Bandai Namco has announced that Tekken 8 will get its next roster addition, Roger Jr., on November 11th for Season 3 Character Pass owners. The rest of the player base can pick it up separately on November 16th. The announcement was made alongside a new trailer showcasing the character, which you can check out below.
As his name implies, Roger Jr. is the son of Roger, a boxing kangaroo who made his debut in Tekken 2. Roger Jr. came to the franchise with Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection. He’s a genetically modified kangaroo originally designed for military use but decides to join the King of Iron Fist tournament following the mysterious disappearance of his father.
Roger Jr. made his second appearance in Tekken 6, where he once more teams up with his mother to continue searching for his father. Afterwards, he was absent from the mainline games, but still appeared in the spin-off title Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
The Tekken 8 version of Roger Jr. retains much of the moveset that made him popular, blending a boxing combat style with a variety of sweeps and other spinning attacks that can only be pulled off by a kangaroo. Despite his boxing prowess, he also possesses excellent kicks.
Interestingly, the trailer for Roger Jr. also has an interaction between the character and Leroy. When the latter spots him choking Sugar the dog, they come to blows and decide to settle things with a fight.
Roger Jr. is the third character coming to Tekken 8 as part of the title’s third season following Kunimitsu and Bob. A fourth character – Yujiro Hanma from the manga/anime Baki the Grappler – is slated for release in Winter. The trailer for Roger Jr. wraps things up with the first glimpse at what Yujiro will look like in Tekken 8. True to his manga form, he showcases his dexterity, easily balancing across two blocks while doing the splits before swiftly jumping off and getting back on his feet.
In other Tekken-related news, Bandai Namco and SNK Corporation revealed a collaboration to bring Tekken 8’s Reina into Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves in December (and somehow, she’s involved with Geese)
