The History Of King - Tekken 8 Edition

Hello everyone!
And welcome back to yet another Tekken 8 history of video!
With our continued coverage of the series, seeing as we’ve covered the pivotal characters to 8’s story, today I actually wanted to touch on my favourite character of the franchise, and one that got me Into fighting games as a whole, the fighter of the lost, and infamous Luchador wrestler of Mexico, King!
Now king Is an iconic face within the franchise, whilst he’s never been narratively tied to the main over overarching narrative of the Mishima, his Iconic look with the jaguar mask, to his unique grappler style of fighting, to his chain throws to his fantastic overarching story, King has an incredible selfless overarching narrative.
So with that said, lets break it down!
Please do enjoy!
Intro - 00:00
The Legacy Of King Title, Origins And 'The Beast Priest' - 01:35
Tekken 1's Story, Build The Orphanage - 04:47
Tekken 2's Story, Battles Demons And Alcoholism - 05:44
Tekken 3's Story, The Rise Of King II And Revenge - 07:09
Tekken 4's Story, Death Of Armor King And Fighting Craig Marduk - 09:09
Tekken 5's Story, Becoming A Better Man - 10:29
Tekken 6's Story, The Return of Armor King And True Identity - 11:07
Tekken 7's Story, The Final Match - 12:44
Tekken 8 Bio And What We Currently Know - 13:39
Outro - 14:19
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[@emeraldparadox1001]

I'd be lying if I didn't admit that as a kid, I thought King was an actual Jaguar man 😂

[@MrCjosue24]

So did I. 😂

[@Sir_Rajah]

Your not alone brother😂😂😂

[@SecretTechniqueGuy]

Don't worry, so does King

[@andrewellis3928]

Just me your not alone 😅

[@bethmarie3112]

More proof we all live the same life 😂

[@joshuahoogeveen3273]

What I love about King is that he's not a person looking for glory, those who take the title of King aren't looking to put their name out there, but to keep alive the Legend of King, and what it stands for. He's almost like a superhero; doesn't matter much whos under the mask.

[@Tuturial464]

He fought against g-corp for the kids and the world

[@joezar33]

King & Nacho Libre , are based on the same Catholic priest Luchador wrestling for the Orphens in Mexico in RL , same with Rocky Balboa and Popeye real life inspired characters. Namco just turn it up and made King the ulitamate badass

[@jhonwick1856]

​@@joezar33 nooooo way, I need to know who he was

[@emcoachvocal]

King was so integral to Tekken's identity in the early titles. I haven't played Tekken since 3, and it's great to see his story staying grounded in generosity and kindness. Love that he reaches out to Marduk and settles his difference in such a honorific and human way!

[@qwerttzizzi]

Also didnt enter the series since T3..but will re-enter with T8 now

[@comicbookking3446]

I really liked King’s story progression in the franchise.

[@Melmac84]

Agreed 100%. Also, his gameplay progression. Out of all the Tekken characters, he just got better and better.

[@tristanchriesmon1056]

King and Armor King also got me into Tekken i remember watching my big brother play tekken 2 armor king was his favorite character god rest his soul he would have been so excited for Tekken 8

[@camodeano3003]

Sorry for your loss man he’s up there playing all the Tekkens ever to be released smiling down on you bro! Sending love your way 🙏🏾

[@prodkitz]

RIP 🙏

[@ZAND4TSU]

RIP ...

[@jhonwick1856]

F Shit, man you should definitely play as armored king a few times once in awhile to honor him

[@Randomnessam1]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[@noahsterben5666]

Is there even a tekken fan that isn’t a king fan? I doubt it’s possible. Bow to the king

[@Garbagecant24]

“KING! KING! KING! KING!”

[@thetrashman5811]

KING! KING! KING! KING!

[@vam9y_]

KING! KING! KING! KING!

[@TheKnightyFox]

KING! KING! KING! KING!

[@cyrusjohngazo2016]

KING! KING! KING! KING!

[@DenimTiger]

I'm a bit older, but seeing King on a Tekken machine when I was a kid got me playing fighting games again.

[@Shadow_26]

Same here, I'm trying to buy tekken 8 so I can play King again with my brother

[@thetruej7872]

One of the best wrestlers in fighting game history

[@quinnah5544]

The best IMO

[@ThatDudeDavid252]

THE

[@TheKnightyFox]

The best

[@Yourname942]

I used to always think his mask was actually his head

[@jhonwick1856]

It is do not let people lie to you (make it your own canon)

[@Nerwrax15]

King I getting third in the first tournament is a pretty major feat, basically means he only lost out to Paul, Kazuya's rival, and Kazuya, the guy who would win the tournament.

[@Ihatethewaythatyou]

They buried that rivalry and just left paul in the dust, Shame.

[@jhonwick1856]

​@@Ihatethewaythatyounot like he could keep to the modern Mishima standards

[@tyrantravealpha]

King is one of the best characters in fighting games. Especially King II, his story is compelling, especially with his rivalry with Marduk.

[@Arisconleche]

Well it's heavily inspired of the story of Fray Tormenta and Mistico

[@colincampbell7879]

To me i always related King and Sub-Zero . Both had multiple characters using the mantle. Both fought to avenge their former mentor, and both have their own things going on outside the main story… also helps that each one is my favorite character in each of their own games

[@cliffnasa3560]

This is a dope analogy

[@Deadpool....]

i wondered why i was drawn to king as a kid besides his appearance, his background has twists & turns that make him so interesting

[@BellowDGaming]

I think Julia and King have a thing for each other. Its not explicitly there to see, but most of the time they're either together or against each other when Julia is part of the tournament.

[@jhonwick1856]

The nerdy save the world girl and the priest?, damn I'm in

[@Jack-ni4ft]

One of my absolute favourite fighting game characters. When I used to play Tekken 3 as a kid, I was weirdly obsessed with him and armoured King 😄

[@Stylez-13]

Same man I found him fun to play as and as I tried to master him I found out you could catch punches and kicks before they hit you if you time it right... it really got my friends mad cause they couldn't hit me

[@Jack-ni4ft]

​​@@Stylez-13nice! Did you ever learn his grab chains? I could never do them! I always did the forward circle big boot where he turns his back. When it contacted, it would send the opponent rolling backwards which then I'd run and do spinning drop kick. I always tried the charged clothesline too. I also played Tekken tag as King and Armoured King so yeah big fan of the character/s.

[@troybrannon910]

I still remember how to do all his T3 chains. Made it a whole lot easier when it made it to consoles and you could configure your R + L buttons

[@Jack-ni4ft]

@@troybrannon910 very cool, think I'll be buying the new Tekken. I'm rubbish at fighting games but it looks so good. Definitely learning King and Bryan Fury if he is even still in the series. He was another favourite.

[@troybrannon910]

@@Jack-ni4ft Will be buying it as well. Used to be pretty good at fighting games but it appears as though age has taken a toll on me. An 8 year old could probably destroy me now

[@JusticeOutlaw]

King is my 1st favorite Tekken character I really glad he part of the story of Tekken 8 hope we can see more of him in the story mode to come

[@RealLaone]

My favourite wrestler.

[@nicklopez3133]

King is my favorite Tekken character and in the past when I played he'd alway's be the one I'd chosse to play as.

[@lile4life713]

I was so confused of how many kings there are thanks for this

[@DRACOFURY]

King Have Always Been My Favorite Character Since Tekken 1. Plus Him Paul Nina Yoshimistu Law Jacc have The Perfect Attendance Card Too 😮

[@nicksbrown1994]

Simply the greatest wrestler of all time. The reason why I got into Tekken in the first place.

[@L.A.HUDSONB3ATS-hz4my]

0:27 one of your favourite, but MY favourite, ever since I started playing Tekken, he and Lee were my favourite characters

[@dariushorton6626]

King has been my favorite character. He was the one that got me into Tekken

[@Soundlite09]

Wow… I had no idea that King’s story was that complex😮 I remember getting the toy when I was little from Toys R Us and he became one of my favorites after that😄

[@dantesparda3519]

T5 King has the best drip

[@braindominguez7938]

This is my favorite tekken character ever ❤❤❤❤

[@maboihwo]

king is just so cool

[@armsonias3051]

Been following u for years! Just wanna say while Im early. Since 2017 I have watched u for all three fighting games starting with mk and you are the goat main. You'll go down in KZbin history for most thoroughly explained videos!!

[@coreybynum667]

My favorite King of Kings

[@BigBen3000]

King = The Goat Of Tekken

[@camodeano3003]

My older cousin used to beat me so badly with King’s chain throws that I used to cry as a kid and never wanted to play king 😭

[@thatblazer6528]

I love that you’re remastering/remaking these and I adore these history videos

[@DviciousD]

Yes bro! I was waiting for this I'm pumped. He's my #1

[@flyboyarch6776]

Feel like the dlc characters in the previous game should already be in the new roster but one can only dream

[@ravencarino6115]

I'll admit that I only started liking King in 7, and that was because I watched Lil Majin "the champion of the people" play him against that JDRC guy, hearing the crowd cheer behind him like the character himself. Wholesome

[@Gamesta100]

Tekken 3 and Tekken 2 is what got me into fighting games and King was immediately my favourite and main character because of his cat mask. It also helped that I was new to wrestling so I was really into wrestling, King was a wrestler. I wasn't going to pre-order Tekken 8 until I saw that EB Games had a king Edition that comes with a King figurine. It became an instant pre-order at that point.

[@FieryAnubis]

As someone who has played King and Armor King since Tekken 1, it was an amazing journey. I got to see him change and actually feel his changes too. Armor King's too (hoping he returns as DLC, fingers crossed). Such a satisfying and cool character. I feel like he's more important to Tekken's identity than even Jin because everyone knows Tekken is "the one with the tiger/jaguar/panther head wrestler". He's just that iconic, and has always been. Not just early, but now too, even with Kazuya and Jin being pushed by the story and marketing. I will always be a massive King fan. When I was younger, he was the first one I picked on the roster, and to this day, he's remained my favorite.

[@tulsibeepat3453]

I like the detail coming from Tekken 1 forward . King was my first player In Tekken 1 fun times . Paul and Heihachi were the two hardest to fight . It shows the graphical and level of fighting forms Tekken puts into their characters over the years ❤️

[@NosBlueade]

Yeah, King is that marketable mascot for many an early Tekken fan before the edgy Mishima plot could ever hope to take hold. Who is this Jaguar man? Why are there multiples of him? And is that head real? Definitely a deciding factor for me that pushed Tekken a tier up past being (not) Virtua Fighter.

[@ksa7621]

I have heard of virtua fighter a lot, should i play it? If so which one?

[@pian-0g445]

@@ksa7621virtua fighter is insanely hard. Seriously. But if you want to play, I believe 5 is the latest one (I think). It got remastered as well, so is available on all modern consoles and pc.

[@ksa7621]

@@pian-0g445thanks

[@manyfacesoflemonman8170]

King is one of my favourite characters in the game. Love to see more story lines with him.

[@vincentrodriguez3292]

I wish they would have continues the character storylines in tekken 7. I was pissed they didn't show what happened to armor kings brother and marduk.

[@christianrapper5]

I know right

[@dat1faclesdude]

THE GOAT!

[@joeybeltran740]

The KING

[@zpineda3294]

I still remember my first time playing Tekken as a kid. I was at an arcade and they had a raggedy old Tekken 4 cabinet. King looked cool to me, idk I guess I just found wild animals badass as a child lmao. Picked him. I literally had no idea how to play so I just button mashed and he did a suplex. My mind was fucking blown because I was (still am) a huge pro wrestling fan. Ever since then, I was a King main.

[@Darkyugi92]

Awesome

[@jhonwick1856]

King is the incarnation of: WHAT a Man. Take off you damn hat boy, you are infront of a saint.

[@KingLou3]

Playing against someone who knows how to use King and those chain throws would make you break a controller

[@wonderman7166]

Please do *'The Williams Sisters'* next I wanna know more about those two sexy assassins

[@drjones694]

Great videos Can you do Lei Lei Lei Wu Long I heard he's tied to Brian's story

[@neogotham2k395]

King is a iconic wrestler in Tekken!

[@thunderbolte711]

I always thought the First was the brother of the second one and Armor King was a revived version of the first, kinda like a Bi-Han and Kuai Liang storyline. I never knew about the orphanage plot.

[@morterenatus9196]

I love king and armored king and marduke they are some of my fav characters I love maining them I look forward to their story hopefully we all find out a conclusion in tekken 8

[@chaoscontroller316]

We do have a conclusion that's canon to Tekken 7's narrative. Heihachi canceled the King of Iron Fist Tournament 7 in order to convince the world that he was dead and in order to focus on exposing Kazuya to the public, leaving any potential Finals match up in the dust.

[@CorbinLeonard-rp4et]

I learn that you always have to pick your favorite character in fighting game,s or someone pick it for you

[@TheBlademan-]

actually a very dark backstory for a dude who cosplays a jaguar 24/7

[@amarolidris4324]

King, Marduk and AK endings in T6 blew my mind since they actually made a continuous story with each of them

[@alexdailyvlog]

King and armored king was my favorite to play Tekken 2 king I fight my hardest when playing with him

[@californiawells2805]

That's me!

[@jordanyoung1836]

I loved this character in the tekken games

[@iPharaoh54]

I want a history of my favorite tekken character. Could we please get one of Hworang?

[@evilgamemichaelsperling8736]

If king not in tekken anymore Theres no tekken anymore

[@Insomniaaron]

One half of what I dub the classic match with Yoshimitsu as that was the fight shown for the original Tekken clip in the old Demo 1 for PS1 (well it was the first King then but still). And how stars would allign as I would meet and befriend someone who loves and favours King like I do Yoshimitsu.

[@99markim1]

Favorite of Tekken King ll himself.

[@pedrolemos8566]

there is no secret here....king is the reason why started playing tekken back from when my cousin wanted to show me his new game (tekken 4), and I got hooked on the franchise (despite the fact that I only learned that your're supoosed to play king as gappler in tekken 5😅)

[@ryancassidy3245]

The first time I saw King was in last summer and the game was Street Fighter x Tekken and from the graphics from it I thought he was a man/lion hybrid

[@casanovajackson1023]

When the first Tekken came out in 94 I was drawn to King fun fact the first king wasn't a Jaguar he was a leopard

[@DiegoMartinez-ur7gi]

So king went into the tournament because his two buddies beat each other to death and was like “ight I’ll pay the bills.”

[@hackxkiller496]

0:35 same king is the reason why I got into the tekken franchise

[@TheRegulus01]

I would be lying if I said that King wasn't one of the reasons I got into the franchise. I still remember the day I first saw him. I was very young, 5-7 years old, when I first got hands on Tekken 3. I looked through the roster, saw King and immediately pressed the button. I was always interested in great predators, so King immediately got my attention with his mask. The years passed and while I have played different characters with Jin having been my main through most of my time, at some point I always go back to King. I can feel for that man. Both of them. Turning over a new leaf. Attempting to make the world better by giving children a future and safety. And King II taking on the mantle to protect what his late teacher held so dear, making friends and enemies alike through his history of battle. Not to mention how he was able to forgive Marduk create a friendship. He is an amazing character and I do wish we get a proper conclusion to his, Armor King's and Marduk's arc. We will see if Tekken 8 deilvers on that front. Nonetheless, I am incredibly excited for the release! Catch you all in the ring!

[@MaverickX578]

King, my favorite wrestling character in gaming

[@MrCjosue24]

I wonder if in Tekken 8 story mode he will be playable in a part

[@danieladusei1993]

It's safe to said that king has the heart of a warrior and champion

[@chetthehoss]

My thoughts on King: It wasn't until I saw the graphics from Tekken 8 that I finally took notice. I mean, holy s**t, he's absolutely gorgeous physically. Still, I had no idea about his compelling back story until I watched a few history videos like yours. That only made me love his character even more. I'm not a closet furry ... totally out of the closet furry, and I'm gay, so the attraction of King is pretty immediate and strong for me. That being said, I think I'll probably just enjoy watching actually good players use King to his full advantage and make him look like the true champion he is. If I tried playing him in game, I'm sure he would fall well short of his potential. It's a tough game to master after all.

[@Ren_184]

For me it was Amor King who got me into Tekken.

[@ksa7621]

King and Armor King 🐐

[@connorohalloran1636]

Real question. Who wins, King or Zangief

[@senormarston]

Indeed... I thought he was an actual jaguar back in the day

[@sirgideonofnir6840]

Hail to the King, baby.

[@megagundamva2694]

So king is one of your faves too and got you into tekken too

[@TheBlackOtaku]

I wonder if there ever be a 3rd King in future Tekken games ? 🐆

[@reagenlionel]

If it would be, I think Murdok could be the 3rd king if armor king and him can squash their beef.

[@ravencarino6115]

I watched other "Tekken lore is silly" video and they said that the King lore is just as silly as Mexican melodrama tv series. And i couldn't agree more

[@kianhendriks9073]

My favorite kitty cat

[@BenLawlor-pk5zn]

I love king character at Tekken 8

[@muratdemirel5790]

Next history of Armor King

[@jesusrebolledo1116]

I still play Tekken one and Tekken two and Tekken three an my favorite player is king an he should unmasked all ready how he looks after the mask

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Didn't you all know that the native language of Mexico is Jaguar? Graor.

[@4eiver12amos]

the only reason king isn't in the main story is because if he was, he put everybody in their place, there wouldn't be no war, there wouldn't be any fighting, just say no and they all stop hell, they had to kick him out of the series that they made it. Netflix just so that it can run because he was too good

[@Tuturial464]

Didn’t mean he played a part in the stories.

[@fernandotillman]

There is a lot of Japanese kids in Mexico

[@grownmannn2]

Hold up .. did king just hit the pedigree?

[@qwerttzizzi]

Is Armor King related to him?

[@canyon5696]

My first Tekken was Tekken 4 and the first time I ever saw King I burst out laughing uncontrollably. Just a Jaguar head on a buff body 😂😂

[@johnbennett6773]

It's good to be king

[@solipsisme8472]

King's story is actually a telenovela

[@bobthebuilderscrub7391]

W

[@MaverickX578]

Steve Fox next?

[@DannyBruceWayne]

🐆

[@YoursTrulyHero]

King is the reason I play grapplers

[@forgedfulton4377]

If only Paul and Law got such a cool story, instead of becoming joke characters.

[@largeylarge39]

TEKKEN vidoes > MK1 videos. keep it up big homie

[@TEEKKN]

21:24

[@kaidliga7739]

The 1st armour king is the real MVP here

[@jordanyoung1836]

😊😊😊