Harada teasing Scorpion for Tekken 8….. maybe

BennyBlanco

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Evo on Friday. Harada is a well known troll, but this is so on the nose and Akuma was in T7 so it's possible they want another crossover character. Could be interesting for sure.
 
Now that Lidia has a release date it's ok if Harada does a little shitposting. I don't see how Scorpion would be a good fit for Tekken 8, though.
 
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He already said they won't do any guest characters in the first year.
 
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Surprised he would pick scorpion. Someone like Liu Kang would fit better for his moveset so you don't end up with the insanity of Akuma in T7.

If he's teleporting, lighting feet on fire, and hitting you with a spear full screen safely to stun pull you in…. Idk man. Sounds OP.
 
Surprised he would pick scorpion. Someone like Liu Kang would fit better for his moveset so you don't end up with the insanity of Akuma in T7.

If he's teleporting, lighting feet on fire, and hitting you with a spear full screen safely to stun pull you in…. Idk man. Sounds OP.

Akuma was absolutely broken and carried scrubby pro players like Super Akouma. I will take literally any other guest character over him. Geese was cool, strong but not broken.
 
Eh, don't get the negativity. I love Scorpion, and Tekken would probably make him funner to play than NRS does, just as they made Akuma in Tekken 7 not only one of the most fun characters in the game to play, but he's also one of the most fun Akuma's to play in general, of all his numerous game appearances. Then again, I love guest characters and don't understand why people bitch and whine about them so much. Just gives a little bit of that crossover flavor to any game. I personally loved how weird 7 got with the roster, other than Noctis as Tifa would have made far more sense, so I kinda hope they get weird with this one too, at least a little. I hope Tifa shows up in 8, alongside Scorpion and whatever other weird fuckin characters they can jam in there.
 
Eh, don't get the negativity. I love Scorpion, and Tekken would probably make him funner to play than NRS does, just as they made Akuma in Tekken 7 not only one of the most fun characters in the game to play, but he's also one of the most fun Akuma's to play in general, of all his numerous game appearances. Then again, I love guest characters and don't understand why people bitch and whine about them so much. Just gives a little bit of that crossover flavor to any game. I personally loved how weird 7 got with the roster, other than Noctis as Tifa would have made far more sense, so I kinda hope they get weird with this one too, at least a little. I hope Tifa shows up in 8, alongside Scorpion and whatever other weird fuckin characters they can jam in there.

My only issue is balancing. Akuma in t7 was completely broken. I agree that Scorp in Tekken would probably be more fun than any MK game since like mk9. Geese was handled well.

 
Surprised he would pick scorpion. Someone like Liu Kang would fit better for his moveset so you don't end up with the insanity of Akuma in T7.

If he's teleporting, lighting feet on fire, and hitting you with a spear full screen safely to stun pull you in…. Idk man. Sounds OP.

Liu Kang would feel like "another Law" to a lot of people. So it makes sense to skip him and Johnny Cage. Scorpion is the mascot of MK right now, so from a business perspective, it would make sense to use him.

As for him being completely broken/too OP... well... they have to somehow sell the DLC characters. Lidia appears to be too OP from the base cast, and Eddy was too OP when he came out. As a general rule, expect ALL DLC characters to be too OP whenever they come out.
 
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Liu Kang would feel like "another Law" to a lot of people. So it makes sense to skip him and Johnny Cage. Scorpion is the mascot of MK right now, so from a business perspective, it would make sense to use him.

As for him being completely broken/too OP... well... they have to somehow sell the DLC characters. Lidia appears to be too OP from the base cast, and Eddy was too OP when he came out. As a general rule, expect ALL DLC characters to be too OP whenever they come out.

Only Leroy and Farukman (or w/e) were busted in t7. They got nerfed pretty fast too. Most of the DLC characters were bottom tier like Noctis and Negan.
 
Maybe Kazuya or Jin in Mortal Kombat 1.
As cool as that'd be I can't see it ever happening. I have a feeling Harada doesn't want to see Kazuya or Jin be disemboweled, decapitated, melted, or bludgeoned to death. Same reason why you'll never get a street fighter character in Mortal Kombat, even though Bison would make perfect sense as it doesn't matter how many times he dies, he can't really die, but I still don't see it ever happening.
 
Surprised he would pick scorpion. Someone like Liu Kang would fit better for his moveset so you don't end up with the insanity of Akuma in T7.

If he's teleporting, lighting feet on fire, and hitting you with a spear full screen safely to stun pull you in…. Idk man. Sounds OP.
I literally played Akuma like it was Street Fighter 4 and it was nuts lmao
 
How about you give us Lei Wulong (my main since he debuted in Tekken fucking 2) instead of MK characters that don't fit (or belong in) the game. I would love to buy and play this game sometime this generation.
 
I don't think you'll ever get any crossover between MK and any of the big Japanese fighting games due to their attitude towards the gore. I don't think the MK arcades which were big in the beginning of the series even made it to Japan when their arcade scene was so popular.
 
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