Harada udelukker ikke at vende tilbage til Tekken Tag Tournament-serien

Den generelle Tekken-serie har haft vind i sejlene her det sidste lange stykke tid, men selvom den nu fejrer 30 års jubilæum, så har Tekken Tag-underserien slet ikke haft samme energi, og det er mange, mange år siden det sidste kapitel.

For nylig besøgte Tekken-seriens fader, Katsuhiro Harada, Stockholm, og i den forbindelse sendt vi vores Tekken-fanboy Jonas afsted til et interview, hvor han specifikt spurgte ind til Tekken Tag-serien. Han svarede dette:

"So it's not like it was planned to have the tag series appear at a certain 12 year cycle or anything like that. It was just that originally when the first tag came out, you know, Tekken was a much more simpler franchise back then. Much less characters than we have now on the roster. All the different gameplay systems and all these things that have been added since then have made Tekken, the base game, much more complex. It would be quite difficult to make a new installment in the Tag series that many people would be able to enjoy, because you know the top tier players who are competing worldwide and who really spend so much time on Tekken are at like the highest level of the player base really love that series, but for people who are more casual it's a much more difficult game to pick up and play."

Han slår desuden fast, at skulle han vende tilbage i fremtiden, så ville det kræve et nyt opfindsomt twist på formularen:

"It's not something we're currently really thinking of, because the direction we're going into is to try to have as many people enjoy the game as possible. But at the same time, maybe if we were to add a new idea, rather than tag, it would be something like a team battle, or some other twist on the current format of the game."