- "I'll teach you fear!"
- — Devil Jin
Devil Jin (デビル仁, Debiru Jin) is a character from Namco's Tekken series, whose fighting style and some of his outfit parts can be used in Soulcalibur V. His style also appears in Soulcalibur: Lost Swords, but is not usable, appearing only on non-playable minions.
Much like KOS-MOS in Soulcalibur III, Devil Jin is considered a pseudo-guest character, as he doesn't appear in person.
History[]
Devil Jin is an anti-villain/anti-hero featured in Namco's Tekken series who serves as the dark-half of Jin Kazama (風間 仁 Kazama Jin), one of the main protagonists of the series. He is Jin after succumbing to the Devil Gene, a malevolent power that was bestowed by Azazel to its human servants—one of Jin's ancestors—which transforms those imbued with it into a terrible fighting monster. Jin inherited the Devil Gene from his father, Kazuya Mishima, and grandmother, Kazumi Hachijo. When transformed, it gives Jin demonic features such as horns, black feathered wings, a third eye on his forehead and glowing eyes (either red, silver or dark gold). In Devil form, Jin resumes the use of the Advanced Mishima fighting style he had "unlearned" in favor of traditional karate, while combining it with the Kazama Self-Defense style which was taught to him by his mother. In addition to this, he also gains the ability of flight with his wings and the ability to utilize demonic energy by firing beams of energy from the third eye on his forehead, as well as telekinesis.
It is revealed in Tekken 8 that the reason why Jin lost control of his power because he does not have a strong desire which allows the Devil Gene user to control its power at will. Without such desire, Jin's devil is left untamed, causing it to take control over his body at certain times. Once Jin fully tamed his inner demon and chooses the path of hope to protect those whom he treasured most, rather than the malice which Kazuya possessed, Devil Jin's right wing becomes white, his eyes becomes shining golden yellow, and his dark red and black energy color becomes light blue and yellow, due to his recently awakened Kazama's purification power.
Fighting Style[]
The Devil Jin fighting style is the second weaponless fighting style since Soulcalibur II with Heihachi. The fighting style is based on his Tekken 6 moveset where he can perform very powerful but yet difficult devastating combos that leads to very punishing damage that rivals Nightmare in terms of sheer force against the opponent. Using the "Tempered Fists" the style also allows the player to perform laser beams from the eyes and flight movement similar to Kratos and Aeon. Overall the range is quite short and the style is only available for only customs characters. It is banned from tournaments.
Critical Edge[]
Demon Laser Cannon: The Demon Laser Cannon is the Devil Jin fighting style Critical Edge signature move. The custom character starts to spread his/her wings (similar to Elysium) and starts a diving kick at the opponent that launches them in the air twice until the custom character begins to do a powerful eye laser beam Devil Blaster and performs a grab move that slams the opponent to the ground which is similar to one of Algol's moves. This Critical Edge is useful when performing juggles since the move begins somewhat in the air first.
Trivia[]
- Devil Jin can be almost perfectly re-created, thanks to numerous parts of his outfit, and the Soul of Devil Jin style being available.
- Before the release of the Tekken Costumes Pack, it was already possible to recreate Devil Jin, as some clothing parts do resemble his default appearance. The Create-A-Soul Formula of his first appearance can be found here. After the release of the pack, players can use the Jin Kazama outfit included in the DLC to recreate a character resembling Devil Jin.
- He shares the same guard impact animation as Heihachi, his grandfather.
- The character Harada_TEKKEN based on Katsuhiro Harada producer of both the Soul series and Tekken series, uses the Devil Jin fighting style. Defeating him is one of the ways this style can be unlocked.
- In Tekken, Devil Jin will always have wings on his back, but in Soulcalibur V, characters using his style will only have visible wings during certain attacks.
- Devil Jin is also the 4th character to use and have wings, the other characters before him being Night Terror, Aeon Calcos, and Elysium.
- His fighting style is exclusive to custom characters. In order to use it, the player must first unlock it by defeating Harada_TEKKEN in Quick Battle mode, or by reaching Player Level 5.
- In the original arcade release of Tekken 7, Devil Jin's Rage Art was exactly the same as his Critical Edge from Soulcalibur V but with an extra hit at the end (where he throws the opponent across the ground then hits them with a second laser). This was changed to be more unique in the update to Tekken 7, Tekken 7: Fated Retribution (the starting dive kick is the same, but the move then has Devil Jin throw the opponent into the air before blitzing them with several aerial dives and finishing with a Devil Blaster that drives them into the ground).
- He borrows Spawn's walking, running, crouching and jumping animations.
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References[]
- ^ a b TEKKEN OFFICIAL. NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ a b Deats, Adam; Cuellar, Joey (2005). Tekken 5 Official Strategy Guide. Indianapolis, Indiana: BradyGAMES. p. 62. ISBN 0-7440-0468-3.