Negan (Tekken)

"Little pig, little pig, let me in!"

- Negan

Negan is a TV Series adapted and playable character who appears in Tekken 7.

Negan was first teased at EVO 2018 as part of the second wave of Tekken 7 DLC characters, and is the fourth guest character to be added to the roster.

Trivia

 * In the trailer, the text "Hell, you're going to be doing that" originates from the TV Series, where Negan kills Abraham, but on his reveal trailer, it was his Rage Art where he executes the move towards Paul Phoenix.
 * In his reveal trailer, the first scene references as how he captures Rick and his group while confronting them with Lucille in this case the tekken characters.
 * Negan is the second guest character who originates from a comic book series, the first being Gon.
 * Negan is the first guest character to originate from a non-Japanese franchise, as The Walking Dead originated in America.
 * Negan’s character and traits are mostly based on his AMC’s live-action adaption counterpart than his original comic book counterpart, hence his voice actor.
 * Geralt of Rivia from Andrzej Sapowski’s novel series The Witcher, who guest appearing in Bandai Namco’s other original fighting game, the rebooted-theme Soulcalibur VI shares similar cases as Negan for retaining the actors from their well-known other adaptions they are currently based on, with Geralt’s appearance is mostly based on his CD Projekt Red video game counterpart.
 * Negan’s inclusion in Tekken is likely since Bandai Namco (as Namco) had a collaboration Image Comics, the American comic book company which Walking Dead originating from, for a comic adaption of Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken Forever.
 * Much like Geese, Negan’s character in this game is also based on certain universe incarnations where they are still alive. However, unlike Geese, Negan’s fate in original universe is unknown instead of deceased.