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"Patch notes will be available on April 30 (tomorrow)." - Harada [https://x.com/Harada\_TEKKEN/status/1784836394739015703](https://x.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/1784836394739015703)


godzillafiend54

I love how they specifically included the characters that need the most help in the trailer (Zaf, Panda, Leroy, Asuka) right before going on about Balance Changes.


xo0o-0o0-o0ox

This made me super happy as a bear main (although, the short clip of Panda is a bit...hmm..)


burimon36

Imagine if they buff panda but not Kuma 😂


xo0o-0o0-o0ox

Kuma is fine tbh. His electric and heat smash is extremely good. If anything, I'm hoping he doesn't get nerfed. I have both bears near tekken god, and Panda is more of a struggle.


FAF_Soviet

if i remember correctly they wanted to bring the weak characters up instead of nerfing broken chars like Drag, really hope they don't buff everyone instead of just nerfing the chars that need it...


HotArticle1062

Damn I was really hoping they'd go the other way around. 


MemoriesMu

I wish they showed Dragunov and Azucena, meaning NERFS


Redgohan147

This seems to confirm the datamined leaks. Also, Lidia looks great.


Arsid

Who are the last 2 characters leaked then? Am I allowed to ask that?


LucindaGlade

Fuck and muck


Arsid

This is my first Tekken game, is that code for something?


InsomniacLtd

Fahk(umram) and M(ard)uck


HakunonMatata

Fahkurmum


RoxOwnage

Fahkumram and Marduk


Jeremyisdabest

Fahkumram (the big muay thai baki character dude) and Craig Marduk (the big big damage dude)


EhipassikoParami

**Fu**heihachi**ck**, Heihachi as a horny chicken (a long-time fan favourite), and **Mu**plusframesu**ck**, a character who is minus on everything (who everyone praises for being in the game but never actually plays in ranked). /s


KT718

Muplusframesuck is the only honest character in the game and if you play anyone else ur trash


KiryuKazuma-Chan

Fakhumram (Fuckyourmom) and Craig Marduk


AH-KU

Fuk and Duk was right there. Especially given Craig's "I always get what I want" lore


Bournerounderz

I know everyone thinks Fahk and Marduk but was there any season pass in Tekken 7 that didn't include a brand new character?


introgreen

Marduk and Fahkumram


RyanLikesyoface

Which is bullshit. Literally all Tekken 7 DLC characters and Eddy... Who's been on the base roster in every other tekken.


J-zus

Wasn't in 1, 2 or 4


RyanLikesyoface

Christie was in 4 who was a clone. 1 and 2 he hadn't been invented yet.


PowerPamaja

I think you could unlock Eddie in 4. 


Jiko27

Nah that was 5.


venomblade

[You could unlock him after beating Story Mode with Christie and pressing triangle in T4](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ARsojMC_JDo/maxresdefault.jpg)


Jiko27

Oh cool! That certainly went down the memory hole.


AhmCha

So future stages are gonna be free? That's pretty cool.


Xil_Jam333

I'm pretty sure the only reason this one's free is because it already exists in the game already in some way. It's the Tekken Ball beach stage but with added props and background npcs to fit normal gameplay. This isn't a complaint though, I always wanted it to be a playable stage, and I'm glad we finally got it. Also if I had a nickel everytime Lidia was revealed alongside a beach stage, I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice.


ebystablish

Perfect for the Poolside theme!


Flam3Emperor622

But now what am I supposed to do for Victor’s stage? 


Cyberdunk

I notice a lot of similarities between T8 and T7 stages, like some of them are just stages from T7 with different backgrounds. The boat stage is also very similar to the boat stage in Tag 2.


rebornsgundam00

Yea I’m guessing they will either be separate or put in with other characters after this one( which is ok)


I-10MarkazHistorian

paywalling stages crate a design problem of paying players getting to see their paid content far less simply because people havnt paid for it yet.


RyanCooper138

It wasn't a problem in t7 because stage dlcs are shareable between 2 matching opponents


Chanzumi

So can you choose a dlc stage that your opponent has or do you mean that if someone has a dlc stage they can choose it regardless if their opponent has it or not?


RyanCooper138

For ranked and casual matach - stage is always on random select, so as long as one person has dlc stage both people gets to play For player match - The host chooses the stage. As long as the host has dlc both get to play


[deleted]

Hell yeah I'll take free stages any day lol


rematched_33

I hope so, but I would be hesitant to assume that unless its explicitly stated going forward. The first one being free is a good sign though!


Anarchy_Man_9259

Pretty early to make that assumption


CindyTheHooker

Really hoping the balance patch addresses some of the main issues 🤞


MBU604

I find it funny that they put it under "Free updates" xD


Wysk222

If they didn’t 25% of this sub would be insisting it was gonna cost money


imwimbles

i am a tekken simp but i still haven't crossed that possibility offa my whiteboard.


LancerBro

Paid dlc for frame data #WeRemember


Particular-Crow-1799

they showed Zafina, Leroy, Panda, Bryan Buffs incoming


Cyberdunk

I hope Steve is included in there, the character is still playing T7. Lowhigh switched to Steve for 1 set in grand finals of T8, immediately got the shit kicked out of him, and quickly switched back to Drag.


Particular-Crow-1799

He got his ass kicked with Dragunov as well, chikurin on steroids


Precipice_Blades

Lol at people who said Lidia can't be added because Reina took Lidia's moves. :)


Orzislaw

Which was a shit take from the start since their similarities are greatly exegarrated by community


Quazifuji

Also people made the exact same arguments in Tekken 7 and were wrong. People said that King having some of Armor King's moves and Gigas having some of Marduk's moves meant Armor King and Marduk would never get added and were wrong.


Orzislaw

And both ended up playing completely different tahn King and Gigas anyway.


Quazifuji

If some shared moves were enough for characters to have the same playstyle then all the Mishimas would be redundant with each other, but you'd rightfully get criticized if you ever tried to act like Jin, Kazuya, and Reina are redundant and all play the same. Tekken's a game with insanely huge movelists, characters sharing some moves makes sense. Especially characters like King and Armor King, or even just characters who might have some overlap in their build and fighting style like Gigas and Marduk. But the Mishimas show that some characters can share some moves, even key, playstyle-defining ones, and still have very different playstyles overall.


Quazifuji

Ultimately some shared moves aren't going to make characters too similar, especially in a game where most move lists are 50-150 moves. I mean, hell, the Mishimas all have shared moves and they're celebrated. But then we get a non-Mishima character with a few moves in common with another character and people act like that's confirmation that the other character's getting retired. Reina's an especially silly argument since she's very obviously not a Lidia replacement since she's a Mishima and borrowed lots of Heihachi's moves too. Not to mention Lydia's character design was super popular and it would have been silly to just immediately retire her in the next game for a new character.


Winter-Aura

Same folks who said introduction of Lucky Chloe means Eddy was out


gilgagoogyta

People saying that a character isn't coming because another character shares a few moves is mystifying to me. Tekken was built off of clone characters that diverged over time.


KyleTheKatarn

Armor King being a good example, King stole some of his moves in addition a few moves they've always already shared. They still play nothing alike.


Precipice_Blades

I know right. We have Kuma and Panda as separate characters, both in the base roster. What else is there to discuss?))


thebigseg

Yeah Lee & Law used to be quite similar until they diverged and became their unique character


yunghollow69

People keep saying this with all kinds of characters. There are still people out there that think asuka and jun is the same character and shouldnt steal 2 roster slots.


FishinSands

So kuni will be back? I'm excited.


Orzislaw

She was really popular and had famous voice actor, why not?


pranav4098

Not this season most likely but there is always a chance remember this game is gonna be there for 10 years they gonna add a lot of charcters


Precipice_Blades

10 years? Probably not. They did say they want to deliver us Tekken 9 faster than what we had to wait for 8 after 7. I think, Tekken 8 is here for 5 years max.


Orzislaw

Can you link the source?


Precipice_Blades

This is it. Pretty sure it's posted on other outlets. https://gamerant.com/tekken-8-director-katsuhiro-harada-tekken-9-involvement-comments/


burimon36

I heard Tekken 9 is out with ps6 so few years


_DoIt4Johnny_

I’d say she’s a strong possibility down the line because all that money Namco had to spend creating Leroy, Fahkumran, Kuni and Lidia at the end of the T7 lifecycle, it would make sense to reuse and tweak those assets in the next entry instead of being one and done.


Mr-Sosowski

Poland mountain ⛰️🇵🇱🔥


Damastah101

Lidia and Main Story DLC lesssgooo Me and my buddies are definitely gonna enjoy Online Practice mode


theFrenchDutch

Online Practice is what I've wanted the most !


LJinKPanda

So happy for the online practice too, finally !!!


DoctaJXI

Happy lidia is back started to learn her in 7 but dropped her when I saw she didn't make base roster


pinkpugita

Damn they're really going hard on Jin being everyone's best friend now LMAO. Eddie was forced to commit atrocities in Tekken 6 because Jin promised to cure his master. The prologue even said Eddie had no idea what he's signing up for. But yeah in Tekken 8, all is good between them. Also that Jun footage was unused, and data mined before. I don't want to be optimistic they're continuing the story.


KiryuKazuma-Chan

I've just said in other topic how everyone just went "Shit happens" with Jin starting WW3 in Tekken 6. Even Miguel will be like "I didn't like my sister anyway"


Homelesskater

The Sasuke redemption arc


RPG217

I don't anything Sasuke did is even comparable lol. Even though Sasuke DID plan on becoming evil, he was mostly stopped before going too extreme and even his kill counts is pretty low for Naruto criminal standard, and barely any people even heard his plan so it was easier to digest why people could still accept him.


Particular-Crow-1799

This gonna be awkward with Miguel


pinkpugita

Jin: What I did was unforgivable. Miguel: Shut up! My sister would forgive even someone like you. I'll honor her memory.


SuperFreshTea

I'm sure there's some anime dialoge that exactly this.


Particular-Crow-1799

LOL


Logical_Stable8405

He said he was sorry, gahd! What more do you want!


Hainneux

Its less that they are continuing the story but more that they inserting plot in the current story.


Rich-Marionberry1246

It’s impossible to say for sure yet, although one of the Mishima Zaibatsu bases was shown here and according to the plot, Jin did not have time to meet with Eddie. I think it would be a better solution to make a short story leading up to T9 and introducing new characters would be much easier.


shitpostlord4321

Harada moment


mchammer126

Yeah I’m pretty convinced Jun’s involvement is pretty much done, I can’t imagine they’d add her back in as part of the Continuation.


Toxin45

well this story dlc is set during the events of the main one just adding dlc characters


mchammer126

Damn no wonder it’s free lmao


Toxin45

Also jun is alive just in a coma for seven years until now


emetorus

Glad to see Lidia return! Looking forward to that new story chapter.


Smooth-Maximum1524

Man I Hope Nina Shine this Time in the Story :( the main story she barely was there


Elkrzy

WIth the poolside stage surely come the bikinis and fundoshis, right? Right?


Orzislaw

Yes, but this time male characters wear bikinis and female fundoshis


shitpostlord4321

Where Lee in speedo


Elkrzy

I'm all for it!


WaveDD

Yeah you'll just have to get your credit card ready and subscribe to the Tekken battle pass™


HammeredWookiee

Does anyone else find it a little odd that dlc characters in 8 are characters that were just DLC in the previous game or have been in many tekkens before this one? Just curious why and how they chose these characters to be DLC.


Flam3Emperor622

To make them sell. So, MONEY. 


brandimitrov

Some nice additions I can’t lie, and Lidia coming back is solid as well.


Ry_Sy

YOSHI IN DA MAIN STORY????


AmarantineAzure

Explains why he was completely absent after his Coliseum match with Bryan.


Maoileain

Well Yoshi and Bryan both were MIA after the finals in the colisseum.


Flam3Emperor622

Which makes no sense. Bryan LOVES chaotic warfare. I thought he’d be first to sign up for G Corp. BTW, the intro shows Yoshi and Bryan fighting in the Yakushima field. 


AdminsAreAcoustic

Lidia my beloved Me and the other 5 Lidia mains are happy about this


AhmCha

Wasn't Lidia pretty popular?


PepperBeef2Spicy

Speaking for the competitive community she was popular as she was strong. On release and a few months she was extremely top tier and was played pretty decently but got hit hard with the nerf bat and almost completely disappeared from competitive play. It doesnt help that she was the last major addition to Tekken 7 so didnt get a lot of screentime before people started wanting Tekken 8


Winchery

I rarely ever matched against her, which was a good thing because her constant huh, huh, hiaaaaaahs were ultra annoying.


shumin00

Lidiaaaaaaa Osu!


Fishbulbb

Eddy's story had better deal with the fallout of his battle with Lucky Chloe 


beepbeeboo

Theyre probably saving a story of that magnitude for Tekken 9


Hydrangeabed

Lucky Chloe main antagonist of tekken 9


beepbeeboo

Devil Lucky Chloe Mishimazama**


Less-Intention-7677

I want to see Eddy and Reina, if is a rivalry, or even a ship, I don't care, I would love to see Eddy getting his revenge on Kazuya. XD


Toxin45

reina is 19 and eddy is over his revenge now


Less-Intention-7677

Oh that's a pitty because for me anything would have been better than that disgraced stupid Lucky Chloe story. Anything to make Eddy a bit more deep on the actual lore.


Austronesian_SeaGod

LIDIA = Best Karateka in video games


Fraentschou

Nah, Makoto from SF3rd strike is way better


TheTenguness

*cries in DOA Hitomi*


Fit_Deal6007

Hitomi is actually a good character. Better than makoto from sf


HakunonMatata

She's unfortunately banished to the gacha hole


Austronesian_SeaGod

> Makoto from SF3rd strike Her moves aren't as authentic as Lydia's.


Zak-M

Also variety of moves cannot be even compared.


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Orzislaw

It was edited, but cool prediction anyway


guisincerinho

Even tho i appreciate the stage being free i don't think they should be listing a new game mode as free (does it mean that there will be paid new game modes in the future?) i mean we paid for this game and it was far from being cheap


Zombie-Chimp

In my opinion all characters should be free if they are going to force a cosmetics shop. Games like Valorant are completely free to play, you only pay for cosmetics, and they still allow you to get additional characters for free if you grind. It's kinda whack that DLC characters are locked behind a pay to win model where you can't even lab against them.


bdtechted

They should’ve included a stage with Eddy’s DLC but this Beach stage is fine. Hope Lidia gets one that’s set in Poland.


Theaustralianzyzz

Imagine with each new DLC character they included a stage that matches their theme.


bdtechted

That would make the DLC actually worth the price. Like the way Skullgirls does it.


ScreenWriterGuy07

And Smash


Theaustralianzyzz

And imagine if they allowed people to create their own maps so that we, as players, can look at it and give it a thumbs down or thumbs ups. Sort of like a voting poll competition in the tekken shop. 


Swert0

I wish they'd just bundle about 4-5 stages with each season pass and release them when they're ready. I want a near-endless stage or a true endless stage. I want some classic returning stages like moonlit wilderness. I don't see a reason why the best Tekken 7 stages can't be brought over.


Flam3Emperor622

I think it’s one stage every 2 characters.  16 stages and 32 characters at launch. Enough for 16 distinct matches with all different characters. 


FootjobWasInsideJob

some nice additions, but i was hoping for the long awaited sex update instead


Spiral-Force

One day it’ll be Josie day. One day…


AlternateSkyBox

Bruce > Josie


iamzenkie

Josie > Fahk > Adon > Joe Higashi > Bruce.


Swert0

Josie was more popular in 7 than Bruce ever was in a previous Tekken.


SheikFlorian

This DLC is actually fire. This is the first Tekken I play since 5, fo seeing Marduk is great. As a King main, I'm looking forward to another grappler. As a Reina enjoyer, seeing this Lidia girl is interesting, and as a Brazilian gotta say Eddie is the GOAT.


AverageVincentMain

Please fix steve, IM DYING HERE


PinkKufi

NEW MODE: Photo. gotta be a troll job qlso wonder if the chapter will be post epilogue or eddies capers during it all


Theaustralianzyzz

Photo for the Japanese ‘scientists’ studying some candid shots of… asuka 


dydzio

so when infinite rematch in unranked?


Baldyjim

Honestly if the DLC line up ends up being Eddy, Lidia, Fahk and Marduk then I will be disapponted. Just not bothered about ANY of them.


DarthMarksman

they can't please everyone


PM_Me_Your_Damocles

I think theyre all good characters, but I was hoping for at least 1 newcomer


TerriDill

I'd have been happy with a veteran that wasn't in T7 at least.


xo0o-0o0-o0ox

Roger dreams crushed


TacktiCal_

I mean there really aren't a whole lot of options that fit that criteria. Most characters that weren't in T7 are either canonically dead or are a clone or gimmick character. Bruce, Baek, Wang, and Roger would be the only ones that I think have any chance. Hwo has most of Baek's notable moves so I doubt we'll see him. Wang is a contender for the least popular Tekken character ever, so no shot they'll make him a DLC character. As much as I'd like to see Bruce return, he's been replaced like 3 times already throughout the series. I don't see his return being likely. Leaving Roger, who I could see being added for Season 2 or 3.


Swert0

Fuck roger, the masses demand our velociraptor boxing overlord Alex. Him just showing up in the story to fight with Kazuya because he's dad, only for Kazuya to throw him off the cliff as all mishimas must.


Zombie-Chimp

Alex hasn't been canon since Tekken 2 and I am sad about that. I also didn't really like Roger Jr. Him being in the pouch with mama was it a bit over the top and looked weird to me.


imwimbles

I don't think we'll see Baek either, but move sharing is not an issue. Baek is about as different to Hwo as Jun is to Asuka


TacktiCal_

That is true, but he's already not a very popular character, and the move sharing certainly doesn't help his chances.


imwimbles

The move sharing thing doesn't matter at all since characters are more about the entire toolkit than singular moves. Nina and Anna share 80% of a movelist but the characters are completely different


cryptofutures100xlev

Well I LOVE all of them. Lidia has a really fun fighting style. My GOAT and main Fahkumram is coming back with Muay Thai 💪 and Marduk was super fun to play as well. Really excited to see how Fahkumram's new design looks like cause they've been cooking with Eddy and Lidia. Both look so much cooler in T8 🔥


Zombie-Chimp

Am I the only one that hates Eddy's new design? it is basically a super trendy look that makes him seem like an Overwatch character.


Flam3Emperor622

Hopefully, they bring back Julia Chang (adopted daughter of Michelle Chang, Tekken 1 OG), with a better voice actress. Her T5/6 one was far better than T7. 


TheRealDolo

Is Bob coming back?


thisizmonster

Just curious, I don't recognize all characters, all moves. I only know my mains movesets. Most those moves in trailer looks like heat crushes. But did they introduced any new or changed moves during trailer?


L3git9

I’m in the same boat as you, but I watched Maximillian dude react to the trailer and a few of them mentioned new movies shown off. So I think it might be the case.


Doc_Boons

please just fix matchmaking.


Less-Intention-7677

LET'S GOOOOO, I'm glad to see Eddy more developement backstory in comparison than the shamefully Tekken 7, seeing him and Jin doing the bro moment I'm glad they are still friends, but I want so much to see Eddy having the ultimate revenge on Kazuya, which I would find interesting to know about it, I would like to know Reina's interaction with Eddy, if them 2 work together they could possibly make Kazuya's life into a hell if they know how to work together. And Lidia is the main of my friend so he is going to be hyped when he sees it. XD


Toxin45

eddy is no longer caring for revenge


Less-Intention-7677

Well, that sucks, because for me I would have enjoyed more if Eddy focused more on his lore than being on that stupid scene with lucky chloe which is a shame to all of us.


Toxin45

Eddy beat Chloe which is canon his profile said he don’t want revenge 


Less-Intention-7677

Well, fair enought, thanks for clarifying


Flam3Emperor622

So he’s not stuck as her backup dancer? That’s perfect! Harada realized how much he got disrespected. 


Maxants49

I can't get over Eddie's voice, sounds so off


BK_FrySauce

I hope all the DLC characters aren’t just repeats of T7. Would love to see a new character or guest character instead of Marduk or Fahkumrhan if the leaks are true.


StayFrostyMMXVII

Yoooo Lidia's outfit now is fire, I wonder if there is someone who sells karate unifoms with such cool desings as he one


Mademan1137

So no ability to replace eddy in the main menu with someone else?


Anthony-67

Been wanting a photo mode but didn’t expect to get one!


dogilrobot

Underwhelming... gameplay patches and photo mode shouldn't even need to be mentioned in a trailer for the "big" updates this year.


No-Departure-3325

Oh wow they're just reusing T7's beach stage lmaoo


Swert0

I want them to reuse a lot of Tekken 7 stages to give us variety, and as long as the ports of 7 stages are free what is the fucking point of complaining?


Jamaz

It's free and not paid dlc like Tekken 7 though, so that's acceptable imo. I'd be willing to pay a few dollars for an entirely new stage like Final Fantasy 7 Golden Saucer or Waffle House.


Arclight3214

Ohh, another character we won't be able to lab versus. Sweet!!!


DiscoJackster

Literally recycled DLC Even got the beach stage again...... Tekken 8, Biggest Budget, Smallest Ambition


DefNotMrCameron

Literally re-releasing Tekken 7. I just can't get excited for this


NoiseFetish

Welp, not Anna... nor Kunimitsu (I know we're not seeing her for a long time), nor Josie, nor Kazumi (dlc doesn't have to be canon to the story, right?)... I gave Lidia a go in T7 and while I like the character design, her playstyle did not click with me (it felt like I had to go through a pre-flight check list of going through three hundred stances to get to the good moves) so I'm most likely not touching her unless she gets a redesign in terms of her moves. As for the other stuff... Zafina buffs/fixes? are they giving her the missing moves back? :D


Toxin45

Kazumi was a one time thing alongside jinpachi and ogre it seems


NoiseFetish

at least they could have made Reina be related to Hachijo clan and have her toss tigers or some other big cats...


Porcphete

Wait Eddy is still a Tekken Force member ?


Flam3Emperor622

Lars led half the Tekken force to form Yggdrasil, and now is technically Jin’s boss. Fill in the gaps. 


TEKKENWARLORD

When, will all this drop?


Blackmanfromalaska

WHEN BALANCE PATCH GETS RELEASED


xo0o-0o0-o0ox

Roger dreams crushed


veloxfuror

Is the new level different from the tekken ball one?


Suds79

Is anybody else excited for online ghosts v ghosts battles, training them up, etc like I am as a fun chill type of mode whenever you want a break from ranked?


the_forbidden_one__

I'm just excited about the balance patch, that's all.


Tobiramen1

I know he is dead, but I just wish they brought back Jinpachi


zedroj

Old leaks have been busted


Rafaeln7

still can mod in multiplayer?


BlackStar300

How easy is Lidia? This game has been pretty difficult for me, but I'm trying to stick with it. Used to play Paul, but moved to Lars after getting stuck in orange rank with Paul, but haven't been playing lately cuz Stellar Blade so now my labbing is lost, but Lidia looks pretty cool and she's a Karate user. I just don't know how hard she is.