If you were one of the millions of Tekken 3 players back in the 90s, then you'll probably have fond memories of Tekken Ball — a mode that saw two characters use their regular moves smack a beach ball at one another in the hopes of scoring a KO. A truly beloved activity, but one that would never return in any future Tekken title (aside from Tekken Tag 2 on the Wii U, which is some serious monkey paw stuff).
We're incredibly happy to report, then, that Tekken Ball will return in Tekken 8. The reveal, which has us grinning like idiots, was made on the Japanese PlayStation Blog, which explains that the mode will be fully playable (and somewhat reimagined) in the upcoming sequel. It's also confirmed that Tekken Ball can be played online or offline, and against the CPU. What more could you possibly want?
Do you remember Tekken Ball? Are you ready to return to the beach in Tekken 8? Hit that thing as hard as you can in the comments section below.
[source blog.ja.playstation.com]
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Was excited, thought it said Tekken Bowl 😮💨
Wow.
I'd forgotten all about this. Video game ridiculousness at its finest.
I remember Tekken Bowl
Cool, looking forward to it.
This is good but we need Tekken Bowl also
Ok forget MK my next-gen fighter money just got secured with this
Sf6 got this and more tekken 8 still need more single player content to compete with both sf6 and mk1 single player offerings.
We need team battle mode back
... Get your wallets out.
Does this mean Gon is coming back too?
Played this mode with my friends a lot. We're fun times.
@Tasuki If Tekken 3 suddenly appears on PSN then you will have your answer.
Gon is one of the best examples you'll find of the perils of product placement and copyright in gaming. I worry for FF15 and its Cup Noodles when they inevitably try to remaster it one day.
All I want is Team Battle Namco. Make it so...bowl and ball are novelties, team battle is a key component of split screen play
I remember playing Tekken 3, but I don't remember no Tekken ball.
I don’t really remember this. Any chance of Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball returning though?
Is there a real arcade mode with player endings in Tekken 8 like in MK11? Thats what I want see besides the mostly terrible storymode.
I memeber! Fun stuff 🩵
More importantly, what about team battle?
Tekken Tag was one of my favorite PS2 games. I would love that to be remade on PS5. I tried to get into Street fighter 6. Think i got around 36 hours in. It’s good, but i don’t see it as the 10 it was getting reviewed at.
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