Upon seeing Reina’s trailer for Tekken 8, AD-8 Renders noticed a set piece from Vermilion Gates, the home stage of Kunimitsu 2 from Tekken 7. Due to this, AD-8 Renders apparently came up with the head canon that Reina and Kunimitsu 2 live close to one another and are friends.
This theory actually doesn’t seem all that farfetched considering that there are noticeable similarities between the two characters. As such, AD-8 Renders has created some interesting artwork that depicts the story of the two’s friendship.
Though the two supposedly live within eyesight of one another, they communicate with each other through their cell phones. In the artwork, Reina seems to be inviting Kunimitsu over.
Following this, the two can then be seen playing against one another in some sort of fighting game. It’s clear that they are playing a fighting game as they’re both seen using arcade sticks. This entire scene could be interpreted as a homage to the UDON artwork depicting Chun-Li and Morrigan having a fierce fighting game competition against one another.
Of course, it should be noted that AD-8 Renders credits CovahK for the Reina model, Lambo for the map, Seven3D for the PC model, and Xueral for the phones and air pods models.
Check it all out below:
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There’s a Pagoda in Reina’s trailer and it’s the same as the Vermilion Gates one.
My headcanon tells me that Reina and Kunimitsu II both live a few miles from each other and are friends because of their love of the colour purple.
Expect 3D renders of this nonsense soon(february) pic.twitter.com/Av7SITGiHS— AD-8 Renders (@AD8_3D) December 22, 2023
Reina by: @CovahK
Map by: @LamboXiao
Phones & airpods by: @xueral pic.twitter.com/lkc47QX0fJ— AD-8 Renders (@AD8_3D) April 1, 2024
Reina by: @CovahK
Map by: @LamboXiao
PC by: @HostelMalul pic.twitter.com/EX0ujFbBIH— AD-8 Renders (@AD8_3D) April 6, 2024