The Tekken series has seen its fair share of surprise guest fighters, and it turns out that longtime director Katsuhiro Harada once attempted to get the rights to use KFC’s famous mascot, Colonel Sanders. Tekken saw a resurgence earlier this year with Tekken 8, which earned much praise for its plot, graphics, and more “aggressive” martial arts gameplay.
Before Tekken 8 charged its way into the arena back in January, the series saw the occasional appearance by special guest characters, though this trend hasn’t quite reached the extent of other fighters like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. 2015’s Tekken 7 was especially noteworthy for its guest DLC combatants, featuring unlikely contenders like Fatal Fury’s Geese Howard, Final Fantasy 15’s Noctis Lucis Caelum, The Walking Dead’s Negan, and Street Fighter’s Akuma – the latter of which was even featured in Tekken 7’s story campaign. Many speculate that Tekken 8 will continue this with its own DLC, though no guest characters have been revealed yet.
Tekken 8 fans will not have to wait long to play as the series' resurrected arch-villain, Heihachi Mishima, in the game's next major update.
As the Tekken fandom waits to see if special guests...
