Tekken 8 players want Tifa from FF7 as DLC

Final Fantasy 7 Fans, aka Tifa Lockhart fans, have a suggestion for veteran Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada: use Tifa Tekken 8. They blasted Harada so hard on social media for including their #1 girl this week that the producer was forced to respond and tell the Tifa-loving masses that he fully appreciates their adoration, but the Tekken 8The guest list is still being determined.

“We all know she’s attractive, and I understand that.” Harada said on X to one of the many requests to which Bandai Namco is adding Tifa Tekken 8. “But we haven’t decided on guest characters etc.”

It’s a surprisingly heartfelt response to what must have been an annoying refrain from Tifa Stan’s. Harada, of course, is known for his “don’t ask me for shit” attitude when it comes to what Tekken fans want. Still, he gets asked about shit on a regular basis, including popular requests to add characters like Tifa and Kiryu Kazuma from Sega’s Yakuza/Like A Dragon series.

Tekken 8 was officially launched on Friday with a 32-man squad, including new signings Azucena, Reina and Victor. There will be even more next year as Bandai Namco has already confirmed four seasonal releases. Starting with returning fighter Eddy Gordo.

The previous game in the franchise, Tekken 7, had four seasons of downloadable content spanning several years, adding 15 fighters to that game’s roster. In addition to new and returning characters from the Tekken world, Bandai Namco brought in an extensive list of external guest characters Tekken 7, including Akuma from Street Fighter as part of the main roster. As for the DLCs, Tekken 7 Players also got Geese Howard from SNK’s Fatal Fury series and Negan from The walking deadand Noctis by Final Fantasy 15.

One might think that the inclusion of Noctis in Tekken 7 would certainly open the door for other Final Fantasy characters to make the jump to Bandai Namco’s fighting game.

Guest characters in the Tekken franchise are a relatively new tradition. Except for the tiny dinosaur Gon, who appeared in Tekken 3, guest characters were largely the domain of another Bandai Namco fighting game series, Soulcalibur. The weapon-based fighter features big stars, including Link from “The Legend of Zelda,” Geralt from “The Witcher,” Darth Vader and Yoda from “Star Wars,” Kratos from “God of War” and Ezio Auditore from “Assassin’s Creed.” “. Square Enix also borrowed 2B Nier: Automatato Bandai Namco for Soulcalibur 6 – so don’t give up hope, Tifa fans. I say: There is a chance.

In the meantime, Tifa will have plenty of screen time Final Fantasy 7 Rebirththe second game in the Final Fantasy Remake project, next month. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will be released on February 29th as a timed console exclusive for PlayStation 5.

Tekken 8 is now available for PlayStation 5, Windows PC and Xbox Series X.