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[Slothbeing1209]

Reina, a short character summary.​

Conceived in T7 story development 10 years ago. But this time, she is here to play a big role in the T8 main plotline. Despite her fancy and stunning looks, evil runs through her veins and has duality in both her personality and fighting style.

-Taido-ryu Karate, which Reina mainly relies on has dirty moves such as eye rakes, knife-hand strikes and scratching.
-She can access to Sentai style/stance to close the gap and rush down opponents.
-She also has Unsoku style/stance, which deliver heavy blows with agile footwork -- speed and aggression is the cornerstone for this style.
-Of course, she has Mishima-ryu -- the iconic WGF and Hellsweep is hers to abuse. She also inherits Heihachi's Heaven's Wrath (damage on hit reversal)
Article said her damage at the wall is the best compared to all characters.
-Reina was created with the help of a 4-time Taido World Champion, Tetsuji Nakano.
-Reina design was done by Mari Shimazaki, who previously had done characters like Kazumi and Josie in T7. She's had a hand in character designing in other games such as Bayonetta, Gunslinger Stratos, Okami, Soulcalibur V and more.

Tekken 8 game director reveals details on new characters Reina and Victor

Learn about the duality of Reina and her Mishima-style karate.

blog.playstation.com

Honestly she looks really cool. Probably best new character design Tekken ever had. And she'll be my new main character !!

 

[Dice]

Totally badass, tho I can't decide if she or Victor is the most badass. Everyone is so badass this time around. They have really been leveling up the cool factor, giving me flashbacks to Tekken 4.

 

[GymWolf]

If the chick from spidey 2 danikast was cute and cool.

 

[Bwesh]

Another daughter? Heihachi really making them girls drop their panties for him huh? Will definitely main her.

 

[Slothbeing1209]

She has a lots of Heihachi moves.

 

[Revolutionary]

Friendship ended with Asuka

Now Reina is my best friend

 

[TheDuskwalker]

Easily favorite of the newcomers. Might learn her as secondary since I didn't like Asuka and Nina in the beta.

 

[Chechack]

Eh,why does playstyle seems similar to Asuka tho

 

[The Gamer Triple H]

Take the costume and hair off and she looks like Asuka lol. Cmon Harada

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Take the costume and hair off and she looks like Asuka lol. Cmon Harada

The cooler Asuka and I'm fine with it

 

[DForce]

The character design is... meh.

But her moveset is great.

 

[GymWolf]

Edit

 

[lh032]

its Maki from jjk!

 

[MagiusNecros]

Boring design and just a Heihachi genderbent replacer with a stance system. And no Anna Williams in the roster again? Oof.

 

[Blitzmangoman]

I thought she would get a lot more Heihachi moves, so maybe Heihachi dlc still coming?
Other than that, I like her and she could be my new main, there is also Lee.
Mained Heihachi, before that Lee and Lei though, lol.

 

[midnightAI]

Boring design and just a Heihachi genderbent replacer with a stance system. And no Anna Williams in the roster again? Oof.

I dont think we've seen all fighters yet? (actually, I'm not too fussed so long as they appear in some form even as DLC)

 

[Slothbeing1209]

I dont think we've seen all fighters yet?

That's all launch roster. Reina is the last one.
32 characters.

 

[midnightAI]

That's all launch roster. Reina is the last one.
32 characters.

Ah, right, fair enough

 

[Celcius]

She looks awesome, going to try her out for sure.

 

[saintjules]

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I'm not playing this shit without Eliza or Chloe, lol tekken 8 ca-

I take it all back.

 

[YCoCg]

Barely a few hours after she was revealed, I scroll Twitter looking at the Tekken 8 hashtag and there's already foot fetish porn of her.

 

[Skifi28]

Barely a few hours after she was revealed, I scroll Twitter looking at the Tekken 8 hashtag and there's already foot fetish porn of her.

 

[Days like these...]

She looks so bad/bland/boring. I won't ever play her much less main her.

 

[squidilix]

Good move, shit design... IDK wtf happen on this IP... they can't create perfect character like T3/T4/T6 Vanilla

 

[Fake]

She is cute, but please reboot Lei design.

 

[Northeastmonk]

EWGF? Sign me up!

Actually, they’ve added so many freaking moves I don’t know what I saw.

 

[MayauMiao]

She looks really nice. Can't wait for the bikini mod.

 

[Bwesh]

There's more of them out there?

 

[Slothbeing1209]

She looks really nice. Can't wait for the bikini mod.

Tekken girl always has bikini. No need for mod : ))

 

[Bkdk]

Pretty great design, super rare these days for major titles, looking forward to nude mods or even modders use its model to replace other ugly female chars in other games!

 

[SkylineRKR]

She looks cool, way more interesting than Asuka (which I wouldn't mind if she were axed now that Jun also returned). I am kind of surprised Lidia didn't make the cut, after being released so late in T7's life. In fact, most T7 newcomers have been axed. Which I don't complain about, Gigas and Lucky were trash. Azucena obviously renders Katarina obsolete. But Claudio is there though, do people even enjoy using him?

 

[Spukc]

straight in the vareina