do i need to play previous games to understand the story?

[ganjafiut]

^

[Cpt Obvious]

You need to go the tekken university

[HighLanderPony]

No. You don't even need to play this one; the whole thing is up on YT and it really isn't anything special for 99% of it.

[Chummy 8]

No. There's also a recap option that pops up automatically when you enter the story mode for the first time.

[Zagryzaec]

Originally posted by ganjafiut:

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Pretty much yes. At least 7.

I mean you will understand the Jin arc but a ton of stuff will be a question for you like what the hell is going on.

[Septon]

Watch "TEKKEN 8 – “Story So Far" with Brian Cox" on YouTube.

And the CGI movie "Blood Vengeance" (2011) is pretty cool to get into the Tekken universe!