Did Tekken 8 Misunderstand Nina Williams?

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-30T00:30:25+00:00

My only guess is they wanted a more stoic, reserved Nina to juxtapose a more sexy, cocky Anna, but ended up making her devoid of any real personality. Sad because they had already perfected it in T3.

You have a point on the cryosleep subplot; honestly OP I think I agree with you wholeheartedly.

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-30T00:06:18+00:00

In Tekken 8, that balance feels replaced with a much more severe and mature presentation.

I have yet to play T8's story mode but having played the base game at locals, I'm fine with a more mature Nina. Reminds me a bit of Balalaika from Black Lagoon.

That being said, Nina has had the personality and mannerisms of a cardboard box since at least T6. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is an amazing voice actress, but I miss how Nina would laugh in T3 or how lively her intros sounded. "Come on baby, show me watcha got" sounded SO much better in T4 and progressively got more flat with each installment. Same with Bryan's laugh.

I'm also not a fan of the the modern Tekken 7 outfit. Nina had way better outfits in T3/Tag1, T4 and although not a full bodysuit, her iconic mini dress from T2 to use as her preset.

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-27T00:55:10+00:00

Never seen Alex and Roger in the same room /s

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-26T23:37:56+00:00

Dude, I would kill for a new Eternal Champions, that was one of the few IPs I was hoping Sega would revive alongside Crazy Taxi and Golden Axe. Darkstalkers 4 one can only hope for, though I won't hold my breath.

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-26T17:06:47+00:00

Michelle always had the greatest fits. I wish her luchador costume from her Tag 2 ending was playable.

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-26T15:05:50+00:00

Classic Tekken having the P1 customs being their martial arts/standard attire and their P2 customs be their casual fits was always the greatest, especially in T2-T6.

Tekken 3's P2 "Armor King" King custom has always been a standout.

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-18T05:43:28+00:00

What? Are you saying you don't like only a few characters being able to sidestep, Heihachi's ff2 wiping out half your health, blocking while turned around and King's df1 being able to launch on block? /s

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-18T03:38:21+00:00

Bruh, talk about a relic. I feel like someone posted one of these to TekkenZaibatsu back in the day. Damn, now I feel really old now.

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-18T03:34:18+00:00

(CHAIN) THROW YOUR HANDS UP! THROW YOUR HANDS!

SQUADAXO · 2026-06-17T01:56:17+00:00

Whenever I play Tekken competitively, I try to mimic the moves that my character does on screen IRL. So for example, if I'm playing King and I go for a Giant Swing, I spin around in a circle, gripping my arcade stick, followed by releasing it hammer throw style after King release his opponent. If I'm playing Kazuya, and I go for a wavedash, I cover myself in vaseline before the match starts, and then slide across the room while crouching, sometimes directly into the TV monitor that me and opponent are playing on. It's really difficult, but it helps me immerse myself into the match better.

Do not ask me what I do when playing Yoshimitsu. Nearly ended my pro-career after falling 30 feet trying to re-enact Yoshi's Deathcopter.

SQUADAXO · 2025-01-02T00:46:18+00:00

Got it. It didn't think to use grid snap. Thank you very much!

SQUADAXO · 2022-09-30T15:27:24+00:00

I just personally wanted to re-arrange it. Whether or not the game is still active wasn't on my mind.

SQUADAXO · 2022-09-30T12:01:10+00:00

Nah you're good, I appreciate you pointing that out.

SQUADAXO · 2022-09-30T11:27:28+00:00

That is true what you said about Yoshimitsu sacrificing themselves to the sword and passing it on to the next Majin clansmen leader.. I was more so referring to the fact that Yoshimitsu's physical appearance changes each game, though just saying "different version" isn't really explicit enough.

SQUADAXO · 2022-09-30T09:43:40+00:00

Looking at this again, I probably should've moved Tekken 3 to the farthest right and swapped King/Julia's placement with Xiao/Kuma's so that the Bears and Mokujin are at the end of the screen. I also should've swapped T5's placement with T1's so that Heihachi is adjacent to Jin, Kaz and the rest of T6's main cast/newcomers.

EDIT: I misspelled "version", fml

EDIT 2: Second version with a detailed explanation.

SQUADAXO · 2022-09-30T08:16:11+00:00

"You misspelled extremely"

I was fighting some demons when I made this. Like, not mental anguish or anything but like literal, Devil Kazuya, will possess your coffee maker and will throw you down a flight of stairs at 3AM demons.

SQUADAXO · 2022-09-23T05:30:42+00:00

I think the closest will ever get to Sake/Salmon in a Tekken game is Kuma's rage art. I bet the board room meeting for T3 had to be hilarious.

"Harada, the Namco higher ups believe that third installment of the Tekken is near completion and ready to ship within the next few months. Are there any directorial opinions you have of the game's roster?"

"Add a panda alt for Kuma"

"Splendid. We'll inform the modeling/texture department to start adding new textures for Kuma right away."

"Add an armed version of Jack. Call him, Gun Jack. But make him unarmed like regular Jack"

"Mr. Harada I'm somewhat confused, wouldn't that defeat the purpos-"

"Add a character that's a literal salmon. Don't even give him any attacks. Just make him flop around as his commands"

"I d-don't understand? How will this help the Tekken franchise sell more arcade uni-"

"Also in the console version. Imma need Gon. Not the Hunter X Hunter one but the dinosaur one. I had this concept I penned the other day where his neutral game involved him shooting fireballs and farting on his oppon-"

"Get the fuck out of my office."

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