Inclusion: I felt that there wasn't too much fanfare for this one. Tekken is sort of a given to be in it with how much more prominent FG characters are and the fact that Bandai Namco was a mainstay dev for the series. That being said, Tekken rules and it's really cool to see it represented here.

Fighter: Kazuya feels like breaking the limits of what they can do with a smash character. He has a ton of inputs that do various unique attacks and his combo and mixup game is absolutely insane. That and a bunch of small inclusions like the shifting camera angles for throws make him the most fun DLC character as a spectator out of all of them.

Stage: I think the stage is really neat, but it feels like a lesser version of the KoF arena with a much weaker version of the wall mechanic. It slightly mitigates this by not having full-on walkoffs but it just feels a bit less specialized in that way.

Music: Tekken music is legendary, they chose a ton of fantastic picks for the soundtrack. There's some really strong remixes here too, I like Yoko Shimomura's take on Infinite Azure quite a bit. I play tracks from this selection a lot on Battlefield and FD.

The Tekken announcer being there for his victory screen was also a really nice touch.

Reviewed on Jan 27, 2022


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