During this weekend's Tokyo
TEKKEN Masters 2018 tournament, Bandai Namco announced
Season 2 of TEKKEN 7 will officially begin September 6th, 2018. Alongside Anna Williams and Lei Wulong, quite a few gameplay and
system updates will be added to the game. These include "Wall Bound"
techniques, new Rage Drives, new attacks for all TEKKEN 7
newcomers, a new "Rank Gauge" showing your progress in online Ranked
Match, additional system / character balance changes, and more (read the full list of
Season 2 updates below)!
TEKKEN 7 - Season 2
updates
- New
"Wall Bound" techniques added for every character.
- New
Rage Drives for some characters who previously had "weaker" Rage
Drives (such as Heihachi, Steve, Miguel, Lili & Law).
- Additional
system and character balance changes for the entire roster,
including updates to move properties.
- Every
newcomer introduced in TEKKEN 7 will receive new attacks!
- Updates
to Ranked Match system, including a new rank gauge showing
your progress towards the next rank (which will NOT be visible
to your opponents).
- New
"Simple Combo"' and "Assist" from TEKKEN
7 Story Mode
will be added to other modes in the game.
*While TEKKEN
7's Season 2 game/system updates will be free to download, the
Season 2 Pass (with all 6 characters) will be priced at 2800 yen in Japan.
Pricing for other regions hasn't been officially announced (but
expect around $25-$29 USD). Anna and Lei will also be
available for purchase individually for 500 yen each ($4.99 USD).
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In addition, Bandai Namco
released "extended" TEKKEN 7 gameplay trailers for Lei and
Anna, showing new combos & techniques (and don't miss the
funny special
animations near the end of the trailers for some classic TEKKEN
humor).
See TFG's previous article
for Lei Wulong & Anna Williams HD screenshots and official character artwork. Stay tuned on
Fighters Gen for TEKKEN 7 news and content!
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