History VideoGame / Tekken8

* DeadlyGame: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4iqe1ChYuA From the demo]]: At the end of Chapter 1, Kazuya announces a new King of Iron Fist Tournament. This time, however, the stakes are ''much'' higher than simply control over the Mishima Zaibatsu: those who lose risk not only death, but the obliteration of their country!

* LateArrivalSpoiler:
** One of Kazuya's new moves is called Parricide Fist. Parricide is the generic term for the murder of one's family. It's called that because it's the exact same move Kazuya used to kill Heihachi in ''7''.
** For those that didn't play the Mishima Saga in ''7'', Jin's [[SplitPersonalityMerge merge with his Devil side]] can seem a little out of nowhere; especially since the SequelHook that hinted this took place in that game's [[TheStinger Stinger]].

** This is Jun's first canonical appearance since ''Tekken 2'', and by extension, her first canonical appearance since ''Tekken 3'''s time skip.
* BroughtDownToBadass: After Jin [[spoiler:uses the power of purification]] on himself and Kazuya, both [[spoiler:lose their Devil Gene powers]] and are brought down to the level of normal human martial artists. They nonetheless remain powerful fighters who can inexplicably create electricity and punch through rocks with their fists.

* TookALevelInBadass: Across the board, fighters showcase a lot more unique and destructive shows of power, be it utilizing supernatural powers, brandishing weapons, learning new fighting techniques, and so on. Kazuya and Jin for example utilize their Devil forms in regular attacks rather than under special conditions, Jun accents her attacks with her own life force, Nina and Marshall integrate guns and chucks respectively in their movesets, Jack and [[{{Cyborg}} Bryan]] better showcase their technological superiority through various VFX and animation tweaks, and even supposedly "[[BadassNormal normal]]" fighters like Asuka and Hwoarang perform superhuman feats of strength in their Rage Arts. The first chapter of ''The Dark Awakens'' shows this off rather clearly; Jin uses MindOverMatter to launch several cars towards Kazuya at one point, father and son fight through the air and destroy several buildings just by being dragged through from top to bottom as if it was ''Manga/DragonBall'', and Kazuya tops [[VideoGame/Tekken7 his feat]] of [[ImprobableAimingSkills shooting down a Mishima Zaibatsu laser satellite]] from the ground by [[PersonOfMassDestruction destroying several city blocks]] with a supercharged Devil Blaster aimed at Jin, then ''[[ExaggeratedTrope targetting the entire Yggdrasil communications network]]'' while he announces the new King of Iron Fist tournament; the still-flaming and descending remains can even be seen in the background of several shots afterwards.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: [[spoiler:The final round of Jin and Kazuya's climactic duel is accompanied by the opening theme "My Last Stand" playing in the background. Becomes TheDayTheMusicLied if Jin loses the fight.]]

* ImmuneToFlinching: The Power Crush, returning from ''Tekken 7''. Unlike before, however, rather than taking damage while attacking, you take ScratchDamage when being attacked during the armor frames (similar to ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV SFIV]]'''s Focus Attack, which [[Characters/StreetFighterAkuma Akuma]] carried over in his [[GuestFighter guest appearance]] in ''7''), allowing you to gain back the health you lost from tanking hits with your Power Crush.

** The gameplay trailer shows a fight between Kazuya and Jin. The stage being shown, Fallen Destiny, contrasts with the Brimstone & Fire stage from ''7''. The difference between the two stages is that the latter takes place in an active volcano, symbolizing Kazuya's burning hatred for Heihachi, which culminates in the latter's death, while the former takes place on a coastline near the ocean in the rain during a heavy thunderstorm that has gigantic hurricanes that eerily reflect the silhouettes of Kazuya and Jin's Devil forms in the background, symbolizing that this place shall potentially be the final resting place of the Mishima bloodline.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Jin's Devil form turns into "Angel Jin," with white wings and a suit of golden armor, after he comes to terms with his Mishima and Kazama sides, allowing him to fight True Devil Kazuya on relatively equal terms. He loses this power, and the Devil itself, when he purifies the gene from himself and Kazuya just before their final battle.]]

** The gameplay trailer shows a fight between Kazuya and Jin. The stage being shown, Fallen Destiny, contrasts with the Brimstone & Fire stage from ''7''. The difference between the two stages is that the latter takes place in an active volcano, symbolizing Kazuya's burning hatred for Heihachi that culminates in the latter's death, while the former takes place on a coastline near the ocean in the rain during a heavy thunderstorm that has gigantic hurricanes that eerily reflect the silhouettes of Kazuya and Jin's Devil forms in the background, symbolizing that this place shall potentially be the final resting place of the Mishima bloodline.

* BattleInTheRain: The reveal trailer has Jin and Kazuya fight on the Fallen Destiny stage, which is set on the coast of an island in the rain during a storm.

--> '''[[spoiler:Leroy]]''': [[spoiler:Do you see your past sins in Kazuya Mishima? Now answer me... Who are you?]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Devil Jin]]''': [[spoiler:How are you any different from Kazuya Mishima?]]

* BattleInTheRain: The gameplay reveal trailer features the two protagonists, Kazuya and Jin, battling in the rain, on the same mountain where Kazuya and Heihachi's fated (and fatal) duel in ''7'' took place. This being selectable as the Fallen Destiny stage.

** The gameplay trailer shows a fight between Kazuya and Jin, taking place near the very same volcano where Kazuya killed Heihachi in ''7'' (the Brimstone & Fire stage from that game). The difference this time is that rather than the volcano being active, symbolizing Kazuya's burning hatred for Heihachi, it is now dormant and raining with a heavy thunderstorm in the background as well as gigantic hurricanes that eerily reflect the silhouettes of Kazuya and Jin's Devil forms, symbolizing that this place shall potentially be the final resting place of the Mishima bloodline.

** In the reveal trailer, the volcano that was the site of Heihachi and Kazuya's final battle is now dormant as a storm now rages over Jin and Kazuya.

* From ''VideoGame/Tekken6'': [[BigGood Lars Alexandersson]], [[AmbiguousGender Eleonor "Leo" Kliesen]], [[BarrierMaiden Zafina]], [[RobotGirl Alisa Bosconovitch]], '''[[GodOfEvil Azazel]]'''

* AllForNothing: This entry mainly focuses on Jin Kazuma settling the score against Kazuya Mishima. However, [[spoiler: despite the long journey, it is entirely possible to invoke this if he loses to Kazuya in the last phase of the FinalBattle, losing his life and triggering the "Despair" ending.]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: Downplayed. The FinalBattle of Story Mode is exactly the same as the reveal trailer. That said, [[spoiler: the one key difference is that Jin and Kazuya have lost their Devil Gene after Jin's Angel Form purges it from both of them. This is evident by Kazuya's left eye not glowing red anymore and Jin only using his downgraded Rage Art.]]

** [[spoiler:In Chapter 15, the intro of the second phase of the final fight has Jin adjusting his right bracer like he does on [[https://cdn.mobygames.com/covers/5483110-tekken-3-playstation-front-cover.jpg the cover for the PS1 version]] of ''Tekken 3''. Further emphasizing on this, a remixed version of Jin's ''Tekken 3'' theme plays during this scene, culminating in Jin fighting with his Mishima-style moveset from ''3'' for the next two phases. When Jin later shifts to using Jun's fighting style, the battle theme is replaced with a new remix of "Landscape Under the Ghost ~Kaminano~" from ''Tekken 2'', her debut game.]]

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: A somewhat zigzagged example [[spoiler: Jin and Kazuya’s final clashes after they had lost their devil genes. Jin has to pull out every resources in his book, from using his moves, his old moves from the Mishima style, his mother’s moves from the Kazama style, before combining all of them for the final round. Not to mention, pushing through with every ounces of determination he has and getting one HeroicSecondWind after another in order to even try to keep up with his father. Kazuya? All he needs are his one style accompanied by ThePowerOfHate and his tenacity, yet he manages to overwhelm his son and put him on the ropes again and again. It is when Jin mustered up one last heroic willpower fueled by ThePowerOfFriendship and YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre on himself that he gained one more push to then defeat him and ''finally'' end their showdown once and for all. With all that said, the sheer versatility in Jin's moveset gives him an edge overall when it comes to parts of the battle the player controls, with his Power Stance healing him and the Kazama style's sheer defensive potency makes it difficult for Kazuya to even land hits consistently.]]

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Happens during [[spoiler: Jin and Kazuya’s final clashes after they had lost their devil genes. Jin has to pull out every resources in his book, from using his moves, his old moves from the Mishima style, his mother’s moves from the Kazama style, before combining all of them for the final round. Not to mention, pushing through with every ounces of determination he has and getting one HeroicSecondWind after another in order to even try to keep up with his father. Kazuya? All he needs are his one style accompanied by ThePowerOfHate and his tenacity, yet he manages to overwhelm his son and put him on the ropes again and again. It is when Jin mustered up one last heroic willpower fueled by ThePowerOfFriendship and YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre on himself that he gained one more push to then defeat him and ''finally'' end their showdown once and for all.]]

* EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler:Even on the hardest difficulty, the final battle takes effort on the player's part to lose. Just holding the back button parries several of Kazuya's attacks in and of itself, and Jin fully replenishes his health automatically at least once during the last phase, which determines the ending. You have to go out of your way to let Kazuya beat on you to see the bad ending.]]

** Previous entries have always been launched in arcades at least a year or two before their eventual console release. ''Tekken 8'', however, is the first entry in the series that is launching on home consoles first, and also one of the first major {{Fighting Game}}s launching exclusively on [[UsefulNotes/TheNinthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames the ninth generation of consoles]] (plus PC).