Return of the dead. When players last saw corporate tyrant Heihachi Mishima, he was fighting his son Kazuya in the hellish mouth of an active volcano. The tense battle ended with Kazuya fatally punching his father in the chest.
In typical Tekken fashion, Kazuya tossed his father’s body into a river of molten magma, finally returning the heinous favor his father committed back in 1996. Heihachi may have met a grisly, fiery end during the closing moments of 2017’s Tekken 7 . But somehow, the indomitable, homicidal patriarch and martial arts master has returned.
The iconic villain Heihachi has been announced as the next downloadable combatant for the excellent Tekken 8 , coming sometime this fall. The announcement was made with a trailer released during EVO 2024, the world’s biggest annual fighting game tournament. When Heihachi met his demise, the moment seemingly ended the paternal blood feud that has spanned three decades, movies, television shows, and at least a dozen video games, once and for all.
While the character would appear in a handful of flashback sequences, Tekken 8 marked the first time Heihachi was not included as a playable fighter in a mainline Tekken game. Like Eddy Gordo, Heihachi’s absence was felt. Many fans hoped the intimidating granddaddy of the Mishima dynasty would make a miraculous return.
And Bandai Namco is granting them that wish. Series director Katsuhiro Harada told IGN that Heichaci’s return had been in the works for a while now. “We.
