According to Bandai Namco, Tekken 8‘s modes will be different from what was available in the CBT and they’d like to let you know about it. Bandai Namco Europe has released a page that breaks down the various differences in terms of modes from the Closed Beta Tests that have been conducted to the Final Product.
What’s included?
Here are some of the changes, for the Final Product, according to Bandai Namco:
Battle Arena
- Unlimited Ranked Match functionality
- Improved Group Match UI
Customization Shop
- Unlimited Ranked Match functionality
- Improved Group Match UI
Beach
- Tekken Ball
TEKKEN Dojo
- Practice Mode
Ranked Match
- Rules(for Rank)
- Best-of-3 system, eliminating infinite rematch system.
- Ranks A total of 30 ranks (37 ranks in “TEKKEN 7″)
- Including completely new rank sections and revived ranks from past titles.
- Dan ranks are not lowered even if the player loses up to yellow rank.
- Additional features Practice functions can be used while match making Registered friends/competitors are displayed on the Dan rank gauge
Additional features
- Practice functions can be used while match making
- Registered friends/competitors are displayed on the Dan rank gauge
Group Match
- Grouping of matches gets to be easier to understand.
Ghost BattlesTips: Recommendations of the AI Ghost battle usage.
- Additionally, you can download other players’ AI ghost data from the lounge and leaderboards to play against them.
- You can play against various AI ghost data, including yourself and developers.
- Even if you have hesitation to play against other players, you can enjoy battles with ghosts feeling like playing against real player, as many times as you want.
- Ghosts can be created for all characters, so you can countermeasure a specific character.
- Ghosts learn every player’s moves, so you can take countermeasures against a specific player.
Replays Feature
- Matches in multiple modes can be recorded.
- Online matches
- Ranked Match
- Quick Match
- Group Match
- Player Match
- Offline matches
- Arcade Quest
- Super Ghost Battle
- Versus (CPU vs. CPU is not eligible)
That’s not all
Next to the Story Mode, this seems to be a Iron Fist Tournament for the ages. Also, the full launch roster will be available at launch. I’m just excited to play Tekken Ball without worrying about Eddy Goro after all this. This has been a feature we’ve missed in Tekkens since 3. The other mini-game Tekken Bowl was in 7, but it didn’t feel the same. Tekken 8 also continues to strengthen look with its’ new photorealistic graphics, which has been impressive at this point. Both CBT sessions were awesome, and this was just a fraction of what Namco Bandai will bring out for the full game. We’ll see what the near future holds, especially how Tekken Force would be implemented for this mode.
Tekken 8 will be available on January 26th to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S | X, and PC.
