A player was looking for a way to preserve the AI spirit of his late brother in Tekken 8. The community and the Tekken team helped him.
Gaming is often more than just entertainment: games and community can also be a place where relationships are formed, communities grow, and memories are created and honored. A Reddit post from a grieving player recently brought together the Tekken community.
A player faced with the sudden loss of his brother reached out to the community with a question: Can his brother’s AI ghost in Tekken 8 be permanently saved?
Melodic_Insect1356 asked the community if there was a way to preserve his brother’s AI spirit in order to continue playing against him. These ghosts are essentially replicas of a player’s fighting style. Players can use them as training partners.
You can see the Reddit post here:
The story of Melodic_Insect1356, who lost his brother Justinianthe1st, touched the community. Justinianthe1st, an avid 26-year-old Tekken fan, had dedicated his life to the game, according to his grieving brother.
His pursuit was to continually hone his skills, rise through the ranks, and eventually compete in local tournaments in Texas. With Lee as his preferred main character, he invested countless hours into the game Tekken 8 to perfect his skills.
The Tekken community responded to the moving story and tried to reach out to the Tekken 8 development team – and they were successful.
How Tekken 8 preserves the spirit of a lost brother
Discussion about the possibility of preserving Justinianthe1st’s AI spirit reached the game’s creators, Katsuhiro Harada and Kohei Ikeda.
You can see the X post here:
Both expressed their condolences and confirmed that the AI ghost can be downloaded and saved locally on a player’s system, even if the ghost’s data is lost from the game’s servers.
Melodic_Insect1356 thanked the Tekken team and the community: This was completely unexpected. Thank you to everyone here and to the Tekken team. We really have something special here.