His friends name is Salim who was his childhood friend whom he meet when he saved Salim from an assassination attempt and also became his long time friend soon after. That sword Shaheen's carryin was a treasure from Salims brother in which Salim used to always carry with him. His family owned an oil company whom Salim was the owner of. G corporation took an interest in buying that company so they bought the company which lead to all of Salims family members to resign and that Salims death became a mystery later on which was listed as "accidental". When Shaheen heard about Salims death and the company now belonging to G corp during his military service, he suspected foul play so Shaheen started to investigate and found out from a G corp executive in the middle east that Salim was in fact murdered by the G corp. Shaheens purpose is to avenge his friend and fight G corporations tyranny, somethin that Shaheen promised Salims brother to destroy but to also understand exactly why Salim had to be killed and no one knows this more other then Kazuya himself.
> Start speaking in another language to a Japanese enemy > Expect answers > Kazuya literally gets fed up of people doing this and start accepting a host of language courses so that kinda of stuff can stop happening
I really like Shaheen's more militarised look, very much suits his combat and story. Still, I wish he actually had a regional dialect instead of his Shakespearean fancy non-specific Arabic.
Yeah I agree with that. He looks more combat-ready with this attire than he did in Tekken 7. Really hoping the developers have given him a cool moveset despite that awkward fighting stance. 😁
The timing of this charecter was very bad given the current issues in the middle east, how do you expect Jews around the world and especially people in Israel to play this game when Bandai Namco are adding arabs to it, isn't the 10-7 already enough of a reminder of the second greatest horror in history?
@@mesmorrow israel is a settler colony that is an apartheid regime that oppresses the native population, we the rest of the world dont care if they are offended by arabs, if arabs offend them so much, then they should move out of the middle east
As an Arabic student, it's really cool to realize I understand like half of what Shaheen is saying. Like when he does that sidestep grab, I heard him say "I see everything." Really makes me enjoy the fact that Tekken characters all speak their own languages! Shaheen looks so sick, I want him to be the King of Iron Fist this time, Inshallah.
You mean the parry against Claudio 0:43? Well, close. He says "Is that all/everything? - أهذا كل شيء؟". You got almost all of it, but thanks to the music/sound effects combination, it's sometimes hard to hear what they say. I couldn't tell what he said in some instances till I had to replay it multiple times. Regardless, keep at it!
Shaheen: “You will tell me everything you know about my friends death.” Kazuya: “Dude, you’re literally like the 20th person to say that to me this week.”
Shaheen's voice actor sounds like he would be a Duolingo instructor for formal Saudi Arabic. Like he's the dude who in Spanish would be speaking really clearly and enunciating perfectly "¿Hola, cómo estás?" Bro has the most neutral sounding voice like no personality just "Arabic". I'm glad he's a character and the representation is there, but dang..
I feel like people are scared to give representation to arab people. Like, for decades in the US they’re just faceless bad guys that the hero takes down. So giving an Arab character an actual personality is a challenge.
It's something hard to notice for who doesn't speak arab, but he does have a very stiff, and in a way medieval arab, but this is likely because of the dialogues, arab is a very hard language to translate, so a dialogue must be adapted thoroughly if we want the common arab, otherwise we get the stiff arab, which is not wrong, but for people like me who speak it, often sound very dated.
Miguel..hunting Jin for death of sister Shaheen..hunting Kazuya for death of friend.. Boring... atleast with Miguel we saw how his sister died.. with this guy I can't even remember why he joined the tournament.. should just be a DLC character since he is so bland.
I absolutely love his outfits and moveset especially what his mains were doing in those tournaments they picked him in but yeah dude has a personality of a brick wall
@@niardlaI actually like Miguel and his personality despite his simple lore, because out of all the martial artists in the game his fighting style is just him throwing hands while acting like he’s intoxicated by not caring and even sometimes winning. Kind of like Cody from Street fighter
That personality trait was already there in Tekken 7, it's just that nobody cared and the story for most of the cast was very brief and easy to ignore/forget
I'm really happy for Shaheen's redesign. The designs looks so incredible! I'm so excited for his story mode and his moves are so cool, I love his grab combos they look sick. I'm definitely loving Shaheen here in Tekken 8
@@abukhaled6146 no bro i’m crying enough for salim he was shaheen’s best friend... he was a truly an amazing character and i hope shaheen can avenge him.this story is so great that i cry everyday for him... now go super cool shaheen avenge your friend salim no no wait our* friend salim yes because he was our best friend and we need to root for him forever.
Yes but not in the middle of a combo its a bound. In T7 if you did that move mid combo you would surf on a opponents face and not have a bound mechanic@@TekkenStudent
With several moves forcing the opponent to the opposite side, perhaps Shaheen is that rare character that gets MORE dangerous with their back at the wall.
Grand fan des jeux vidéos et du Brésil c'est le pays de mes rêves. J'adore le Brésil c'est le pays de mes rêves et j'espère que un jour j'aurai la chance d'aller là bas avec ma famille et pour les gagnants au football. Grand fan du Brésil depuis 11 ans. Depuis que je suis petit, j'ai une grande passion pour les jeux vidéos, c'est vrai que je jouait beaucoup aux jeux vidéos quand j'étais un peu plus jeune. Mais même cette année, les jeux vidéos me passionnent, il m'arrive de jouer de temps en temps aux jeux vidéos. Je ne joue plus autant qu'avant aux jeux vidéos. Mais, les jeux vidéos me passionnent depuis tout petit, toujours en tout cas. Vive le Brésil et les jeux vidéos. Même je fais aussi des jeux vidéos sur mon ordinateur. J'ai vraiment envie de partir au Brésil et j'espère que un jour j'aurai la chance d'aller là bas avec ma famille et pour les gagnants au football. Brazilllll !!!!. Ma grande sœur a vraiment de la chance d'être partie au Brésil avec ses amis à Salvador de Bahia et à Rio de Janeiro, elle m'avait montré des bresiliens en train de faire du tambour sur la vidéo, on a l'impression qu'il se préparaient pour le Carnaval de Rio au Brésil. A la place de ma grande sœur j'aurai kiffé et réaliser mon plus grand rêve. Tekken c'est toute mon enfance en tout cas.
tbf...kazuyas like that with everyone, thats the nice thing about him, he hates everybody equally, except for family, he has a special level of resentment for them
same thing it grow on me alot i think the reason why i didn't like it (his new moves as well) is because i saw his move list video and you really can't tell what changed from there
@@GreekShinobi223 Hakan was a Turk not Arab. Hakan was a fanservice to us Turks, I never liked the idea. If it is going to be half assed joke character and someone irrelevant to story they shall not put it in the game at all. I am glad there is no Turk in Tekken. If Arabs like having an Arab character it is fine. Though at least we Turks have oil wrestling which justifies a martial character. Arabs dont have any martial arts neither.
Maybe Kazuya has no idea what Shaheen (or anyone else, for that matter) is saying. People just keep running up to him, yelling stuff, and fight him. No wonder he's fed up.
@@Faiqal_x1103The Tekken team decided for a number of fighters to change languages after Tekken 6, hence Lili, Eddy, Christie, Miguel and Leo went from English to their native languages
He looks pretty cool this time around. Characters like him and Leo just need more fleshing out. They can become just as iconic if they get enough screen time. Might put him in rotation with Lars, Lee, and Raven honestly.
@@Thomazbrsad to say but very true. It's odd Leo would make it in over Lydia or Julia imo, but I guess they're trying to do something with the character. I don't want to dislike Leo, but the character needs something. Being a big fan of Bajiquan is pretty much my only tether to him/her really.
Shaheen : - You took everything from me... Kazuya : - I don't even know who you are... Maybe that man with the RA-SHI-DOOOOOO !! right ? Pretty Banger if you ask me !
The timing of this charecter was very bad given the current issues in the middle east, how do you expect Jews around the world and especially people in Israel to play this game when Bandai Namco are adding arabs to it, isn't the 10-7 already enough of a reminder of the second greatest horror in history?
@@mesmorrow Israel did 25 massacres before Oct 7 and the Middle East have kept silence ever since . But this time we can’t just shut up and let the innocent suffer any longer . It’s been 75 years. And shaheen characteristics fits very well of a humble Arabian who seeks justice against the one who murder his friend or family.
@@GuiserGestalt Which kinda doesn't make sense since Jin being the hero again needs a logical foil in Miguel to point out that it was Jin's fault in the first place that everything started.
@@GuiserGestaltthat wasn’t even canon plus Miguel will never be able to beat Jin unless he had plot armor. a random street thug ain’t beating devil gene
Am I the only one who think Arabic language sound naturally badass? you could talk about normal everyday thing with it and it will sound unnecessarily badass
It just depends on the dialect being used within the region. As a Lebanese guy, to me it just sounds like anything else because I've been speaking it all of my life. It is an awesome language though. Funny thing is that Shaheen, despite being from Saudi Arabia, is actually speaking the Modern Standard Arabic dialect and not the dialect of the region he's supposed to be from. He's also voiced by a Lebanese guy too.
0:44 “is that all you got?” 0:45 “say goodbye!” 1:12 I think he said “There’s no escape!” 1:18 “Now!” 1:21 I have no idea what he said as it is not clear to me 1:30 “Not done yet!”
Literally how lol, all his line deliveries are awkward and stilted as hell, not to mention the lines they gave him just sound like they got directly translated from English to Arabic from Google translate without any effort. It's funny af sometimes
The two best characters that show true Arab features are Rasheed from Street Fighter 6 and Shaheen from Tekken. As an Arab, I respect the Japanese developers who have begun to care about the real Arabic details, rather than the racist stereotypes promoted by the Western media.
01:37 Shaheen: (as he's been "skateboarding" on Kazuya Mishima...🛹) "Listen here, Kazuya Mishima... For today, *I will teach you about the meaning of a true pain* really IS...!!"
Tekken 8 registry personnel: State your name and fighting style 👳🏾♂️: I have a very acrobatic whirl wind like fighting style invoking a feeling of being trapped in a sandstorm of the Arabian desert often with my opponent being ridden like a surfboard. Tekken 8 registry personnel: (*sigh*) Street Fighter characters haven't approved yet. I believe we notified you of that, Right Rashid.. 👳🏾♂️: Yeeeeesss...I mean NO...I am not Rashid that you speak of, My friend I am Shaheen. Tekken 8 registry personnel: (*long sigh*) I just....I don't get paid enough for this ... Here is your Tekken 8 Tourney package
He def looks better, but I still don't care about his character. Lidia would've been FAR more interesting imo. And there's a special place in hell for all Kuni players... praying she doesn't come back as dlc lmao
Is it weird that I wanted fahkumram in the base game? Out of all the DLC characters in the last game he was my favourite because he was a pure Muay Thai fighter, and aside from some elements of Bryan there’s barely any representation of the art
The release date of the games they first appeared in *Both are launch characters Shaheen (T7): February 18, 2015 Rashid (SF5): February 16, 2016 Shaheen is one year earlier. Character information release date Shaheen: January 1, 2015 Rashid: September 11, 2015 Shaheen is 8 months earlier. fighting style Shaheen: A fictional martial art that is acrobatic and has many chop skills. Rashid: A fictional martial art that is acrobatic and has many chop skills and summon tornadoes. (he is a parkour player, but that is not his fighting style) Catchphrase Shaheen: "Desert Falcon" Rashid: “Soaring Eagle of the Desert” Beard and keffiyeh (head cloth) are symbols of Arab men, so it can not be helped that they look similar. However, the odds of accidentally sharing unique fictional fighting style and catchphrase with similar character from other game are astronomically small. Good "work" Capcom. Their only originality was adding the sill...amazing ability to summon tornadoes.
According to his backstory, that friend of his is Salim, the CEO of an oil company that Shaheen saved 13 years ago from an assassination attempt. Salim took him under his wing as his personal bodyguard, though they would go on their separate ways. Shaheen would find out that Salim was killed by G Corporation, and his oil company was subsequently bought by them, causing many of the management - all family members - to resign. After telling the news to his family. Zarif, Salim's younger brother, gave Shaheen the family's treasured sword and asked him to finish what Salim could not
@@noside.foxhound yes it is. Every game has each character talk in their native tongue. It’s a joke in the community that everyone can understand each other no matter the language barrier. It’s been a thing long before Tekken 8.
Jun: Noooo, but it's ok to punish him for not paying the Child Support Demand that he attempted to kill my son. Lee: Excellent ya ayyuhash Shaheen for humiliate my bad stepbro.
only 4 characters as of rn have an intro with Kazuya lol. either way, Kazuya has been one of the main characters since Tekken 1 and he’s evil so it makes sense. Jin has more special intros
@@jpp9896 great! This is the point,see in general bandai namco, did a great job as always,but as a martial artist i dont think they wanted to go deeper,the result is shaheen moves doesn't reflect himself nor his background!
Seeing the trailer and what KiraKiraStar ghost can do in the Tekken 8 demo, I can finally say Shaheen play as badass and he looks. T7 Saheeen seems like a sketch compared to his T8 version and that is amazing!
For him, losing his friend was the single most important day in his life, but for Kazuya it was Tuesday.
giving off strong " i dont even know who you are" vibes
Why is this so accurate😭😭
Lmao u beat me to it😂
StryveUK
Give it a rest already, M. Bison. That's been overused. Ad nauseum.
OF COURSE!
Let's go happy for the 5 Shaheen mains who exist 🔥🔥🔥
AK's pretty stoked
funny enough all of them are pro players lol
XD
Looks cool even if you aren't a Shaheen main tbh.
The slide will break your legs.
His friends name is Salim who was his childhood friend whom he meet when he saved Salim from an assassination attempt and also became his long time friend soon after. That sword Shaheen's carryin was a treasure from Salims brother in which Salim used to always carry with him.
His family owned an oil company whom Salim was the owner of. G corporation took an interest in buying that company so they bought the company which lead to all of Salims family members to resign and that Salims death became a mystery later on which was listed as "accidental". When Shaheen heard about Salims death and the company now belonging to G corp during his military service, he suspected foul play so Shaheen started to investigate and found out from a G corp executive in the middle east that Salim was in fact murdered by the G corp. Shaheens purpose is to avenge his friend and fight G corporations tyranny, somethin that Shaheen promised Salims brother to destroy but to also understand exactly why Salim had to be killed and no one knows this more other then Kazuya himself.
Reminds me of tidus having waka little brother sword
Why did the G corp murder Salim?
What was he doing to attract their attention?
Trash background
Kazuya: “k..”
@@TheAnaz41745 I edited my comment as to why.
Shaheen's friend is so dear to him that he didn't even care to mention his name even once
I think it’s heihachi
I like to think its an sf5 reference
In the Tekken universe, Shaheen lost his friend Rashid, but in the Street Fighter universe, Rashid lost Shaheen
@@LindsayTotty LMAO
I'm not sure if he was ever even named in Tekken 7 either. It's a very paint-by-numbers backstory for this guy
Hopefully Shaheen actually does something in Tekken 8's Story Mode that isn't a one-and-done fight against Kazuya in a side story.
Apparently he is since all 32 characters are making an appearance in the main story.
@@firstablastab5975 They're taking notes from NetherRealm Studios, I see
He will be Jin's reminder of what he had don to Miguel.
Come on bro, if you dont have demon blood you are basically irrelevant in these series
"Hopefully"
You are exactly the person game companies like to prey on.
I love how Shaheen's Art is basicaly a Rider Kick... You can't change my mind on that one, IT'S LITERALLY A RIDER KICK, GLOWING LEG AND ALL!
I was also thinking for those who have not seen Kamen Rider. Might Gai doing his Dynamic Entry which was taken from Kamen Rider.
I need’em rider mods STAT
plus that extravagent back flip before it
@@theluckyhooman9665
01:40 Shaheen 🏜🦅: (readying to Rider Kickin' on Kazuya Mishima's @$$) "This is a *vengeance, for MY FRIEND!* "
TOOH!!
Shaheen: "I do not wish to hurt you"
also Shaheen: *snaps dudes neck"
Well he did say that he will fight if he must
Kazuya isn't included in that guarantee.
"I don't want to hurt you, but I will if I have to."
> Start speaking in another language to a Japanese enemy
> Expect answers
> Kazuya literally gets fed up of people doing this and start accepting a host of language courses so that kinda of stuff can stop happening
Alex and Rodger are the translators
Kazuya: "Sorry, I don't speak terrorist."
@@JoveJoved
I really like Shaheen's more militarised look, very much suits his combat and story.
Still, I wish he actually had a regional dialect instead of his Shakespearean fancy non-specific Arabic.
Maximilian dood haven't even
Reacted to this yet.
@@nehemiahpouncey3607 who cares?
it's intentional -- they dont want any single country to claim him. Esp given how divdied the middle east is.
@@wildsnack2080show respect to Maximillian Dood
@@Kagetora- why?
Shaleen’s design is a huge step up from his first one. Definitely fits the Desert Falcon motif.
Yeah I agree with that. He looks more combat-ready with this attire than he did in Tekken 7. Really hoping the developers have given him a cool moveset despite that awkward fighting stance. 😁
Shahead-scarf is definitely cooler with these colors too.
Assassin's Creed vibes.
The timing of this charecter was very bad given the current issues in the middle east, how do you expect Jews around the world and especially people in Israel to play this game when Bandai Namco are adding arabs to it, isn't the 10-7 already enough of a reminder of the second greatest horror in history?
@@mesmorrow israel is a settler colony that is an apartheid regime that oppresses the native population, we the rest of the world dont care if they are offended by arabs, if arabs offend them so much, then they should move out of the middle east
As an Arabic student, it's really cool to realize I understand like half of what Shaheen is saying. Like when he does that sidestep grab, I heard him say "I see everything." Really makes me enjoy the fact that Tekken characters all speak their own languages! Shaheen looks so sick, I want him to be the King of Iron Fist this time, Inshallah.
Mashallah.
Not like that other arabian fighter who still speaking Japanese 🤣
Tekken8 Characters talk like they all understand each other clearly
You mean the parry against Claudio 0:43? Well, close. He says "Is that all/everything? - أهذا كل شيء؟".
You got almost all of it, but thanks to the music/sound effects combination, it's sometimes hard to hear what they say. I couldn't tell what he said in some instances till I had to replay it multiple times.
Regardless, keep at it!
his arabic is very unnatural
Shaheen:
You took everything from me!
Kazuya:
I don't even know who you are
Miguel and Jin have the same dynamic.
Shaheen: “You will tell me everything you know about my friends death.”
Kazuya: “Dude, you’re literally like the 20th person to say that to me this week.”
"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?"
Shaheen: YOU KILLED MY FRIEND
Kazuya: do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down
Recognised the Blight reference!
@@shawnbenjamin9636 a fellow man of culture
- You took everything from me...
- I don't even know who you are... Maybe that man with the RA-SHI-DOOOOOO !! right ? Pretty Banger if you ask me !
Shaheen's voice actor sounds like he would be a Duolingo instructor for formal Saudi Arabic. Like he's the dude who in Spanish would be speaking really clearly and enunciating perfectly "¿Hola, cómo estás?" Bro has the most neutral sounding voice like no personality just "Arabic". I'm glad he's a character and the representation is there, but dang..
That’s exactly what i’ve been saying
I feel like people are scared to give representation to arab people. Like, for decades in the US they’re just faceless bad guys that the hero takes down. So giving an Arab character an actual personality is a challenge.
It's something hard to notice for who doesn't speak arab, but he does have a very stiff, and in a way medieval arab, but this is likely because of the dialogues, arab is a very hard language to translate, so a dialogue must be adapted thoroughly if we want the common arab, otherwise we get the stiff arab, which is not wrong, but for people like me who speak it, often sound very dated.
@benetnasch1774 are you a Muslim brav?
@@BlackSheepNaraOverwatch did a great job with Ana
1:05 This entire interaction really is just Kazuya going "I don't even know who you are."
And then Shaheen going "oh, you will alright..."
Never get tired of the Tekken 8 theme song that plays during the trailers
Yes its amazing, so intense
Same.
Supreme facts.
SECTIOOOOOOOOOOON EIGHT!!!
Yeah,especially during the rage arts
Really happy for Shaheen’s redesign. He went from 0 personality to 1 personality trait (I must avenge my nameless *friend* ). That’s a 100% increase!
Miguel..hunting Jin for death of sister
Shaheen..hunting Kazuya for death of friend..
Boring...
atleast with Miguel we saw how his sister died.. with this guy I can't even remember why he joined the tournament.. should just be a DLC character since he is so bland.
they forgot add story mode for dlcs@@niardla
I absolutely love his outfits and moveset especially what his mains were doing in those tournaments they picked him in but yeah dude has a personality of a brick wall
@@niardlaI actually like Miguel and his personality despite his simple lore, because out of all the martial artists in the game his fighting style is just him throwing hands while acting like he’s intoxicated by not caring and even sometimes winning. Kind of like Cody from Street fighter
That personality trait was already there in Tekken 7, it's just that nobody cared and the story for most of the cast was very brief and easy to ignore/forget
Kazuya “I’m fed up” Mishima.
As a Shaheen main I am shook he made the roster
As a zafina main I can relate to this
As a Miguel main I cannot relate to this 😢
As a Anna main I cannot relate to this either
As a Leo main I can seriously relate.
As a Marduk main I cannot relate to this
I'm really happy for Shaheen's redesign. The designs looks so incredible! I'm so excited for his story mode and his moves are so cool, I love his grab combos they look sick. I'm definitely loving Shaheen here in Tekken 8
Are you excited to play a guy who fights for his people? Wow good personality trait
@@wildsnack2080have you got a problem with someone liking Shaheen?
@@shincifer yes because he is the worst character in tekken history and there is no need to have it in tekken 8 he contaminated the roster.
@@wildsnack2080 ok go cry somewhere
@@abukhaled6146 no bro i’m crying enough for salim he was shaheen’s best friend... he was a truly an amazing character and i hope shaheen can avenge him.this story is so great that i cry everyday for him... now go super cool shaheen avenge your friend salim no no wait our* friend salim yes because he was our best friend and we need to root for him forever.
That surf as his new screw bound, sick! 🔥
He always had that.
Yes but not in the middle of a combo its a bound. In T7 if you did that move mid combo you would surf on a opponents face and not have a bound mechanic@@TekkenStudent
@@DrDrakath also if you hit it raw it starts a combo altho it insta bounds in tekken 8 so its a bit nerfed now unless it got a damage buff
Only found out yesterday but it’s actually official called ‘Tornado’
With several moves forcing the opponent to the opposite side, perhaps Shaheen is that rare character that gets MORE dangerous with their back at the wall.
Steve Fox: *Cough* *Cough*
Yeah I don’t really like shaheen but I’m definitely gonna have to agree here. That slide is gonna come super clutch
Grand fan des jeux vidéos et du Brésil c'est le pays de mes rêves. J'adore le Brésil c'est le pays de mes rêves et j'espère que un jour j'aurai la chance d'aller là bas avec ma famille et pour les gagnants au football. Grand fan du Brésil depuis 11 ans. Depuis que je suis petit, j'ai une grande passion pour les jeux vidéos, c'est vrai que je jouait beaucoup aux jeux vidéos quand j'étais un peu plus jeune. Mais même cette année, les jeux vidéos me passionnent, il m'arrive de jouer de temps en temps aux jeux vidéos. Je ne joue plus autant qu'avant aux jeux vidéos. Mais, les jeux vidéos me passionnent depuis tout petit, toujours en tout cas. Vive le Brésil et les jeux vidéos. Même je fais aussi des jeux vidéos sur mon ordinateur. J'ai vraiment envie de partir au Brésil et j'espère que un jour j'aurai la chance d'aller là bas avec ma famille et pour les gagnants au football. Brazilllll !!!!. Ma grande sœur a vraiment de la chance d'être partie au Brésil avec ses amis à Salvador de Bahia et à Rio de Janeiro, elle m'avait montré des bresiliens en train de faire du tambour sur la vidéo, on a l'impression qu'il se préparaient pour le Carnaval de Rio au Brésil. A la place de ma grande sœur j'aurai kiffé et réaliser mon plus grand rêve. Tekken c'est toute mon enfance en tout cas.
And then I mess up my inputs on right side lmao
Shaheen: "you killed my friend"
Kazuya: "Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"
Kazuya: Do I know you?
tbf...kazuyas like that with everyone, thats the nice thing about him, he hates everybody equally, except for family, he has a special level of resentment for them
@@SilverSkyCloud yeah bout kick jin's ass to a volcano
I always like him. And Shaheen has the best customization in Tekken 7. You can turn him into Ryu, Chris Redfield and the Prince (Prince of Persia).
Fr, a top tier customs character lol. Can't wait to see what we can drip him out in now
Chris redfield
Oh my gosh I used to play prince of Persia collection when I was 11
I remember people would either customise or mod him into looking like an Assassin from AC which honestly fits him perfectly
🥱🥱🥱
Initially i thought his rage art is funny by now i think it's absolutely badass! Shaheen looks amazing!
His rage art is his move with a wee bit extra. But I suppose I wouldn't invest too much in such a bland character.
So he sand-boards the opponent 😅😅
same thing it grow on me alot i think the reason why i didn't like it (his new moves as well) is because i saw his move list video and you really can't tell what changed from there
That’s badass to you? I wouldn’t even consider his rage art in the top 10 category.
idk his rage art is a complete nothingburger to me
He better have Habibi Punch and Yalla Kick in his move list
Not a fan of him but he looks so good in Tekken 8
Araplara fan servis yapmışlar işte. SSF4'te Hakan olması gibi.
@@arda213 or Rashid
@@GreekShinobi223
Hakan was a Turk not Arab. Hakan was a fanservice to us Turks, I never liked the idea. If it is going to be half assed joke character and someone irrelevant to story they shall not put it in the game at all. I am glad there is no Turk in Tekken.
If Arabs like having an Arab character it is fine. Though at least we Turks have oil wrestling which justifies a martial character. Arabs dont have any martial arts neither.
@@arda213pretty sure they do but it would fit in a Soul Calibur more than Tekken.
Have you fought his ghost?
I like how everyone in Tekken instinctively understand each other despite the language barrier
never change lmao
It's both the coolest and funniest thing about Tekken 😂
always has been
why did they change it for lili tho
Maybe Kazuya has no idea what Shaheen (or anyone else, for that matter) is saying. People just keep running up to him, yelling stuff, and fight him. No wonder he's fed up.
@@Faiqal_x1103The Tekken team decided for a number of fighters to change languages after Tekken 6, hence Lili, Eddy, Christie, Miguel and Leo went from English to their native languages
Claudio: I will remove the demon inside you
Kazuya: I am demon
Shaheen: Skateboard go BRRRR
This map looks SICK!
VERY sick!!!
*Immunocompromised!!!*
It looks simple actually a plane with random static meshes and particles !! A beginner mapper can create that in a day !! It’s not good enough
Go away @@DigitalLoom
Its too bad its not an individual stage. Its the 3rd level to a stage so itll be hard to get to.
He looks pretty cool this time around. Characters like him and Leo just need more fleshing out. They can become just as iconic if they get enough screen time. Might put him in rotation with Lars, Lee, and Raven honestly.
Yes Leo especially. Very novel design in my opinion
He needs the Rashid treatment
Leo has been in the series for 16 years now tbh.
I don't know if that dude/chick/person is ever going to be truly memorable.
@@Thomazbr Yeah, it would've happened by now.
@@Thomazbrsad to say but very true. It's odd Leo would make it in over Lydia or Julia imo, but I guess they're trying to do something with the character. I don't want to dislike Leo, but the character needs something. Being a big fan of Bajiquan is pretty much my only tether to him/her really.
1:32shaheen showing kazuya the power of *muslims*
I'm still waiting for the day when Shaheen uses Salim's blade in his moveset or rage art. I hope he does in the next game. This trailer is hype tho.
What is Salim’s blade?
his friend blade he's carrying in his outro/intro
@@McSaumon, thank you a lot Lad.
@@d.saunders2506 Lmao, yeah. There is a lot of people who don't know his lore and it's really sad, because he's such a cool character
If that happens, Yoshimitsu wouldn't feel so alone. And it'd be cool for them to fight.
Street Fighter have Rashid, Tekken have Shaheen 😎
King Of Fighters has Kukri
And Virtua Fighter has Siba.
Shaheen : - You took everything from me...
Kazuya : - I don't even know who you are... Maybe that man with the RA-SHI-DOOOOOO !! right ? Pretty Banger if you ask me !
The timing of this charecter was very bad given the current issues in the middle east, how do you expect Jews around the world and especially people in Israel to play this game when Bandai Namco are adding arabs to it, isn't the 10-7 already enough of a reminder of the second greatest horror in history?
@@mesmorrow Israel did 25 massacres before Oct 7 and the Middle East have kept silence ever since . But this time we can’t just shut up and let the innocent suffer any longer . It’s been 75 years. And shaheen characteristics fits very well of a humble Arabian who seeks justice against the one who murder his friend or family.
1:11 god damn that kick style feel satisfying
Without his headpiece, he kinda looks like Miguel... 😅
Maaaaan i wish miguel was back, dude kicked jin's ass and now he aint even in the story xD
@@GuiserGestalt Which kinda doesn't make sense since Jin being the hero again needs a logical foil in Miguel to point out that it was Jin's fault in the first place that everything started.
@@SpScarletSpider I mean, Kazuya says this at least 3 times in chapter one of the story mode ALONE but go off. Regardless, I hope Miguel is DLC
without the headpiece he looks like both Miguel and Law with a beard
@@GuiserGestaltthat wasn’t even canon plus Miguel will never be able to beat Jin unless he had plot armor. a random street thug ain’t beating devil gene
Shaheen returns more badass than ever to avenge his friend's death!!!
Are you joking right?
Don’t know why, but Kazuya just saying “I’m fed up” in response made me laugh. Bro is tired of all these people seeking vengeance.
Shaheen: you took everything from me Kazuya
Kazuya: i don't even know who you are
😂😂😂
Am I the only one who think Arabic language sound naturally badass? you could talk about normal everyday thing with it and it will sound unnecessarily badass
Nah, I'm with you. Here's to hoping Shaheen seems interesting this time around.
Fr that's just true
yes it is only you
No not at all
It just depends on the dialect being used within the region. As a Lebanese guy, to me it just sounds like anything else because I've been speaking it all of my life. It is an awesome language though. Funny thing is that Shaheen, despite being from Saudi Arabia, is actually speaking the Modern Standard Arabic dialect and not the dialect of the region he's supposed to be from. He's also voiced by a Lebanese guy too.
0:44 “is that all you got?”
0:45 “say goodbye!”
1:12 I think he said “There’s no escape!”
1:18 “Now!”
1:21 I have no idea what he said as it is not clear to me
1:30 “Not done yet!”
I just love how Kazuya didn’t even have anything interesting to say to Shaheen 😂 How the hell is he supposed to know who your “dear friend” is?
What you even want him to say to that NPC
"You killed my friend!"
"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?"
Basic ahh scenario 🥱
The interaction between him and Kaz feels straight up awkward 💀
He didn't even mention the name in his T7 story.
@@OG509 because it is lol, kazuya has no idea who he is and this rando is demanding info from him, it SHOULD be awkward
As an Arab myself I found this is the best adaptation of Arab character in video games. Thank you
So the best adaption is a boring and plain guy who fights for his people and nothing else?
considering whats going on in Gaza, i think its a good adaptation. the arabs are fighting for each other@@wildsnack2080
Zafina is an Arab too. Plus Rashid from SF.
Literally how lol, all his line deliveries are awkward and stilted as hell, not to mention the lines they gave him just sound like they got directly translated from English to Arabic from Google translate without any effort. It's funny af sometimes
@@wildsnack2080cool and awesome yes
Shaheen: You will tell me everything about my friends death.
Kazuya: I don't even know who you are.
They made Shaheen compelete look just like the Street Fighter 6 -> rashid. 0:24
Shaheen's special interaction with Kazuya should have been Eddy Gordo's, since he wanted revenge for his father's death since Tekken 3 (1998).
The two best characters that show true Arab features are Rasheed from Street Fighter 6 and Shaheen from Tekken. As an Arab, I respect the Japanese developers who have begun to care about the real Arabic details, rather than the racist stereotypes promoted by the Western media.
Rashid and his spinning moves (Street Fighter) is in Tekken 8 now 😂😂 but seriously now. Shaheen actually looks cool now 🔥
Shaheen is no where near as good as Rashid. Shaheen almost put me to sleep here...
@@donkeydarko77Rashids trailer got me hyped even tho I don't play him at all, this guy got me sleeping 😴
I was only interested into street fighter 5 because Rashid and I share the same name.😅
He looks much more visually pleasing in t8 can’t wait to give him a try
01:32 Shaheen 🏜🦅: "Now *this is where I will show you NO MERCY* against a *wicked devil like YOU* 👿!!"
01:37 Shaheen: (as he's been "skateboarding" on Kazuya Mishima...🛹) "Listen here, Kazuya Mishima... For today, *I will teach you about the meaning of a true pain* really IS...!!"
0:47 ohhh this kick is AWESOME!
Shaheen's Rage Art is basically:
"You know that one move where Shaheen surfs on his opponent's body? Yeah, that's his whole character now."
Say what you want, that move is sick as hell lol.
Good
Rashid is just Miguel in a turban.
Spain was occupied by Muslims for almost 800 years, so it makes sense for Spaniards and Arabians to have some facial similarities.
The slide attack is still cool as ever.
0:36 Mecca vs Vatican, both determined to vanquish the Devil.
1:32 He's learnt from his last fight with Kazuya that choosing "the lesser trodden path of mercy" for him is impossible.
Shaheen: You killed my friend!!!
Kazuya: Ok
Alhamdulillah! Shaheen Comeback from Tekken 8 with Region on Saudi Arabia! 😘😍🥰
This clothes Abbasid Arabs not Bedouin Umayyad
Shaheen losing his friend was everything to him...
But for Kazuya... It was Tuesday
Tekken 8 registry personnel: State your name and fighting style
👳🏾♂️: I have a very acrobatic whirl wind like fighting style invoking a feeling of being trapped in a sandstorm of the Arabian desert often with my opponent being ridden like a surfboard.
Tekken 8 registry personnel: (*sigh*) Street Fighter characters haven't approved yet. I believe we notified you of that, Right Rashid..
👳🏾♂️: Yeeeeesss...I mean NO...I am not Rashid that you speak of, My friend I am Shaheen.
Tekken 8 registry personnel: (*long sigh*) I just....I don't get paid enough for this ... Here is your Tekken 8 Tourney package
YAY. Shaheen has made a comeback!
What an outstanding map design!
Never really cared for Shaheen but his movements look pretty dope. I might try him out in 7 now
Pour one out for "friend" , he surely was the most "friend" that ever "friend"d. Bamco stellar character writing at it again I see
I think Kazuya saying "I'm fed up" in response to Shaheen is him getting tired of all these randos seeking revenge on him all the time
This is Rashid when his butler died
I'm sad Lidia or Kuni didn't make it to the main roster, but updated Shaheen actually looks really good.
He def looks better, but I still don't care about his character. Lidia would've been FAR more interesting imo. And there's a special place in hell for all Kuni players... praying she doesn't come back as dlc lmao
I don’t really care about Lidia but I really wanted Kunimitsu II to stay.
@@bigaj6901 should be Lidia instead of Panda because no way Lidia would take Kazuya threat lightly and ignore it since she actually woman of people
Is it weird that I wanted fahkumram in the base game? Out of all the DLC characters in the last game he was my favourite because he was a pure Muay Thai fighter, and aside from some elements of Bryan there’s barely any representation of the art
I like Shaheen, but I agree. Just as long as Eleonore is replaced first.
Could they please give his friend a name? He said “My friend” like 3 times in a row
his friend name is Barak Obama
Bruce Irvin
Solid Snake
Gygas
@@thebasement7330barack HUSSEIN obama
The release date of the games they first appeared in *Both are launch characters
Shaheen (T7): February 18, 2015
Rashid (SF5): February 16, 2016
Shaheen is one year earlier.
Character information release date
Shaheen: January 1, 2015
Rashid: September 11, 2015
Shaheen is 8 months earlier.
fighting style
Shaheen: A fictional martial art that is acrobatic and has many chop skills.
Rashid: A fictional martial art that is acrobatic and has many chop skills and summon tornadoes. (he is a parkour player, but that is not his fighting style)
Catchphrase
Shaheen: "Desert Falcon"
Rashid: “Soaring Eagle of the Desert”
Beard and keffiyeh (head cloth) are symbols of Arab men, so it can not be helped that they look similar. However, the odds of accidentally sharing unique fictional fighting style and catchphrase with similar character from other game are astronomically small. Good "work" Capcom. Their only originality was adding the sill...amazing ability to summon tornadoes.
I believe this "friend" of Shaheen had put such lasting fond memories together that makes him willing to go through such length 😂😂😂
According to his backstory, that friend of his is Salim, the CEO of an oil company that Shaheen saved 13 years ago from an assassination attempt. Salim took him under his wing as his personal bodyguard, though they would go on their separate ways. Shaheen would find out that Salim was killed by G Corporation, and his oil company was subsequently bought by them, causing many of the management - all family members - to resign. After telling the news to his family. Zarif, Salim's younger brother, gave Shaheen the family's treasured sword and asked him to finish what Salim could not
@@titan133760 no one asked.
@@dwnpour4122i did
I did.@@dwnpour4122
@@dwnpour4122 Well, no one was stopping me to say that
So happy to see my first tekken 7 main come back
God Shaheen’s design is so sick! I might have to main him.
I hope Shaheen and eddy gets their answers solved in this story mode
there is no eddy in the game...
The thing is when they showed him in the arena i had a bad feeling that he is gonna die to kazyua 💀
@@sanji1259 no eddy in the main story and roster, but eddy is confirmed to be in the first year of season pass.
@@jhinfps2377 ye, no. I won't allow them to scam me with main roster fighter . Not gonna be part of that
@@jhinfps2377if eddy comes back lucky Chloe’s gotta come back too cause he was her b*tch in her story 😂😂😂
Shaheen keeps being OP, his ability to make people fall asleep from boredom is unbeatable, couldn't even make it through the trailer
😂
Sad for you.
Same such a shitty character zzzz
Rashid is gonna take the spotlight
Shaheen: "You took everything from me"
Kazuya: "I dont even know who you are"
What I also love about TEKKEN 8 is the fact that the characters speak in their native language!
That’s been a thing since tekken started
@@louieflingemYeah no, not on previous games.
@@noside.foxhound yes it is. Every game has each character talk in their native tongue. It’s a joke in the community that everyone can understand each other no matter the language barrier. It’s been a thing long before Tekken 8.
The Shaheen Slide into Dynamic Entry was pretty cool ngl
Shaheen: "I will show you true pain"
*turns u into a skateboard
Jun: Noooo, but it's ok to punish him for not paying the Child Support Demand that he attempted to kill my son.
Lee: Excellent ya ayyuhash Shaheen for humiliate my bad stepbro.
Kazuya getting sick of Shaheen 😂
It's like almost every character has a special intro with Kazuya, except it's coming from vengeance, well except Jun, who's trying to heal or fix him.
Heh “fix him”(no offense)
only 4 characters as of rn have an intro with Kazuya lol. either way, Kazuya has been one of the main characters since Tekken 1 and he’s evil so it makes sense. Jin has more special intros
"I am Shaheen of the turbulent wind"
Shaheen rage art=Chronos ultimate move in Bloody Roar:Primal Fury. 1:30
I hope he has some personality in t8, because "having a friend" isn't one
1:43 A sword he can't use -Shaheen
A 1 time cane & useless dog -Leroy
infinite gun -Nina
infinite sword -Yoshimitsu/Victor
As a hardcore tekken fan since tekken 3 and as a martial artist as well,am impressed of the abilities of this fighter,so underrated.
So boring.
What's underrated about him?
Any idea what's Shaheen fighting style?🤔 It looks intrigued.
@@jpp9896 great! This is the point,see in general bandai namco, did a great job as always,but as a martial artist i dont think they wanted to go deeper,the result is shaheen moves doesn't reflect himself nor his background!
Seeing the trailer and what KiraKiraStar ghost can do in the Tekken 8 demo, I can finally say Shaheen play as badass and he looks. T7 Saheeen seems like a sketch compared to his T8 version and that is amazing!
I'm actually surprised that they brought Shaheen back due to how low his usage was in Tekken 7
Country representation and tournament presence is also a factor
@@IAMOPI didn't think about that, you're right! Love your content!
Tekken's answer to Rashid.
Right down to the "dearly departed friend" they both have.
@@NeoZiggy92 and the wind/sand effects.
Kazuya is fed up with everyones bull. Heihachi, Jin, Reina, now this guy. Leave Kazuya alone!
Shaheen was my childhood
Bro stop I'm not even old and you are making me feel like a boomer.😂
Damn son, Tekken 7 came out in 2017 on console. How old are you like 17-18?
Stop lying. You still haven't hit puberty
Shaheen: “You took everything from me!”
Kazuya: “I don’t even know who you are.”
Shaheen: “…you will…”
Nice! Avengers Endgame reference when Scarlet witch faced Thanos in the final battle😁😎
@@dimitriskanteres2623 Thanks! Haha!
For a moment I thought He was to say in the intro "I'm Rashid of the turbulent wind"
I hope Bruce Irvin show up in the tournament. Or Lei Wulong hopefully. Or Eddy Gordo.
Yay a Shaheen trailer, its a Christmas miracle
Shaheen: everyone is my personal skateboard
The Rasheed at home:
shaheen just radiates being cool
Radiates being plain and boring
Rashid solos
Congrats. The 3 fans of Shaheen are really happy now
That desert stage is off the chain! 👏🏻👏🏻
شاهين أفضل شخصيه بالنسبة لي و أسطورة خورافي❤❤❤