Easily the most anticipated DLC character to join the Tekken 8 roster, Heihachi Mishima, is officially available for purchase and download as of Friday, October 4.
Find out how much he’ll cost, watch his trailer, see some gorgeous in-game stills, and find out everything else you need to know about Tekken 8’s newest character below.
Despite the fact that Tekken 7 showed and Director, Katsuhiro Harada, explicitly said that Heichachi was officially dead, he’s not. The beloved Tekken mainstay hasn’t missed a game yet, and though he’s late to the party, he clearly isn’t going to miss Tekken 8 either.
First revealed back at Evo 2024, we’ve been getting a slow stream of new Heihachi content over the past few months including his gameplay trailer. Here are a few high quality, official screen shots of the elder Mishima in action:
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When it comes to pricing, you can get Heihachi as a standalone purchase for $7.99 (as is the case with his Year 1 Pass DLC predecessors, Lidia and Eddy). The only other option is to get him via the Year 1 Pass, which comes with the Deluxe, Ultimate, and Collector’s Editions of Tekken 8.
If you bought the standard version and have since decided you want the pass, fret not, you can upgrade for $39.99 to get all four season 1 DLC characters with 3 day early access to the fourth unnamed one, the character costume gold suit pack, and a Kinjin skin for your avatar.
What you can’t get via any routes save for a direct purchase is Heihachi’s new stage: Genmaji Temple.
This additional arena will run you $4.99, and as such has been the center of a bit of recent controversy as the Tekken 8 fan base is wary that Bandai Namco may be leaning too heavily into micro-transaction mayhem.
Let us know in the comments if you’ve had a chance to try out Heihachi in Tekken 8 yet, and if so, how is the long time antagonist (and occasional protagonist) this time around? Does he feel like he might turn out to be one of the game’s best fighters, or is he lacking in certain areas?