Tekken 7 Reveals New Fighters: Josie & Jin
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 1, 2015 18:06 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Arcade Gaming, Fighting Games, Namco Bandai, Tekken, Video Gallery
Three new characters have been announced for retro arcade fighter Tekken 7, introducing a female Filipino fighter, another generic brooding male character and his alternate devil form – with no particular reason specified as to why Jin required an entirely new character solely for an alternate transformation.
The announcement was unveiled during a special live-stream event at Bandai Namco Headquarters by none other than Tekken’s project lead Katsuhiro Harada:
Josie Rizal:
Jin:
Devil Jin:
Jin will be playable on March 31st while his Devil form will arrive April 7th, Josie however has no planned release date at the moment – all three fighters were apparently meant to be shown later down the line but an earlier leak had forced the developers to change up their schedule.
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I'm guessing another new character will soon be unveiled, A character named PAUL!!
"retro arcade fighter"
Bwahahaha this is why I come to Sankaku.
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure Jin has been a rather iconic character ever since the first game.
Jin wasn't in the first game. You're thinking of Kazuya. Jin's first game was Tekken 3 (which, to be fair, was almost 20 years ago now - wow time flies)
Huh. When I think about it, I thought Jin and Devil Jin appeared since Tekken 2. Odd stuff. Memories ain't reliable.
The Jin and Devil Jin we came to know is actually his equally evil twin.
Nice pun on the name "Josie Rizal".
What pun?
A pun on one of the Philippines's National Heroes, Jose Rizal.
Filipinos immediately started speculating that Josie is a descendant of Jose when they first heard her name.
Wow! How did the Japs know that?
look up "Jose Rizal"
Pretty sure Devil Jin doesn't work as a costume palette swap since Jin and his Devil form have totally different movesets.
I was hoping Josie would have a more fobbish accent...
i've watched Ichi the Killer movie done by Takashi Miike which is based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga years ago and the lead's so obsessed with Tekken.Still waiting for the character to appear in the game.
Still waiting for my Lee Chaolan to appear on Tekken 7.
Good to see a Filipina fighter in this game. Philippines here loves Tekken.
I just wish they'd name her differently and changed her outfit. I can't help but chuckle every time I think of her name. Also, her outfit looks makes her look more like a Brazilian.
We need an alternate Jolibee costume for her and that would shut up every critic.
Lol, that could be her 2nd part time job. Now where can I find one around this part of the town.
Her name made me chukkle and facepal at the same time.
Actually, Rizal is a very rare Surname for a Filipino/Filipina.
Common surnames are Latin (Garcia, Lopez, Morales, Marquez, Diaz, Solis, Soto, Cruz, Velasquez and many more) and Chinese (Tan, Lim, Uy, Wong, etc).
Nah, fuck Paul. More like Marshall Law.
Wasn't Jin always a stale character of the series? I don't get it. Why he is a "new character" ?
New textures and meshes I guess...
Umm...I don't get it, Jin has been around as a playable character in Tekken for a while, and his devil form has been playable for a couple of games as well. I have Tekken 5, and they are both playable there. So how is this a "new" character? I don't get it at all. Someone please explain?
He's an evil twin that's the husband of... FABIO! Yes! He's the *new* gay character since the very confusing eddy outfit! Screw leo and bishounen, we're going bears! Bears for you and YOU, everyone gets bears!!
Jin was my favourite character in tekken 4 and 5 how is he new lol
The Jin and Devil Jin we came to know is actually his equally evil twin.
uh she needs to have super short legs, shorter, no ass and uglier to be filipino
Dude. Yeah. Surely that's the reason people from all world fly over to the Philippines to date the country's "rejects" and why Filipino women mostly place high on world pageants. Also, FYI, the Philippines was a former colony. The majority have mixed ancestries which means that they'd look better than most orientals have dominant mongoloid features.
hah, to the filipines? Filipines is like C list of girls in SE Asia. I'm sure I could take a full grown 5'3 Filipino man in a fight.
Lol, personally not a Filipino, that said, why don't you head over there, see how long you will last without being mugged? or head to the southern Islamic held area, and see how you you will last without being beheaded?
Just by spouting that, pretty sure you have not sparred or fought much. There are even chicks that can manhandle you, and they are not even anime or manga chicks.
Also ever heard of Manny Pac-Man? or Yuichiro Nagashima? Both seemed more sissy then you, and will whip your ass in 10 sec or less.
This coming from someone who can break 2x4s, earned a belt or three, played rugby, used to do 100s push-ups/sit-ups non stop, and lifted small cars; all thanks to anime girls.
Because despite the shit that happens there, it's still a fine place to be in.
Also, who care if Filipinos are "prettier" or "fugly", all of us are fails against almost all anime or manga girls.
Wait, why am I even defending Filipinos, am still pissed off at Benigno the 3rd, after all the help with Benigno Jr. the 2nd.
Don't be jelly your race looks like another country's race.
what the fuck do you know, try saying that to any Pinoy/Pinay's face, we'll fuck you up, fucking honky ass otaku!
trolling or not, you do realize that just by being here means you are an otaku at some level~
What 20:49 said, being here means you are an otaku, period. Also there are more then a few hard ass otakus.
Obviously the character designer doesn't know shit about Philippines. Wow....lets make a new character with no significant relation to their ethnic and slap slutty Snow White outfit on her. Plus...Street Fighter's Sakura and Chun-li are face-palming about Josie's signature combo. This is what they came up with for a character from the Philippines? They could of dressed Josie in a Kimona or a barong. Maybe even carry a balisong knife "butterfly knife". Sadly, someone got paid for creating this character. Poor Philippines. Always misrepresented. Philippines are like Mexicans to Americans as Filipinos are like to Asians.
And pretty sure 14:27 is not trolling, just a few pissed off Pinoys, and rightly so.