{"id":423956,"date":"2023-11-03T13:10:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T18:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=423956"},"modified":"2023-11-03T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T18:10:15","slug":"tekken-8-gets-the-series-first-french-fighter-in-victor-chevalier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/tekken-8-gets-the-series-first-french-fighter-in-victor-chevalier\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekken 8 gets the series&#8217; first French fighter in Victor Chevalier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Tekken <\/em>series is getting its first French fighter, as Victor Chevalier is joining the <em>Tekken 8 <\/em>roster alongside a new Paris-themed stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Announced on Thursday, game director and chief producer Katsuhiro Harada added context for the character on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1720073604547977225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Victor is actually the first French fighter for the <em>TEKKEN<\/em> franchise,&#8221; said Harada. &#8220;I have had the idea of a French character in my mind for a long time and it finally came to fruition. Thanks to Vincent Cassel for inspiring me and for voicing him. And the stage is Paris itself, where I took my first Seine River cruise over 20 years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TEKKEN 8 - Victor Chevalier Reveal &amp; Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k7jaVJxbGDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-oui-oui-oui\">Oui, oui, oui! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As Harada noted, Chevalier is voiced by French actor Vincent Cassel (<em>Black Swan, La Haine)<\/em>. Victor Chevalier uses a blade, knife, and pistol as his weaponry. He also teleports across the screen as he slashes his opponents. Bandai Namco knows how to make older men look badass (remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/leroy-smith-tekken-8-trailer-grandmaster-of-drip-bandai-namco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leroy Smith<\/a>?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trailer also points out that Victor has a history with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/all-tekken-8-characters-announced-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Raven<\/a>, saying to him, &#8220;You&#8217;ve gotten pretty good, Raven.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tekken-8-Paris-stage.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"The Tekken 8 Paris stage features the Eiffel Tower\" class=\"wp-image-423973\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot via Bandai Namco Europe&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-a-new-stage-set-in-paris-for-the-tekken-8-victor-character\">A new stage set in Paris for the <em>Tekken 8 <\/em>Victor character<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this new <em>Tekken 8 <\/em>trailer, we see the action taking place on a boat moving across the river Seine. Harada said he took his first Seine River cruise over 20 years ago, inspiring this stage to come to life in game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you fight with Victor and other <em>Tekken 8 <\/em>fighters on the Paris stage, you&#8217;ll see the sights like the Eifel Tower in the background. Hopefully, there&#8217;s a nighttime section for the final round, in which it sparkles in gold lights\u2014though there wasn&#8217;t a hint towards that in the trailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting that <em>Tekken 8 <\/em>has a Paris-themed level because <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/street-fighter-6-review-destructoid-fgc-capcom-fighting-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Street Fighter 6<\/a> <\/em>has one too, set closer to the Eiffel Tower during a festival. It must be a good time for virtual brawling in France. Nevertheless, <em>Tekken 8 <\/em>releases on January 26 for the PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This monsieur is a badass. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":852,"featured_media":423957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[19842,19123,478,19112,19116,21822,115,116],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":852,"display_name":"Chris Penwell","user_nicename":"chris-penwell"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tekken-8-Victor.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Chris Penwell","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/chris-penwell\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tekken-8-Victor.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424117,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423956\/revisions\/424117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423956"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=423956"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=423956"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=423956"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=423956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}