History VideoGame / Tekken8

* BittersweetEnding: Surprisingly mostly on the sweet side despite the significantly darker theme of the story. [[spoiler:Jin succeeds in defeating Kazuya and has purged both himself and his father of the Devil while also finding peace with himself and resolving to move forward and try to atone with the help of others, and Jun finally returns as she approaches Kazuya's unconscious body, now having a chance at saving him since he no longer has the Devil Gene, with Jin's last words before he departs the battlefield indicating he's also hopeful that he will reunite with his mother when she's finally finished and he restarts his relationship with Xiaoyu. Lars, Alisa, and Lee survive and the credits show Yggdrasil will continue to protect the world under their leadership. However, Jin's goal to eradicate the Devil Gene from the world proves to be a ''partial'' success, as Reina is revealed to be Heihachi's secret daughter, seemingly Kazuya's sister, and has now unlocked the Devil Gene after surviving Kazuya's attack, intent on reclaiming the Mishima Zaibatsu and honoring Heihachi's legacy, meaning the conflict of the Mishima Family is '''''still''''' far from over.]]

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: [[spoiler: After the first round of fight and cutscene during the final battle, Jin performs his ''Tekken 3'' pose, complete with his theme from said game. Sure enough, on the very next round, Jin pulls out his ''Tekken 3'' movesets.]]

* FlyingSaucer: Several appear in Azucena's home stage in reference to conspiracy theories regarding extraterrestrial involvement in the construction of ancient sites such as Peru's Macchu Picchu.

* From ''VideoGame/Tekken7'': [[OldMaster Leroy Smith]], [[KungFuWizard Claudio Serafino]], [[MartialPacifist Shaheen]]

** Character #34: TBA Summer 2024

* BittersweetEnding: Surprisingly mostly on the sweet side despite the significantly darker theme of the story. [[spoiler:Jin succeeds in defeating Kazuya and has purged both himself and his father of the Devil while also finding peace with himself and resolving to move forward and try to atone with the help of others, and Jun finally returns as she approaches Kazuya's unconscious body, now having a chance at saving him since he no longer has the Devil Gene, with Jin's last words before he departs the battlefield indicating he's also hopeful that he will reunite with his mother when she's finally finished and he restarts his relationship with Xiaoyu. Lars, Alisa, and Lee survive and the credits show Yggdrasil will continue to protect the world under their leadership. However, Jin's goal to truly eradicate the Devil Gene from the world proves to be a failure, as Reina is revealed to be Heihachi's secret daughter, seemingly Kazuya's sister, and has now unlocked the Devil Gene after surviving Kazuya's attack, intent on reclaiming the Mishima Zaibatsu and honoring Heihachi's legacy, meaning the conflict of the Mishima Family is '''still''' not over just yet.]]

** In the beginning of the story mode, cinematic presenting a submarine is a close recapture of VideoGame/MetalGearSolid introduction sequence, along with the camera shots.

** Heat Mode, in addition to providing buffs and other benefits to characters for as long as it's active (such as King getting a Power Crush version of his Jaguar Sprint command dash or Nina's gun-based attacks being buffed) also makes certain moves easier to perform, particularly with Kazuya's and Jin's [[JustFrameBonus Electric Wind God Fist/Hook Fist]], respectively. In exchange for reducing the Heat Timer, the regular versions of the moves become their Electric counterparts, while performing the original just frame inputs will not reduce the timer, providing players who have practiced this input a field advantage while Heated.

** Eddy: Spring 2024

** Breaking the cycle of hatred. [[spoiler:Jin confronts the devil within himself and acknowledges how destructive his path of anger and hatred towards Devil Gene and the Mishimas was. Following this, Jin strives to not end up like his father and grandfather. He confronts Kazuya to protect what's precious to him, not to destroy him, and after defeating Kazuya, Jin simply spares him rather than repeat the act of being thrown off the cliff like what the latter and Heihachi did to one another.]]

** Breaking the cycle of hatred. [[spoiler:Jin confronts the devil within himself and acknowledges how destructive his path of anger and hatred towards Devil Gene and the Mishimas was. Following this, Jin strives to not end up like his father and grandfather. He confronts Kazuya to protect what's precious to him, not to destroy him, and after defeating Kazuya Jin simply spares him rather than repeat the act of being thrown off the cliff like what the latter and Heihachi did to one another.]]

* ApocalypseWow: Devil Jin's ending has him [[spoiler:obliterating the Earth with just a powerful Devil Beam alone, reducing into the entire planet into a smoking crater, and the scene ends with him laughing jubilantly at the sight of the Earth's destruction]]. This gives the prospect that even ''Kazuya'' [[PersonOfMassDestruction could have done the same thing in his Devil form]] aside from blowing up space satellites but chose not to.

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The game's intro sequence depicts Ling Xiaoyu, Panda ,Yoshimitsu and Bryan Fury taking part in the final battle between Yggdrasil and G-Corp that takes place in Chapter 10 of the Story Mode. In reality, the former two were with Jin at the time, far away from the battlefield, and [[AdvertisedExtra neither of the latter two have any involvement in the game's story beyond their fight with each other during the first round of the tournament in Chapter 5]].

** Breaking the cycle of hatred. After Jin defeated Kazuya, he simply spares him rather than repeat the act of being thrown off the cliff like what the latter and Heihachi did to one another, not wanting to end up like them.

* ResourceReimbursement: Some characters have attacks that [[CastFromHitPoints inflict damage on themselves]], like Jun, Zaphina, and Yoshimitsu. This damage is always recoverable, allowing them to gain it back by attacking their opponent.

** The sins of your past do not determine your future. People are more willing to forgive you and accept you for who you are as you move forward.

* From ''VideoGame/Tekken5'': [[TheIdiotFromOsaka Asuka Kazama]], [[SheFu Emilie "Lili" De Rochefort]], [[McNinja Raven]], [[TheVoiceless Sergei Dragunov]], [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Feng Wei]], [[Characters/TekkenJinKazama Devil Jin]]

* From ''VideoGame/Tekken5'': [[TheIdiotFromOsaka Asuka Kazama]], [[SheFu Emilie "Lili" De Rochefort]], [[McNinja Raven]], [[TheVoiceless Sergei Dragunov]], [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Feng Wei]], [[Characters/TekkenJinKazama Devil Jin]]

** Character #34: Summer 2024
** Character #35: Fall 2024
** Character #36: Winter 2024

** Crouching command grabs that had a Slide-style input[[note]]FC df,d,df in ''Tekken'' notation[[/note]] (such as Asuka's Falling Rain or Kazuya's Gates of Hell) are now performed simply by pressing FC db+1+2. Due to Rage Arts having a unified command input across the cast, the change was made to prevent accidental Rage Arts while crouching, as was the case on some occasions with Asuka back in ''7''.

* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler:After ''four'' games of not being able to see each other, Jin and Xiaoyu ''finally'' gets to meet up once again after Jin saves Zafina from being thrown to the ground by Kazuya.]]

** This is the first game since ''Tekken 2'' where you can't chicken a reversal (Meaning, reverse the reversal), this is likely to give more defensive options since the game has more focus on aggressiveness.

* CastFromHitPoints: One of Jun's main selling points. [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter Unlike the rest of the cast]], whenever she uses her [[LightEmUp light-based attacks]], she'll actually take damage alongside the opponent, but if she uses her Miare stance or the aforementioned light attacks while in Heat Mode, she'll heal herself very quickly.

* LargeHamAnnouncer: All of the character reveal trailers and introductions for the tournament's top 12 are voiced over by MMA legend Lenne Hardt, who brings her signature bombast to every fighter introduction.

* NeverTrustATrailer: {{Downplayed}}. The FinalBattle of Story Mode is almost the same as the reveal trailer. [[spoiler:It's just that it omits the fact that Jin and Kazuya have lost their Devil Gene after Jin's Angel Form purges it from the both of them, most notably with Kazuya no longer having a red left eye which he had since ''4''. They don't even wear their alternate costumes used in the reveal trailer.]]

* SecretFinalCampaign: While Jun and Reina are playable from the beginning, their Character Episodes are the only ones not to be accessible from the start. Instead, you will have to clear The Dark Awakens to unlock them. [[spoiler:This is because Jun is assumed to be dead throughout the story, whereas her Character Episode not only confirms that she is alive, but also provides the explanation regarding her absence in previous games. As for Reina, her Character Episode begins with the revelation -- shown in TheStinger of The Dark Awakens -- that she Heihachi Mishima's daughter.]]

* SuperMode: For the first time in the series, there's the Heat System. While active, the player is heavily incentivized to go on the offensive, gaining properties that range from being able to perform Guard Breaks with certain attacks to performing Heat Smashes, a powerful blow that serves as the spiritual successor to the Rage Drives from ''7''.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The reveal trailer for Reina [[spoiler: makes it abundantly clear that she's a Mishima by having her show off the Wind God Fist and having the same lightning buildup during her attacks that Heihachi did]].

** [[spoiler:Angel Jin's Rage Art has him taunt True Devil Kazuya by claiming that his "delusions of grandeur" will end, reusing the same line Heihachi used for his Rage Art against Kazuya in the finale to ''7''.]]