Negan’s inclusion in Tekken is possibly due to Bandai Namco (as Namco) having a past collaboration with Image Comics, the American comic book company from which Walking Dead originates from, for a comic adaption of Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken Forever.
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Geralt of Rivia from Andrzej Sapowski’s novel series The Witcher, who guest appears in Bandai Namco’s other original fighting game, the rebooted Soulcalibur VI, shares similar traits with Negan for retaining the actor from their more well-known other adaptions, with Geralt’s appearance being mainly based on his CD Projekt Red video game version.Negan’s character and traits are based on his AMC’s live-action adaption counterpart, rather than his original comic book counterpart, hence his voice actor.In the Japanese dub of The Walking Dead, Negan is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka, who voiced Jack-2 in Tekken: The Motion Picture, while also serving as the series' narrator.He is also the second Image Comics character to appear in a Namco game, following Spawn in the Xbox version of Soulcalibur II.Negan is the first guest character to originate from a non-Japanese franchise, as The Walking Dead originated in America.Negan is the second guest character who originates from a comic book series, the first being Gon.Once the opponent regains consciousness as the camera focuses on Negan in a blurred fashion to smack his opponent with Lucille, dealing heavy damage.
His rage art has him knock his opponent with Lucille. During the execution of the move, it has a bloody effect which he uses Lucille to smack his opponents in a bloody fashion. Negan's fighting style and moves is possibly based on Underworld Brawling in its purest form and relies on hitting his opponent using his barbed-wired baseball bat named Lucille. Tekken 7 - Negan Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer TWT 2018 Taking his barbed-wire bat Lucille - named after his beloved wife - into his hand, he set out to take care of these foolish ingrates who would challenge his authority. Negan worried they would disturb his new world order if he did not deal with them swiftly. The survivors fell into Negan's carefully laid trap, but, just as he was choosing his victim to serve as an example, the group put up an intense fight and escaped. Per his standard policy, he enacted a plan to capture and make an example of them. The Walking Dead’s Negan, the charismatic leader of the Saviors, brought other communities together under his thumb with the motto “people are a resource.” One day, Negan received reports that an unknown group had taken out several of his men. Note: Negan's backstory and presence in the game are likely non-canonical.
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Negan was chosen as the fourth guest character for Tekken 7 partly due to Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray being huge fans of The Walking Dead TV show and Negan's character in it, and due to them thinking he would be a "perfect fit" for Tekken.