Regardless of Sport Director telling us he was “fully lifeless”, Heihachi Mishima was revealed because the Autumn DLC character in Tekken 8!
Sure, that is proper the grandpa of Tekken 8 and one in all its most iconic characters managed to outlive his journey into an lively volcano. His survival was shared throughout a teaser video proven on the ultimate day of EVO 2024.
Heihachi will not be lifeless and created his personal military
The Heihachi’s Trailer reveal first proven at EVO 2024 begins out trying like merely a trailer for a brand new story mode. We see martial artists excessive within the snowy mountains practising, however their transfer units look acquainted, with one seeming to be recreating Heihachi’s ff2 launcher.
We then see an airplane with Polish air pressure on the facet, and a report that this group is called the Tekken Monks, and that they “make the most of strategies harking back to these from the Mishima-style preventing Karate”.
Shortly after we see the masked determine who seems to be the Tekken Monks grasp showcasing lightning powers which is usually related to the Mishima household. It is Heihachi all proper! From the trailer it appears Heihachi’s new military will probably be a focus of an up to date Story Mode, and that we’ll learn the way he survived the autumn into the volcano.
The masked determine makes use of Heihachi’s trademark transfer – a lifeless giveaway
Within the trailer Eddy Gordo, Yoshimitsu and Lidia are additionally all seen on the monk temple. The selection of trio is especially necessary, as a result of they’re the identical trio that united however didn’t take down Kazuya on the finish of Tekken 7 on the G Company’s Millenium Tower.
Heihachi Tekken 8 launch date
Heihachi Mishima will probably be launched as a DLC character in Autumn 2024. Contemplating Eddy launched April 4 and Lidia is arriving on July 25, its honest to imagine we’d most likely see Heihachi a while in October or November. The information of Heihachi additionally places to mattress a earlier supposed leak that the third character of Season 1 could be Craig Marduk.
Tekken 8 Season 1 DLC characters
How did Heihachi die in Tekken 7?
Heihachi Mishima was believed to have died on the finish of Tekken 7, which made his reveal at EVO 2024 an enormous shock. Though Heihachi has “died” earlier than, the introduction of his beforehand unknown daughter Reina as a brand new playable character in Tekken 8 made some followers imagine it was closing, particularly as she possesses lots of his strikes and will doubtlessly have been a method for Bandai Namco to protect Heihachi’s legacy.
Heihachi is thrown right into a volcano on the finish of Tekken 7 by his son Kazuya
Heihachi’s demise in Tekken 7 was by the hands of his personal son Kazuya, who went on to develop into the principal villain as soon as extra in Tekken 8. The 2 have interaction in a battle to the demise, and after Kazuya offers a seemingly deadly blow, Heihachi falls to the bottom. Kazuya then picks up the physique and chucks it off the highest of a volcano, and we see Heihachi’s physique descend into the lava. Kazuya then says the road: “A struggle is about who’s left standing. Nothing else”.
Heihachi falling into an lively volcano after being throw in there by Kazuya in Tekken 7
The very fact Kazuya threw his father off a platform into the volcano was in fact a throwback to Tekken 1, which begins with Heihachi throwing Kazuya off a cliff prime.
How did Heihachi survive if Harada stated he died?
Heihachi’s supposed demise in Tekken 7, brings about plenty of questions on how on earth he could possibly be alive in Tekken 8. Particularly as Tekken 7’s govt producer Katsuhiro Harada stated in an interview in 2023 that Heihachi was fully lifeless, regardless of it being his favourite character within the franchise.
“He regarded fairly lifeless to me,” Harada stated within the interview with TheGamer. “Heihachi had failed to truly convert the satan gene, and he doesn’t have it so there’s no method he can revive like Kazuya or Jin can.”
Tekken 7’s producer (and translator) Michael Murray additionally added in the identical interview, that Harada had informed the dev crew that given Heihachi had died so many occasions earlier than, that that they had to verify it is convincing this time.
Might this shot of Heihachi in Tekken 8 trailer be a flashback to moments after his fall into the volcano?
My concept of why Heihachi is alive
So what provides? Effectively, on the finish of the Heihachi Mishima trailer proven at EVO 2024 we see Heihachi in what appears like the identical ripped garments he was sporting within the struggle with Kazuya in Tekken 7. Our concept is the masked Heihachi we see firstly of the trailer is present day Heihachi, whereas the “reveal” we see of Heihachi on the finish is in actual fact a flashback to moments after he fell into the volcano.
His pores and skin is noticeably crimson, there’s swimming pools of sweat on his face and steam coming off his physique. There are nevertheless, no burn marks, so if his pores and skin by no means touched the lava… who or what saved him? Particularly if he doesn’t have the satan gene.
Did Ogre save Heihachi?
Might this statue of Historical Ogre have a component in Heihachi’s survival?
One potential clue is the statue we see briefly on the finish of the trailer, which appears similar to a earlier villain of the franchise Historical Ogre. Historical Ogre was the primary villain in Tekken 3 and Tekken 5. Whereas Historical Ogre didn’t seem in Tekken 4, we noticed Heihachi attempting to make use of items of its DNA to grant him immortality, however the experiment failed as a result of he lacked the Satan Gene – therefore why he organized the King of Iron Fist Event 4, to attract Jin and Kazuya in.
Might Kazuya have handed on a few of his Satan Gene to Heihachi from this assault?
On the finish of Tekken 7 nevertheless, when Kazuya offers the final blow to Heihachi we see his energy appear to undergo Heihachi. Might he have doubtlessly handed on the satan gene to Heihachi and at last awoken the Historical Ogre DNA inside him to assist him survive the autumn into the volcano? Or was it merely a traditional Mishima electrical assault?
We’ll doubtless get a solution quickly sufficient, but it surely won’t be a deep one. Particularly contemplating the stunning clarification in Tekken 8 for a way Jun Kazama is alive after supposedly dying on the finish of Tekken 2.
For now it is only a little bit of enjoyable to theorise however finally the actual fact Heihachi is coming again for Tekken 8 is nice information for the franchise. Marduk as a Season 1 character? No, thanks.
