Tekken 8 Reveals Patch Notes for Next Update

Highlights

• Tekken 8 update focuses on balance adjustments aligning with the roadmap and addressing player frustrations.
• Controversial post-release monetization in Tekken 8 leads to mixed player reactions and review bombing.
• Update 1.0.4 includes new items in Tekken Shop, bug fixes, and character balance adjustments for better gameplay.

Following the recently announced Tekken 8 roadmap, Bandai Namco has revealed the details of what will be in the next Tekken 8 update. This fits right in with the recent Tekken 8 roadmap, as it said Spring updates would be focused on balance adjustments, which is most of what is seen here.

Tekken 8 launched to acclaim but has been beset by controversies like the Tekken Shop being added post-release, as well as the Fight Pass, cosmetics, and other monetization. This has brought Tekken 8 to an odd point where there are players review bombing it on one hand, and others pushing for the fun meme stage of the Waffle House. One way to bring everyone together, before the new character and season 2 drop, is to help improve the balance and bugs that have frustrated players in some ways.

With the Tekken 8 update notes posted today, it seems Bandai Namco is trying to do that for Tekken 8, at least in part, when this patch launches on May 8th. The patch notes are chunky, and full of a lot of minute changes, but before that is reached, a mention of new items coming to the Tekken Shop is shared: new Ninja Pack and Shinobi Pack outfits available for all characters. Additionally, a legacy costume for Lili and a free avatar customization option for everyone are available. Then a handful of bug fixes are mentioned that should help with rollback processing, and Tekken 8‘s online play, which has been a recent issue.

Following that is six pages worth of balance adjustments, and it promises a lot of tweaks and changes. In this update, they plan to address characters who are not able to showcase their strengths or unique abilities, while in June’s planned 1.05 update they will be balancing characters with overly strong moves or combos. Mentioned specifically to be nerfed in 1.05 are Victor, Lili, King, Paul, and Yoshimitsu. June’s patch is also planned to “enhance the value of player defensive techniques” so that situations where one player has total control of attacking are avoided.

Characters who have moves adjusted in the 1.0.4 update specifically (and not just as part of the general move tweaks) include: Asuka, Azuncena, Bryan, Claudio, Devil Jin, Dragunov, Eddy Gordo, Feng, Hwoarang, Jack-8, Jin, Jun, Kazuya, King, Kuma/Panda, Lars, Law, Leo, Leroy, Lili, Paul, Raven, Reina, Steve, Shaheen, Xiaoyu, Yoshimitsu, and Zafina.

Players will find that replays before the Tekken 8 update will be deleted from the online data. Thus, if players want to view them in the future, video recordings outside of the game should be made, as they will also be unavailable even if they are downloaded. Character behavior and moves will also be updated in Super Ghost Battle and Ghost Match at the same time.

Tekken 8 Patch Notes for Update 1.0.4

The patch notes on the Tekken 8 website are here, except for the specific move changes. Those are all available on the Tekken website.

Version

Date and Time of Update

• [PDT] May 7th (Tuesday) 19:00 approx
• [UTC] May 8th (Wednesday) 2:00 approx
• [JST] May 8th (Wednesday) 11:00 approx

Server Maintenance Schedule

• [PDT] May 7th (Tuesday) 18:30 – 24:00
• [UTC] May 8th (Wednesday) 1:30 – 07:00
• [JST] May 8th (Wednesday) 10:30 – 16:00

During server maintenance, all online content will not be accessible.

Update Contents

1. New items added to the TEKKEN SHOP
2. Feature improvements and bug fixes
3. Properties and/or behavior for select moves of select characters were adjusted.

Update Details

• New items added to the TEKKEN SHOP
  • New costume packs “NINJA Pack” and “SHINOBI Pack” will be available for all playable characters.
  • A legacy costume for “Lili” will be available.
  • One free avatar customization item.
• Functional improvements, Bug fixes.
  • Optimization of packet transmission and reception as well as rollback processing during online matches.
  • Improvement of the logic for detecting processing delay displayed as red icon in the bottom right corner of the screen during online matches.
  • The parameter names for each item in “PLAY STATS” have been improved for better clarity.
  • Improvement made to “My Replay & Tips” allowing players to skip entrance and victory animations during replay playback.
  • Optimized loading times in “Exciting Replay.”
  • Fixed an issue in “Character Customization” where it was possible to customize both “Kijin Face Guard” and “Surgical Mask” for Reina simultaneously.
  • Fixed a bug in “Character Customization” where the skin color of the upper body was not as intended.
  • Other miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes were implemented.
• Behavior/properties of moves will be adjusted for some characters.

Scope of Update

The application of the update data will result in the following impact on each mode and feature.

• “DOWNLOADED REPLAYS”, ”MY REPLAY & TIPS”: Replay data from before the update will be unavailable for playback.
• “ONLINE REPLAY”: Replay data from before the update will be deleted.
• “SUPER GHOST BATTLE”, ”GHOST MATCH”: Character behavior and move properties will reflect that of the post-update state.