Tekken 8 is the latest installment of one of the most important fighting game sagas that exist and is that the reception by the players was very good not only for the different playable aspects that place it as one of the best deliveries, but its character customization system surprised by the possibilities it gives, So much so that the internet was flooded with works of all kinds, introducing familiar faces from other franchises to the game, but also many players began to compare it with another fighting game, Street Fighter 6, more precisely the collaboration with Spy x Family, demonstrating the great difference between the two.
The comparisons between Tekken 8 and Street Fighter were not long in coming.
A few days ago, more precisely on January 26 was released the latest installment of one of the most important sagas in the world of gaming, more precisely in the fighting genre, Tekken 8, which is already a success thanks to the high quality that has the game, but ended up surprising by a more than striking aspect, this being the customization system that has the game, so well designed that the possibilities are only limited by the imagination of the player, but this opened the debate between fans of this game and Street Fighter 6.
And the biggest aspect that stood out among players was based on the collaboration that Street Fighter 6 made a few weeks ago with the anime Spy x Family, where different accessories were added which had thematic of this and allowed to customize the characters, this is where the comparisons began, as in Street Fighter 6 were not only far from resembling the characters of the anime, but these were mocked, unlike Tekken 8, where the imagination and work of the players with this system delivered a large number of varied characters.
Thanks to the customization present in Tekken 8, fans were able to flood the internet with all kinds of works, where the variety surprised not only by “adding” famous characters from the world of video games, but also famous personalities from popular culture have come to Tekken 8 through this complete customization system. Below we share some of the most interesting characters created by the game’s community and that were published all over the social networks:
Leon S. Kennedy, Ada Wong, Ashley Graham and Jack Krauser from Resident Evil 4
Scorpion from Mortal Kombat
Drake (musician)
Although Street Fighter 6 had a lot of controversy after the release of this collaboration, the game that was released in the year 2023 is considered one of the best titles of such a long-lived saga as Street Fighter, being that even during the year in which it was released it managed to be placed as the best fighting game in the renowned awards ceremony The Game Awards, Thanks to a frenetic combat system that takes the best of past installments, in addition to a large number of playable characters, this game managed to get a good reputation with fans, beyond what happened with the collaboration with Spy x Family.
Tekken 8 was released on January 26 for PlayStation 5, Xbox X Series X|S and PC consoles, and the reception by critics and players was more than positive, which in addition to having a large number of playable characters, were the additions to gameplay level, as the new system “Heat” which opened a lot of possibilities for players, both for casual and for veterans. In addition, as is customary in this type of game, the variety of modes have made this one of the best installments in a franchise as important as Tekken.
