Summary
Following the recently announcedTekken 8roadmap, Bandai Namco has revealed the details of what will be in the nextTekken 8update. This fits right in with the recentTekken 8roadmap, as it said Spring updates would be focused on balance adjustments, which is most of what is seen here.
Tekken 8launched to acclaim but has been beset by controversies like the Tekken Shop being added post-release, as well as the Fight Pass, cosmetics, and other monetization. This has broughtTekken 8to an odd point where there are players review bombing it on one hand, and others pushing for the fun meme stage of the Waffle House. One way to bring everyone together, before the new character and season 2 drop, is to help improve the balance and bugs that have frustrated players in some ways.
With theTekken 8update notes posted today, it seems Bandai Namco is trying to do that forTekken 8, at least in part, when this patch launches on May 8th. The patch notes are chunky, and full of a lot of minute changes, but before that is reached, a mention of new items coming to the Tekken Shop is shared: new Ninja Pack and Shinobi Pack outfits available for all characters. Additionally, a legacy costume for Lili and a free avatar customization option for everyone are available. Then a handful of bug fixes are mentioned that should help with rollback processing, andTekken8’s online play, which has been a recent issue.
Following that is six pages worth of balance adjustments, and it promises a lot of tweaks and changes. In this update, they plan to address characters who are not able to showcase their strengths or unique abilities, while in June’s planned 1.05 update they will be balancing characters with overly strong moves or combos. Mentioned specifically to be nerfed in 1.05 are Victor, Lili, King, Paul, and Yoshimitsu. June’s patch is also planned to “enhance the value of player defensive techniques” so that situations where one player has total control of attacking are avoided.
Characters who have moves adjusted in the 1.0.4 update specifically (and not just as part of the general move tweaks) include: Asuka, Azuncena, Bryan, Claudio, Devil Jin, Dragunov,Eddy Gordo, Feng, Hwoarang, Jack-8, Jin, Jun, Kazuya, King, Kuma/Panda, Lars, Law, Leo, Leroy, Lili, Paul, Raven, Reina, Steve, Shaheen, Xiaoyu, Yoshimitsu, and Zafina.
Players will find that replays before theTekken 8updatewill be deleted from the online data. Thus, if players want to view them in the future, video recordings outside of the game should be made, as they will also be unavailable even if they are downloaded. Character behavior and moves will also be updated in Super Ghost Battle and Ghost Match at the same time.
Tekken 8 Patch Notes for Update 1.0.4
The patch notes on theTekken 8website are here, except for the specific move changes. Those are all available on theTekkenwebsite.
Scope of Update
The application of the update data will result in the following impact on each mode and feature.
