How to unlock Tekken 8's endings in The Dark Awakens story mode

GamesActionTekken 8How to unlock Tekken 8’s endings in The Dark Awakens story modeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

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Jin Kazama in Tekken 8.

Tekken 8 has gone all out on its story mode, The Dark Awakens. It’s considerably bigger budget than its predecessor—static graphics and stale narration are out in favour of larger-than-life cutscenes, the return of a Tekken Force-esque segment and, in a surprise twist, multiple endings.

If you’re anything like me, you’ll have wrapped up story mode only to notice a tidy two-cutscene gap in your gallery for Chapter 15, which is The Dark Awakens' final chapter. That’s because Tekken 8’s story mode hastwo endings,and it’s thankfully rather simple to unlock whichever one you’re missing.

Of course, be warned that there aremassive spoilersfor Tekken 8’s story mode below. Read at your own risk.

How to unlock both of Tekken 8’s endings

If you haven’t already guessed, Tekken 8 technically has a good ending (Hope) and a bad ending (Despair). Whichever one you unlock depends on who comes out victorious at the end of Chapter 15’s final battle.

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Kazuya Mishima in Tekken 8.

Chapter 15 sees Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima going toe-to-toe for one final huge punch-up… well, it’s more like six final punch-ups. The only fight that matters in this chapter is the very last one—you’ll know you’re there when a QTE saying"I will not deny my existence"pops up.

If you’re trying to get theHope ending(the canon one),you’ll want to make sure youemerge victorious as Jin Kazama. Unlike the previous fights in this chapter,if you loseyou do not get a retry, so you’ll need to assure victory this time around. If you successfully defeat Kazuya, the following cutscene will show the two trading one final blow before Kazuya slumps to the ground.

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If you’ve done it correctly, the final trading blow should instead see Jin slumping to the ground, and subsequent cutscenes playing out Kazuya’s victory.

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How to unlock both of Tekken 8’s endings

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