Tekken 7 arcade may have been released in Japan, but many gamers in the U.S. have not yet gotten their hands on the latest entry in the Tekken franchise. Happily, Tekken 7 is available at a handful of arcade locations throughout the United States. Meanwhile, the ETA for the home console version remains unknown. In the sections below, we will look at what we know so far.
Six U.S. Locations Confirmed
As part of the first phase, Bandai Namco has selected six U.S. sites as part of localization test. Those sites were confirmed on the official Tekken Facebook page. Here are the locations:
Dave and Buster's New York
234 W. 42nd St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10036Dave and Buster's Dallas
9450 North Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75231Dave and Buster's Milpitas
940 Great Mall Dr.
Milpitas, CA 95035Round One Puente Hills Mall
1600 S.Azusa Ave, Suite 285
City of Industry, CA 91748Round One South Center Mall
2351 South Center Mall
Tukwila, WA 98188Round One Stratford Mall
152 Stratford Square
Bloomingdale, IL 60191
Console Version Release Date Pending
There is still no word regarding when Tekken 7 will be released for the home console. Earlier in March, AttackoftheFanboy reported that the game is coming to the Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One.
As of yet, Bandai Namco has not confirmed whether Tekken 7 will be available for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Tekken 7 arcade has been widely released in Japan.
New Characters Added
Tekken 7 is the first game in the series to be using the Unreal 4 engine. New characters include Lucky Chloe, Katarina Alves, Josie Rizal, Claudio Serafino, Gigas, Kazumi Mishima, Jack-7 and Shaheen.
Kazumi Mishima is Heihachi's wife and Kazuya's mother. Like her husband and offspring, Kazumi posesses the Devil Gene and the same fighting style. However, the character is able to summon tigers and levitate.
Tekken 7 adds a number of new nationalities namely in Shaheen from Saudi Arabia, Josie Rizal from the Philipinnes, and Claudio from Italy.
