Tekken 8 Fans Are Going All Out With The Character Customizer
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Now that Tekken 8 is out on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, players are jumping in to style their mains with the game’s extensive character customizer. With character customizers comes an assortment of shenanigans, and this is no different, as Tekken 8 players are fighting each other with Dragon Ball Z’s Son Goku, Resident Evil’s Leon Kennedy, Metroid’sSamus Aran, and many more.
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Like previous entries, Tekken 8 lets you create a custom outfit for any of the game’s 32 characters. You need in-game money, of course, which you earn by competing in matches across the game’s various modes—save for Tekken Ball. With some robust options and a whole lot of imagination, folks shared their creations on the game’s official subreddit. Here are some of our favorites.
Reddit user shmick28 posted a video of Tekken 8 protagonist and hot boy Jin Kazama cosplaying as Resident Evil’s Leon Scott Kennedy. It looks really good. So good, in fact, that folks in the replies thought it was a PC mod.
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Another Jin Kazama cosplay, this time redditor Daniero1994 dressed the Mishima family member as David Martinez from the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime.
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King was outfitted with a green hat and shirt. Goosehoward23 captioned their Reddit post with “can’t beat what you can’t see,” which made me think of John Cena. But, the more I think about it, the more I’m inclined to believe this is Luigi.
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Jin Kazama’s half-uncle and the illegitimate son Heihachi Mishima, Lars Alexandersson, makes a good Son Goku, as redditor Gooddest_Boi demonstrates.
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Reddit user Vectormus got Lars to don a different outfit, this time the super soldier is stunting on Tekken opponents as Metroid’s space-faring super-soldier Samus Aran.
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One of Tekken 8’s newest characters, and the one I’m most stoked to play as, is the katana-wielding, Colonel Sanders-looking secret agent Victor Chevalier. Thanks to Reddit user Silenti7, the Frenchman is showing up and showing out as John Wick.
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Redditor VarenOfTatooine took the humanoid weapon Jack-8 and put him in the outfit Monkey D. Luffy wears in One Piece. Honestly, though, considering Straw Hat Pirate Crew member Franky is a big-ass cyborg, too, that would’ve been a better fit.
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I’m not sure how Spiritti came up with this one, but they posted an image of Paul Phoenix dressed up as the lovable cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
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