I do know you all have been anxious and dropping sleep about this, so I’m joyful to be the one to carry you this essential information: Kuma the bear might be in Tekken 8.
For these unaware of Kuma, properly, first off, impolite. And second off, come on now. Kuma the bear is one of the best character within the Tekken franchise, showing in every mainline recreation as a playable fighter with unbelievable ending cutscenes. Severely, a number of the greatest and funniest cutscenes within the Tekken franchise star Kuma, usually feuding with collection large dangerous Heihachi Mishima. It’s nice stuff. And now this lovable (but additionally harmful) bear is formally confirmed for Tekken 8.
On December 27, Bandai Namco delivered a late Christmas reward within the type of a reveal trailer for Kuma in Tekken 8. Within the newly launched video, the “Grasp of Salmon” is wanting fluffier and deadlier than ever, full with a slick headband and vest. That’s one robust bear, people.
Within the video, we additionally see Kuma’s panda counterpart referred to as…Panda. Not essentially the most unique identify, however it works. Like Kuma, Panda has been a fighter in a lot of the mainline Tekken video games and is usually seen interacting with Kuma in cutscenes.
Maybe one of the best a part of this new teaser occurs towards the top, once we see Kuma flip his salmon right into a futuristic cybernetic fish missile and ship it flying into Panda. Tekken is a bizarre franchise, huh?
And sure, I do know that there are technically TWO Kumas within the Tekken collection, because the one seen in in the present day’s trailer is truly the son of the unique bear featured within the first two video games. This present Kuma turned a fighter after his dad died earlier than the occasions of Tekken 3. Yeah, Tekken is bizarre.
However I really like how bizarre it’s and I’m excited to see Kuma’s new ending in Tekken 8 when it launches on January 26, 2024 for Xbox Sequence X/S, PS5, and PC.
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When you wait, take pleasure in all of Kuma’s previous endings, aka a number of the greatest stuff in video video games.
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