You wanted Tifa in Tekken 8? Well tough flippin' luck, you're getting Clive Rosfield from Final Fantasy 16!
Hey, we're not really complaining. The gruff Dominant of Ifrit should be a blast to play as in Bandai Namco's fantastic fighter, and he's out on the 17th December for those who own the game's first Season Pass. Those who don't get to play him from the 20th.
Did you see Clive coming? Because we sure did. Believe it or not, he was our pick for the most likely character — we'll show you the chat logs if you want!

Get ready for what is hopefully an amazing battle theme remix in the comments section below.
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So instead of Tifa or even Cloud we get the mega bore that is Clive 🤢🤮
What a damn waste
Ok I'm buying Tekken 8
@Nepp67 @Magatsuhi The duality of man.
Literally the loudest I’ve reacted to a TGA announcement since Joker in Smash I’m so hyped
Sorry Tifa fans
Well, there’s always Tifa for season 2 I guess. But to be honest, I just want actual Tekken characters. Julia Chang I continue to wait for.
@ShogunRok I've played over 400 hours of FF16 so when I saw this my jaw dropped to the floor dx.
@DennisReynolds Better luck next time
Haven't gotten around to 16 yet as I'm still playing through the pixel remasters, but this is pretty sick. Honestly "cooler" than Tifa though I can't say I prefer him over her.
Maybe in Season 3
I wonder if Square will ever release a game that does actually meet their sales expectations. Besides FFXVI of course.
How about both?
Haha... i had a feeling this was gonna happen. It makes sense given they had the protagonist of XV before and the cross advertising makes sense.
Don't worry, i am pretty certain Tifa will come eventually. Probably closer to the release of part 3 of the FF7 remake.
I gotta say though. He looks amazing. Kind of a Soul Calibur character in Tekken though. 😂
Wow Tifa, you sure look different.😅
Seriously though I don't mind being wrong in this case (well half-wrong anyway since its still Final Fantasy), as I'm quite neutral on any potential FF guests for Tekken really, so I'm fine.
Instead, I'm now suddenly imagining a scene reminiscent of the White House incident where loads of Tifa fans are trying to storm into Harada's home.😂
I'm so happy. I love FF16 and Tekken
So they have real fist fighters like Zell and Tifa that would fit in a Tekken game. And yet, they choose Noctis and Clive who are fighting with swords?? If this was Soul calibur it would have been the perfect match. Well I guess Square doesn't want Tifa in another game.
Come to me Ifrit !
They’re chasing the success they got with Noctis, only with a much less successful game. I don’t think it’s gout do as well as they hoped.
That’s not Tifa 😭
I want tifa and aeris, or at least cloud 😕
I'd hoped it was going to be Clive as I love FF16 and Noctis was cool last time out.
He was the start of a big game change for Tekken 7 in terms of being comfortable enough with the base game to allow for crazier movesets!
I skipped FF16 after dire framerates (i played the demo), but this looks like they really have gone all out with the character in Tekken 8. Very tempting.
@ShogunRok This makes me wanna play Final Fantasy 16 😁
With Noctis in 7, and Clive in 8... can we predict that the next FF protagonist is gonna make a guest appearance in Tekken 9?
@Flaming_Kaiser It's a really fun game, that they just don't want you to play half of the time. Seriously. Im about 60 hours in, and half of that has been cutscenes and exposition to set up the story. Then one third of the gameplay has been fetch quests. The other 2 thirds I've played have been excellent, but yeah... very mixed feelings about this one, and it's probably my least favourite mainline FF game I've played in recent years.
When I saw Clive I got 10/10 excited for something new in FFXVI despite that making no sense.... then I saw the graphics being significantly degraded and I feared some mobile game... compared to that.... decent accountment I suppose lol
@J2theEzzo Ah thanks for the information i still gonna play it even with the fetch quests. My favourite things about the older games was the mixed roster of characters male and female im not the biggest dudebro gamer. My favorite games weren7/8/9 in that order I loved the stories and characters of these games. I'm going to play the pixel remakes soon so who know maybe that will change after that.
Yeah, I nabbed it on disc for about 15 quid, so I can'tcomplain, but part of why it doesn't feel very Final Fantasy to me, is that it doesn't really involve a whole party, the way some of the others did? Clive has chums, but you never directly control them, and it very much feels like his story, above anyone else's, in my opinion. And it's definitely more 'action' than 'rpg', but by all means, check it out! I'd say 7 and 9 are definitely up there, for myself!
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