Negan From ‘The Walking Dead’ Is A Playable Character In ‘Tekken 7’ And No One Saw It Coming

During last weekend’s EVO 2018, Namco Bandai held a presentation for their Tekken 7 game’s upcoming DLC, “Season Pass 2.” During the presentation, they announced some of the new season’s playable characters, including assassin Anna Williams (a returning character), supercop Lei Wulong (also a returning character), and… Negan from The Walking Dead Hope you got your sh*ttin’ pants on.

— The Walking Dead AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) August 6, 2018

Hot diggity dog. This news is magnificent. Now this is a crossover nobody saw coming. At first, people on Twitter were questioning reality:

— ️‍Lulu️‍@ (@luulubuu) August 6, 2018

Namco-Bandai just announced Negan is being added to Tekken 7 and now I'm questioning reality (again)

— Kris Naudus (@KrisNaudus) August 5, 2018

But they quickly embraced the news and suggested even more crossover characters:

— Shane (@FourScore64) August 6, 2018

#Tekken7 Season Pass Characters:

Anna Williams

Lei Wulong

Negan

Bart Simpson

Carl Winslow

— ＡＧＵＡＭＡＮＥ (@ghstal) August 5, 2018

If Negan can get in T7, how about our boy pic.twitter.com/BQwdJBh6rj

— Baconaigis (@baconaigis) August 6, 2018

Other people looked forward to settling marijuana-hazed arguments in college dorm rooms everywhere:

— Chadunda (@Chadunda) August 5, 2018

now i can finally know if negan from the walking dead is stronger than akuma

— DAIROCKETTO (@DAIROCKETTO) August 6, 2018

It really is quite a time to be a gamer.

— mo mo (@HelloKarinachuu) August 5, 2018

Negan walking into the Mishima Estate like pic.twitter.com/SVFfnojSkH

— Chariot (@ChariotDaGawd) August 6, 2018

And some people pointed out that, as strange as this crossover seems, it would be silly to complain about Negan’s inclusion in a game where there are already weird cat women and an “actual factual panda”:

— A @ EVO2018 (@nothingxs) August 5, 2018

Imagine thinking any character such as Negan is completely absurd to be included in a video game where you fucking fight a panda and bear lol

— Plathanos (@SavinTheBees) August 6, 2018

And others brought up old grudges about missing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate characters:

— Dan Fornace (@danfornace) August 6, 2018

"Smash Bros is the biggest crossover in gaming history" but can Akuma shoot Negan from The Walking Dead with a shotgun in it pic.twitter.com/xfeSuJCNKX

— D. Lancaster (@JustXenos) August 6, 2018

Broke: Trying to get Waluigi in Smash Bros.

Woke: Trying to get Walter White in Tekken

— Marc Soskin, a right proper lad (right proper) (@MarcSoskin) August 6, 2018

And a lot of the tweets about the announcement followed a similar flawed deductive reasoning format, but this one in particular was our favorite:

John Cena is canon in Tekken

— Gang Orca Stan Acct (@J_U_N_K_E_R) August 6, 2018

Meanwhile, some people couldn’t help but react to the news with sarcasm:

— TLOU @CEOtaku (@TLOWNSU) August 6, 2018

I feel this had to be done. @TEKKEN @Harada_TEKKEN #Tekken7 #Negan pic.twitter.com/X4GTI2KiRG

— 8bitnine (@8bitnine) August 6, 2018

I guess Negan's main attack in Tekken is he swings his bat and then you have to wait eight months to find out what it hit

— Mike Suskie (@MikeSuskie) August 6, 2018

(Hat tip to Dorkly)