Coinciding with the Combo Breaker event on May 26, Bandai Namco released the Fahkumram trailer and announced its release schedule. At the event, the developer showed a trailer showing the character's design and gameplay.

Welcoming the release of this character, here we summarize 5 unique facts about the Fahkumram character in the Tekken series.

1. Liked at the beginning of release, but hated at the end

At the beginning of his presence in Tekken 7, this character was welcomed quite well by Tekken fans. His cool and strong design and his sturdy movements made him a quite popular character.

Unfortunately, the popularity of this character turned into hatred by players shortly after its release in Tekken 7. This is because of how strong this character is and is considered broken by many players. As a result, Tekken fans flocked to urge the developer to make adjustments or nerfs to the character.

This request was granted by the developer. However, ironically, the popularity of this character actually decreased after the balancing he received. Many players think that the nerf he received made him far less powerful than many other characters in the game. This eventually caused the character's popularity to fade instantly.

2. Negative Stigma Still Carries Over In Tekken 8

Due to the stigma that was formed from this character in the Tekken 7 series, many people did not like the presence of this character in Tekken 8. In addition to being afraid that it would be an unbalanced character and not fun to fight, many people were disappointed with the developer because the design of this character was not too different from the previous series.

Many people also think that Fahkumram's announcement is very untimely. This is because the popularity trend of Tekken 8 is quite declining due to the impact of the patch update which is considered unhealthy by the community. The presence of Fahkumram in the midst of this condition actually makes the community's disappointment even greater.

3. Not The First Muay Thai And Southeast Asian Character

Hailing from Thailand and using Muay Thai martial arts, this character is assumed to be the first from Southeast Asia and the first Muay Thai fighter in the game. Unfortunately, this is not entirely true.

The first Southeast Asian character to appear in Tekken is Josie Rizal. She appeared in Tekken 7 before Fahkumram, and is from the Philippines.

Meanwhile, for the Muay Thai character, technically the first to appear in Tekken was Bruce Irvin starting from Tekken 2, up to Tekken 6. Although in terms of gameplay, he adapts the Muay Thai martial art, in terms of description, the developer shows this character using kickboxing martial arts.

The change of martial arts name for this character was a decision made by the game's marketing team at the time. According to them, muay thai martial arts were less popular in the west. In order to keep this character familiar, this character was branded using kickboxing martial arts.

However, now many fans are aware and understand Muai Thai, and this has significantly increased the popularity of the character.

4. A figure who loves his family

Although he looks scary, it turns out that Fahkumram is a person who loves his family very much. This is because Fahkumram apparently participated in The King of Iron Fist tournament as an effort to save his children and wife who were ambushed by the military in his country.

5. Has Been Predicted to Release in Tekken 8 Since Season 1

Fahkumram's presence in Tekken 8 was actually predicted from the beginning of season 1. This is because when Tekken 8 was first released, there were several players who managed to see the data in the game and found several clues about characters who had the potential to become DLC.

The clues refer to the country name data and martial arts type for the characters in the game, which is unique at that time the characters were not yet available, but their bio assets had appeared in the game. From several clues, the characters that are concluded to be present are Lidia, Fahkumram, and Marduk.

6. Meaning of the name Fahkumram

The name Fahkumram itself means thundering sky, or is another name for Guntur. This name is in accordance with his condition who had survived the lightning strike.

However, the name mentioned is not his real name, but only a stage name. This is because in martial arts matches such as muay thai, fighters more commonly use stage names than their real names.

That's the information about the unique facts of the character Fahkumram. With the return of Fahkumram in Tekken 8, it is interesting to look forward to further developments about this character and his role in the game's storyline.