Who would win in a fight: Karlach or Kazuya? What about Gale vs. whatever Jack model number they're on now? Thanks to modder D0ct0rSauce on the Tekken 8 Nexus, we don't have to wonder anymore: They've finagled all six of Baldur's Gate 3's Origin characters into Tekken 8 to duke it out in a decidedly less turn based, gentlemanly fashion than we're used to.
Rather than the sizable task of implementing them as all new characters, D0ct0rSauce swapped out some of the alternate skins of Tekken 8's pre-existing characters for models ripped straight out of Baldur's Gate 3. Karlach is Azucena, Shadowheart is Jun, Astarion is Lee, Lae'zel is Reina, Gale is Claudio, and Wyll is Shaheen. According to D0ct0rSauce's descriptions for the mods, they only replace two presets per character, and should leave your custom costumes alone.
D0ct0rSauce shared a nice sizzle reel of the mod in action to the Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit. It's as slapstick as you might expect such a mashup to be: Highlights include Lae'zel squaring off with Kazuya, Astarion and Shadowheart air juggling poor Gale, and Lae'zel slamming Wyll through multiple plate glass windows. RIP to the Blade of Frontiers.
All great fun, and surprisingly of a piece with fighting games' long history of guest spot crossover fighters. Geralt of Rivia's stint in Soul Calibur strikes me as a particularly appropriate comparison, but that series has also seen Yoda, Spawn, and Tekken's own Heihachi Mishima show up for a day in the sun. When you think about it, those big Baldur's bucks are just there for the taking if someone wanted to do an official fighting game cameo. Until that time, you can check out D0ct0rSauce's mods over on the Tekken 8 Nexus—each character is à la carte, and they've also dropped some Berserk model swaps in there too.
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