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POSTED: Sunday, November
12th, 2023
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(11-19-2023)
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Reina
Revealed During EVO TEKKEN 8 Showcase, Latest Details, Concept
Artwork
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 After
the conclusion of the special EVO TEKKEN
8 Showcase event on Sunday, which featured exciting and intense TEKKEN
8 matches played by past EVO champions, Katsuhiro Harada, Michael
Murray, and Mark "Markman" Julio hosted a live
"TEKKEN Talk" segment revealing new TEKKEN 8 details.
During the event, they recapped recent character reveals and showed an
updated gameplay trailer for Victor Chevalier
— along with lots of new Concept Art. After showing another
behind-the-scenes video offering a look at Victor's design process, they
announced Reina, the third newcomer and final character
of TEKKEN 8's 32-strong launch roster. See Reina's Gameplay Reveal Trailer from
Bandai Namco, below.
Reina's fighting style is
based on a real Japanese martial art called Taido. She employs a
fighting style using acrobatic maneuvers as well as brutal attacks such as
knife-hand strikes, eye pokes, and scratching
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all reflecting her "mean streak" personality. Her moveset also
has various "Mishima-style Karate" influences, with her acquiring
techniques such as the Wind God Fist and Spinning Demon. Reina also has
her own take on the Heaven's Wrath stance, once used by Heihachi.
When Bandai Namco
was designing and animating Reina's moveset, they collaborated with
renowned Taido expert Tetsuji Nakano, a four-time winner of the
Taido World Championships. Reina's deeper storyline elements and official
bio have yet to be revealed.
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Reina's
visual design was created by Mari Shimazaki — lead character designer for
the Bayonetta series. Mari Shimazaki was behind the visual
designs for Josie
Rizal and Kazumi
Mishima back in TEKKEN
7, as well as Jun's
new design in TEKKEN 8. Mari Shimazaki also did some designs for the SoulCalibur
series in the past. Below,
see the first ever Concept Artwork for Reina during TEKKEN
Talk Live at the EVO TEKKEN 8 Showcase. 
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Additionally, a new Battle Stage called "Secluded Training Ground" was
revealed in Reina's trailer. This new dojo stage shares a resemblance to TEKKEN
7's Mishima Dojo and Geese Howard Estate, and features breakable
walls.
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Sunday night's live EVO TEKKEN 8 Showcase featured a
thrilling competition between past EVO champions (who put on a great
show). Seriously, the pros made the game look
awesome and the overall presentation value of EVO's TEKKEN 8 Showcase
stream was off-the-charts. So it's worth a watch (especially if you plan to learn
TEKKEN 8 in 2024 and continue playing it for many
years to come, like I do). Without further ado, watch (or rewatch) the
full EVO TEKKEN 8 Showcase, below.
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In addition to the TEKKEN 8 exhibition and several player
interviews, the EVO TEKKEN 8 Showcase video (above) contains all of the
latest information revealed for TEKKEN 8. The live presentation
featuring Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray begins at around the 3:16:00
mark in the video.
TEKKEN
8 launches on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on
January 26th, 2024. Keep it here on Fighters Generation for
more TEKKEN 8 news and content.
~TFG Webmaster, Frank Joseph
(F.Yagami) | @Fighters_Gen
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tekkenchannel,
Bandai
Namco Europe
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