Tekken

[DestructionBomb]

Katsuhiro Harada says that he might've failed as a producer because of what he focuses on instead of cutting costs

Interesting interview.

Ehhh... I also heard from somewhere that cutting costs can also be a detriment in video games as well. There definitely has to be a balance to that sort of thing.

He's right that development costs are getting higher and expensive with gaming. The next game could potentially be overly ambitious as you'll probably want more budget to realize vision. The more expensive things get, the harder it is to get it fully realized because it just gets costly over time. Being a video game dev or director/producer in a big ass company is starting to sound more miserable by the year lol.

 

[Derock]

Reaction on Miary Zo:

Eh. Her moveset is more fitting in 2D than 3D because most of her stuff rely on her "staff", which she holds on to like a stripper. That also includes her Ogre powers, which she use a lemur's tail in almost the same animation from Mai's Ryuuenbu. And she will annoy players, I mean seriously, they gave her a movement where she hops in the air with the staff disappearing and reappearing while making monkey sounds(?). And it go nonstop until she has the opportunity to attack.

Also, hardly any SC reference as her staff is more of a prop.

 

[DestructionBomb]

Katsuhiro Harada is closing a chapter and is leaving Bandai Namco by the end of 2025:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1997952347709034747

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1997954347347620178

 

[Kasumi-Phase-X]

Katsuhiro Harada-san was the guy that kept the Tekken franchise afloat since Tekken 3, provided us content like Story Mode, Customization (which gotten a massive downgrade since TTT2, with Tekken 8 Fight Pass & DLC being closet to the best Customization experience since Tekken 6), and gave us quality female characters from their modeling (especially beginning with Tekken Revolution abandoning the realistic look from TTT2 with Tekken 8 still having good looking females) along with their personalities from Asuka, Lili, Alisa, Christie, Miharu, Eliza, Lucky Chloe, Kunimitsu II, Reina, & Miary Zo which these characters will be more memorable than anything Capcom made as of recent since SF6 Newcomers & NRS since MKX (with the worst characters being the Special Forces Kids).

 

[deathofaninja]

I personally felt SFVI blew me away from a visual standpoint. Sexiest fighter in a while. T8 was a disaster but Harada had a great run with his franchise.

Personally, I knew the end was coming. I could sense it.