but this time, Rage Mode requires between 1-3 stock of the Rage Meter, and in Rage Mode, the player can use as many Rage Drives and Rage Arts as he likes while lost health is recovered.

Rage Mode - returning from previous installments.

but this time, Rage Arts require all 3 stocks of the Rage Meter. but this time, Rage Drives require 1 stock of the Rage Meter.

Rage Meter - instead of characters going to rage mode once their health is low, there is a new rage meter that fills up the more hits the players takes fro mthe opponents(similar to the ultra gauge from Street Fighter IV), the rage meter has 3 stocks.

however there are now mechanics that are added or replacing older mechanics:

Tekken Ball Mode Tekken Bowl Mode Training Mode Customzation Mode Gallery Mode Options Mode Gameplay The players choose 2-16(1-8 each) characters and fight each other. The players choose 2 characters and fight each other. the 1st 8 are against random opponents, the 9th is against either Kazuya or Lee and the 10th is against Angel. The player chooses 1-8 characters and goes through 10 stages in which the player gihts other teams of. The player chooses a character and goes through 100 stages in which the player fights as much characters as possible.

The player chooses a character and goes through 10 stages that the player needs to finish in the shortest time possible.

The player chooses a character and goes through 10 stages in which the player needs to get the highest score possible. the 1st 7 are against random opponents, the 8th is against the character's rival, the 9th is against either Kazuya or Lee and the 10th is against Angel. The player chooses a character and goes through 10 stages in which the player goes through the chosen character's story. however, unlike Tekken 7 where each character had 1 fight, this time each character has 8 fights against predetermined opponents. this time all 50 playable characters have their own character episode.

Character Episodes - character specific story modes.

this time, the side characters such ash: Paul, Law, Hwoarang, Yoshimitsu, Steve have involvement in the story with main characters such as: Jin, Kazuya, Jun, Asuka, Nina, Anna, Lars, Lee.

The Devil Gene Saga - the main story mode.

The story mode of the Tekken 8 divides into two sub-modes, somewhat similar to Tekken 7.

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