The Tekken sequence is getting its first French fighter, as Victor Chevalier is becoming a member of the Tekken 8 roster alongside a brand new Paris-themed stage.

Introduced on Thursday, recreation director and chief producer Katsuhiro Harada added context for the character on social media.

“Victor is definitely the primary French fighter for the TEKKEN franchise,” mentioned Harada. “I’ve had the concept of a French character in my thoughts for a very long time and it lastly got here to fruition. Because of Vincent Cassel for uplifting me and for voicing him. And the stage is Paris itself, the place I took my first Seine River cruise over 20 years in the past.”

Oui, oui, oui!

As Harada famous, Chevalier is voiced by French actor Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, La Haine). Victor Chevalier makes use of a blade, knife, and pistol as his weaponry. He additionally teleports throughout the display as he slashes his opponents. Bandai Namco is aware of the way to make older males look badass (bear in mind Leroy Smith?).

The trailer additionally factors out that Victor has a historical past with Raven, saying to him, “You’ve gotten fairly good, Raven.”

A brand new stage set in Paris for the Tekken 8 Victor character

On this new Tekken 8 trailer, we see the motion going down on a ship shifting throughout the river Seine. Harada mentioned he took his first Seine River cruise over 20 years in the past, inspiring this stage to return to life in recreation.

As you struggle with Victor and different Tekken 8 fighters on the Paris stage, you’ll see the sights just like the Eifel Tower within the background. Hopefully, there’s a nighttime part for the ultimate spherical, during which it sparkles in gold lights—although there wasn’t a touch in the direction of that within the trailer.

It’s fascinating that Tekken 8 has a Paris-themed stage as a result of Avenue Fighter 6 has one too, set nearer to the Eiffel Tower throughout a competition. It have to be time for digital brawling in France. However, Tekken 8 releases on January 26 for the PS5, Xbox Collection X, Xbox Collection S, and PC.