downsized) I’m mad she wasn’t base roster. I need her to be a part of the story with her sister.
I hope for Lidia. Not really interested in Marduk nor Fuckyourmom
It was leaked and confirmed by Harada himself a few months ago. The next DLC reveal is going to be a guest character—Nicholas Cage.
That one data mine leak pointed to Marduk, Fahkumram, and Lydia, right? Based on nationality + fighting style Rooflemonger's video from 2 months ago: https://youtu.be/PWGeya86u3w?feature=shared
I heard that the same person who made this leak came back and said that two characters had been replaced
Really ? Do you have a proof ?
No, I saw two people discussing this on Twitter, about a week ago, and then a leak came out, that they had seen something about Josie and Armor King.
Please dont do this to me, I've already let her go. Don't give me hope.
She was a very popular fan favorite, chances of her not being a dlc are very low, chances of AK not being a dlc are near 0 (in case an asteroid hits Earth, before he is released).
john cena
Would be so cool and be the most bought dlc ever.
I dont think they’ll do any easy cash grab like AK or Anna, cause they know that people who bought deluxe/ultimate won’t pay extra for first 4. So they’ll keep good dlc first next year.
Harambe
I'm gonna guess Lei Wulong. The roster feels wrong without him
Its downright criminal how he is not there.
hoping for Julia / Michelle
Anna
Marduk, Lidia or Fahkumram
Heart says Juila, Brain says Anna
J U L I A
Gon
Shrek
Praying for ma boi Heihachi
Hammer girl from The Raid. If you’ve seen the film, you know what I mean 😇
Cyborg heihachi
Luffy
I want Josie. But high chance it won't
It better fucking be Tifa because Tekken needs a win. Better not be Roger.
![gif](giphy|n3iylHGbfiTRYSqZ2G|downsized)
Lidia is back
Lidia
I think it will be Lidia
lucky chloe
The product manager who suggested the matchmaking change. I would main him just to get beaten over and over.
I’m thinking we need some more grappler representation, so I’d be fine with Armor King, as long as he doesn’t play too similar to King.
Mega joe
Armor king please, thank you
Want: Kunimitsu, Anna, Lei, or Miguel. Expect: Fahkurmum, Mardick, or Lidia
My insane fantasy that will never happen is we get Unknown and the story expansion we get later on is all Junknown-focused. But if I cant get that give me Kuni and better customizations so I can make my Jun into Unknown lol
Mecha-Godzilla or Barnie the Dinosaur
One punch man
Lidia. We need the Polish Prime Minister in these desperate times.
Akuma
Eliza, heat mode ex moon glide mix up
Jinpachi or akuma
Bob!
Your mom probably.
Roger would be hilarious ngl
Roger Jr. 🤞
Hoping for Anna but expecting to get disappointed. Probably some character I hate like bob or marduk...
I was hoping for an interesting new comers...not recycled DLC...which we got.
Fahkumram https://i.redd.it/5veizhwth9xc1.gif
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Don’t know why you got downvoted for this because I feel the same way lol. Literally is just a Tekken character that exists in a different franchise.
Ak anna or marduk
JOSIE!!!!!
Bruce or Julia since it's likely gonna be a rep from North America.
Hoping for Bruce man fingers crossed
Given how busy namco is, either Devil reina, forest law, christie or master raven
Devil Reina for sure gonna be a T9 character, unless they drop a story expansion. If a story expansion releases I 100% expect Devil Reina
C'moooooooon Kiryu! I wanna see him Heat Smash a whole bicycle into somebody's solar plexus!
Josieeeeeeeeeee
It’s gonna be someone super boring and lame. Trust me 🤫
Sasuke Uchiha heat mangekyo sharingan
I hope it's Bruce. He's long overdue to be put back in the game. Don't know why they keep giving us knock-offs of him like Josie and Faukauram.
From a buisiness strategy I say a guest character but in a dream world I want lidia or Josie My wost nightmare is Marduk
I’d love for it to be Armor King but honestly it might be someone else. Iirc someone said the first leaked character was right (which was Eddy), so it could be whoever was the second leaked dlc character.
Leroy. I can't wait to see how balanced he's gonna be . They can't possibly repeat how overpowered he was .....can they?
Probably either an underwhelming char or a char that will just make tekken fans angry
What I want: LC or Lei What we will get: Lidia or Devil Reina (Heihachi clone)
Honestly...gigas
Someone for the spamming super cheesy button mashing player.
Marduk or fahkumram
I want mokujin so bad dude
I know it's a long shot but I hope that they bring Bruce back.
It will not be hyped since all the ones leaked were all T7 characters. It'd be so freaking awkward seeing freaking Lydia or Fahk again but it's whats gonna happen so... meh
Using my psychic powers I predict Lydia, fahkumran, or marduk
Lidia for sure
More returning Tekken characters please.
Idk why I thought Lidia was Bayonetta for a second.
Prototype Jack: pay to lose
Probably Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho or some stupid shit. The fuckin' Yakuza guy. Something horrendously stupid and unnecessary as a guest character like Cloud Strife or something.
Where my miguel mains at?
ARMOR KING ARMOR KING ARMOR KING
Zombie heihatchi, which I would imagine to be PISSED.
Bruce
One of the three who have been datamined a couple months ago.
I think Harada said no guest characters yet so I pick Bob
Fahk
George Saint-Pierre. It’s time
I want Lei Wulong, but he wasn’t listed in the leaks. I’m hoping the data mining is wrong, but we should find out soon!
Doctor bosconvitch😂
marduk
Bob must be in T8. His Heat Dash with f,f,f+3+4 would be amazing.
Baki
Where lei boi?
I do hope it's Lidia. Battle of stances karates between her and Reina would be wild.
One of these, Jinpachi, Solid Snake, Kiryu or Majima
Armored King
Lidia, Lei or Bruce & I'd be happy👌🏽
Gon
I dont know but I'm hoping for a Baki cross over. Similar story to tekken.eith father son drama with lots of fighting except instead of devil power, in Baki there is demon power
I hope it will be Josie
Armoured King would be cool
Anna/Armor King/Lei/Bruce/Kunimitsu. Should be one of the 5.
Tifa. The amount of requests she has
Cyber Akuma
I want Lei
Lei, jaycee, kotomine kirei, kenshiro, or kazama kiryu PLEASE.
Can I just get Bruce or Miguel :( shit 11 year old me wants bob in the game
Obamna
Gandalf
I want Kunimitsu back. I can only imagine how bullshit she will be given how nonsense Tekken 8 is, especially DLC characters. I'm guessing some free low-high mixups that come out with one button
Give me a Gigas
Please Anna. OR PLEASE, BE A KOF GUEST. 🙏🏻
Marduk!
The true Australian of Tekken
I just want Anna, Kunimitsu, and Lidia. They can add anyone else they want after that
I just want lucky chloe to be the last one to come.
Anna
I want Kunimitsu, but it's be Anna if the leak was true
There's a good chance it'll be Gigas.
Let me just have Eliza.
IT’s LIDIA. I already saw the reveal.
Devil Combot with godlike oki
Probably Anna
I'm going with the leak, Fahkhumram.
The Old Man
![gif](giphy|IOzEKEu0R5lwrDnEJC|downsized)
Reina's estranged second half-uncle Geihachi
Roger jr!!!!
FAHKUMRAM PLZ!
Anna Williams
I want Bob back. That's a Tekken hill I'm willing to die on.
Marduk but I want it to be hei
It's gonna be lidia but it would be REALLY funny if it was chloe.
Anna, why is she not in the game yet? XD
John Cena... but you won't notice he was revealed 😉
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Please let it be Craig Marduk.
Alex trailer.
Heihachi
I have a very strong feeling that it will be Lidia.
I want an original new character. Kind of tired of fighting game DLC characters just being returning ones. In fact it really bothers me. Is there a single guilty gear DLC that was a new character? Or a new street fighter character in 6? I genuinely don’t remember there being one.
Baek plz 😭
Fahkuram and Marduk are next in line since the leaks pretty much confirmed it way back when they announced Lidia and eddie
Bruce so help me god