New Tekken 6 fighter -- Miguel the matador
by Joystiq Staff 
{ May 26th 2007 at 10:02AM }
NeoGAF forum member neo2046 recently shared a number of scans from Japanese magazine Famitsu. The images show off Tekken 6, the highly anticipated fighting game from Namco coming to arcade and PS3 platforms and rumored to be headed to the Xbox 360. The scans unveil a new character, a The cast of Tekken 6 will be the largest of any Tekken game, implying that previous characters will return along with newbies such as Miguel. Confirmed new fighters also include Zafina and Leo, and Joystiq is lobbying to have our very own Ludwig Kietzmann included added to the team. Stay tuned.
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VoidnessMD @ May 26th 2007 11:52AM
Maybe I'm just going crazy, but from the thumbnail view he kinda looks like a fruity Peter Petrelli with super matador powers.
Negativecool @ May 26th 2007 11:51AM
Eddie Gordo's style works best for me and is my favorite fighter. Consiquently I haven't been playing Tekken lately. You give me Eddie, I give you my money.
eddy @ Aug 15th 2007 7:57PM
My favarioute player is hworang.. as his fightings tricks are different.. and he is very stylish also.. i am his big fan and trying to learn his fighting trick in real life...
Stooch @ May 26th 2007 8:00PM
Dear god, it's John Travolta!
dustandechoes91 @ May 26th 2007 12:29PM
looks like chad from bleach
Aex @ May 26th 2007 12:49PM
I don't know about you, but now I NEED a PS3.
LongshotX @ May 26th 2007 12:50PM
Aex,
Just wait til it comes on the 360, duh...!
synce @ May 26th 2007 12:54PM
The popularity of fighting games if fast dwindling. There's no doubt in my mind that the next Tekken and Soul Calibur are going multi-platform to compensate for that fact. That said I'm not the biggest Tekken fan in the world, but if they throw in online (Xbox Live wise), you can count me in.
3cubedminus3squared @ May 26th 2007 1:28PM
I thikn 3-d killed fighting games.
I loved the old Mortal Kombats and Street Fighters on the SNES. The new 3D fighters just don't appeal to me.
I guess thats why Smash Bros. does good, because its still a side scroller.
Hikaru @ May 26th 2007 2:54PM
Matadores don't have fighting skills, and it is not a fighting style or martial art...wtf?
Is he gonna throw a bull at you?
Lijik @ May 26th 2007 3:07PM
Well as long as Yoshimitsu looks kickass, which he's been doing a good job of in the Tekken series, I'll pick it up eventually.
Solo203 @ May 26th 2007 3:14PM
This is prolly one game where i dont care if comes to 360 "AS WELL". BUT, I would flip my lid if it went 360 exclusive. Tho it would be nicer for the PS3 if it remain exclusive, which if anything it may go timed exclusive for PS3. Namco has always been a talented developer went it comes to the Playstations. Tekken 5 showed me that the PS2 could be capable of having better than xbox graphics.
I do have both the PS3 and 360. But most multi-platform games have me steering to the 360 version. Mainly for Live and achivements. But if Tekken were to come out on 360, those advantages wouldnt matter. First, the D-pad is atrocious, prolly the worst of any console released. Second, is online. Tho i want Tekken 6 to have online. Those matches could never be taken seriously for the simple fact that Tekken relies alot on split-second timing and not everyone has perfect connection. Even some of the fastest connections could still have a highly competitive match with just one slight bit of lag. A perfectly timed counter could turn to the end of the match instead of your "GREAT" comeback. I think Namco should put a disclaimer right before the online match or the first time your try and online fight.
That ends my 360 rant. Tho i cant wait for the 360 version of TeamFortress2. I'm more excited about that than Halo 2... ahem i mean Halo 3
bootsielon @ May 26th 2007 3:49PM
Lol, a metrosexual matador. Why do japanese love metro heroes?
LongshitX:
It's just a rumor, jackass. It's fanboyish comments like yours that ruin the site. You don't know if it's comming. I can't wait for you to say "It will, don't worry". And by the way, you need a new sarcasm detector. Aex is another fanboy too.
Aberu @ May 26th 2007 3:59PM
@6
And if they were announcing an exclusive new Soul Calibur game you wouldn't say the same thing. You would say, oh freagin sweet, new characters omgz. Instead you hint at how, somehow, all fighting games are starting to kinda suck, and they should bring it to all systems (aka yours). The fact that it's a PS3 exclusive attracts all of this negative attention.
LongshotX @ May 26th 2007 4:16PM
bitchsielon,
Most likely it will come to the Xbox 360. As someone said earlier fighting games are becoming less and less popular. It wouldn't make since to make this game PS3 exclusive, especially with the pathetic PS3 install base and high development costs. Besides Xbox 360 graphics own PS3 graphics. And we have Rumble, Achievements, and Live.
LongshotX @ May 26th 2007 4:19PM
bootsielon aren't you boots formerly bd?
Phranctoast @ May 26th 2007 4:48PM
Until there is official word, as far as Im concerned it exclusive. Shall we start the whole Bioshock is coming to the ps3 as well?
Brandon @ May 26th 2007 5:01PM
I sincerely doubt that Tekken 6 goes multiplatform, Tekken's have always been playstation exclusive titles (except for a little tekken gba shovelware they did some years back). Development costs may be high, but not so much that it becomes unreasonable for them to release it on only one console. After all, its not as if this game is coming out tommorow or something, it would be a holiday season release at the EARLIEST, way more games will have been released, and far more people will have bought the system by that point.
And another thing, what is it with all this talk about him being a matador? Isn't that a flamenco dancer's outfit? I cant tell if they are full pants or not, but if they are, he is not wearing a matador costume.
Brandon @ May 26th 2007 5:04PM
Oh and i forgot one thing. Remember than Sony and Namco are chumming it up lately, with their joint venture Cellius. So im sure if there is a chance that tekken goes multi, sony is probably doing what it can to insist that it doesnt.
LongshotX @ May 26th 2007 5:19PM
Whatever, we will see.
Shalex @ May 26th 2007 9:47PM
Sony and Namco have been chumming it up? Really... cause recently Namco Bandai went and cut games for the PS3.. out of all the next gen consoles, PS3 has the least support by namco (Granted 360 has 1 more planned game then the PS3)
Second, Tekkens were always playstation games? So was Ridge Racer. Ridge Racer 64 and Ridge Racer DS were not made by Namco. So RR6 was the first Ridge Racer not excluxive to Playstation. Oh, and don't forget Ace Combat.
Finally, when the origonal teaser for Tekken6 came out, the 6 was in the same font as Spiderman/PS3.... now the 6 isn't.
So.. with namco pledgeing 24 games to 360, and 23 games to PS3, who's to say that this one can't be multi-platform? Hell, with the 37 games pleged for Wii, there may be a Wii port of Tekken 6 as well!
John @ May 26th 2007 11:15PM
The final boss is a shark you have to jump over
JRM @ May 27th 2007 7:54AM
meh...I think he needs a claw on his left hand...
Ryoga Vee @ May 27th 2007 10:41AM
@21
FTW!
eric @ May 27th 2007 2:29PM
considering tekken 6 arcade machine is being built off the ps3 board i HIGHLY doubt this will ever see a 360
ferrarimanf355 @ May 27th 2007 10:50PM
Two things. One, I'm under the impression that this will end up on the X360. I mean, if Ace Combat, Katamari and Ridge Racer can all make the jump, so can this. And I'll welcome it with open arms: the more fighting games, the better.
Secondly, NeoGAF as a source... I thought you guys knew better... :vomits:
staxontoplyon23 @ May 28th 2007 2:14AM
Solo 203 "First, the D-pad is atrocious, prolly the worst of any console released"
So you definitely never owned a Gamecube. Which actually has been my fave controller, nothing I've tried ever felt better in my hand. (That is for a game controller... sickos) But the d pad, seriously wtf? Couldn't invest in even child sized ergonomics on that Nintendo?
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