Bandai Namco is continuous with their Tekken 8 character spotlight trailers, this time placing the highlight on the enigmatic Yoshimitsu.

Enjoyable truth (not likely), I by no means actually bought into the Tekken collection, however every time I did play, it was both utilizing Mokujin (if obtainable) or Yoshimitsu. That’s largely as a result of Bandai Namco has a Yoshimitsu within the Soul Calibur collection. They might or is probably not the identical man. I’m not likely up on my lore.

This trailer is so rad. One a part of it harkens again to Yoshimitsu’s victory cinematic towards Bryan Fury. There are most likely different references in there, however as I stated, I’m a dilettante. A lot of the trailer focuses on an indication of the Manji Ninjitsu combating fashion, in addition to the thirsty Cursed Blade Yoshimitsu. The trailer additionally caps off together with his rage artwork, as is customary in these trailers.

Yoshimitsu’s design adjustments closely in every Tekken recreation. Whereas the theme is at all times cyborg ninja, he varies from being extra samurai or buglike with every iteration. This time round, we bought a superb combine with some cosmic highlights. The armor is clearly Japanese-inspired however has a really chitinous look to it. Even with the brand new design, the over-the-top chivalry and peculiar goofiness are intact.

Whereas this trailer is a deep dive into the character, we already knew that Yoshimitsu can be in Tekken 8. Actually, it might be unusual if he wasn’t. He’s a part of a fairly hefty solid of 32 characters within the base recreation.

Tekken 8 releases on PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC on January 26, 2024. The PS5 demo arrives on December 14, 2023, adopted by PC and Xbox on December 21, 2023.