It wouldn't be an Evo tournament without the presence of Tekken, and longtime series producer Katsuhiro Harada dropped an absolute bomb of news. Heihachi Mishima is back, and he will be the next DLC fighter for Tekken 8. He'll be released at some point in the fall and will serve as the third of four planned characters, following Eddy Gordo and Lidia Sobieska.
In other words, Heihachi is not dead. We repeat, Heihachi is not dead.
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Tekken fans might remember that Heihachi was killed off for good (or so we thought) in Tekken 7. That's because after going one-on-one against Kazuya, Heihachi lost the battle, even after using up all his strength. In a mirror to the Tekken of old, Kazuya tosses Heihachi off the cliff into a pool of magma, thus ending the life of one of Tekken's key figures.
Flash forward to Tekken 8, and Heihachi was not part of the game's roster on account of being dead and all. He's referenced multiple times and shown in flashbacks, but he was never showcased alive. His death was confirmed in-game, as well as by Harada. That is until Sunday's massive reveal.
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