Tekken 8 Reveals Gameplay for 2 More Characters

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Bandai Namco has released two new Tekken 8 gameplay trailers for the returning characters Panda and Alisa Bosconovitch. Both Panda and Alisa will be available as playable characters in Tekken 8's launch roster. With a few weeks left before the fighting game's launch and the base game's roster completely revealed, fans have been given gameplay reveal trailers to show how some of these classic characters have changed from their previous incarnations.

Panda made her first appearance in Tekken 3, originally being a palette swap for the other bear fighter of the series, Kuma. She has made a playable appearance in every Tekken game ever since her debut, eventually having her own character slot in the roster from Tekken Tag Tournament 2 onward. Alisa, who is an android made in the image of Dr. Bosconovitch's late daughter, made her debut in Tekken 6. Both these characters would become associated with Tekken regular Ling Xiaoyu, with Panda being her bodyguard and Alisa becoming her friend in non-canon material like Project X Zone and Tekken: Blood Vengeance.

These gameplay trailers highlight the two characters' fighting styles. Since Panda is a moveset clone of Tekken's Kuma, the two share moves and gameplay styles, having a heavy emphasis on striking from farther away, due to their longer limbs. However, much like Kuma, who can use moves associated with his previous master, Heihachi Mishima, Panda incorporates some moves from her own best friend and ward, Ling Xiaoyu. Panda and Xiaoyu even have a cute special pre-match intro animation where they skip around and bet that whoever wins the fight decides on what snacks to have.

The other Tekken 8 trailer points a spotlight at Alisa Bosconovitch, who is a robotic fighter with a variety