Yoshimitsu's like the Wes Borland of gaming - as when Limp Bizkit's costume-swapping guitarist is coming up with millions of ways to look like some axe-wielding hellspawn with a penchant for tapped notes, so to is Yoshi appearing in increasingly crazy garb through every subsequent Tekken sequel. First it was Tekken 4's buglike appearance that made him look like something you'd tackle in Dark Souls, then T5 was straight-up Predator in its dreadlock-topped aesthetic, before 6 went for the whole 'undead samurai' thing. Now with 7 Namco must be looking to max out the crazy scales whilst ticking the box for "Random next gen add-on", as the Yoshimitsu of 2015 essentially looks like a crazy Platinum Games-spin on Pirates of the Caribbean's Davy Jones - which is to say he's essentially part-squid - complete with many flailing tentacles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6aIq4CGAOc As for the game itself, in the above footage there are a number of times when the camera slows down just as hits that look to connect at the same time are closing in - not to mention Yoshi himself finishing Bryan off with what looks like some sort of final move. Of course it could just be a grapple or special move that's been animated to connect in a certain way, but if there's any chance Tekken has adopted some 'fatality'-style attacks from Mortal Kombat, it can only be a good thing. What do you think of the new design? Too much or ultra-cool demonic sci-fi? Let us know in the comments!
