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While Bandai Namco has already revealed that Heichai Mishima isn’t exactly dead (surprise!) and is gearing up for his return to Tekken 8, we now have a date to mark down for it, as well as info on what other new stuff we can look forward. First off, the Tekken 8 Heihachi update (which is tagged as patch version 1.08) is scheduled for October 1 (September 30 for those in the West) on all platforms!
While Heihachi will be a premium (read: paid) new fighter, grandpa evil will drop to players in a title update bring along new stuff that’s available for everyone. Here are the confirmed new stuff incoming:
Tekken 8 Heihachi Update Version 1.08 Preview:
Patch Roll Out: September 30 (PDT)/October 1 (EDT)
New Fighter – Heihachi Mishima
New DLC Battle Stage – Genmaji Temple
Both the Day & Evening versions can be played, and the evening versions transistion into the night version throughout round progression.
New Feature – Main Menu Character customization
New Feature – “Online Practice”
New “TEKKEN DOJO” feature where two players can now practice online in the Fight Lounge – time to prove who’s best amongst friends.
New Content – Free Story DLC – “Unforgotten Echoes”
Heihachi was not, in fact, completely dead. How did the King of Iron Fist survive against Kazuya?
Follow Eddy, Lidia & Heihachi* in this story running parallel to the main storyline.
Notet that in the new story content, players can play DLC characters for free.
Update Details for Version 1.08 (Not Patch Notes):
Note the info below is from the latest Tekken Talk devstream and summarized by -PVL93-!
- Battle Pass Round 3 rewards Nike collaboration items for customization. New “Grimp Reaper” and “Seductive” customization packs on the other hand will be sold in the Tekken Shop. Some of the items released previously will also become available again at a discount
- New Story chapter “Unforgotten Echoes” primarily features Eddy, Lidia and Heihachi, with its events unfolding around the same time as main Tekken 8 story mode. This gives people an opportunity to try out the Season 1 DLC characters thus far for free
- Right after the Tekken Talk aired, a media embargo was lifted for various gaming news outlets articles to be published, which feature the overviews of Patch 1.08, its content, and several interviews with the developer team
- the Nike x Tekken collaboration includes Jin and Kazuya themed sneakers, which can be obtained in the free track of the new Battle Pass. Some of the ads on the Urban Square stage were temporarily changed to reflect this update. No further updates on availability of the IRL versions of these shoes
- the Gentle Monster x Tekken collaboration features new sunglasses worn by Kazuya. The sunglasses will become purchasable irl starting from September 28th for 500$ a piece, or obtainable in-game via Tekken Shop starting from September 30th
- A new option in the Screen Settings will be added that allows players to select any character they wish as the main menu background. This option isn’t limited to just the default costumes but also any of the existing presets. Different characters react differently to the camera positions and let the developers really demonstrate their lighting implementation
- Tekken Fight Lounge is getting two feature additions – an ability to change the arcade cabinet layout in any of the existing areas like Battle Area, and an Online Training mode accessible via the Tekken Dojo area
- In the Online version both players can play from the same preferred side, as well as access most of features the Offline version already offers, including resetting the practice at a different situation.
- For the Offline version, there’s the aforementioned character health display change, pressing on the different areas of the touchpad (for console versions) will now serve as a shortcut to reset in the left/center/right side of the stage, and the training dummy can now be set to punish/counter you after a specific number of attacks received or blocked, from 1 up to 5
- Special Style will expand and improve upon the juggle combo routes, including from after doing a low parry
- Ranked Match is receiving matchmaking adjustments based on your preset – e.g. finding opponents closer to your rank, ensuring found opponents are within the parameters, or slightly narrowing the totla range if no restriction is set. Points obtained/lost when there is a difference in ranks will also be tuned
- You will now be able to access a Replay of the match directly from the post-match screen in both Ranked and Quick Match modes, as well as look at the profiles of both players involved. This is done to improve the flow into the Replay Takeover feature
Miscellaneous Stuff
- The final Master-tier event within Tekken World Tour 2024, Thaiger Uppecut, is scheduled to take place next weekend, on October 4th-6th. This is the last tournament of the season before the Global Finals in early December. No confirmation yet whether Heihachi will be legal to use at this tournament however
- A reminder that the Tekken World Tour Finals are taking place on December 7th-8th as part of the Excellent Tekken Festival in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Make sure to book your attendance if you’re planning to be there as a competitor or just as a spectator
- Another reminder that the Fanart and Photo Mode campaigns are still up and people can send their submissions with the #TEKKEN30th hashtag on social media up until October 31st. The works that will be deemed best by Bandai Namco may appear not only in Tekken 8 itself after upcoming patches to be used for VS screens and whatnot, but also during intermissions at official TWT events and broadcasts
- An update on two new SHFigureartsaction figures featuring Nina and King. The Nina one is going up for pre-orders starting from October 1st at 65$ a piece (according to current Yen<->USD exchange rate), while the King one is in the planning stages
- Jin and Kazuya themed watches by Angel Clover are getting a limited 150-piece global release, both priced at ~300$ (also according to the current Yen<->USD exchange rate)
The actual patch notes will be shared at a later date. As one can expect, more updates are planned after Winter, though this might be the final patch until the final Season 1 character is released. Expect more news about that at the Tekken World Tour Finals later this year.
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