Tekken 7 Season Pass 2 Trailer, My Thoughts

In 1994, Bandai-Namco released Tekken (Japanese for "Iron Fist") in arcades, and would bring it to the original PlayStation a year later. The game would be highly praised for its characters, controls, and presentation. The game would even get into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the first game released on the PlayStation to sell over one million units.

Nearly twenty years later, the Tekken series has seven mainline games and numerous spinoffs. It also has become the best-selling fighting game series in history. The franchise has also had movies, comics, and the Tekken series has crossed over with the Street Fighter series in video game form.

The latest game in the main series, Tekken 7, has crossed the crossover-mania in video games lately. First, the character of Noctis from Final Fantasy XV has been announced to be a playable fighter, and now...we're going to get some more playable characters...including another big surprise. Let's take a look!

Ah, the Mishima family. Settling issues the only way they know how: By trying to murder each other.

Hey, footage from EVO. EVO is short for Evolution Championship Series, an annual event in which professional gamers take each other on in fighting game tournaments for glory and presumably prize money.

I have to confess, I'venever played a Tekken game. I'm more of a Super Smash Bros. guy myself. Hey, Tekken X Super Smash Bros.. That would be one heck of a fun crossover. Nintendo, Bandai Namco, get on this! Please?

Hey, Anna Williams is in! She and her sister Nina, the blonde in the wedding dress, are...not on the best of terms usually. Between the Williams sisters and the whole dysfunctional Mishima clan, one can't help but wonder if the creators of this game have a thing against families.

Anna got herself some new tattoos. I can imagine she spent many an hour in the tattoo artists' chair. Considering Anna is described as narcissistic and arrogant, I can bet that artist deserved a medal for enduring her.

Yeah, the Williams sisters' meeting up often does involve heavy weaponry. Just be grateful she didn't break out the nukes.

When it come to creating characters for fighting games, creators will draw from real life. For example, Fei Long from the Street Fighter series is basically Bruce Lee. Lei Wulong is another such character. He's an homage to Jackie Chan. You can see that in the ending of his part in the trailer. The whole thing with him shaking his hands like he hurt them after hitting the screen. That's classic Jackie Chan.

I have to admit, I was surprised to see this guy in a Tekken game. Yes, Negan. Arguably one of the most famous characters from the Walking Dead franchise, Negan became famous because of his brutality, twisted sense of humor, and love of profanity. He was portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the TV series. He is also known for his trademark weapon, a bat with barbed wire wrapped around it he named "Lucille". I wonder if Morgan will voice him for the game.

Honestly though, I'd think the Mortal Kombat series would be a better fit for him. I'm not the first to notice this, and it makes sense. That series is known for its brutality and gore, and it would allow a character like Negan to go all out and knock some heads off, quite literally. I am curious about how he got here.

I have to admit, I was surprised by Negan in this game. Anna and Lei Wulong make sense, as they are long-running characters. I also have to admit, I love the current trend of crossovers in video games. I think it's really cool seeing characters from one series meeting other series' characters. The possibilities of it are endless. I can't wait to see what crazy crossovers come next!