{"id":431728,"date":"2023-11-22T15:54:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T21:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=431728"},"modified":"2023-11-22T15:54:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T21:54:12","slug":"tekken-8s-leo-punches-their-way-to-victory-in-new-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/tekken-8s-leo-punches-their-way-to-victory-in-new-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekken 8&#8217;s Leo punches their way to victory in new trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Tekken 8 <\/em>is just around the corner, and Bandai Namco released a glimpse of Leo&#8217;s glorious combos and eccentric personality in a trailer Wednesday. Their stylish red and white jacket shines as they show off their impressive new counter. <\/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 - Leo Reveal &amp; Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QH6s_o3dIic?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<p>The German fighter Leo Kliesen is back in <em>Tekken 8<\/em> with their Baji Quan fighting style. With their hatred of the main antagonist Kazuya Michima, it makes sense if they make an appearance in the story mode. With the codename &#8220;Seeker of Truth,&#8221; they&#8217;d likely join the battle to find out more about their murdered mother and missing father. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We didn&#8217;t get many details in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-tekken-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tekken 7<\/a> <\/em>as they were sidetracked by a love-stricken Yoshimitsu, but in <em>Tekken 6, <\/em>we learned that their mother worked for the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-leo-is-looking-sharp\">Leo is looking sharp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Not much seems to have changed with Leo&#8217;s moveset, except for the previously mentioned counter. They&#8217;ll still stomp their foes&#8217; toes and have an elaborate combo set up with their punches and kicks. It&#8217;s been a few years since I&#8217;ve stepped into the shoes of Leo but one new move seems to be an impactful swirling kick in the air, which is shown in the trailer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also has a new grappling hook that&#8217;s used for Leo&#8217;s Rage Art. Perhaps this will be used in combos too, but we haven&#8217;t seen it implemented yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Tekken-8-Leo.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"Tekken 8 Leo\" class=\"wp-image-431743\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot via Bandai Namco Entertainment America&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The trailer also shows their adorable carefree personality as they&#8217;re surprised by the Coffee Queen&#8217;s name. They stagger back like an anime character as shown in the screenshot above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll be able to play as the German blonde Leo when <em><a href=\"https:\/\/tekken.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tekken 8<\/a> <\/em>releases on January 26, just a few months away. They&#8217;ll be fighting against many combatants, like the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/tekken-8-gets-the-series-first-french-fighter-in-victor-chevalier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">French fighter in <em>Tekken<\/em> Victor Chevalier<\/a> and a mysterious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/tekken-8-reina-character-reveal-reina-fighting-games\/\">Heihachi-like character named Reina<\/a>, and the rest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/all-tekken-8-characters-announced-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">healthy launch roster<\/a> for the new <em>Tekken<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They have punches and kicks for days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":852,"featured_media":431745,"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":[22872],"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-Leo-has-an-impressive-trailer.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-Leo-has-an-impressive-trailer.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431728"}],"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=431728"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431766,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431728\/revisions\/431766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431728"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=431728"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=431728"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=431728"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=431728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}