Ramblings of an Englishman

With the dust settling and fists meeting fate the story mode for Tekken 8 has given us the conclusion to the feud between the two main protagonists (and sometime antagonists) of the series in Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima and it feels like Tekken 9 will usher in a new era for the story of these games. I wanted to take some time like with Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth to go over my thoughts on this instalment and my hopes for the ninth entry in the series. I will say this however, I would be perfectly fine with another Tekken Tag Tournament next instead of Tekken 9. I feel that 9 will have such a shift when it comes to story and characters it may be best for the team and series director Katsuhiro Harada to give themselves some breathing room and thinking time to work over the plot and where to take their world. Plus it would be a nice time to test some things. I’d bring everyone from 7 onwards back including DLC characters. See who people like, who they team with each other and use it ...

It's about that time I start thinking about Tekken again. For those not in the know Tekken out of all the fighting game franchises is my favourite. There's something about it host of characters and in a sense being a massive family drama which has engulfed the whole world. I wanted to take a look forward to Tekken 8 and while that isn't a confirmed game as of yet I can imagine it will be something announced sooner rather then later now all Tekken 7 DLC is done. In this I want to have a look at must include characters which I feel the need to specify. When I say must include I mean this directly for the story of the game, ignoring the obvious choices of Jin, Kazuya, Lee, Lars, Alissa and Jack-8 which more then likely are the major locks for the story I wanted to look at others which I feel will provide key parts in what could be the final or at least the biggest clash between Jin and Kazuya to date so sorry to the likes of King who should be in the game anyway but most likel...