Every Tekken Project the EVO 2022 Trailer Could be Teasing

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After being canceled in 2020 and turning into a summer-long digital tourney in 2021, EVO is back in full force this year. The fighting game tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada drew players in from around the world. Between the hype matches and floor festivities was a slew of announcements. Multiple fighting games are getting rollback netcode, and the Fatal Fury series is finally picking back up with a sequel to Garou: Mark of the Wolves. It was a great time for players and spectators alike, and it feels good to have EVO back. Out of all these announcements, the latest Tekken news stood out.

This announcement came after the Tekken 7 Grand Finals on Sunday afternoon, and initially took the form of a casual update trailer. Tekken 7 was confirmed to be getting a balance update this month, and the Tekken World Tour 2022 Global Finals will be held next February. However, the trailer started with an Unreal Engine logo and Bandai Namco's redesigned logo. When the trailer concluded, Kazuya Mishima's original Tekken model cut to a modern look with the message «Get Ready» fading in. With series director Katsuhiro Harada making only a brief appearance, the door is open for fans to speculate on what this teaser means.

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The first thing on many fans' minds when the trailer ended was that some sort of Tekken 1 remake could be in the works. It would be an odd move, but not unprecedented. Soul Calibur 6 brought the series back to Soul Calibur 1, largely owing to the SC5 cast being less popular. Tekken doesn't have that problem, and even with Heihachi Mishima possibly dying for good at the end of Tekken 7, he could still appear as a memory like his late wife Kazumi or King of Fighters’ Geese