TEKKEN 7 Famitsu Site Opens - Story Background for New Characters Revealed

Famitsu has opened a dedicated page for their coverage of TEKKEN 7 during TGS 2016 and they have the story background for the new characters in the game. It details the basic overall lore for the characters and gives you an idea why they've entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7. Gonna add a quick note that usually when you read character background lore they have a flavorful style of text to them but I'm going to unofficially translate these bios until they are released officially in English. You can read the source of the backgrounds in Japanese over on Famitsu Tekken 7 page.

Famitsu TEKKEN 7 coverage ≫ http://www.famitsu.com/matome/bne_tgs2016/14.html

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Tekken 7 Fated Retribution Tier Lists From Japanese Players

Translated here are 3 tier lists from some Japanese players (AO, RAGE & Tsubumi) that got to tweeting their thoughts out recently. Tekken 7 Fated Retribution has now been out in arcades for some months and it seems weird ranking things because there are balance changes and new tools that were given to certain characters to be better but then there are characters that pretty much stayed in their usual 7.0 form. Rage Drives are a big factor in these evaluations because they vary from character to character in utility and usefulness with some characters getting a really good RD that augments their gameplay and then there are other characters that got mere combo extenders. An interesting bit to consider is the placement of Akuma in these lists. Coming from really good Tekken players that have used Akuma, they seem to agree on where he sits in the roster. With all that said, the tweet sources for the tier lists are as follows:

AO's Twitter ≫ https://twitter.com/SmilyAo

RAGE's Twitter ≫ https://twitter.com/Motion1984

Tsubumi's Twitter ≫ https://twitter.com/TEKKNNET

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09/05/2016 - Neadline Hews

Overwatch at the arcade. Full size: https://t.co/EoVjYDJk1m pic.twitter.com/8oXJIbCD6R

— Catherine (@_einzbern) September 2, 2016

It's been a long week. Next event for any big Tekken announcements is Tokyo Game Show which is on September 15 - 18.

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Akuma Currently Has the Largest Pool of Higher Ranked Players in Japan

Tekken 7 Fated Retribution has now been out for roughly 2 months and the data on how well certain players and their characters are piling in on Tekken-net to review. The most interesting piece of info I'm taking away from is the amount of high ranked Japanese players for each character. This I feel gives a good idea on not only who is succeeding well in Tekken, but which character as well. If you're not aware, Tekken 7 uses a ranking system that goes from Beginners into the Dans and from there it goes into a series of ranks organised by their color scheme. It's not a 1:1 representation but I would say, a player that got to the red ranks (Genbu, Byakko, Seiryu & Suzaku) in Tekken 7 is roughly the equivalent of a Street Fighter player getting something like Platinum rank in SFV. With all that said, here is all the data I compiled from Tekken-net.

Dan Ranks (Tekken 7.0) ≫ https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%B2%A0%EA%B6%8C%EC%9D%98%20%EA%B3%84%EA%B8%89/%EC%B2%A0%EA%B6%8C%207

Tekken-net JP (Tekken 7.0) ≫ http://web.tekken-net.jp/tk7/

Tekken-net JP (Tekken 7 Fated Retribution) ≫ http://web.tekken-net.jp/tk7fr/

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TEKKEN 7 Included in Bandai Namco's Tokyo Game Show 2016 Line-up

Bandai Namco recently published their line-up of games at Tokyo Game Show this year and Tekken 7 is on the list. From the TGS web page that Bandai Namco put up, the game will be playable at the event, have a new promotional video (trailer) be shown off and have a stage show that is going to be streamed live so there's lots to look forward to soon in September. Alongside this, the Tekken-Official website also put up a page dedicated to the home versions of Tekken 7 and it looks like it's going to be the main page for Tekken 7 in the future. A minor detail to include but the TEKKEN 7 logo got updated there (Not just plain white font this time.) Tokyo Game Show 2016 is taking place in Chiba, Japan on September 15 - 18.

Bandai Namco TGS 2016 ≫ http://tgs2016.bandainamcoent.co.jp/title/

TEKKEN 7 ≫ http://www.tk7.tekken-official.jp/