History Awesome / Tekken

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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hPuRQz6IlM trailer]] for the upcoming sequel has Jin and Kazuya squaring off in the same area where Heihachi met his end at the hands of the latter. During the fight Jin taps into the Devil Gene and delivers a powerful blow to Kazuya. That's right folks, Jin has finally managed to take full control of his darker half!
* After 26 long years of ambiguity and mystery, it's official: '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLKmcOp_PlM Jun Kazama is alive]]!'''
** For a lot of people (even in-universe), Kazuya is definitely BeyondRedemption thanks to the shit ton of atrocities he has done willingly without Jun watching. When they meet, Jun... shows absolutely no signs of disappointment. She's still adamant to finish what she started: save Kazuya's soul. Whether she succeeds or not will be another story, but it takes a pure soul with tons of [[{{Determinator}} determination]] to try and save someone BeyondRedemption that a lot of people has just given up on. That itself is an act and mindset worthy of awe.
** Even better? Not only did she survive, but her Side Story episode reveals she ''beat'' Ogre. Let that sink in. Even though she barely won by the skin of her teeth and had to go into a coma for 7 years, she '''still ''beat Ogre''.''' She's not acknowledged as strong by Kazuya for nothing.
* After successfully anticipating Zafina would appear before him, Devil Kazuya takes Azazel from her, unseals him, and then manages to do ''fully defeat the Devil Gene progenitor and absorb him, making him subservient to his will''. All of Azazel's powers are now at Kazuya's disposal, becoming '''True Devil Kazuya'''.
* '''Chapter 10'''. It's a BigBadassBattleSequence where Lars, along with the Yggdrasil, the UN, and several playable characters who were previously taking the backseat for the Mishima conflict, storm the G Corporation army. At that point, the game turns into something similar to the ''Tekken Force'' minigame to portray such a war. The combination of all those is just awesome and generates a hell of a lot of hype.
** And worth noting is the segment where you play as King II. He's just being himself, a genuinely good-hearted wrestler, but at the same time, he's taking on a bunch of G Corporation soldiers with his wrestling moves. The Yggdrasil and UN soldiers are ''moved'' like the audience watching his wrestling bouts, and they start cheering, "KING! KING! KING! KING!". King II certainly knows how to generate audience hype in-universe, even when he's not in the wrestling ring!
* Chapter 11 has True Devil Kazuya hunting down Jin who still hasn't awaken yet. Doesn't stop Lars from pulling a LastStand against Kazuya, hanging in there taking everything Kazuya throws at him, determined to buy more minutes and seconds to ensure Kazuya is stopped in time by Jin, no matter how outmatched he can be. If this fight proved anything, despite not learning the Mishima style, Lars is still a Mishima to his very core. It gets so bad that it retraumatizes Kazuya back to his fight against Heihachi in ''Tekken 7''. If Kazuya is correlating you with his father, than you know you're bad ass.
* Likewise, Reina proves her worth as a Mishima, by also facing True Devil Kazuya, who just casually blows away Lars, Hwoarang, Alisa, Victor, and Lee all at once, trapping her in crystals with nowhere to run, and while she's bruised, she treats Kazuya's barrages as no big deal. Later in the BigBadassBattleSequence, she stands in the way of Kazuya's beam, being eager to take the full brunt of the attack. PostCreditScene reveals she survived, while also managing to awaken her Devil Gene, ''after Kazuya and Jin lost them'', being ready to continue her father Heihachi's legacy.
* Let's face it: Jin's '''entire character arc''' in this game is just a love letter to ''Tekken'' fans and especially Jin fans. Much like Heihachi and Kazuya's final fight in the previous game, the final fight between him and Kazuya is this from start to finish.
** He finally accepts Devil Jin as a part of himself and masters his Devil power, and pulls a BigDamnHeroes on Lars against True Devil Kazuya.
** In his fight against True Devil Kazuya, he manages to win a BeamOWar against this time, unlike Chapter 1, acknowledging his power as something to protect rather than a curse. Unfortunately, his overall power is not enough to stop True Devil Kazuya at this point, which leads to...
** ...Jun helping Jin to learn how to use his Kazama spiritual powers, combining them with his Devil powers to become ''Angel Jin'' and the ensuing fight against True Devil Kazuya on a meteor, which was a piece of rock that was blown out of the ocean into space from an energy blast from Kazuya (meant to destroy the island Yakushima was on) that got deflected by newly acquired Angel Jin.
** Both of them performing a PunchParry, not only successfully purging himself and Kazuya of the Devil Gene, but it also propels the meteor down to earth. And despite having lost their devil genes, [[BroughtDownToBadass both are still able to keep fighting]], with Jin being able to throw a punch at Kazuya ''and'' through a rock that a hurricane hurled towards them.
** Jin embracing '''every single fighting style he's mastered over the years''', using his Mishima-style moveset, followed by him doing his pose from the boxart of ''Tekken 3'' and a remix of his theme from the same game playing. Just the feeling of getting to play a modernized version of Classic ''Tekken 3'' Jin is something that needs to be experienced firsthand to be believed.
** Despite being being on the receiving end of a savage beatdown by Kazuya, Jin refuses to stay down. Bolstered by the thoughts of everyone who helped him on his journey, he starts fighting back while reaffirming his desire to never deny his past nor forget his bonds. Kazuya gets so pissed at his son's stubborn defiance he enters Rage Mode and uppercuts him several feet in the air.
---> '''Kazuya''': [[WhyWontYouDie Break, damn you!]]
** Jin's response? [[TranquilFury Wordlessly get up, and activate Heat Mode]] as the Final Round begins.
** The final CrossCounter recreating the Creator/BandaiNamco logo the two make that determines the victor of the fight. They both remain in that pose for a moment... before one of them falls down. Canonically, Jin wins that fight.
** Jin winning leads to a scene of him overlooking the ocean from a cliff. He's not throwing anyone off it, he's simply standing there knowing full well that he's won.
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** Despite repeatedly being beat down by Kazuya, Jin keeps getting back up. Kazuya gets so pissed at this that he activates Rage mode.

** Even better? Not only did she survive, but her Side Story episode reveals '''she beat Ogre'''. Let that sink in. Even though she barely won by the skin of her teeth and had to go into a coma for 7 years, she '''still ''beat Ogre''.'''
* After successfully anticipating Zafina would appear before him, Kazuya takes Azazel from her, unseals him, and then manages to do what Jin himself failed to do: ''fully defeat the Devil Gene progenitor and make him subservient to his will''. All of Azazel's powers are now at Kazuya's disposal, becoming '''True Devil Kazuya'''.
* Let's face it: Jin's '''entire character arc''' in this game is just a love letter to ''Tekken'' fans and especially Jin fans. He finally accepts Devil Jin as a part of himself and masters his Devil power once again, learns how to use his Kazama spiritual powers, combining them with his Devil powers to become ''Angel Jin'', successfully purges himself and Kazuya of the Devil Gene, and then proceeds to defeat Kazuya without killing him, all while embracing '''every single fighting style he's mastered over the years'''. Just the feeling of getting to play a modernized version of Classic ''Tekken 3'' Jin is something that needs to be experienced firsthand to be believed.

* Chapter 11 sees Lars as the final obstacle between Kazuya and a Jin that still hasn't awaken yet. Thus it's Lars vs True Devil Kazuya and Lars is hanging in there withstanding everything Kazuya throws at him. If this fight proved anything, despite not learning the Mishima style, Lars is still a Mishima to his very core. It gets so bad that it retraumatizes Kazuya back to his fight against Heihachi in ''Tekken 7''. If Kazuya is correlating you with his father, than you know you're bad ass.
* Much like Heihachi and Kazuya's final fight in the previous game, the final fight between Jin and Kazuya is this from start to finish.
** Jun helping Jin awaken his angel form and the ensuing fight against True Devil Kazuya on a meteor, which was a piece of rock that was blown out of the ocean into space from an energy blast from Kazuya (meant to destroy the island Yakushima was on) that got deflected by Jin.
** Both of them performing a PunchParry that not only strips them of their devil genes, but it also propels the meteor down to earth. And despite having lost their devil genes, [[BroughtDownToBadass both are still able to keep fighting]].
** Jin using his Mishima-style moveset, followed by him doing his pose from the boxart of ''Tekken 3'' and a remix of his theme from the same game playing. Jin then throws a punch at Kazuya ''and'' through a rock that a hurricane hurled towards them.

->''[[ChallengeSeeker I was merely waiting for you to become stronger.]]''