The Tekken and Final Fantasy fanbases are both rather split over Clive Rosfield making it in as the first guest character for Tekken 8 instead of Final Fantasy 7's Tifa.
Last night was a big one for Tekken 8. Not only did it end up winning Fighting Game of the Year against Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, but it also revealed the next DLC character coming to the game and its first guest fighter overall - Clive Rosfield from Final Fantasy 16. The reveal trailer showed Clive using a mix of his magic (guess it's before the end of the game then) and sword for combos.
I wasn’t sold on Heihachi coming back to Tekken so soon after his climatic ‘death’, but playing as him put those feelings to rest.
Although Clive is one of the most popular Final Fantasy characters in recent memory and one that has quickly made a name for himself in the series, it's fair to say he's not the dream pick that everyone was hoping for. Clive was a fairly obvious pick when it comes to Final Fantasy reps, but almost everyone has been asking for Tifa to join the series for quite some time...
