#Closing Fantasy XVI’s Clive Rosfield is the subsequent Tekken 8 character

Throughout The Sport Awards 2024, Bandai Namco revealed the ultimate playable character in Tekken 8‘s Yr 1 Cross, and it’s none aside from the protagonist of Closing Fantasy XVI, Clive Rosfield.

This epic new trailer exhibits Clive combating a number of Tekken 8 characters by utilizing all of his Eikon talents. Even his loyal companion, Torgal, assists him in a few of his strikes! And if that wasn’t already thrilling sufficient, Clive will arrive alongside a brand-new battle stage, Phoenix Gate from Closing Fantasy XVI, full with Ifrit and Phoenix combating within the background and “Discover the Flame” (top-of-the-line songs within the Closing Fantasy franchise) as its background theme.

And sure, voice actor Ben Starr confirmed that he’s returning to voice his breakout character. Clive Rosfield will debut in Tekken 8 on December 19, 2024, however gamers who’ve purchased the Yr 1 Cross will have the ability to strive him out 72 hours earlier, on December 16. On prime of that, the official Tekken 8 Twitter/X account confirmed that the collaboration can even embody many different beauty gadgets primarily based on different Closing Fantasy XVI characters, like Joshua Rosfield and Jill Warrick.

This DLC character received a divisive response from Closing Fantasy followers

Followers had been asking Bandai Namco and Tekken 8 producer Katsuhiro Harada so as to add Tifa Lockhart from Closing Fantasy VII to the sport for months. She appeared like an ideal match, not solely as a result of Sq. Enix not too long ago launched FFVII Rebirth, but additionally as a result of she’s a martial artist who fights along with her fists. Because of this rampant hypothesis, many avid gamers expressed clear shock and disappointment because of the truth that Bandai Namco and Sq. Enix determined to go along with Clive Rosfield as an alternative of her.

Nonetheless, Clive’s inclusion shouldn’t actually be a lot of a shock as a result of it’s harking back to the time during which Noctis Lucis Caelum from Closing Fantasy XV was added to Tekken 7, so this looks as if the subsequent chapter in a bizarre new custom between Sq. Enix and Bandai Namco. Apart from that, Closing Fantasy XVI nonetheless is an unimaginable online game that deserves recognition, so this undoubtedly wasn’t a nasty selection in any respect. Whereas Clive would match the type of Soul Calibur means higher, it doesn’t appear to be Bandai Namco plans to revive that franchise anytime quickly.