Reports of Heihachi's Death Were Greatly Exaggerated in Tekken 8

He's apparently Harada's personal favourite character, and he claims to have not realised that they truly "killed" him off, so I'm not entirely surprised.

Of course he survived. Lava? More like relaxing hot spring. Mishimas are super human. 😂

I had a feeling he wouldn't stay gone, he's one of the titular characters in the series

@Deadlyblack If he was a titular character in Tekken, he'd be called Tekken (or the series would be called Heihachi - which it might as well be at this point.)

@Nem I think the trailer suggested he didn't survive but death kinda didn't stick either

At this point, Tekken wouldn’t be the same without him! Really hyped by the reveal! Tekken 8 has become my most played game in the series, just so awesome!

He was also reported dead in Tekken 5 😄

I get it he's an iconic character and Tekken feels different without him, just like SF feels different without Bison or Akuma.

But this makes Tekken 7 final battle between Kazuya vs Heihachi kinda irrelevant which I actually really like that battle because it was hype and finally an important character is dead.

Just another Tuesday for Heihachi

As expected, super gramps will never die despite what the nah-sayers believe.🤣

I'm surprised that people are surprised tbh.

I'm so sick and tired of fighting games inability to commit to anything 😑

@Yousef- Harada is a big liar huh

Heihachi had more comebacks than Donald Trump

Always hoped that his haircut would catch on amongst bald men, but alas the age of the Heihachi-do is not yet upon us.

He's dead unless you can afford to revive him.

I remember the good old days when i didn't have to buy dlc to play as heihachi

ok so this is what, third time Heihachi came back from the dead if I'm counting correctly. supposedly he died in 2,4 and 7.

Minimum spec for purchase met.

@Yousef- He could be trolling but what i read is Heihachi is Harada fav character but he doesn't know that Tekken devs and marketing team really geared up Tekken 7 as Heihachi final appearance like completely dead and not trolling dead like they did with Tekken 5.

And yeah, Heihachi VA passed away also made many people believe that there will be no Heihachi for Tekken 8.

I personally feels Heihachi revival makes the story back to zero again. Well not really zero but it feels like what's the point of hyping up Tekken 7 as Kazuya vs Heihachi final battle then revived Heihachi in Tekken 8 like Tekken 7 some kind of filler arc lol.

Heihachi, just like Bison, is a classic character and, personally, I'm glad he's back. However, the way both Capcom and Namco acted, it's funny watching them get roasted. Don't tease stuff if you don't have the stones to follow through with at least one entry in a series that will obviously get more sequels.