Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There’s a long legacy of guest characters in fighting games. And the variation in quality between guests is as huge as the list is long – the tradition deals the rough with the smooth, to be honest. In Tekken alone, we’ve had Gon from Masashi Tanaka’s manga (a farting dinosaur), Negan from The Walking Dead (a boring fart), and Akuma from Street Fighter (a tough old fart). Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1064035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[963,5298,222,8711,8773,54,8373,15592],"class_list":["post-1064034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-bandai-namco-entertainment","tag-bandai-namco-studios","tag-fighting","tag-multiplayer-competitive","tag-side-view","tag-single-player","tag-tekken-8","tag-the-game-awards-2024"],"yoast_head":"\n
Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16's Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There's a long legacy of guest characters in fighting games. And the variation in quality between guests is as huge as the list is long - the tradition\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16's Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There's a long legacy of guest characters in fighting games. And the variation in quality between guests is as huge as the list is long - the tradition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-20T21:13:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16’s Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-20T21:13:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":98,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bandai Namco Entertainment\",\"Bandai Namco Studios\",\"fighting\",\"Multiplayer Competitive\",\"Side view\",\"single-player\",\"Tekken 8\",\"The Game Awards 2024\"],\"articleSection\":[\"VG24\\\/7\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16's Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-20T21:13:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"There's a long legacy of guest characters in fighting games. And the variation in quality between guests is as huge as the list is long - the tradition\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16\u2019s Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16’s Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16's Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not | Arcader News","description":"There's a long legacy of guest characters in fighting games. And the variation in quality between guests is as huge as the list is long - the tradition","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16's Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not | Arcader News","og_description":"There's a long legacy of guest characters in fighting games. And the variation in quality between guests is as huge as the list is long - the tradition","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-01-20T21:13:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16’s Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not","datePublished":"2026-01-20T21:13:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/"},"wordCount":98,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg","keywords":["Bandai Namco Entertainment","Bandai Namco Studios","fighting","Multiplayer Competitive","Side view","single-player","Tekken 8","The Game Awards 2024"],"articleSection":["VG24\/7"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/","name":"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16's Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-20T21:13:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"There's a long legacy of guest characters in fighting games. And the variation in quality between guests is as huge as the list is long - the tradition","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16\u2019s Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tifa I barely knew her! Final Fantasy 16’s Clive will be the first guest character to land in Tekken 8, whether you like it or not"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469104,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064034\/revisions\/1469104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1064035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tifa-i-barely-knew-her-final-fantasy-16s-clive-will-be-the-first-guest-character-to-land-in-tekken-8-whether-you-like-it-or-not.jpg\")
<\/p>\n