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We’re in the clear tiger it’s fake
That's silly, they're not gonna bring a Mii costume with Unsho Ishizuka's voice. And besides, Unsho voices Incineroar in the Japanese version of Smash, meaning Nintendo is totally fine with reusing his voice lines. As for Heihachi himself, I'm just gonna quote
Sari
because he debunks the argument that Heihachi's character is done for because of the passing of his voice actor.So this basically means that both Nintendo and Bandai Namco are fine with using recycled clips of the late Unsho Ishizuka.I missed some discussion on Tekken that happened a few pages back so I wanted to lend in my two cents on some recent news:
Today it was confirmed that Heihachi (as well as Jin and Kazuya) will be guest-starring in the King of Fighters All-Stars mobile game.
Why is this important? Because all of the characters in KoF All-Stars are fully voiced and AFAIK all of the voice-clips are completely brand new. They even got Takehito Koyasu (AKA Dio) to voice Shingo again after a +10 year hiatus of the character being voiced (not to mention most of the older KoF VA's who got replaced in XIV).
So Heihachi's appearance means one of two things:
Granted I'm still not all that confident in Heihachi happening, but I just thought it'd be worth noting that his character isn't retired (at least for spin-off appearances such as Smash) as some have been saying because of the VA situation.
- They got a new VA for Heihachi, eliminating any argument that Heihachi's character is done for due to his VA passing away.
- They are reusing his voice clips from Tekken 7, meaning Namco is fine with paying tribute to the late Unsho Ishizuka through recycled clips.
He's in, boys, we did it he said it
and Since Mai Shiranui has too Much Brass & Jiggle Physics to be included as a Cameo[Cereza at least Wears her Hair to cover her otherwise Doe Naked Body(Basically Buck naked female; since Bucks are Male Deers, and Does are Female Deers)], There's NO Way that MK will ever be in smash; due to how Gory the Entire Franchise is; MK doesn't fit smash(one of the 4 rules of sakurai for Character addition; the Character must fit well in Smash) so MK characters will never be in Smash; as such Tekken is MUCH more likely; especially if they made Terry work in Smash, even with him being a More Complicated Character with his Moveset being so diverse; they can TOTALLY make Heihachi Mishima work in Smash; Especially since the Old Man was initially Planned for SSB4, But there wasn't enough time to make a moveset for him; Plus He can be the First DLC Character to be an Outright VILLAIN Character; so far; all the characters so far are either heroes or the Protagonist; While Heihachi has been a Protagonist before, He's also a VILLAIN, due to how many people he's screwed over, He's committed Child Abuse to his own sons, and is all around a Big B&st@rd
Sure Why Not; I Mean Terry made things a bit more Interesting & Complex; why not give Heihachi the most Interesting Moveset of All; It'll be quite an endeavour to incorporate the Mechanics of Tekken into Smash; but If He can make Terry's Moveset work, complete with simplified versions of the variations of the commands(which Ryu & ken Should've already had so that ANYONE who hasn't played any fighting game that's NOT Smash, can do the variants of the Special Attacks. . .) maybe he could do a Miracle & Make Heihachi a Powerful character, that's got SO Much Moveset potential, and could give a challenge to those who want to use him
Because sadly the majority never played another fighting game besides Smash. But let them stay in their Lloyd echo chamber. Heihachi is far more likely anyways.
Plus, I think we should put on the brakes for JRPG representation for now. Almost all of the major ones have been covered now, why can’t the Fighting Game genre representation increase some more?
Yes those RPG fans act very egoistical and don' want to give credit for the achievements fighting games did and without whom Smash wouldn't even exist in the first place.
Yeah, there are so many reasons why Heihachi would've been perfect to drop either in the Mii presentation or as a joke in Terry's trailer as a callback to Ryu. It's super strange. My fingers are definitely crossed, and my immediate reaction when Heihachi didn't show up was that he's in, but I've learned not to count my chickens.
It definitely was a nod towards them currently only having one character, despite making the game. And Heihachi is the most glaring omission from Namco. I would say both Old and Young Heihachi can be alts like the Hero alts or Joker's school uniform are. Old one would probably be the default, as the young one was only the default during the Tag Tournament 2 times when he appeared in other games as cameos. Maybe throw in his Tekken 7 outfit too into the mix
His Tekken 7 outfit would be amazing! My favorite Heihachi look. Like I say I've always liked him and the Tekken series but his story in 7 is what made me realize how legendary he really is.
The two don't necessarily need to be mutually exclusive. Until tekken season 3 Heihachi was also the best character for dealing combo damage, and tbh I don't think it would be overpowered on him. Unless they let him movement cancel like in tekken he's probably gonna be no faster than ken, and without a projectile to bait approaches.
Sora, Bamco and Nintendo are as well, I think. Incineroar was voiced by Ishizuka, so I don't think it'd be much of an issue. They did even pay respects to him when Incineroar was revealed.
Just like in Tekken, nothing's able to keep him down!
Let’s not jump the Gun just Yet, even though He is Guaranteed to be Coming, we still have to wait till the next Fighter Pass kick starts since we just got Terry recently.
If only it was on console or pc
. But YES! That was one reason why people thought they couldn't bring Heihachi in. The more time passes, the more time I think the old man is coming.
It breaks every last argument against our old man, calling him retired or anything... The old man is still alive and kicking! And he will be in Smash! Tekken is too big of a franchise to be ignored, especially when Namco is making the game.
Hell of a post!! Very glad to see more people talk so passionately about the old *******. Here's hoping he gets in - I need that fighting dream match!
Thanks! Sure, That old geezer is a part of my childhood! He may seem cold at first, but he had one of the craziest character developments of any video game character! He started as that unlikable evil old man in Tekken 1, was still similar in Tekken 2 but got the protagonist role and as shown in Kazuya's ending of that game, isn't entirely evil as he protected Kazuya from the laser that Devil shot at him and he took all that pain by himself. Then in Tekken 3 he was even older, but also gained so much style in his rich man outfit from the opening and he really started to feel like a globally important figure and not just an old martial artist.
Now this is the kind of optimism I like to see! He wasn't turned into a Mii costume, and while we still have plenty of big Bamco names who could make it, he still has a shot!
I think a Namco rep is a given as the only costumes missing now are Heihachi, Gil, Lloyd, Geno, Chocobo and the 2 Monster Hunter armors. Like the other Capcom costumes the Hunter Armors might be thrown somewhere inbetween like they did with the 4 Megaman costumes. Square might get a rep too given their costumes were held back when they could have dropped them with Hero.
Exactly. And as Namco i still short on reps and every previous DLC season in Smash history included one new fighting game rep both could happen together... Also his costume is still missing in action despite fitting perfectly with the one in Terry's pack similar how he was featured in Ryu's pack in Smash 4.
Heihachi can continue the Good vs Evil theme with Heihachi being the Villain for Ryu, Ken & Terry with a sequel of the whole
I can kind of see Heihachi having a rivalry with Ryu and Ken because of the whole Street Fighter x Tekken events and Sakurai even alluded to it back in Smash 4 when Heihachi's mii costume began attacking Ryu in a cinematic scene. He was the only mii costume who got such an exposure with a scene.
YES TO IT ALL!!!
