{"id":34446,"date":"2024-07-22T16:43:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T07:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=34446"},"modified":"2024-07-22T16:43:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T07:43:40","slug":"tekken-8-to-resurrect-heihachi-mishima-for-the-franchises-30th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-8-to-resurrect-heihachi-mishima-for-the-franchises-30th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekken 8 to resurrect Heihachi Mishima for the franchise&#8217;s 30th anniversary\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can\u2019t keep a good villain\/hero down, and in Tekken\u2019s case, that person is Heihachi Mishima. Noticeably absent from Tekken 8\u2019s core roster, Heihachi returns as the game\u2019s third playable DLC character in the game\u2019s first season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TEKKEN 8 \u2014 Heihachi Mishima Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QZWDIKKvNrc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When players last saw Heihachi, he was defeated by his son Kazuya and tossed into a volcano (this seems to be a recurring thing in the Mishima family). In the Tekken 8 Heihachi Mishima trailer, we can see Heihachi as the leader of a group known as the Tekken Monks. These monks seem to have been training in Korean backdashes and electric attacks under Heihachi to take down the remnants of the Mishima Zaibatsu \u2013 a worldwide business conglomerate formerly headed by Heihachi and Kazuya on separate occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240722-34446-001.jpg\" alt=\"Tekken 8 Heihachi Mishima\" class=\"wp-image-34451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240722-34446-001.jpg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240722-34446-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240722-34446-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from coinciding with the Tekken franchise\u2019s 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, Heihachi\u2019s return looks like it will advance the Tekken storyline as well. DLC characters Eddie Gordo and Lidia Sobieska can be seen interacting with the rest of the cast, with Heihachi proclaiming his name to those who don\u2019t know it yet.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heihachi now joins <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-6s-m-bison-does-not-have-a-new-body-devs-reveal-he-is-physically-the-same-as-in-street-fighter-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Street Fighter\u2019s M. Bison as another recent fighting game character that was killed off but eventually resurrected<\/a> in their associated franchise. He will be playable in Tekken 8 sometime this autumn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tekken 8 is available for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1778820\/TEKKEN_8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10006270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/tekken-8\/9ppsm14vkclw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox Series X|S<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being hauled into a volcano, Heihachi Mishima is back as a playable character in Tekken 8 (with an army of warrior monks in tow)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":34450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-34446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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