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POSTED: Monday, March 24th, 2025
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(3-25-2025)
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TEKKEN 8
Season 2 New Details
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 During
the latest TEKKEN Talk presentation, Bandai
Namco revealed new details about Season 2 as well as an updated TEKKEN
8 Season
Pass 2 Roadmap. The updated roadmap reveals a brand new "Pac-Man
45th Anniversary stage" coming to the game this Summer and
confirms 2 returning characters for Summer and Fall 2025, with a brand new
challenger (and new stage) joining this Winter. Once
again, Anna
Williams joins TEKKEN 8 on Monday,
March 31st,
2025 for early access and will be available to all players starting April
3rd. Below, check out the new and improved TEKKEN 8 Season 2 roadmap along with
the TEKKEN Talk stream, gameplay details, and more.
During today's TEKKEN Talk stream, Bandai Namco provided additional Season
2 details and previewed some of the brand new moves for several
characters, as well as a live demonstration of Anna Williams. Additionally, they announced a cross-collaboration with Atelier Yumia:
The Alchemist of Memories & The Envisioned Land—adding FREE
collaboration items to TEKKEN 8, as well as new fan art character
panels arriving in Season 2. You can watch the latest TEKKEN Talk featuring Katsuhiro Harada, Michael Murray, Kohei "Nakatsu"
Ikeda, and Yasuda in its entirety below. 
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SEASON
2
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NEW
GAMEPLAY DETAILS:
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Neutral High Power
Crush Heat Engagers will have their heat engaging ability removed.
• All
Throws, if escaped, now inflict minimal chip damage (5 chip
damage).
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Combo Damage, Counter, and Punish markers will now
appear on the display, clearly indicating successful combos, counter-hits,
or punish scenarios. This feature can be toggled ON or OFF in the
settings.
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Ki Charge no longer triggers a counter-hit on the first strike.
Instead of counter-hit, the initial hit will receive a 1.5 damage
multiplier.
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Characters will realign when slightly off-axis after a launch to ensure
more consistent combo execution.
PRACTICE
MODE:
• Introduction
of a new "real" Infinite Training Stage.
• Enhanced
Practice Mode options with additional settings and shortcuts for a more
streamlined training experience.
TWT
RULESET CHANGES:
• Top
8 matches will be First to three (FT3).
• Coaching
will be the organizer's choice to prohibit it or not.
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During the latest TEKKEN Talk live stream, Bandai Namco provided
additional Season 2 details and previewed some of the brand new moves for
several characters, as well as a demonstration of Anna Williams. You can
watch the latest 2-hour TEKKEN Talk
stream featuring Katsuhiro Harada, Michael Murray, Kohei "Nakatsu"
Ikeda, and Yasuda in its entirety below.
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The Anna
Williams
update hits TEKKEN 8 on Monday, March 31st, 2025. You can
check out Anna's official
Gameplay Reveal Trailer, Concept Artwork, Character Render, and additional
Screenshots inside our February
2025 article. Keep it here on The Fighters Generation for
more TEKKEN 8 news and content.
~TFG Webmaster, Frank Joseph
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| Source:
Bandai
Namco Entertainment America
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