{"id":41450,"date":"2024-12-13T16:38:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T07:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=41450"},"modified":"2024-12-13T16:38:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T07:38:23","slug":"final-fantasy-16-protagonist-clives-tekken-8-inclusion-meets-mixed-reception-as-players-lament-tifas-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/final-fantasy\/final-fantasy-16-protagonist-clives-tekken-8-inclusion-meets-mixed-reception-as-players-lament-tifas-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy 16 protagonist Clive&#8217;s Tekken 8 inclusion meets mixed reception as players lament Tifa&#8217;s absence\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today\u2019s announcement that Final Fantasy XVI\u2019s Clive Rosfield will be the next playable <strong>Tekken 8<\/strong> character has players divided. While <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WalmartCAGaming\/status\/1867398968420053390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many welcome him<\/a> with open arms, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BM_Cifer\/status\/1867447867922952537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">others are disappointed<\/a> that he was included before Final Fantasy VII\u2019s popular fist-fighter Tifa Lockhart.\u00a0<\/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 - Clive Rosfield Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EPU9DEoWvAw?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>Fans have been clamoring for Tifa to be included in Tekken 8 even before the game launched. Tekken is no stranger to guest appearances from other franchises, beginning with manga-based dinosaur Gon showing up as an unlockable character in Tekken 3. So a Final Fantasy character joining the Tekken fighter roster would be no less strange than Kingdom Hearts\u2019 Sora popping up in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tekken 8\u2019s previous DLC characters Eddy Gordo, Lidia Sobieska, and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-8-to-resurrect-heihachi-mishima-for-the-franchises-30th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heihachi Mishima<\/a> were pretty safe inclusions, so speculation was high when Tekken creator <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tekken-8s-katsuhiro-harada-asks-fans-to-leak-the-next-character-leading-to-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katsuhiro Harada asked fans who they thought the final season 1 character was<\/a>. Now that they know who will be filling in the fourth DLC character slot, fans have a thing or two to say about Clive Rosfield.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241213-41450-001.jpg\" alt=\"Final Fantasy 16 Clive vs Kazuya Mishima in Tekken 8\" class=\"wp-image-41456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241213-41450-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241213-41450-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241213-41450-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing as Final Fantasy XV\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhosM1GUEL\/status\/1867399125307904419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noctis already made an appearance in Tekken 7<\/a> and characters like Yoshimitsu and newcomer Victor are already in Tekken 8, some aren\u2019t too bothered about another sword-wielding character in the latest game. Although Final Fantasy XVI is still a comparatively new FF title, Clive has already become a well-liked character. Some fans see his Tekken 8 cameo as another collaboration to celebrate.<a href=\"https:\/\/g\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aziaelionus\/status\/1867451092776227136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some purists<\/a> think that Tekken should be a martial arts-based game devoid of weapon wielders like Clive. Weapons are one of the main defining characteristics of Soulcalibur &#8211; the Bandai Namco fighting game franchise that hasn\u2019t had a new entry since 2018\u2019s Soulcalibur VI. This reasoning (and possibly jiggle physics) is what makes certain fans think Tifa Lockhart (a martial artist) would fit better in the Tekken franchise than Clive Rosfield (a swordsman). Other Final Fantasy fist fighters like Sabin (FFVI) and Zell (FFVIII) may also have been welcomed by such players.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter what fans think, however, Clive will be coming to Tekken 8 very soon. Owners of the Year 1 Character Pass will have access to him as early as December 16 PST as well as the new Phoenix Gate Stage based on Final Fantasy XVI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final Fantasy 16&#8217;s Clive is coming to Tekken 8 as a playable character, but some fans would have preferred FF7&#8217;s martial artist Tifa instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":41455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-41450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-final-fantasy","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Final Fantasy 16 protagonist Clive&#039;s Tekken 8 inclusion meets mixed reception as players lament Tifa&#039;s absence\u00a0 - 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