Sibling rivalries aren’t usually settled with ordnance, but most siblings aren’t world-renowned assassins.
Anna Williams is officially returning to the franchise in Tekken 8, and Bandai Namco heralded her re-entr🌳y with a new gameplay trailer.
Anna retains her Chaos Judgement stance and mixups out of crouch from previous games and sports new wrinkles. Along with Tekken 8‘s universal heat mechanics, she has new moves centered around the rocket launcher she carries into battle.
Anna uses the RPG judiciously in her moveset for its projectiles and as a melee weapon. She even has a new stance using the firearm that can be cancelled into Chaos Judgement, creating some nasty mixup opportunities and combo routes. Hitting an opponent with an RPG move leaves a purple aura on them, which could be a debuff or damage over time mechanic. However, the rocket launcher isn’t just a tool for combat, and Anna holds it so dearly it has a name: Lovely Tom. This name stems from Anna’s love for the slapstick comedy cartoon Tom and Jerry.
Anna continues her 30-year-long rivalry with her sister, Nina, and forms a new one with season 1 DLC character Lidia Sobieska. Anna’s rivalry with Lidia is due to their mutual interest in fine dining, which might threaten the assassin’s standing as the best chef in Tekken or allow her to cement it.
A mid-March Tekken Talk will go over Anna’s movelist and mechanics in greater detail before she is available for early access on March 31 and fully released on April 3.
Published: Feb 25, 2025 08:32 am