Tekken World Tour Finals Brings Hype & New Character
By Jeff Kotuby ·
The Tekken World Tour has come to an end. Who came out on top and what new surprises were revealed? Check out our full breakdown!
Regardless of what your fighting game of choice is, there’s no doubt that a world championship in any game is as exciting as it gets. This Veteran’s Day weekend, the Tekken World Tour Finals was held in San Francisco, CA, showcasing top Tekken 7 players such as PG Speedkicks, FOX JDCR, FOX Saint, and more. The World Tour also hosted a Dragon Ball FighterZ exhibition showcasing the game as played by popular fighting game players FOX SonicFox, Maximilian, Streamme PerfectLegend, and D1, as well as a special post-match announcement – the addition of Noctis Lucis Caelum (the main character from Final Fantasy XV) as the newest character to join the Tekken 7 roster.
Veteran player Qudans used his signature character, Devil Jin, to capture the World Tour championship. One of the only unsponsored players in the World Tour finals, Qudans was a dominant Tekken 5 player who was forced to take time off from gaming due to military service and a lingering wrist injury caused by overplaying. He returned during Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and can now call himself champion during Tekken 7. Qudans defeated popular Tekken player FOX JDCR (Dragunov) twice en route to defeating his FOX teammate FOX Saint (Jack-7) in grand finals, after Saint sent Qudans to the loser’s bracket earlier in the tournament.
Down to the grind...
CGG Tissuemon (Master Raven), Circa JoeyFury (JACK-7, Paul), COOASGAMES Noroma (JACK-7), PG Speedkicks (Hwoarang), and NCSS Jimmy J Tran (Bryan) rounded out the Top 8. FOX SonicFox won the DragonBall FighterZ exhibition, using Android 18, Android 16, and Future Trunks. He defeated Maximilian in the first round and defeated Streamme PefectLegend in the finals. SonicFox and PerfectLegend will be forever linked due to the notorious “13-0” set the two ran at Summer Jam 2015.
After the tournament ended, it was announced that Noctisof Final Fantasy XV would be joining Akuma from the Street Fighter series and Geese Howard from the King of Fighters series as guest DLC characters to Tekken 7.
