Yoshimitsu, you’ve changed man. You’ve changed! You used to be this weirdly awesome demon ninja samurai. Then you became some sort of man grasshopper. A Manhopper. Then you were a cyborg for reasons that have yet to be explained. Now? It’s like your latest incarnation was designed by a committee of calamari fishermen and hentai artists. But you’re still kicking ass! And possibly taking names!
Even though it’s only headed to arcades (for now), Yoshithulu plays pretty much like he always does. Madly. Guntama detailed everything in the video below, which has Yoshimitsu performing some of his classic moves, as well as a few new ones. I honestly can’t wait for the eventual home release of Tekken 7, so that I can drive Geoff mad by using a tag-team combination of the mysterious ninja and the polarising Lucky Chloe character:
I still can’t get over that new design. I kinda dig it, but it’s just so weird. I mean, compare it to previous versions of Yoshimitsu:
Tekken 1
Tekken 2
Tekken 3
Tekken 4
Tekken 5
Tekken 6
I always naturally gravitated towards Yoshimitsu whenever I played a Tekken game. Primarily because he had a sword, which I always thought would be particularly handy in whatever encounter I found myself in. I learnt the hard way that using that sword was mostly a pipe dream of ridiculously difficult combos, punishment windows and suicidal attacks. And that’s why I play as Steve Fox in Tekken games. Duck and weave son, duck and weave.
Last Updated: May 14, 2015
Dutch-Trevor Matrix
May 14, 2015 at 10:36
I don’t think a guy with swords getting beaten by a girl with her fists is cool, or worthy of inclusion in a game. [redacted]
RinceTriss
May 14, 2015 at 10:52
GG Never forget.
Dutch-Trevor Matrix
May 14, 2015 at 10:54
Oh. I forgot. Said girl should be wearing a Habit.
40 Insane Frogs
May 14, 2015 at 17:14
And a pink wig?
Dutch-Trevor Matrix
May 15, 2015 at 08:49
Blue. Which reminds me. I need to change the haircolor on my Sim tonight.
Hammersteyn
May 14, 2015 at 10:38
*Looks at Umar…
Umar
May 14, 2015 at 10:41
lol NOOO Don’t look at me
Hammersteyn
May 14, 2015 at 10:45
I know it was YOU!
RinceTriss
May 14, 2015 at 10:53
lol
Admiral Chief
May 14, 2015 at 10:38
Man, this looks really crappy
Pariah
May 14, 2015 at 10:41
Actually, I think it looks pretty damn awesome.
40 Insane Frogs
May 14, 2015 at 17:14
My body is ready!
Admiral Chief
May 14, 2015 at 10:39
Also, that header XDXD
Hammersteyn
May 14, 2015 at 10:40
Yoshimitsu’s design from Tekken 3 was the best one.
Umar
May 14, 2015 at 10:41
YUP, agree. I remember dat spinning sword helicopter move of his in Tekken 3 still lol
Admiral Chief
May 14, 2015 at 10:41
LOL as do I
Umar
May 14, 2015 at 10:41
Was SO weird, and then you could stab yourself too.
Admiral Chief
May 14, 2015 at 10:44
Yeah, wtf was up with that?
Aries
May 14, 2015 at 10:57
He is a samurai, thats what they do
Admiral Chief
May 14, 2015 at 10:58
I get that, but in a fighting game? wuuuut
Aries
May 14, 2015 at 11:00
Authenticity, die with honour, kill yourself before the opponent can
Pariah
May 14, 2015 at 11:01
Way better than a GG rage quit. DENIED! 😀
Pariah
May 14, 2015 at 10:45
He can still stab himself. 6 minutes into this vid.
Dutch-Trevor Matrix
May 14, 2015 at 10:50
Sounds like Umar, able to “do” himself…
Admiral Chief
May 14, 2015 at 10:41
Agreed
ReaperOfSquirrels
May 14, 2015 at 10:53
Agreed
Kikmi
May 14, 2015 at 10:42
Cute. It’s like MKX but for little girls.
Umar
May 14, 2015 at 10:43
Lol MKX is nowhere near as good as Tekken. NOWHERE.
Kikmi
May 14, 2015 at 10:43
Man, if you liked Disney’s the Little Mermaid, thats cool, you do you man, you do you.
Umar
May 14, 2015 at 10:45
Firstly…Don’t bring Ariel into this, okay? That sweet, innocent, half naked mermaid has nothing to do with this.
Secondly, I’ll do me then, pfft. I’ll go and play the better game 😛
Dutch-Trevor Matrix
May 14, 2015 at 10:48
First you will do you and then go play the better game?
Puts a new spin on “Go Fuck Yourself!”
Splooshypooh
May 14, 2015 at 11:00
Hammersteyn
May 14, 2015 at 10:45
After playing MKX I have to agree. MKX isn’t nearly as good as MK9 even with all the new ideas
Dutch-Trevor Matrix
May 14, 2015 at 10:55
For Reelz?
CuddlesaurusRex
May 14, 2015 at 11:08
Sad but true. MKX is great and all but just lacks something. I cant put my fingure on what though.
Hammersteyn
May 14, 2015 at 11:19
Yeah, on reflection the story is bland, The living towers are not that exciting, it takes much much longer to grind coins for the krypt, the microtransactions feels like the game is whoring it self out and the faction system doesn’t makes sense and feels pointless.
Admiral Chief
May 14, 2015 at 10:45
HAHAHAHAHA, this guy, I like this comment
HairyEwok
May 14, 2015 at 10:49
Se jou…. Se jou…. Se jou…. What the hell does he want to say :/ and from that its sorry sorry sorry sorry the whole time…. Did Yoshi do something we don’t know of?
Dutch-Trevor Matrix
May 14, 2015 at 10:52
Sê jou ek’s van Boksburg?
ReaperOfSquirrels
May 14, 2015 at 10:53
Tekken 3 Yoshimitsu is my favorite one.
HairyEwok
May 14, 2015 at 10:54
Same, that’s when he looked like a proper ninja with a mask and not some weird cyborg with tentacles.
Dutch-Trevor Matrix
May 14, 2015 at 10:56
And from Umar there came the slight knock of hardened man sausage hitting the underside of a desk…
Aries
May 14, 2015 at 10:54
Wow the header
ReaperOfSquirrels
May 14, 2015 at 10:55
Yoshimitsubishi!
CypherGate
May 14, 2015 at 11:40
Tekken 3 version of Yoshimitsu is the best honestly. Tekken 4’s one is looking much like a freaking bug. The later ones just get all alien looking lol
Jonah Cash
May 14, 2015 at 12:41
Man that Tekken 3 Yoshimitsu was my main character. I stopped playing Tekken after 3 so I didn’t know that he went all rogue with his look 0-o
Chule Gcanga
May 14, 2015 at 14:35
iesh Feb 2015 is long wait, but hey one will wait.
WWL Chris Core 2
May 14, 2015 at 17:09
https://www.google.tt/#q=Tekken+7+Xana+Dalisay #XanaDalisay #Tekken7
Ghost In The Rift
May 15, 2015 at 13:46
Can somebody tell me wtf Yoshimitsu is? An alien Samurai?